diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0459a61f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+name: release-please
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - master
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+permissions:
+  contents: write
+  pull-requests: write
+
+jobs:
+  release-please:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: google-github-actions/release-please-action@v4
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 2f6900cc..f50c1be3 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -13,4 +13,5 @@ tmp/
 *.lock
 .ruby-*
 *.iml
+.env
 coverage/
diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0689d974
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{".":"8.0.0"}
diff --git a/release-please-config.json b/release-please-config.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e3a4625d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/release-please-config.json
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+{
+  "release-type": "ruby",
+  "package-name": "closure_tree"
+}