diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish-pypi.yml b/.github/workflows/publish-pypi.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..59d5016
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish-pypi.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+# This workflow will upload a Python Package using hatch when a release is created
+
+name: Publish Python Package
+
+on:
+  push:
+    tags:
+    - v[0-9]+.[0-9]+.[0-9]+*
+
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+
+jobs:
+  deploy:
+
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+    - name: Set up Python
+      uses: actions/setup-python@v3
+      with:
+        python-version: '3.12'
+    - name: Install dependencies and build package
+      run: |
+        pip install --upgrade pip build twine
+        python -m build
+    - name: Publish package
+      env:
+        TWINE_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.PYPI_API_TOKEN }}
+        TWINE_USERNAME: __token__
+        TWINE_REPOSITORY: pypi
+      run: |
+        python -m twine upload dist/*
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index d5a04e0..0ebe408 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -9,9 +9,9 @@ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]
 name = "scwidgets"
-description = "ipywidgets for the creation of interactive code demos and educational notebooks"
+description = "A collection of widgets to prepare interactive scientific visualisations, including user code input and validation"
 readme = "README.rst"
-requires-python = ">=3.8"
+requires-python = ">=3.9"
 license = {text = "BSD-3-Clause"}
 classifiers = [
     "Intended Audience :: Science/Research",
diff --git a/src/scwidgets/__init__.py b/src/scwidgets/__init__.py
index f9a235a..5ffd191 100644
--- a/src/scwidgets/__init__.py
+++ b/src/scwidgets/__init__.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-__version__ = "0.0.0-dev"
+__version__ = "0.1.0-dev0"
 __authors__ = "the scicode-widgets developer team"
 
 from ._css_style import CssStyle, get_css_style