diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b96e6cc7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+on:
+  push:
+    tags:
+      - 'v*'
+
+jobs:
+  release:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+      - run: yarn install
+      - run: yarn run release
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/.release-it.json b/.release-it.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..04aa723e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.release-it.json
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+{
+  "git": {
+    "commitMessage": "chore: release ${version}"
+  },
+  "github": {
+    "release": true
+  },
+  "npm": {
+    "publish": false
+  },
+  "plugins": {
+    "@release-it/bumper": {
+      "out": [
+        "package.json",
+        {
+          "file": "publiccode.yml",
+          "path": "softwareVersion"
+        }
+      ]
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/publiccode.yml b/publiccode.yml
index 189ec8eb..5b968bf8 100644
--- a/publiccode.yml
+++ b/publiccode.yml
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ maintenance:
 name: publiccode editor
 platforms:
   - web
-releaseDate: '2020-08-20'
+releaseDate: '2019-07-08'
 softwareType: standalone/web
-softwareVersion: v1.4.2
+softwareVersion: v1.2
 url: 'https://github.com/italia/publiccode-editor'