diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish.yml b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..78297f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+name: Publish Python 🐍 distributions 📦 to PyPI
+on:
+  release:
+    types: [created]
+jobs:
+  publish:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - name: Get tagged version
+        id: vars
+        run: echo ::set-output name=tag::${GITHUB_REF#refs/*/}
+      - name: Replace tag template in `setup.py`
+        env:
+          RELEASE_VERSION: ${{ steps.vars.outputs.tag }}
+        run: |
+          echo replacing TEMPLATE_VERSION in setup.py with $RELEASE_VERSION...
+          sed -i "s|TEMPLATE_VERSION|$RELEASE_VERSION|" setup.py
+      - name: Set up Python
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v2
+        with:
+          python-version: "3.x"
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: |
+          python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+          pip install setuptools wheel twine
+      - name: Build and publish
+        env:
+          TWINE_USERNAME: __token__
+          TWINE_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.PYPI_PASSWORD }}
+        run: |
+          python setup.py sdist bdist_wheel
+          python -m twine upload dist/*
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 380593a..7777567 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 setup(
     name = 'pylutron',
-    version = '0.2.8',
+    version = 'TEMPLATE_VERSION',
     license = 'MIT',
     description = 'Python library for Lutron RadioRA 2',
     author = 'Dima Zavin',