diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish-pypi.yml b/.github/workflows/publish-pypi.yml
index 130128f..11f40fe 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish-pypi.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish-pypi.yml
@@ -27,6 +27,11 @@ jobs:
       - name: Set up Python
         run: uv python install 3.12
 
+      - name: Set up Node.js
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v4
+        with:
+          node-version: '22'
+
       - name: Update versions with build number
         run: |
           BUILD_NUMBER=$(printf "%04d" $(($VERSION_OFFSET + ${{ github.run_number }})))
@@ -40,17 +45,7 @@ jobs:
             sed -i "s/^version = \".*\"/version = \"$VERSION\"/" "$pkg"
           done
 
-          echo "Updated versions to $VERSION"
-
-      - name: Commit version changes
-        run: |
-          BUILD_NUMBER=$(printf "%04d" $(($VERSION_OFFSET + ${{ github.run_number }})))
-          VERSION="${VERSION_PREFIX}.${BUILD_NUMBER}"
-          git config user.name "github-actions[bot]"
-          git config user.email "github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com"
-          git add pyproject.toml packages/*/pyproject.toml
-          git commit -m "Bump version to $VERSION [skip ci]" || echo "No changes to commit"
-          git push origin master
+          echo "Publishing version $VERSION to PyPI"
 
       - name: Build all packages
         run: uv build --all-packages
@@ -59,3 +54,14 @@ jobs:
         env:
           UV_PUBLISH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.PYPI_API_TOKEN }}
         run: uv publish
+
+      - name: Create GitHub Release
+        env:
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
+        run: |
+          BUILD_NUMBER=$(printf "%04d" $(($VERSION_OFFSET + ${{ github.run_number }})))
+          VERSION="${VERSION_PREFIX}.${BUILD_NUMBER}"
+          gh release create "v$VERSION" \
+            --title "Release $VERSION" \
+            --notes "Automated release $VERSION" \
+            --repo ${{ github.repository }}