diff --git a/.github/.release-please-manifest.json b/.github/.release-please-manifest.json
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/.release-please-manifest.json
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+{
+    ".": "0.0.0"
+}
diff --git a/.github/release-please-config.json b/.github/release-please-config.json
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+++ b/.github/release-please-config.json
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+{
+    "$schema": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/googleapis/release-please/main/schemas/config.json",
+    "packages": {
+        ".": {
+            "release-type": "simple",
+            "extra-files": [
+                "lua/rest-nvim/api.lua"
+            ]
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-please.yml b/.github/workflows/release-please.yml
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+++ b/.github/workflows/release-please.yml
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+name: Release
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [main]
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+jobs:
+  release:
+    name: release
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      contents: write
+      pull-requests: write
+    steps:
+      - uses: googleapis/release-please-action@v4
+        with:
+          token: ${{ secrets.CI_TOKEN }}
+          config-file: .github/release-please-config.json
+          manifest-file: .github/.release-please-manifest.json