diff --git a/.github/scripts/change_versions.sh b/.github/scripts/change_versions.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..cfc9613
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/scripts/change_versions.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Expects the following environment variables to be set:
+#   $NEW_VERSION                 (Example: "1.2.0")
+#   $NEW_VERSION_PYTHON          (Example: "1.2.0a0")
+
+# This will fail the Maven build if the version is not available.
+# Thankfully, this is not the case (yet) in this project.
+# If/when it happens, this needs to be replaced by a manually provided version,
+# as scanning the text of the POM would be unreliable.
+echo "     New version: $NEW_VERSION"
+echo "     New Python Version: $NEW_VERSION_PYTHON"
+mvn versions:update-parent "-DparentVersion=[$NEW_VERSION,$NEW_VERSION]" -DallowSnapshots=true -DgenerateBackupPoms=false
+(
+  cd jpyinterpreter ||
+  mvn versions:update-parent "-DparentVersion=[$NEW_VERSION,$NEW_VERSION]" -DallowSnapshots=true -DgenerateBackupPoms=false
+)
+(
+  cd timefold-solver-python-code ||
+  mvn versions:update-parent "-DparentVersion=[$NEW_VERSION,$NEW_VERSION]" -DallowSnapshots=true -DgenerateBackupPoms=false
+)
+sed -i "s/^timefold_solver_python_version.*=.*/timefold_solver_python_version = '$NEW_VERSION_PYTHON'/" setup.py
+git commit -am "build: switch to version $NEW_VERSION_PYTHON"
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diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-changelog-template.md b/.github/workflows/release-changelog-template.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9a7c852
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-changelog-template.md
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+**!!! REMOVE THIS !!!**
+
+**!!! SUMMARIZE THE RELEASE HERE !!!**
+
+**!!! REMOVE THIS !!!**
+
+# Changelog
+
+{{changelogChanges}}
+{{changelogContributors}}
+
+_Timefold Solver Community Edition_ is an open source project, and you are more than welcome to contribute as well!
+For more, see [Contributing](https://github.com/TimefoldAI/timefold-solver/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.adoc).
+
+Should your business need to scale to truly massive data sets or require enterprise-grade support,
+check out [_Timefold Solver Enterprise Edition_](https://timefold.ai/pricing).
+
+# How to use Timefold Solver in Python
+
+To see Timefold Solver in action, check out [the quickstarts](https://github.com/TimefoldAI/timefold-quickstarts).
+
+Add `timefold-solver=={{projectVersion}}` to your `requirements.txt` or `pip install timefold-solver=={{projectVersion}}` file to get started.
+
+# Additional notes
+
+The changelog and the list of contributors above are automatically generated.
+It excludes contributions to certain areas of the repository, such as CI and build automation.
+This is done for the sake of brevity and to make the user-facing changes stand out more.
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-pr-body.md b/.github/workflows/release-pr-body.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fa0844c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-pr-body.md
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+At this point, the release of _Timefold Solver Community Edition_ for Python is ready to be published.
+Artifacts have been uploaded to PyPI.
+Release branch has been created.
+
+To finish the release of _Timefold Solver Community Edition_ for Python,
+please follow the steps below in the given order:
+
+1. [ ] [Undraft the release](https://github.com/TimefoldAI/timefold-solver-python/releases) on Github.
+2. [ ] Merge this PR.
+3. [ ] Delete the branch that this PR is based on. (Typically a button appears on this page once the PR is merged.)
+
+Note: If this is a dry run,
+none of the above applies and this PR should not be merged.
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diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4750a41
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,124 @@
+name: Release
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      version:
+        description: 'Community Edition version (e.g. 1.0.0)'
+        required: true
+      pythonVersionSuffix:
+        description: 'What suffix to append to the Python version (ex: a0 for alpha release)'
+        required: true
+        default: a0
+      sourceBranch:
+        description: 'Branch to cut the release from'
+        default: main
+        required: true
+      releaseBranch:
+        description: 'Release branch to create (e.g. 1.0.x for version 1.0.0; once created, branch protection rules apply)'
+        default: dry_run
+        required: true
+      dryRun:
+        description: 'Do a dry run? (true or false)'
+        default: true
+        required: true
+jobs:
+  build:
+    env:
+      MAVEN_ARGS: "--no-transfer-progress --batch-mode"
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Print inputs to the release workflow
+        run: echo "${{ toJSON(github.event.inputs) }}"
+      - name: Checkout the relevant timefold-solver tag
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          repository: "TimefoldAI/timefold-solver"
+          path: "./timefold-solver"
+          fetch-depth: 0
+          ref: v${{ github.event.inputs.version }}
+
+      - uses: actions/setup-java@v4
+        with:
+          java-version: '17'
+          distribution: 'temurin'
+          cache: 'maven'
+
+      - name: Set up Maven
+        uses: stCarolas/setup-maven@v5
+        with:
+          maven-version: 3.9.3
+
+      - name: Python 3.12 Setup
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+        with:
+          python-version: 3.12
+
+      - name: Install Pip and build
+        run:
+          python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+          pip install build
+
+      - name: Checkout timefold-solver-python
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+          ref: ${{ github.event.inputs.sourceBranch }}
+
+      - name: Create release branch and switch to it
+        run: |
+          git config user.name "Timefold Release Bot"
+          git config user.email "release@timefold.ai"
+          git checkout -b ${{ github.event.inputs.releaseBranch }}
+
+      # We skip tests in dry run, to make the process faster.
