diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..586b1c1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+---
+name: Release
+
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      version:
+        description: 'Release version'
+        required: true
+
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+  packages: write
+
+jobs:
+  release-plz:
+    name: Release
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+          # we use Release-plz-token (personal token) to explicitly specify github-actions
+          # that it is the user who is running the action.
+          token: ${{ secrets.RELEASE_PLZ_TOKEN }}
+
+      - name: Install Rust toolchain
+        uses: actions-rust-lang/setup-rust-toolchain@v1
+
+      - name: Run release-plz
+        uses: MarcoIeni/release-plz-action@v0.5
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.RELEASE_PLZ_TOKEN }}
+          CARGO_REGISTRY_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.CARGO_REGISTRY_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 165a472..5946807 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -19,3 +19,21 @@ pre-release-commit-message = "🚀 (cargo-release) version {{version}}"
 tag-prefix = ""
 tag-name = "{{prefix}}{{version}}"
 tag-message = "🔖 {{version}}"
+
+# Config for 'cargo dist'
+[workspace.metadata.dist]
+# The preferred cargo-dist version to use in CI (Cargo.toml SemVer syntax)
+cargo-dist-version = "0.10.0"
+# CI backends to support
+ci = ["github"]
+# The installers to generate for each app
+installers = []
+# Target platforms to build apps for (Rust target-triple syntax)
+targets = ["aarch64-apple-darwin", "x86_64-apple-darwin", "x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu", "x86_64-pc-windows-msvc"]
+# Publish jobs to run in CI
+pr-run-mode = "plan"
+
+# The profile that 'cargo dist' will build with
+[profile.dist]
+inherits = "release"
+lto = "thin"
diff --git a/tools/cliff/cliff.toml b/tools/cliff/cliff.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7beeaca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/cliff/cliff.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+# git-cliff ~ default configuration file
+# https://git-cliff.org/docs/configuration
+#
+# Lines starting with "#" are comments.
+# Configuration options are organized into tables and keys.
+# See documentation for more information on available options.
+
+[changelog]
+# changelog header
+header = """
+# Changelog\n
+All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.\n
+"""
+# template for the changelog body
+# https://keats.github.io/tera/docs/#introduction
+body = """
+{% if version %}\
+    ## [{{ version | trim_start_matches(pat="v") }}] - {{ timestamp | date(format="%Y-%m-%d") }}
+{% else %}\
+    ## [unreleased]
+{% endif %}\
+{% for group, commits in commits | group_by(attribute="group") %}
+    ### {{ group | upper_first }}
+    {% for commit in commits %}
+        - {% if commit.breaking %}[**breaking**] {% endif %}{{ commit.message | upper_first }}\
+    {% endfor %}
+{% endfor %}\n
+"""
+# remove the leading and trailing whitespace from the template
+trim = true
+# changelog footer
+footer = """
+<!-- generated by git-cliff -->
+"""
+# postprocessors
+postprocessors = [
+  # { pattern = '<REPO>', replace = "https://github.com/orhun/git-cliff" }, # replace repository URL
+]
+[git]
+# parse the commits based on https://www.conventionalcommits.org
+conventional_commits = true
+# filter out the commits that are not conventional
+filter_unconventional = true
+# process each line of a commit as an individual commit
+split_commits = false
+# regex for preprocessing the commit messages
+commit_preprocessors = [
+  # { pattern = '\((\w+\s)?#([0-9]+)\)', replace = "([#${2}](<REPO>/issues/${2}))"}, # replace issue numbers
+]
+# regex for parsing and grouping commits
+commit_parsers = [
+  { message = "^feat", group = "Features" },
+  { message = "^fix", group = "Bug Fixes" },
+  { message = "^doc", group = "Documentation" },
+  { message = "^perf", group = "Performance" },
+  { message = "^refactor", group = "Refactor" },
+  { message = "^style", group = "Styling" },
+  { message = "^test", group = "Testing" },
+  { message = "^chore\\(release\\): prepare for", skip = true },
+  { message = "^chore\\(deps\\)", skip = true },
+  { message = "^chore\\(pr\\)", skip = true },
+  { message = "^chore\\(pull\\)", skip = true },
+  { message = "^chore|ci", group = "Miscellaneous Tasks" },
+  { body = ".*security", group = "Security" },
+  { message = "^revert", group = "Revert" },
+]
+# protect breaking changes from being skipped due to matching a skipping commit_parser
+protect_breaking_commits = false
+# filter out the commits that are not matched by commit parsers
+filter_commits = false
+# regex for matching git tags
+tag_pattern = "v[0-9].*"
+
+# regex for skipping tags
+skip_tags = "v0.1.0-beta.1"
+# regex for ignoring tags
+ignore_tags = ""
+# sort the tags topologically
+topo_order = false
+# sort the commits inside sections by oldest/newest order
+sort_commits = "oldest"
+# limit the number of commits included in the changelog.
+# limit_commits = 42