diff --git a/.github/workflows/automated-release.yml b/.github/workflows/automated-release.yml
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--- a/.github/workflows/automated-release.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,123 +0,0 @@
-name: Automated Release
-
-on:
-  push:
-    branches:
-      - main
-    paths:
-      - "pyproject.toml"
-
-env:
-  REGISTRY: github-standards-hooks
-
-jobs:
-  verify-release-version:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    permissions:
-      contents: read
-
-    outputs:
-      tag: ${{ steps.version.outputs.tag }}
-      version: ${{ steps.version.outputs.version }}
-      requires_release: ${{ steps.version.outputs.requires_release }}
-
-    steps:
-      - name: Checkout repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@8e8c483db84b4bee98b60c0593521ed34d9990e8
-        with:
-          fetch-depth: 0
-          fetch-tags: true
-
-      - name: Set up Python
-        uses: actions/setup-python@83679a892e2d95755f2dac6acb0bfd1e9ac5d548
-        with:
-          python-version-file: ".python-version"
-
-      - name: Extract version
-        id: extract_version
-        shell: python
-        run: |
-          import os
-          import tomllib
-          with open("pyproject.toml", "rb") as f:
-            contents = tomllib.load(f)
-            version = contents["project"]["version"]
-            with open(os.environ['GITHUB_OUTPUT'], 'a') as fh:
-              fh.write(f"version={version}\n")
-
-      - name: Validate we're on main branch
-        run: |
-          current_branch=$(git branch --show-current)
-          if [ "$current_branch" != "main" ]; then
-            echo "Error: Must be on main branch"
-            exit 1
-          fi
-
-      - name: Process version and tag
-        id: version
-        shell: bash
-        run: |
-          input_version="${{ steps.extract_version.outputs.version }}"
-          clean_version=${input_version#v}
-
-          # Validate version format
-          if ! echo "$clean_version" | grep -E '^[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+$'; then
-            echo "Error: Version must be in format x.x.x (with or without v prefix)"
-            exit 1
-          fi
-
-          git_tag="v$clean_version"
-          requires_release="true"
-
-          # Check if tag already exists
-          if [ $(git tag -l "$git_tag") ]; then
-            echo "Tag $git_tag already exists"
-            requires_release="false"
-          fi
-
-          echo "version=$clean_version" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-          echo "tag=$git_tag" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-          echo "requires_release=$requires_release" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-          echo "Clean version: $clean_version"
-          echo "Git tag: $git_tag"
-          echo "Requires release: $requires_release"
-
-  # This is a workaround to allow us to pass variables to the push-to-ecr reusable workflow. As that workflow runs in
-  # a separate github runner, the env vars in this file are not available
-  setup:
-    needs: [verify-release-version]
-    if: ${{ needs.verify-release-version.outputs.requires_release == 'true' }}
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    permissions:
-      contents: read
-    outputs:
-      REGISTRY: ${{ env.REGISTRY }}
-    steps:
-      - run: echo "All set!"
-
-  build-and-push-latest-image:
-    needs: [setup, verify-release-version]
-    permissions:
-      contents: read
-      id-token: write
-      packages: write
-      attestations: write
-    uses: ./.github/workflows/build-and-push-to-ghcr.yml
-    with:
-      image_tags: latest,${{ needs.verify-release-version.outputs.tag }}
-    secrets: inherit
-
-  create-github-release:
-    needs: [setup, verify-release-version, build-and-push-latest-image]
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    permissions:
-      contents: write
-
-    steps:
-      - name: Create tag and GitHub release
-        uses: ncipollo/release-action@b7eabc95ff50cbeeedec83973935c8f306dfcd0b
-        with:
-          tag: ${{ needs.verify-release-version.outputs.tag }}
-          name: ${{ needs.verify-release-version.outputs.tag }}
-          generateReleaseNotes: true
-          makeLatest: true
diff --git a/.github/workflows/create-release.yml b/.github/workflows/create-release.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f2e29f47
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/create-release.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+name: Create Release
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: ["main"]
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+permissions:
+  contents: write
+  pull-requests: write
+
+jobs:
+  create-release:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: googleapis/release-please-action@16a9c90856f42705d54a6fda1823352bdc62cf38
+        id: release
+        with:
+          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          release-type: python
+          config-file: .release-please-config.json
+          manifest-file: .release-please-manifest.json
diff --git a/.release-please-config.json b/.release-please-config.json
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index 00000000..98037f7e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.release-please-config.json
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+{
+  "release-type": "python",
+  "include-v-in-tag": true,
+  "skip-github-release": false,
+  "skip-github-pull-request": false,
+  "packages": {
+    ".": {
+      "release-type": "python",
+      "pull-request-header": ":robot: Next release",
+      "pull-request-footer": " ",
+      "extra-files": [
+        {
+          "path": "uv.lock",
+          "type": "toml",
+          "jsonpath": "$.package[?(@.name.value=='github-standards')].version"
+        },
+        {
+          "path": "pyproject.toml",
+          "type": "toml",
+          "jsonpath": "$.project.version"
+        }
+      ]
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
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index 00000000..6fde7bb7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+{
+  ".": "v1.3.1"
+}