diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..61f11ba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+name: Release
+
+on: [workflow_dispatch]
+
+jobs:
+  release:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    concurrency: release
+    permissions:
+      id-token: write
+      contents: write
+
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      with:
+        fetch-depth: 0
+
+    - name: Python Semantic Release
+      uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+      with:
+        python-version: 3.12
+
+    - name: Install dependencies
+      run: |
+        pip install -e .[dev]
+
+    - name: Run Semantic Release
+      run: make release
+      env:
+        GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 367b3fa..b2b75b3 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -21,6 +21,17 @@ format: ## Format code automatically
 isort: ##  Sort imports. This target is not mandatory because the output may be incompatible with black formatting. Provided for convenience purposes.
 	isort --skip=templates ${SRC_DIRS}
 
+release: ## release a new version
+	@echo "Releasing a new version."
+	@echo "This is a remote release, it will push to the remote repository."
+	semantic-release -vv version --changelog --push --tag --commit
+
+local-release:
+	@echo "Releasing a new version."
+	@echo "This is a local release, it will not push to the remote repository."
+	@echo "You can push the changes and release manually."
+	semantic-release -vv version --changelog --commit --no-push
+
 ESCAPE = 
 help: ## Print this help
 	@grep -E '^([a-zA-Z_-]+:.*?## .*|######* .+)$$' Makefile \
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f6cedcd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+[build-system]
+requires = ["setuptools>=42", "wheel"]
+build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
+
+[project]
+name = "tutor-contrib-celery"
+dynamic = ["version"]
+description = "A Tutor plugin to manage our opinionated Open edX operations"
+readme = "README.md"
+requires-python = ">=3.8"
+license = { text = "AGPLv3" }
+authors = [
+    { name = "eduNEXT" }
+]
+classifiers = [
+    "Development Status :: 3 - Alpha",
+    "Intended Audience :: Developers",
+    "License :: OSI Approved :: GNU Affero General Public License v3",
+    "Operating System :: OS Independent",
+    "Programming Language :: Python",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11",
+    "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12",
+]
+dependencies = [
+    "tutor>=18.0.0,<19.0.0"
+]
+
+optional-dependencies = { dev = ["python-semantic-release", "pylint", "black"]}
+
+[project.urls]
+Homepage = "https://github.com/edunext/tutor-contrib-celery"
+Code = "https://github.com/edunext/tutor-contrib-celery"
+"Issue tracker" = "https://github.com/edunext/tutor-contrib-celery/issues"
+
+[tool.setuptools.packages.find]
+where = ["."]
+exclude = ["tests*"]
+
+[project.entry-points."tutor.plugin.v1"]
+celery = "tutorcelery.plugin"
+
+[tool.setuptools.dynamic]
+version = {attr = "tutorcelery.__about__.__version__"}
+
+[tool.wheel]
+universal = true
+
+[tool.semantic_release]
+commit_message = "chore(release): preparing {version}"
+version_variables = [
+    "tutorcelery/__about__.py:__version__",
+]
+
+[tool.semantic_release.branches.main]
+match = "(main|master)"
+prerelease_token = "rc"
+prerelease = false
+
+[tool.semantic_release.changelog.environment]
+keep_trailing_newline = true
+
+[tool.semantic_release.changelog]
+exclude_commit_patterns = [
+  "docs:",
+  "build:",
+  "style:",
+  "chore:",
+  "test:",
+  "ci:",
+]
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
deleted file mode 100644
index d0226fb..0000000
--- a/setup.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,68 +0,0 @@
-import io
-import os
-
-from setuptools import find_packages, setup
-
-HERE = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(__file__))
-
-
-def load_readme():
-    with io.open(os.path.join(HERE, "README.md"), "rt", encoding="utf8") as f:
-        return f.read()
-
-
-def load_about():
-    about = {}
-    with io.open(
-        os.path.join(HERE, "tutorcelery", "__about__.py"),
-        "rt",
-        encoding="utf-8",
-    ) as f:
-        exec(f.read(), about)  # pylint: disable=exec-used
-    return about
-
-
-ABOUT = load_about()
-
-
-setup(
-    name="tutor-contrib-celery",
-    version=ABOUT["__version__"],
-    url="https://github.com/eduNEXT/tutor-contrib-celery",
-    project_urls={
-        "Code": "https://github.com/eduNEXT/tutor-contrib-celery",
-        "Issue tracker": "https://github.com/eduNEXT/tutor-contrib-celery/issues",
-    },
-    license="AGPLv3",
-    author="edunext",
-    author_email="technical@edunext.co",
-    description="celery plugin for Tutor",
-    long_description=load_readme(),
-    long_description_content_type="text/x-rst",
-    packages=find_packages(exclude=["tests*"]),
-    include_package_data=True,
-    python_requires=">=3.7",
-    install_requires=["tutor>=18.0.0,<19.0.0"],
-    extras_require={
-        "dev": [
-            "tutor[dev]>=18.0.0,<19.0.0",
-        ]
-    },
-    entry_points={
-        "tutor.plugin.v1": [
-            "celery = tutorcelery.plugin"
-        ]
-    },
-    classifiers=[
-        "Development Status :: 3 - Alpha",
-        "Intended Audience :: Developers",
-        "License :: OSI Approved :: GNU Affero General Public License v3",
-        "Operating System :: OS Independent",
-        "Programming Language :: Python",
-        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.8",
-        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.9",
-        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.10",
-        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11",
-        "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.12",
-    ],
-)