diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3e1ac2a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+name: Release
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - master
+
+jobs:
+  release-please:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: google-github-actions/release-please-action@v3
+        id: release
+        with:
+          token: ${{ secrets.BOT_TOKEN }}
+          release-type: node
+          package-name: 'ml-array-utils'
+          bump-minor-pre-major: true
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        # These if statements ensure that a publication only occurs when a new release is created
+        if: ${{ steps.release.outputs.release_created }}
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+          token: ${{ secrets.BOT_TOKEN }}
+      - uses: actions/setup-node@v4
+        if: ${{ steps.release.outputs.release_created }}
+        with:
+          node-version: 20.x
+          registry-url: 'https://registry.npmjs.org'
+      - name: Run Lerna publish
+        if: ${{ steps.release.outputs.release_created }}
+        run: |
+          git config --global user.name "mljs-bot"
+          git config --global user.email "72700744+mljs-bot@users.noreply.github.com"
+          npm install
+          npm run publish
+        env:
+          NODE_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_BOT_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/lerna.json b/lerna.json
index 3a98548..be3621b 100644
--- a/lerna.json
+++ b/lerna.json
@@ -1,11 +1,7 @@
 {
   "$schema": "node_modules/lerna/schemas/lerna-schema.json",
   "conventionalCommits": true,
-  "packages": ["packages/*"],
-  "command": {
-    "bootstrap": {
-      "npmClientArgs": ["--no-package-lock"]
-    }
-  },
-  "version": "independent"
+  "changelogPreset": "conventionalcommits",
+  "version": "independent",
+  "packages": ["packages/*"]
 }
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 146a35d..174dd2c 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
     "install-clean": "rimraf node_modules packages/*/node_modules",
     "prettier": "prettier --check .",
     "prettier-write": "prettier --write .",
-    "publish": "npm run test && npm run build && npm run test && lerna publish -y --no-verify-access",
+    "publish": "npm run test && npm run build && lerna publish -y --no-verify-access",
     "test": "npm run test-only && tsc --noEmit && npm run eslint && npm run prettier",
     "test-only": "vitest --run --coverage",
     "tsc": "tsc --build",
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
     "@types/node": "^25.6.0",
     "@vitest/coverage-v8": "^4.1.4",
     "@zakodium/tsconfig": "^1.0.5",
+    "conventional-changelog-conventionalcommits": "^9.3.1",
     "eslint": "^9.39.4",
     "eslint-config-cheminfo-typescript": "^21.2.0",
     "lerna": "^9.0.5",