diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 1f63dbf..6969540 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -1,12 +1,30 @@
-name: Publish NuGet Package
+name: Release - Publish NuGet Package
 
 on:
   push:
+    paths-ignore:
+      - '.github/**'
+      - 'CHANGELOG.md'
     branches:
-      - release/* # Default release branch
+      - master
 
 jobs:
+  release-please:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions: 
+      contents: write
+      pull-requests: write
+      issues: write
+    steps:
+      - uses: googleapis/release-please-action@v4
+        with:
+          target-branch: ${{ github.ref_name }}
+          manifest-file: .release-please-manifest.json
+          config-file: release-please-config.json
+          
   publish:
+    needs: release-please
+    if: ${{ github.repository_owner == 'supabase-community' && startsWith(github.event.head_commit.message, 'chore(master)') && github.ref == 'refs/heads/master' && github.event_name == 'push' }}
     name: build, pack & publish
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..58ef57e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+{
+  ".": "7.1.0"
+}
diff --git a/Realtime/Realtime.csproj b/Realtime/Realtime.csproj
index bf0ff5a..6df9c41 100644
--- a/Realtime/Realtime.csproj
+++ b/Realtime/Realtime.csproj
@@ -16,8 +16,10 @@
         <PackageProjectUrl>https://github.com/supabase/realtime-csharp</PackageProjectUrl>
         <Summary>Realtime-csharp is written as a  client library for supabase/realtime.</Summary>
         <PackageTags>supabase, realtime, phoenix</PackageTags>
+        <!-- x-release-please-start-version -->
         <PackageVersion>7.1.0</PackageVersion>
         <ReleaseVersion>7.1.0</ReleaseVersion>
+        <!-- x-release-please-end -->
         <GeneratePackageOnBuild>true</GeneratePackageOnBuild>
         <PackageIcon>icon.png</PackageIcon>
         <PackageReadmeFile>README.md</PackageReadmeFile>
@@ -31,7 +33,7 @@
     </PropertyGroup>
 
     <PropertyGroup Condition=" '$(Version)' == '' ">
-        <VersionPrefix Condition=" '$(VersionPrefix)' == '' ">7.1.0</VersionPrefix>
+        <VersionPrefix Condition=" '$(VersionPrefix)' == '' ">7.1.0</VersionPrefix> <!-- x-release-please-version -->
         <VersionSuffix Condition=" '$(VersionSuffix)' == '' "></VersionSuffix>
         <Version Condition=" '$(VersionSuffix)' != '' ">$(VersionPrefix)-$(VersionSuffix)</Version>
         <Version Condition=" '$(Version)' == '' ">$(VersionPrefix)</Version>
diff --git a/release-please-config.json b/release-please-config.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d367a29
--- /dev/null
+++ b/release-please-config.json
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+{
+  "packages": {
+    ".": {
+      "changelog-path": "CHANGELOG.md",
+      "bump-minor-pre-major": false,
+      "bump-patch-for-minor-pre-major": false,
+      "draft": false,
+      "prerelease": false,
+      "release-type": "simple",
+      "extra-files": [
+        "Realtime/Realtime.csproj"
+      ]
+    }
+  },
+  "$schema": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/googleapis/release-please/main/schemas/config.json"
+}