diff --git a/new_release.sh b/new_release.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..28636c5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/new_release.sh
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+semantic-release version --tag --changelog --vcs-release 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 8a239d4..456a7c4 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -20,6 +20,68 @@ Homepage = "https://git.aquila-consortium.org/guilhem_lavaux/pysphereproj"
 Issues = "https://git.aquila-consortium.org/guilhem_lavaux/pysphereproj/issues"
 
 [build-system]
-requires = ["setuptools >= 61.0", "numpy", "wheel", "Cython"]
+requires = ["setuptools >= 61.0", "numpy", "wheel", "Cython", "python-semantic-release"]
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
+[tool.semantic_release]
+assets = []
+version_toml = [
+  "pyproject.toml:project.version",
+]
+version_variables = [
+  "src/sphereproj/__init__.py:__version__"
+]
+build_command_env = []
+commit_message = "{version}\n\nAutomatically generated by python-semantic-release"
+commit_parser = "angular"
+logging_use_named_masks = false
+major_on_zero = true
+allow_zero_version = true
+tag_format = "v{version}"
+
+[tool.semantic_release.branches.main]
+match = "(main|master)"
+prerelease_token = "rc"
+prerelease = false
+
+[tool.semantic_release.changelog]
+template_dir = "templates"
+changelog_file = "CHANGELOG.md"
+exclude_commit_patterns = []
+
+[tool.semantic_release.changelog.environment]
+block_start_string = "{%"
+block_end_string = "%}"
+variable_start_string = "{{"
+variable_end_string = "}}"
+comment_start_string = "{#"
+comment_end_string = "#}"
+trim_blocks = false
+lstrip_blocks = false
+newline_sequence = "\n"
+keep_trailing_newline = false
+extensions = []
+autoescape = true
+
+[tool.semantic_release.commit_author]
+env = "GIT_COMMIT_AUTHOR"
+default = "semantic-release <semantic-release>"
+
+[tool.semantic_release.commit_parser_options]
+allowed_tags = ["build", "chore", "ci", "docs", "feat", "fix", "perf", "style", "refactor", "test"]
+minor_tags = ["feat"]
+patch_tags = ["fix", "perf"]
+default_bump_level = 0
+
+[tool.semantic_release.remote]
+name = "origin"
+type = "gitea"
+ignore_token_for_push = false
+insecure = false
+domain = "git.aquila-consortium.org"
+
+[tool.semantic_release.publish]
+dist_glob_patterns = ["dist/*"]
+upload_to_vcs_release = true
+
+
diff --git a/src/sphereproj/__init__.py b/src/sphereproj/__init__.py
index 49c414c..249720a 100644
--- a/src/sphereproj/__init__.py
+++ b/src/sphereproj/__init__.py
@@ -1 +1,3 @@
-from ._project import spherical_projection, project_cic, interp3d
\ No newline at end of file
+from ._project import spherical_projection, project_cic, interp3d
+
+__version__ = "1.0"