diff --git a/.github/workflows/collection.yml b/.github/workflows/collection.yml
index c0de74b..c5863ca 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/collection.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/collection.yml
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 ---
 
 name: Build and deploy Collection on Ansible Galaxy
-
 on:
   push:
+    branches:
+      - main
     tags:
       - 'v*'
-
 jobs:
   deploy:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
diff --git a/.github/workflows/semantic-release.yml b/.github/workflows/semantic-release.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2f229ed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/semantic-release.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+---
+
+# runs on each push to main and is responsible for creating new tags/releases
+name: Create Semantic Release
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - main
+
+jobs:
+  semantic-release:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      contents: write
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+      - name: Run go-semantic-release
+        id: semrel
+        uses: go-semantic-release/action@v1.23
+        with:
+          allow-initial-development-versions: true
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}