diff --git a/.bumpversion.cfg b/.bumpversion.cfg
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..80e2ad24
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.bumpversion.cfg
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+[bumpversion]
+current_version = 1.9.0
+commit = True
+tag = True
+parse = (?P<major>\d+)(\.(?P<minor>\d+))(\.(?P<patch>\d+))((?P<release>.)(?P<build>\d+))?
+serialize = 
+	{major}.{minor}.{patch}{release}{build}
+	{major}.{minor}.{patch}
+
+[bumpversion:part:release]
+optional_value = g
+first_value = g
+values = 
+	a
+	b
+	g
+
+[bumpversion:file:ipyvue/_version.py]
+
+[bumpversion:file:js/package.json]
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yaml b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..456a661c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+name: Publish Package
+
+on:
+  push:
+    tags:
+      - "*"
+
+jobs:
+  release:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - name: Install node
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v1
+        with:
+          node-version: "14.x"
+          registry-url: "https://registry.npmjs.org"
+      - name: Install Python
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v2
+        with:
+          python-version: "3.x"
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: |
+          python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+          pip install twine wheel jupyter-packaging jupyterlab
+      - name: Publish the Python package
+        env:
+          TWINE_USERNAME: __token__
+          TWINE_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.PYPI_API_TOKEN }}
+        run: |
+          python setup.py sdist bdist_wheel
+          twine upload --skip-existing dist/*
+      - name: Publish the NPM package
+        run: |
+          cd js
+          echo $PRE_RELEASE
+          if [[ $PRE_RELEASE == "true" ]]; then export TAG="next"; else export TAG="latest"; fi
+          npm publish --tag ${TAG} --access public
+        env:
+          NODE_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}
+          PRE_RELEASE: ${{ github.event.release.prerelease }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0eead26b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+name: Build
+
+on: 
+  - push
+  - pull_request
+  - workflow_dispatch
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        python-version: [3.6, 3.7, 3.8, 3.9, "3.10", "3.11"]
+
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - name: Install node
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v1
+        with:
+          node-version: "14.x"
+          registry-url: "https://registry.npmjs.org"
+      - name: Install Python
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v2
+        with:
+          python-version: "3.x"
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: |
+          python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+          pip install twine wheel jupyter-packaging jupyterlab
+      - name: Build
+        run: |
+          python setup.py bdist_wheel
+      - name: Install
+        run: pip install dist/*.whl
+      - name: Import
+        run: python -c "from ipyvuetify import Btn"
diff --git a/ipyvuetify/__init__.py b/ipyvuetify/__init__.py
index 28aaad3e..c044e3c2 100755
--- a/ipyvuetify/__init__.py
+++ b/ipyvuetify/__init__.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from ._version import __version__, version_info  # noqa: F401
+from ._version import __version__  # noqa: F401
 from .generated import *  # noqa: F401, F403
 from .Html import Html  # noqa: F401
 from .Themes import theme  # noqa: F401
diff --git a/ipyvuetify/_version.py b/ipyvuetify/_version.py
index efe793ab..9c8ccf38 100644
--- a/ipyvuetify/_version.py
+++ b/ipyvuetify/_version.py
@@ -1,14 +1,2 @@
-version_info = (1, 8, 5, "final")
-
-_specifier_ = {"alpha": "a", "beta": "b", "candidate": "rc", "final": ""}
-
-__version__ = "%s.%s.%s%s" % (
-    version_info[0],
-    version_info[1],
-    version_info[2],
-    ""
-    if version_info[3] == "final"
-    else _specifier_[version_info[3]] + str(version_info[4]),
-)
-
+__version__ = "1.8.5"
 semver = "^" + __version__
diff --git a/release.sh b/release.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..0f104ed0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/release.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+set -e -o pipefail
+# usage: ./release minor -n
+version=$(bump2version --dry-run --list $* | grep new_version | sed -r s,"^.*=",,)
+echo Version tag v$version
+bumpversion $* --verbose && git push upstream master v$version