diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish-release-docker.yml b/.github/workflows/publish-release-docker.yml
index b3fde3a..a90202d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish-release-docker.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish-release-docker.yml
@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: Checkout repository
         uses: actions/checkout@v7
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0 # the package version comes from the git tags
       # Uses the `docker/login-action` action to log in to the Container registry registry using the account and password that will publish the packages. Once published, the packages are scoped to the account defined here.
       - name: Log in to the Container registry
         uses: docker/login-action@dbcb813823bdd20940b903addbd779551569679f # v4.6.0
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..adec25c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+name: Release
+
+on:
+  schedule:
+    - cron: "0 9 1 * *" # first of the month
+  workflow_dispatch:
+  push:
+    tags: ["v*"]
+
+jobs:
+  tag:
+    if: github.ref_type != 'tag'
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      contents: write
+      actions: write
+    env:
+      GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v7
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+      - run: |
+          last=$(git describe --tags --abbrev=0 --match 'v*')
+          if [ "$(git rev-list "$last..HEAD" --count)" = 0 ]; then
+            echo "Nothing merged since $last"; exit 0
+          fi
+          tag=v$(date -u +%Y.%-m.%-d)
+          gh release create "$tag" --target "$GITHUB_SHA" --generate-notes
+          # Events made with GITHUB_TOKEN don't start other workflows; run them by hand.
+          gh workflow run release.yml --ref "$tag"
+          gh workflow run publish-release-docker.yml --ref "$tag"
+
+  publish:
+    if: github.ref_type == 'tag'
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      id-token: write # PyPI trusted publishing
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v7
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+      - uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@v10.0.0
+      - run: uv build && uv publish
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 58bc216..138edc7 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -122,6 +122,7 @@ RUN apt-get update \
   binutils \
   default-jre-headless \
   file \
+  git \
   jq \
   less \
   libcurl4 \
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 528c697..6214009 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -32,8 +32,3 @@ clean:
 dist:
 	$(UV) build
 
-upload:
-	$(UV) tool run twine upload dist/*
-
-test-upload:
-	$(UV) tool run twine upload --repository testpypi dist/*
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index fb90f8d..3124c46 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ docs = [
 ]
 
 [build-system]
-requires = ["setuptools>=61.0"]
+requires = ["setuptools>=61.0", "setuptools-scm>=8"]
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [tool.coverage.run]
@@ -121,5 +121,6 @@ where = ["src"]
 [tool.setuptools.package-data]
 mvt = ["ios/data/*.json"]
 
-[tool.setuptools.dynamic]
-version = { attr = "mvt.common.version.MVT_VERSION" }
+[tool.setuptools_scm]
+# The version is the latest v* tag; ignore the archive/* tags.
+git_describe_command = "git describe --dirty --tags --long --match 'v*'"
diff --git a/src/mvt/common/version.py b/src/mvt/common/version.py
index c8e7716..3149604 100644
--- a/src/mvt/common/version.py
+++ b/src/mvt/common/version.py
@@ -3,4 +3,6 @@
 # Use of this software is governed by the MVT License 1.1 that can be found at
 #   https://license.mvt.re/1.1/
 
-MVT_VERSION = "2026.7.29"
+from importlib.metadata import version
+
+MVT_VERSION = version("mvt")