diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 14e31a5..31c2327 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -20,3 +20,51 @@ jobs:
       - store_artifacts:
           path: test-reports
 
+  deploy:
+    docker:
+      - image: circleci/python:3.7.0
+    steps:
+      - checkout
+      - run:
+          name: Install Python Dependencies
+          command: |
+            sudo pip install pipenv
+            pipenv install --three
+
+      - run:
+          name: verify git tag vs. version
+          command: |
+            pipenv run python setup.py verify
+      - run:
+          name: init .pypirc
+          command: |
+            echo -e "[pypi]" >> ~/.pypirc
+            echo -e "username = therold" >> ~/.pypirc
+            echo -e "password = $PYPI_PASSWORD" >> ~/.pypirc
+      - run:
+          name: create packages
+          command: |
+            pipenv run python setup.py sdist
+            pipenv run python setup.py bdist_wheel
+      - run:
+          name: upload to pypi
+          command: |
+            pipenv run twine upload dist/*
+
+workflows:
+  version: 2
+  build_and_deploy:
+    jobs:
+      - build:
+          filters:
+            tags:
+              only: /.*/
+      - deploy:
+          requires:
+            - build
+          filters:
+            tags:
+              only: /[0-9]+(\.[0-9]+)*/
+            branches:
+              ignore: /.*/
+
diff --git a/Pipfile b/Pipfile
index b2134c7..0c955d6 100644
--- a/Pipfile
+++ b/Pipfile
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ name = "pypi"
 
 [packages]
 pytest = "==3.8.1"
+twine = "*"
 
 [dev-packages]
 
diff --git a/Pipfile.lock b/Pipfile.lock
index 431d3bb..98f76ed 100644
--- a/Pipfile.lock
+++ b/Pipfile.lock
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
     "_meta": {
         "hash": {
-            "sha256": "ac8185ca5dae72b0537acc067b9910f26d093431a8d0f2dfab08a6060fbd66ef"
+            "sha256": "cdc187dc1ea98d440cb849c4a5aa5029162c9d0c88dfd472d6f1d5de9bacd263"
         },
         "pipfile-spec": 6,
         "requires": {
@@ -30,6 +30,48 @@
             ],
             "version": "==18.2.0"
         },
+        "bleach": {
+            "hashes": [
+                "sha256:48d39675b80a75f6d1c3bdbffec791cf0bbbab665cf01e20da701c77de278718",
+                "sha256:73d26f018af5d5adcdabf5c1c974add4361a9c76af215fe32fdec8a6fc5fb9b9"
+            ],
+            "version": "==3.0.2"
+        },
+        "certifi": {
+            "hashes": [
+                "sha256:339dc09518b07e2fa7eda5450740925974815557727d6bd35d319c1524a04a4c",
+                "sha256:6d58c986d22b038c8c0df30d639f23a3e6d172a05c3583e766f4c0b785c0986a"
+            ],
+            "version": "==2018.10.15"
+        },
+        "chardet": {
+            "hashes": [
+                "sha256:84ab92ed1c4d4f16916e05906b6b75a6c0fb5db821cc65e70cbd64a3e2a5eaae",
+                "sha256:fc323ffcaeaed0e0a02bf4d117757b98aed530d9ed4531e3e15460124c106691"
+            ],
+            "version": "==3.0.4"
+        },
+        "docutils": {
+            "hashes": [
+                "sha256:02aec4bd92ab067f6ff27a38a38a41173bf01bed8f89157768c1573f53e474a6",
+                "sha256:51e64ef2ebfb29cae1faa133b3710143496eca21c530f3f71424d77687764274",
+                "sha256:7a4bd47eaf6596e1295ecb11361139febe29b084a87bf005bf899f9a42edc3c6"
+            ],
+            "version": "==0.14"
+        },
+        "future": {
+            "hashes": [
+                "sha256:eb6d4df04f1fb538c99f69c9a28b255d1ee4e825d479b9c62fc38c0cf38065a4"
+            ],
+            "version": "==0.17.0"
+        },
+        "idna": {
+            "hashes": [
+                "sha256:156a6814fb5ac1fc6850fb002e0852d56c0c8d2531923a51032d1b70760e186e",
+                "sha256:684a38a6f903c1d71d6d5fac066b58d7768af4de2b832e426ec79c30daa94a16"
+            ],
+            "version": "==2.7"
+        },
         "more-itertools": {
             "hashes": [
                 "sha256:c187a73da93e7a8acc0001572aebc7e3c69daf7bf6881a2cea10650bd4420092",
@@ -38,12 +80,19 @@
             ],
             "version": "==4.3.0"
         },
+        "pkginfo": {
+            "hashes": [
+                "sha256:5878d542a4b3f237e359926384f1dde4e099c9f5525d236b1840cf704fa8d474",
+                "sha256:a39076cb3eb34c333a0dd390b568e9e1e881c7bf2cc0aee12120636816f55aee"
+            ],
+            "version": "==1.4.2"
+        },
         "pluggy": {
             "hashes": [
-                "sha256:6e3836e39f4d36ae72840833db137f7b7d35105079aee6ec4a62d9f80d594dd1",
-                "sha256:95eb8364a4708392bae89035f45341871286a333f749c3141c20573d2b3876e1"
+                "sha256:447ba94990e8014ee25ec853339faf7b0fc8050cdc3289d4d71f7f410fb90095",
+                "sha256:bde19360a8ec4dfd8a20dcb811780a30998101f078fc7ded6162f0076f50508f"
             ],
-            "version": "==0.7.1"
+            "version": "==0.8.0"
         },
         "py": {
             "hashes": [
@@ -52,6 +101,13 @@
             ],
             "version": "==1.7.0"
         },
+        "pygments": {
+            "hashes": [
+                "sha256:78f3f434bcc5d6ee09020f92ba487f95ba50f1e3ef83ae96b9d5ffa1bab25c5d",
+                "sha256:dbae1046def0efb574852fab9e90209b23f556367b5a320c0bcb871c77c3e8cc"
+            ],
+            "version": "==2.2.0"
+        },
         "pytest": {
             "hashes": [
                 "sha256:0a72d8a9f559c006ba153e0c9b4838efd7b656cf1f993747ba7128770d6eb12c",
@@ -60,12 +116,62 @@
             "index": "pypi",
             "version": "==3.8.1"
         },
+        "readme-renderer": {
+            "hashes": [
+                "sha256:219a02f5359b6631f5ab952f6906c6c105bdd8bc4bf19c1ec5ee8bd9ea2dc1eb",
+                "sha256:f8f122ad9fd6d138337531379575a01a0b6ca70aedca78f094cb833da38c8c0c"
+            ],
+            "version": "==23.0"
+        },
+        "requests": {
+            "hashes": [
+                "sha256:99dcfdaaeb17caf6e526f32b6a7b780461512ab3f1d992187801694cba42770c",
+                "sha256:a84b8c9ab6239b578f22d1c21d51b696dcfe004032bb80ea832398d6909d7279"
+            ],
+            "version": "==2.20.0"
+        },
+        "requests-toolbelt": {
+            "hashes": [
+                "sha256:42c9c170abc2cacb78b8ab23ac957945c7716249206f90874651971a4acff237",
+                "sha256:f6a531936c6fa4c6cfce1b9c10d5c4f498d16528d2a54a22ca00011205a187b5"
+            ],
+            "version": "==0.8.0"
+        },
         "six": {
             "hashes": [
                 "sha256:70e8a77beed4562e7f14fe23a786b54f6296e34344c23bc42f07b15018ff98e9",
                 "sha256:832dc0e10feb1aa2c68dcc57dbb658f1c7e65b9b61af69048abc87a2db00a0eb"
             ],
             "version": "==1.11.0"
+        },
+        "tqdm": {
+            "hashes": [
+                "sha256:3c4d4a5a41ef162dd61f1edb86b0e1c7859054ab656b2e7c7b77e7fbf6d9f392",
+                "sha256:5b4d5549984503050883bc126280b386f5f4ca87e6c023c5d015655ad75bdebb"
+            ],
+            "version": "==4.28.1"
+        },
+        "twine": {
+            "hashes": [
+                "sha256:7d89bc6acafb31d124e6e5b295ef26ac77030bf098960c2a4c4e058335827c5c",
+                "sha256:fad6f1251195f7ddd1460cb76d6ea106c93adb4e56c41e0da79658e56e547d2c"
+            ],
+            "index": "pypi",
+            "version": "==1.12.1"
+        },
+        "urllib3": {
+            "hashes": [
+                "sha256:41c3db2fc01e5b907288010dec72f9d0a74e37d6994e6eb56849f59fea2265ae",
+                "sha256:8819bba37a02d143296a4d032373c4dd4aca11f6d4c9973335ca75f9c8475f59"
+            ],
+            "version": "==1.24"
+        },
+        "webencodings": {
+            "hashes": [
+                "sha256:a0af1213f3c2226497a97e2b3aa01a7e4bee4f403f95be16fc9acd2947514a78",
+                "sha256:b36a1c245f2d304965eb4e0a82848379241dc04b865afcc4aab16748587e1923"
+            ],
+            "version": "==0.5.1"
         }
     },
     "develop": {}
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index c7d08bd..6fd3165 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,9 +1,33 @@
 from setuptools import setup
 from setuptools.command.test import test as TestCommand
+from setuptools.command.install import install
 import sys
+import os
 
