diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yml b/.github/workflows/main.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f3bc115
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/main.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+name: Release and Publish Gem
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch: {}
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    name: "Build gem package"
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+    - name: Checkout code
+      uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      with:
+        fetch-depth: 0
+
+    - name: "Git Information"
+      id: gitinfo
+      run: |
+        echo name=${GITHUB_REF#refs/*/}       >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+        echo branch=${GITHUB_REF#refs/heads/} >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+        make tags                             >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+
+    - name: "Publish gem"
+      env:
+        VERSION: ${{ steps.gitinfo.outputs.tag }}
+      shell: "bash"
+      run: "make publish"
+
+    - name: "Create Release"
+      id: release
+      uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v1
+      env:
+        GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+      with:
+        tag_name: ${{ github.ref }}
+        name: Release ${{ steps.gitinfo.outputs.tag }}
+        body: ${{steps.github_release.outputs.changelog}}
+        draft: false
+        prerelease: false
+        files: |
+          lr_common_styles-${{ steps.gitinfo.outputs.version }}.gem 
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index cfe9650..d6d7b6c 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,28 +1,19 @@
-.PHONY: auth clean gem publish test
+.PHONY: clean gem publish test
 
 NAME?=lr_common_styles
 OWNER?=epimorphics
 VERSION?=$(shell ruby -e 'require "./lib/lr_common_styles/version" ; puts LrCommonStyles::VERSION')
 PAT?=$(shell read -p 'Github access token:' TOKEN; echo $$TOKEN)
 
-AUTH=${HOME}/.gem/credentials
 GEM=${NAME}-${VERSION}.gem
 GPR=https://rubygems.pkg.github.com/${OWNER}
 SPEC=${NAME}.gemspec
 
 all: publish
 
-${AUTH}:
-	@mkdir -p ${HOME}/.gem
-	@echo '---' > ${AUTH}
-	@echo ':github: Bearer ${PAT}' >> ${AUTH}
-	@chmod 0600 ${AUTH}
-
 ${GEM}: ${SPEC} ./lib/lr_common_styles/version.rb
 	gem build ${SPEC}
 
-auth: ${AUTH}
-
 build: gem
 
 gem: ${GEM}
@@ -40,5 +31,5 @@ publish: ${GEM}
 clean:
 	@rm -rf ${GEM}
 
-realclean: clean
-	@rm -rf ${AUTH}
+tags:
+	@echo version=${VERSION}