+      # Technically, this goes against the main reason for doing a dry run; to eliminate potential problems.
+      # But unless something catastrophic happened, PR checks on source branch already ensured that all tests pass.
+      # We also do not use versions:set, because we'd have to have the SNAPSHOT version built from somewhere,
+      # and at this point in the release, there is no upstream branch anywhere that would have this version anymore.
+      - name: Set release version and build release
+        run: |
+          export NEW_VERSION=${{ github.event.inputs.version }}
+          export NEW_VERSION_PYTHON=${{ github.event.inputs.version }}${{ github.event.inputs.pythonVersionSuffix }}
+          .github/scripts/change_versions.sh
+          python -m build
+
+      # JReleaser requires the release branch to exist, so we need to push it before releasing.
+      # Once this is pushed, branch protection rules apply.
+      # So if any of the subsequent steps should fail, the release branch is there to stay; cannot be deleted.
+      # To minimize that chance, do a dry run first, with a branch named in a way that the protection rules don't apply.
+      - name: Push release branch to Git
+        run: |
+          git push origin ${{ github.event.inputs.releaseBranch }}
+
+      - name: Run JReleaser
+        uses: jreleaser/release-action@v2
+        env:
+          JRELEASER_DRY_RUN: ${{ github.event.inputs.dryRun }}
+          JRELEASER_PROJECT_VERSION: ${{ github.event.inputs.version }}${{ github.event.inputs.pythonVersionSuffix }}
+          JRELEASER_GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.JRELEASER_GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          JRELEASER_GPG_PASSPHRASE: ${{ secrets.JRELEASER_GPG_PASSPHRASE }}
+          JRELEASER_GPG_PUBLIC_KEY: ${{ secrets.JRELEASER_GPG_PUBLIC_KEY }}
+          JRELEASER_GPG_SECRET_KEY: ${{ secrets.JRELEASER_GPG_SECRET_KEY }}
+
+      - name: JReleaser release output
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        if: always()
+        with:
+          name: jreleaser-release
+          path: |
+            out/jreleaser/trace.log
+            out/jreleaser/output.properties
+
+      # TODO: Use https://github.com/marketplace/actions/pypi-publish to publish to PyPI here
+
+      # Pull Request will be created with the changes and a summary of next steps.
+      - name: Put back the 999-SNAPSHOT version on the release branch
+        run: |
+          git checkout -B ${{ github.event.inputs.releaseBranch }}-put-back-999-snapshot
+          export NEW_VERSION="999-SNAPSHOT"
+          export NEW_VERSION_PYTHON="999-dev0"
+          .github/scripts/change_versions.sh
+          git push origin ${{ github.event.inputs.releaseBranch }}-put-back-999-snapshot
+          gh pr create --reviewer triceo,Christopher-Chianelli --base ${{ github.event.inputs.releaseBranch }} --head ${{ github.event.inputs.releaseBranch }}-put-back-999-snapshot --title "build: move back to 999-SNAPSHOT" --body-file .github/workflows/release-pr-body.md
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.JRELEASER_GITHUB_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/jreleaser.yml b/jreleaser.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..366a763
--- /dev/null
+++ b/jreleaser.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+project:
+  name: timefold-solver-python
+
+signing:
+  active: ALWAYS
+  armored: true
+
+release:
+  github:
+    commitAuthor:
+      name: "Timefold Release Bot"
+      email: "release@timefold.ai"
+    releaseName: "Timefold Solver Community Edition for Python {{projectVersion}}"
+    draft: true
+    overwrite: false
+    sign: true
+    milestone:
+      close: true
+      name: "v{{projectVersion}}"
+    changelog:
+      formatted: ALWAYS
+      preset: "conventional-commits"
+      contentTemplate: ".github/workflows/release-changelog-template.md"
+      contributors:
+        format: "- {{contributorName}}{{#contributorUsernameAsLink}} ({{.}}){{/contributorUsernameAsLink}}"
+      hide:
+        uncategorized: true
+        categories:
+          - build
+          - ci
+        contributors:
+          - "Timefold Release Bot"
+
+files:
+  globs:
+    - pattern: "dist/**/*.whl"
+    - pattern: "dist/**/*.tar.gz"
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diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 231da47..89cb611 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -44,10 +44,10 @@ def run(self):
             command = 'mvnw'
             if platform.system() == 'Windows':
                 command = 'mvnw.cmd'
-            self.create_stubs(project_root, command)
-            subprocess.run([str((project_root / command).absolute()), 'clean', 'install', '-Dasciidoctor.skip',
-                            '-Dassembly.skipAssembly'],
+
+            subprocess.run([str((project_root / command).absolute()), 'clean', 'install'],
                            cwd=project_root, check=True)
+            self.create_stubs(project_root, command)
             classpath_jars = []
             # Add the main artifact
             classpath_jars.extend(glob.glob(os.path.join(project_root, 'timefold-solver-python-core', 'target', '*.jar')))
@@ -75,11 +75,11 @@ def find_stub_files(stub_root: str):
 
 this_directory = Path(__file__).parent
 long_description = (this_directory / "README.md").read_text()
-version = '999-dev0'
+timefold_solver_python_version = '999-dev0'
 
 setup(
     name='timefold-solver',
-    version=version,
+    version=timefold_solver_python_version,
     license='Apache License Version 2.0',
     license_file='LICENSE',
     description='An AI constraint solver that optimizes planning and scheduling problems',