diff --git a/.github/workflows/build_and_publish.yaml b/.github/workflows/build_and_publish.yaml
index ef54b13..e64a868 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build_and_publish.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build_and_publish.yaml
@@ -5,11 +5,13 @@ on:
   workflow_dispatch:
   release:
     types:
-      - created
       - published
   pull_request:
     paths:
       - .github/workflows/build_and_publish.yaml
+  push:
+    tags:
+      - 'v*'
 
 concurrency:
   group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
@@ -64,6 +66,22 @@ jobs:
           name: cibw-wheels-${{ matrix.os }}-${{ strategy.job-index }}
           path: wheelhouse/*.whl
 
+  create_gh_draft_release:
+    needs: [build_wheels, make_sdist]
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      contents: write
+    if: github.event_name == 'push' && startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/v')
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: ncipollo/release-action@v1
+        with:
+          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          draft: true
+          tag: ${{ github.ref }}
+          prerelease: false
+          name: Release ${{ github.ref }}
+
   upload_all:
     needs: [build_wheels, make_sdist]
     environment: pypi
diff --git a/.github/workflows/run_tests.yaml b/.github/workflows/run_tests.yaml
index 022313b..ae7c3ac 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/run_tests.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/run_tests.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 name: Run tests
-on: [pull_request]
-
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+  pull_request:
+  push:
+    tags:
+      - 'v*'
 jobs:
   build:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 9faadff..1ebfb2b 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]
 name = "yt_experiments"
-version = "0.1.0"
 authors = [
   { name="The yt project", email="yt-dev@python.org"},
 ]
@@ -18,6 +17,11 @@ classifiers = [
     "License :: OSI Approved :: BSD License",
 ]
 dependencies=['yt>4.2.0', 'numpy']
+dynamic = ["version"]
+
+[tool.setuptools.dynamic]
+version = {attr = "yt_experiments.__version__"}
+
 
 [project.readme]
 file = "README.md"