diff --git a/.github/workflows/release_generator.yml b/.github/workflows/release_generator.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e264b75f4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/release_generator.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - develop
+
+permissions:
+  contents: write
+  pull-requests: write
+
+name: Release Generator
+
+jobs:
+  release-please:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: google-github-actions/release-please-action@ca6063f4ed81b55db15b8c42d1b6f7925866342d # v3.7.11
+        with:
+          command: manifest
+          token: ${{secrets.RELEASE_GENERATOR_TOKEN}}
+          release-type: simple
+          default-branch: develop
diff --git a/.github/workflows/terragrunt-apply-production.yml b/.github/workflows/terragrunt-apply-production.yml
index ccd9f66bd..88b8d5cf1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/terragrunt-apply-production.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/terragrunt-apply-production.yml
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 name: "Terragrunt apply PRODUCTION"
 
 on:
-  push:
-    branches: [main]
+  release:
+    types: [published]
 
 env:
   APP_ENV: production
diff --git a/.github/workflows/terragrunt-plan-production.yml b/.github/workflows/terragrunt-plan-production.yml
index bff920801..2b305d4ee 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/terragrunt-plan-production.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/terragrunt-plan-production.yml
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 name: "Terragrunt plan PRODUCTION"
 
 on:
-  pull_request:
-    branches: [main]
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - release-please--*
 
 env:
   APP_ENV: production
diff --git a/.github/workflows/terragrunt-plan-staging.yml b/.github/workflows/terragrunt-plan-staging.yml
index 52094aef3..8a864c997 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/terragrunt-plan-staging.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/terragrunt-plan-staging.yml
@@ -2,7 +2,9 @@ name: "Terragrunt plan STAGING"
 
 on:
   pull_request:
-    branches: [develop]
+    branches:
+      - "develop"
+      - "!release-please--*" # ignore release-please PRs
     paths:
       - "aws/**"
       - "env/common/**"
diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a9e40ee00
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+{
+  ".": "3.2.1"
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/release-please-config.json b/release-please-config.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..87fba7a6f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/release-please-config.json
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+{
+  "packages": {
+    ".": {
+      "changelog-path": "CHANGELOG.md",
+      "release-type": "simple",
+      "bump-minor-pre-major": false,
+      "bump-patch-for-minor-pre-major": false,
+      "draft": false,
+      "prerelease": false,
+      "pull-request-title-pattern": "chore: GCForms release v${version}"
+    }
+  },
+  "changelog-sections": [
+    { "type": "feat", "section": "Features" },
+    { "type": "feature", "section": "Features" },
+    { "type": "fix", "section": "Bug Fixes" },
+    { "type": "perf", "section": "Performance Improvements" },
+    { "type": "revert", "section": "Reverts", "hidden": true },
+    { "type": "docs", "section": "Documentation" },
+    { "type": "style", "section": "Styles" },
+    { "type": "chore", "section": "Miscellaneous Chores" },
+    { "type": "refactor", "section": "Code Refactoring" },
+    { "type": "test", "section": "Tests", "hidden": true },
+    { "type": "build", "section": "Build System", "hidden": true },
+    { "type": "ci", "section": "Continuous Integration", "hidden": true }
+  ],
+  "include-component-in-tag": false,
+  "include-v-in-tag": true,
+  "$schema": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/googleapis/release-please/main/schemas/config.json"
+}
diff --git a/VERSION b/version.txt
similarity index 100%
rename from VERSION
rename to version.txt