diff --git a/.github/.release-please-manifest.json b/.github/.release-please-manifest.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..949ce4c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+{
+  ".": "0.2.2"
+}
diff --git a/.github/release-please-config.json b/.github/release-please-config.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..580fdc4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/release-please-config.json
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+{
+  "$schema": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/googleapis/release-please/main/schemas/config.json",
+  "packages": {
+    ".": {
+      "release-type": "rust",
+      "include-component-in-tag": false,
+      "changelog-path": "CHANGELOG.md"
+    }
+  },
+  "extra-files": [
+    {
+      "type": "generic",
+      "path": "zixy-py/zixy/__init__.py"
+    },
+    {
+      "type": "generic",
+      "path": "uv.lock"
+    },
+    {
+      "type": "toml",
+      "path": "zixy-py/pyproject.toml"
+    }
+  ],
+  "plugins": [
+    "cargo-workspace"
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-please.yml b/.github/workflows/release-please.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d2fa037
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-please.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+name: Release Please
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - main
+  workflow_dispatch: {}
+
+permissions:
+  contents: write
+  issues: write
+  pull-requests: write
+
+jobs:
+  release-please:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: googleapis/release-please-action@v4
+        with:
+          token: ${{ secrets.RELEASE_PLEASE_ZIXY }}
+          config-file: .github/release-please-config.json
+          manifest-file: .github/.release-please-manifest.json
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..073cbf6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# Changelog
+
+Note: this file is managed by `release-please`.
diff --git a/zixy-py/zixy/__init__.py b/zixy-py/zixy/__init__.py
index bb50dfc..d2530ff 100644
--- a/zixy-py/zixy/__init__.py
+++ b/zixy-py/zixy/__init__.py
@@ -24,6 +24,6 @@
 
 __all__ = ["container", "fermion", "qubit"]
 
-# This is updated by our release-please workflow, triggered by this
-# annotation: x-release-please-version
+# x-release-please-start-version
 __version__ = "0.2.2"
+# x-release-please-end