diff --git a/.github/workflows/python-app.yml b/.github/workflows/python-app.yml
index d7f64d20..3b869492 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/python-app.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/python-app.yml
@@ -36,3 +36,34 @@ jobs:
         NBEXEC="jupyter nbconvert --to notebook --execute --inplace"
         $NBEXEC ./scripts/example_basics.ipynb
         $NBEXEC ./scripts/example_ecflux.ipynb
+
+
+  release_pypi:
+    name: PyPI Build and publish Python distributions (PEP 621, Trusted Publishing)
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    needs: ["build"]
+    if: github.event_name == 'push' && startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/') && !contains(github.ref_name, '-') && contains(github.ref_name, '.')
+    environment:
+      name: pypi
+      url: https://pypi.org/p/fluxie
+    permissions:
+      id-token: write  # Required for Trusted Publishing
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
+
+      - name: Set up Python
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v6
+        with:
+          python-version: "3.12"
+
+      - name: Install uv
+        uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@v7
+        with:
+          version: "latest"
+
+      - name: Build distributions with uv
+        run: uv build
+
+      - name: Publish
+        run: uv publish --trusted-publishing always
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