diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish.yml b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d056131
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+name: Publish to PyPI
+
+on:
+  release:
+    types: [published]
+
+jobs:
+  deploy:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+    - name: Install Python
+      uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+      with:
+        python-version: '3.11'
+    - name: Install dependencies
+      run: |
+        python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+        pip install packaging setuptools twine wheel
+    - name: Build package
+      run: |
+        python setup.py sdist bdist_wheel
+    - name: Publish package to PyPI
+      uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@release/v1
diff --git a/abismal/VERSION b/abismal/VERSION
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8acdd82
--- /dev/null
+++ b/abismal/VERSION
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+0.0.1
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 84d4626..9983f35 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 from setuptools import setup, find_packages
 
+# Get version number
+def getVersionNumber():
+    with open("abismal/VERSION", "r") as vfile:
+        version = vfile.read().strip()
+    return version
 
 PROJECT_URLS = {
     "Bug Tracker": "https://github.com/rs-station/abismal/issues",