diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-please.yaml b/.github/workflows/release-please.yaml
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+name: Release Please
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - main
+
+permissions:
+  actions: read # Read the metrics
+  contents: write # to be able to publish a GitHub release
+  issues: write # to be able to comment on released issues
+  pull-requests: write # to be able to comment on released pull requests
+  id-token: write # to enable use of OIDC for npm provenance / AWS
+
+env:
+  MISE_PYTHON_COMPILE: false
+  GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+
+jobs:
+  release_gitops_cli:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: googleapis/release-please-action@v4
+        id: release
+        # Configured via: release-please-config.json and will update the manifest: .release-please-manifest.json
+        with: {}
+    outputs:
+      # Root level release_created
+      release_created: ${{ steps.release.outputs.release_created }}
+      # Root level tag_name
+      tag_name: ${{ steps.release.outputs.tag_name }}
+      sha: ${{ steps.release.outputs.sha }}
diff --git a/release-please-config.json b/release-please-config.json
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+{
+    "packages": {
+      ".": {
+        "package-name": "gitops",
+        "release-type": "python",
+        "exclude-paths": [
+            "tests/",
+            "charts/",
+            "gitops_server/"
+        ]
+      }
+    }
+}