diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-and-release.yml b/.github/workflows/ci-and-release.yml
index 166ce5fc..2abdf48e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci-and-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-and-release.yml
@@ -82,3 +82,37 @@ jobs:
 
           # publish to local repository, and then release bundle
           sbt "publishSigned; releaseSonatypeBundle"
+
+  create-release:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+
+      - name: Get the version
+        id: get_version
+        run: echo ::set-output name=VERSION::${GITHUB_REF#refs/tags/}
+
+      - name: Get commit summary
+        id: get_commit_summary
+        run: |
+          PREVIOUS_TAG=$(git tag --sort=-creatordate | sed -n 2p)
+          echo "PREVIOUS_TAG: $PREVIOUS_TAG"
+          COMMIT_SUMMARY="$(git log --oneline --pretty=tformat:"%h %s" $PREVIOUS_TAG..${{ github.ref }})"
+          COMMIT_SUMMARY="${COMMIT_SUMMARY//$'\n'/'%0A'}"
+          echo ::set-output name=COMMIT_SUMMARY::$COMMIT_SUMMARY
+
+      - name: Create Release
+        id: create_release
+        uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v1
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+        with:
+          tag_name: ${{ steps.get_version.outputs.VERSION }}
+          name: Release ${{ steps.get_version.outputs.VERSION }}
+          body: |
+            ${{ steps.get_commit_summary.outputs.COMMIT_SUMMARY }}
+          draft: false
+          prerelease: false