diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yml b/.github/workflows/main.yml
index af54073..b6cbd0c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/main.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/main.yml
@@ -21,10 +21,9 @@ jobs:
         with:
           python-version: "3.10"
 
-      - name: Copy gradle properties
+      - name: Copy Readme
         working-directory: python
         run: |
-          curl -s https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kestra-io/kestra/master/gradle.properties > gradle.properties
           curl -s https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kestra-io/kestra/master/README.md > README.md
 
       - name: Install pypa/build
@@ -42,6 +41,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: Build a binary wheel and a source tarball
         if: startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/v')
         working-directory: python
+        env:
+          VERSION: ${{ github.ref_name }}
         run: python -m build --sdist --wheel --outdir dist/ .
 
       - name: Publish distribution to PyPI
@@ -64,14 +65,15 @@ jobs:
           node-version: '18.x'
           registry-url: 'https://registry.npmjs.org'
 
+      - name: Set version
+        id: set_version
+        run: echo "VERSION=${GITHUB_REF#refs/tags/v}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+
       - name: Copy Readme
         working-directory: javascript
         run: |
-          curl -s https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kestra-io/kestra/master/gradle.properties > gradle.properties
           curl -s https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kestra-io/kestra/master/README.md > README.md
-          VERSION=$(cat gradle.properties  | grep version= | sed "s/^version=//")
           sed -i  's/"version": "0.0.0",/"version": "'$VERSION'",/' package.json
-          rm gradle.properties
 
       - name: Install dependencies
         working-directory: javascript
@@ -88,11 +90,27 @@ jobs:
         env:
           NODE_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}
 
-  end:
+  release:
+    name: Create GitHub Release
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     needs:
       - pip
       - npm
+    steps:
+      - name: Create Release
+        uses: actions/create-release@v1
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+        with:
+          tag_name: ${{ github.ref_name }}
+          release_name: Release ${{ github.ref_name }}
+          draft: false
+          prerelease: false
+
+  end:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    needs:
+      - release
     if: always()
     env:
       SLACK_WEBHOOK_URL: ${{ secrets.SLACK_WEBHOOK_URL }}
diff --git a/python/setup.py b/python/setup.py
index 9920167..de53ce2 100644
--- a/python/setup.py
+++ b/python/setup.py
@@ -1,14 +1,14 @@
 from setuptools import setup
 from pathlib import Path
 import re
+import os
+
+version = os.getenv('VERSION', '0.0.0')
 
 setup(
     name="kestra",
-    version=re.search(
-        "(?m)^version=(.*)$", (Path(__file__).parent / "gradle.properties").read_text()
-    )
-    .group(1)
-    .replace("-SNAPSHOT", ""),
+    version=version
+    .replace("v", ""),
     package_dir={"": "src"},
     include_package_data=True,
     install_requires=["requests"],