diff --git a/.github/workflows/cd.yaml b/.github/workflows/cd.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5f22255a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/cd.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+name: "Build & Release"
+
+permissions:
+  # To upload files to GitHub Releases
+  contents: write
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - main
+    secrets:
+      CARGO_REGISTRY_TOKEN:
+        description: "Token to publish to crates.io"
+        required: true
+      GITHUB_TOKEN:
+        description: "Github Token to enable PR creation"
+        required: true
+
+jobs:
+  validate-input:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Validate input
+        id: regex-match
+        run: |
+          text="${INPUT_VERSION}";
+          regex="^v([0-9]+)\.([0-9]+)\.([0-9]+)-?([[:alnum:]]*)\+?([0-9]*)$";
+          # Perform the regex match
+          if grep -qE "$regex" <<< "$text"; then
+              echo "match=true" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT";
+          else
+              echo "match=false" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT";
+          fi
+
+      - name: Fail if don't match regex
+        if: ${{ inputs.version && steps.regex-match.outputs.match == 'false' }}
+        run: |
+          echo "${{inputs.version}} doesn't match regex. Use a version similar to v3.1.4-alpha+159"
+          exit 1;
+
+  run-ci:
+    needs: validate-input
+    uses: ./.github/workflows/ci.yaml
+
+  release-plz:
+    name: Release-plz
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+
+      - name: Install Rust toolchain
+        uses: actions-rust-lang/setup-rust-toolchain@v1
+
+      - name: Run release-plz
+        uses: MarcoIeni/release-plz-action@v0.5
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          CARGO_REGISTRY_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.CARGO_REGISTRY_TOKEN }}
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diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
index 488d8e28..c3ced72f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
@@ -1,9 +1,13 @@
 # Inspired by https://github.com/joshka/github-workflows/blob/main/.github/workflows/rust-check.yml
+name: Lint & Test
+
 on:
   pull_request:
     branches: [ main ]
-  push:
-    branches: [ main ]
+  workflow_call:
+
+env:
+  CARGO_TERM_COLOR: always
 
 # ensure that the workflow is only triggered once per PR, subsequent pushes to the PR will cancel
 # and restart the workflow. See https://docs.github.com/en/actions/using-jobs/using-concurrency