diff --git a/.github/workflows/pythonpublish.yml b/.github/workflows/pythonpublish.yml
index af438ae4..0a08b6ae 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pythonpublish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pythonpublish.yml
@@ -25,3 +25,21 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           python setup.py sdist bdist_wheel
           twine upload dist/*
+      - name: Determine tag
+        id: determine_tag
+        run: |
+          echo "::set-output name=TAG_VERSION::$(ls dist/readalongs-*.tar.gz | sed -e 's/.*readalongs-//' -e 's/.tar.gz.*//')"
+      - name: Bump version and push tag
+        id: tag_version
+        uses: mathieudutour/github-tag-action@v5.5
+        with:
+          github_token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          custom_tag: ${{ steps.determine_tag.outputs.TAG_VERSION }}
+      - name: Create a GitHub release
+        uses: actions/create-release@v1
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+        with:
+          tag_name: ${{ steps.tag_version.outputs.new_tag }}
+          release_name: Release ${{ steps.tag_version.outputs.new_tag }}
+          body: ${{ steps.tag_version.outputs.changelog }}