diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yaml b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+name: Release
+
+# Always tests wheel building, but only publish to PyPI on pushed tags.
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    paths-ignore:
+      - ".github/workflows/*.yaml"
+      - "!.github/workflows/release.yaml"
+  push:
+    paths-ignore:
+      - ".github/workflows/*.yaml"
+      - "!.github/workflows/release.yaml"
+    branches-ignore:
+      - "dependabot/**"
+      - "pre-commit-ci-update-config"
+    tags: ["**"]
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+jobs:
+  build-release:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
+    permissions:
+      id-token: write
+
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+        with:
+          python-version: "3.11"
+
+      - name: install build package
+        run: |
+          pip install --upgrade pip
+          pip install build
+          pip freeze
+
+      - name: build release
+        run: |
+          python -m build --sdist --wheel .
+          ls -l dist
+
+      - name: publish to pypi
+        uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@release/v1
+        if: startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/')
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
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+[build-system]
+requires = ["setuptools>=64", "setuptools_scm>=8"]
+build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
+
+[project]
+name = "jupyterhub-fancy-profiles"
+dynamic = ["version"]
+authors = [
+    {name = "Yuvi", email = "yuvipanda@gmail.com"},
+]
+description = "Fancy Profile UI for jupyterhub-kubespawner"
+keywords = ["jupyterhub"]
+readme = "README.md"
+classifiers = [
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3",
+    "License :: OSI Approved :: BSD License",
+    "Operating System :: OS Independent",
+]
+
+[tool.setuptools_scm]
+version_file = "jupyterhub_fancy_profiles/_version.py"
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diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
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--- a/setup.py
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@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-from setuptools import find_packages, setup
-
-setup(
-    name="jupyterhub-fancy-profiles",
-    version="1.0.0",
-    description="UI that plugs into kubespawner profile list for",
-    url="https://github.com/yuvipanda/jupyterhub-fancy-profiles",
-    author="Yuvi Panda",
-    author_email="yuvipanda@gmail.com",
-    license="3 Clause BSD",
-    packages=find_packages(),
-    include_package_data=True,
-)