diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d38bc13
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+# config borrowed from: https://docs.npmjs.com/trusted-publishers#github-actions-configuration
+name: Release package
+
+on:
+  push:
+    tags:
+      - "v*.*.*"
+
+permissions:
+  id-token: write  # Required for OIDC
+  contents: write
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
+    
+      - name: Use Node.js 22.x
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v6
+        with:
+          node-version: 22.x
+          cache: 'npm'
+      
+      - run: npm version ${{ github.ref_name }} --no-git-tag-version
+
+      - run: npm install
+
+      - run: npm test
+
+      - run: npm pack
+
+      - run: npm publish
+
+      - name: Release
+        if: ${{ always() }}
+        uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v2
+        with:
+          generate_release_notes: true
+          files: |
+            ./doctoc-*.tgz
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index f5678ad..68448f9 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 {
   "name": "doctoc",
-  "version": "2.2.0",
+  "version": "0.0.0-development",
   "lockfileVersion": 3,
   "requires": true,
   "packages": {
     "": {
-      "version": "2.2.0",
+      "version": "0.0.0-development",
       "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
         "@textlint/markdown-to-ast": "^12.1.1",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index e907f82..97b1901 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   "author": "Thorsten Lorenz <thlorenz@gmx.de> (thlorenz.com)",
   "name": "doctoc",
   "description": "Generates TOC for markdown files of local git repo.",
-  "version": "2.2.0",
+  "version": "0.0.0-development",
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
     "url": "git://github.com/thlorenz/doctoc.git"