diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..027f4e670
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+---
+name: Release eda-server
+
+env:
+  LC_ALL: "C.UTF-8" # prevent ERROR: Ansible could not initialize the preferred locale: unsupported locale setting
+
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+jobs:
+  stage:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    timeout-minutes: 90
+    permissions:
+      packages: write
+      contents: write
+    steps:
+      - name: Install go-task
+        run: |
+          curl -sL https://taskfile.dev/install.sh | sh
+          mv ./bin/task /usr/local/bin/task
+          task --version
+
+      - name: Checkout eda-server
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+
+      - name: Get python version from Taskfile
+        run: echo py_version=`task PYTHON_VERSION` >> $GITHUB_ENV
+
+      - name: Install python ${{ env.py_version }}
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+        with:
+          python-version: ${{ env.py_version }}
+
+      - name: Install python deeps
+        run: pip install -r requirements_dev.txt
+
+      - name: Create release
+        run: ansible-playbook tools/ansible/release.yml -i localhost -e github_token=${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/Taskfile.dist.yaml b/Taskfile.dist.yaml
index 5d6dd7173..d8358e067 100644
--- a/Taskfile.dist.yaml
+++ b/Taskfile.dist.yaml
@@ -355,3 +355,16 @@ tasks:
       - task: macpodman
         vars:
           CLI_ARGS: tunnel
+
+  build:release:
+    desc: "builds all the files needed for a release"
+    cmds:
+      - cmd: mkdir -p dist
+      - cmd: tar -zcvf dist/eda-server.tar.gz LICENSE README.md Taskfile.dist.yaml docs poetry.lock pyproject.toml pytest.ini requirements_dev.txt scripts setup.cfg src tests tools
+
+
+  PYTHON_VERSION:
+    desc: "Return the required python version for build tools"
+    cmds:
+      - cmd: echo "3.9"
+    silent: true
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 3ebf202ae..344e281b2 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ build-backend = "poetry.core.masonry.api"
 
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "aap-eda"
-version = "0.2.0"
+version = "2024.3.4"
 description = ""
 authors = ["Red Hat, Inc. <info@ansible.com>"]
 readme = "README.md"
@@ -120,3 +120,25 @@ ban-relative-imports = "parents"
 
 [tool.ruff.pydocstyle]
 convention = "pep257"
+
+[tool.setuptools_scm]
+version_scheme = "calver-by-date"
+
+[tool.bumpver]
+current_version = "2024.3.4"
+version_pattern = "YYYY.MM.DD"
+commit_message = "chore: bump version {old_version} -> {new_version}"
+tag_message = "{new_version}"
+tag_scope = "default"
+pre_commit_hook = ""
+post_commit_hook = ""
+commit = true
+tag = true
+push = true
+
+[tool.bumpver.file_patterns]
+"pyproject.toml" = [
+    'current_version = "{version}"',
+    'version = "{version}"',
+]
+
diff --git a/requirements_dev.txt b/requirements_dev.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..30bf6b7c5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/requirements_dev.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+ansible
+setuptools_scm
+bumpver
diff --git a/tools/ansible/release.yml b/tools/ansible/release.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4301c479a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/ansible/release.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+---
+- name: Release eda-server
+  hosts: localhost
+  connection: local
+  gather_facts: true
+  vars:
+    repo_identifier: "ansible/eda-server"
+    api_repo_prefix: "https://api.github.com/repos/{{ repo_identifier }}"
+
+  # Note:
+  #    When this playbook runs it will run in the directory of the playbook so ../../ would be a reference to the eda-server root
+
+  tasks:
+    - name: Generate calver release number
+      set_fact:
+        # setuptools-scm will strip leading 0's off the date format so we need to do that too
+        release_number: "{{ (ansible_date_time.date | to_datetime('%Y-%m-%d')).strftime('%Y.%m.%d') | regex_replace('\\.0', '.') }}"
+
+    - name: Tag the repo
+      command:
+        cmd: "git tag -f {{ release_number }}"
+
+    - name: Get the build number from setuptools-scm
+      command:
+        cmd: python -m setuptools_scm
+      register: setuptools_command_version
+
+    - name: Make sure the selected release number and setuptools_scm agree
+      assert:
+        that:
+          release_number == setuptools_command_version.stdout
+        msg: "We expected the release number to be {{ release_number }} but setuptools-scm wanted it to be {{ setuptools_command_version.stdout }}"
+
+    - name: Build eda-server
+      command:
+        cmd: task build:release
+      args:
+        chdir: '../../'
+      tags:
+        - build
+
+    - name: Create release in github
+      uri:
+        url: "{{ api_repo_prefix }}/releases"
+        method: POST
+        body_format: json
+        body:
+          tag_name: "{{ release_number }}"
+          name: "v{{ release_number }}"
+          draft: False
+          generate_release_notes: True
+        status_code:
+          - 201
+        headers:
+          Accept: 'application/vnd.github.v3+json'
+          Authorization: 'bearer {{ github_token }}'
+      register: new_release_response
+      tags:
+        - github
+
+    - name: Upload the build files
+      uri:
+        # For some reason the upload_url ends with eda-server/releases/138751035/assets{?name,label}
+        # We have to strip that off before adding our args to the URLs
+        url: "{{ new_release_response.json['upload_url'] | regex_replace('{.*}', '') }}?name={{ file_name }}"
+        method: POST
+        src: "{{ item }}"
+        status_code:
+          - 201
+        headers:
+          Accept: 'application/vnd.github.v3+json'
+          Authorization: 'bearer {{ github_token }}'
+          Content-Type: "{{ file_name.endswith('tar.gz') | ternary('application/gzip', 'application/x-wheel+zip') }}"
+      vars:
+        file_name: "{{ item | basename }}"
+      loop: "{{ lookup('ansible.builtin.fileglob', '../../dist/*', wantlist=True) }}"
+      loop_control:
+        label: "{{ item | basename }}"
+      tags:
+        - github