diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index ea9e675..8808d98 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -48,6 +48,8 @@ jobs:
         run: cargo clippy --all-targets -- -D warnings
       - name: Install taplo toml toolkit
         run: cargo install --locked --version 0.10.0 taplo-cli
+      - name: Run taplo check
+        run: taplo fmt --check --diff
 
   build_and_test:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..086dca3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2025 The Contributors to Eclipse OpenSOVD (see CONTRIBUTORS)
+#
+# See the NOTICE file(s) distributed with this work for additional
+# information regarding copyright ownership.
+#
+# This program and the accompanying materials are made available under the
+# terms of the Apache License Version 2.0 which is available at
+# https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+name: Release
+
+on:
+  push:
+    tags:
+      - v*
+
+concurrency:
+  group: "release-${{ github.head_ref || github.ref }}"
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+
+jobs:
+  cargo-publish:
+    permissions:
+      content: read
+    name: publish to crates.io
+    # This will publish to crates.io if secrets.CRATES_TOKEN is set in the workspace, otherwise do a dry-run
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    needs:
+      - tag_release_artifacts
+    env:
+      CRATES_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.CRATES_IO_TOKEN }}
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          submodules: false
+      - name: Install Rust toolchain
+        uses: dtolnay/rust-toolchain
+        with:
+          toolchain: 1.88.0
+      - name: Cache Rust dependencies
+        uses: Swatinem/rust-cache@v2
+      - uses: ./.github/actions/setup-dlt
+      - name: Publish to crates.io
+        run: |
+          PUBLISH_ARGS="--all-features"
+          if [ -z "$CRATES_TOKEN" ]; then
+            PUBLISH_ARGS="$PUBLISH_ARGS --dry-run"
+          else
+            PUBLISH_ARGS="$PUBLISH_ARGS --token ${CRATES_TOKEN}"
+          fi
+          cargo publish $PUBLISH_ARGS
+        env:
+          RUSTFLAGS: "-L /usr/local/lib"
+          PKG_CONFIG_PATH: "/usr/local/lib/pkgconfig:$PKG_CONFIG_PATH"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 6489410..9d9c128 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@ members = ["dlt-sys", "dlt-rs", "tracing-dlt", "integration-tests"]
 
 [workspace.dependencies]
 tracing-dlt = { path = "tracing-dlt" }
-dlt-sys = { path = "dlt-sys" }
-dlt-rs = { path = "dlt-rs" }
+dlt-sys = { path = "dlt-sys", version = "0.1.0" }
+dlt-rs = { path = "dlt-rs", version = "0.1.0" }
 integration-tests = { path = "integration-tests" }
 
 # ---- common crates ----
diff --git a/dlt-rs/Cargo.toml b/dlt-rs/Cargo.toml
index ab045c7..d47ed57 100644
--- a/dlt-rs/Cargo.toml
+++ b/dlt-rs/Cargo.toml
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ workspace = true
 path = "src/lib.rs"
 
 [dependencies]
-dlt-sys = { workspace = true }
+dlt-sys = { workspace = true, version = "0.1.0" }
 
 # external
 tokio = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/tracing-dlt/Cargo.toml b/tracing-dlt/Cargo.toml
index a7dc679..8e2cc04 100644
--- a/tracing-dlt/Cargo.toml
+++ b/tracing-dlt/Cargo.toml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ path = "src/lib.rs"
 
 [dependencies]
 # internal dependencies
-dlt-rs = { workspace = true }
+dlt-rs = { workspace = true, version = "0.1.0" }
 
 # external
 tokio = { workspace = true }