diff --git a/.github/workflows/packer.yml b/.github/workflows/packer.yml
index 167a281..5fb846b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/packer.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/packer.yml
@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
 name: Packer
 
 on: 
-  push:
+  release:
     tags: 
       - 'v[0-9]+.[0-9]+.[0-9]+' # matches vX.X.X versioning
-
 jobs:
   packer:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index eecfbf7..5f99aec 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ on:
     paths:
       - "*.hcl"
       - ".github/workflows/release.yml"
-      - ".releaserc.yaml"
+      - ".releaserc.yml"
   workflow_dispatch: {}
 
 concurrency:
@@ -28,5 +28,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Release
         id: release
         uses: liatrio/github-actions/conventional-release@master
+        with:
+          dryRun: false
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/.releaserc.yml b/.releaserc.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7a224f8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.releaserc.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+---
+branches:
+  # - main
+  - semantic-release
+repositoryUrl: https://github.com/liatrio/packer-azure-github-runner
+preset: conventionalcommits
+tagFormat: "v${version}"
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2a4b18a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+{
+    "name": "conventional-release",
+    "version": "1.0.0",
+    "private": true,
+    "dependencies": {
+      "@liatrio/semantic-release-helm": "^2.0.0",
+      "@semantic-release/git": "^10.0.1",
+      "conventional-changelog-conventionalcommits": "^4.6.1",
+      "semantic-release": "^18.0.0"
+    }
+  }
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