 import pybeerxml
 
+# circleci.py version
+VERSION = "1.0.3"
+
+def readme():
+    """print long description"""
+    with open('README.md') as f:
+        return f.read()
+
+
+class VerifyVersionCommand(install):
+    """Custom command to verify that the git tag matches our version"""
+    description = 'verify that the git tag matches our version'
+
+    def run(self):
+        tag = os.getenv('CIRCLE_TAG')
+
+        if tag != VERSION:
+            info = "Git tag: {0} does not match the version of this app: {1}".format(
+                tag, VERSION
+            )
+            sys.exit(info)
+
 class PyTest(TestCommand):
     def finalize_options(self):
         TestCommand.finalize_options(self)
@@ -18,14 +42,17 @@ def run_tests(self):
 setup(
     name = 'pybeerxml',
     packages = ['pybeerxml'],
-    version = '1.0.2',
+    version = VERSION,
     description = 'A BeerXML Parser',
     author = 'Tom Herold',
     author_email = 'heroldtom@gmail.com',
     url = 'https://github.com/hotzenklotz/pybeerxml',
-    download_url = 'https://github.com/hotzenklotz/pybeerxml/tarball/1.0.2',
+    download_url = 'https://github.com/hotzenklotz/pybeerxml/tarball/{}'.format(VERSION),
     tests_require=['pytest'],
-    cmdclass={'test': PyTest},
+    cmdclass={
+        'test': PyTest,
+        'verify': VerifyVersionCommand
+    },
     platforms='any',
     keywords = ['beerxml', 'beer', 'xml', 'brewing'],
     classifiers = [],