diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-please.yml b/.github/workflows/release-please.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..49fba293747
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-please.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - main
+      - "v*.*-branch"
+
+permissions:
+  contents: write
+  pull-requests: write
+
+name: release-please
+
+jobs:
+  release-please:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: googleapis/release-please-action@v4
+        id: release
+        with:
+          token: ${{ secrets.ZMK_RELEASE_PLEASE_TOKEN }}
+          target-branch: ${{ github.ref_name }}
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        if: ${{ steps.release.outputs.release_created }}
+      - name: create major, minor branch
+        if: ${{ steps.release.outputs.release_created && steps.release.outputs.patch == '0' }}
+        run: |
+          git remote add gh-token-branch "https://x-access-token:${{ secrets.ZMK_RELEASE_PLEASE_TOKEN }}@github.com/${{ github.repository }}.git"
+          git checkout -b v${{ steps.release.outputs.major }}.${{ steps.release.outputs.minor }}-branch
+          git push gh-token-branch v${{ steps.release.outputs.major }}.${{ steps.release.outputs.minor }}-branch
+      - name: tag major and minor versions
+        if: ${{ steps.release.outputs.release_created }}
+        run: |
+          git config user.name github-actions[bot]
+          git config user.email 41898282+github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com
+          git remote add gh-token "https://x-access-token:${{ secrets.ZMK_RELEASE_PLEASE_TOKEN }}@github.com/${{ github.repository }}.git"
+          git tag -d v${{ steps.release.outputs.major }}.${{ steps.release.outputs.minor }} || true
+          git tag -a v${{ steps.release.outputs.major }}.${{ steps.release.outputs.minor }} -m "Release v${{ steps.release.outputs.major }}.${{ steps.release.outputs.minor }}"
+          git push --force gh-token v${{ steps.release.outputs.major }}.${{ steps.release.outputs.minor }}
diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 1c6d560cef3..aa9c8d39603 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -16,7 +16,12 @@ repos:
     rev: v2.7.1
     hooks:
       - id: prettier
-        exclude: ".git/COMMIT_EDITMSG"
+        exclude: |
+          (?x)^(
+              .git/COMMIT_EDITMSG|
+              CHANGELOG.md|
+              .release-please-manifest.json
+          )$
         # Workaround for https://github.com/pre-commit/mirrors-prettier/issues/29
         additional_dependencies:
           - prettier@2.8.7
diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0967ef424bc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{}
diff --git a/app/VERSION b/app/VERSION
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..bce9f90bd5a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/VERSION
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+# x-release-please-start-major
+VERSION_MAJOR = 0
+# x-release-please-end
+
+# x-release-please-start-minor
+VERSION_MINOR = 0
+# x-release-please-end
+
+# x-release-please-start-patch
+PATCHLEVEL = 1
+# x-release-please-end
+
+VERSION_TWEAK = 0
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/release-please-config.json b/release-please-config.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d09fb98616d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/release-please-config.json
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+{
+  "$schema": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/googleapis/release-please/main/schemas/config.json",
+  "bootstrap-sha": "2ded7919ebd63e0174bf5a412f6f01d6af0061c6",
+  "release-type": "simple",
+  "extra-files": ["app/VERSION"],
+  "packages": {
+    ".": {}
+  }
+}