diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index 6c16733..a39ff03 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -20,11 +20,18 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: Checkout code
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: octokit/request-action@v2.x
+        id: get_latest_release
+        with:
+          route: GET /repos/{repo}/releases/latest
+          repo: ${{ github.repository }}
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}        
       - name: Generate trunkver
         id: trunkver
         uses: crftd-tech/trunkver@main
         with:
-          baseVersion: "1.0.0"
+          baseVersion: ${{ fromJson(steps.get_latest_release.outputs.data).tag_name }}
           prerelease: "true"
 
   build-release:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8c35134
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+name: Release
+
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      version:
+        required: true
+        description: The version to release
+
+permissions:
+  packages: write
+  contents: write
+
+jobs:
+  build-docker:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: Generate metadata
+        id: meta
+        uses: docker/metadata-action@v5
+        with:
+          images: ghcr.io/crftd-tech/trunkver
+          tags: |
+            type=raw,value=${{ github.event.inputs.version }}
+            type=raw,value=latest
+
+      - name: Log in to the Container registry
+        uses: docker/login-action@327cd5a69de6c009b9ce71bce8395f28e651bf99
+        with:
+          registry: "ghcr.io"
+          username: ${{ github.actor }}
+          password: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+
+      - name: Build and push Docker image
+        uses: docker/build-push-action@31ca4e5d51253d7e4a2317bfe74699cbe3a398a9
+        with:
+          context: .
+          build-args: |
+            VERSION=${{ github.event.inputs.version }}
+          tags: ${{ steps.meta.outputs.tags }}
+          labels: ${{ steps.meta.outputs.labels }}
+      - name: Update the action.yml with the new image tag
+        run: |
+          yq eval --inplace '.runs.image = "docker://ghcr.io/crftd-tech/trunkver:${{ github.event.inputs.version }}"' action.yml
+          git config --global user.email "bot@crftd.tech"
+          git config --global user.name "crftd-bot"
+          git add action.yml
+          git commit -m "chore: Bump image tag in action.yml"
+          git pull origin --rebase
+          git push origin
+
+  build-release:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    needs: [build-docker]
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: Setup Go
+        uses: actions/setup-go@v5
+        with:
+          go-version: 1.22
+      - name: Build trunkver
+        env:
+          VERSION: ${{ github.event.inputs.version }}
+        run: |
+          (
+            unset GITHUB_SHA
+            unset GITHUB_RUN_ID
+            make test all spec "VERSION=${VERSION}"
+          )
+      - name: Create release
+        id: release
+        uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v2
+        with:
+          name: ${{ github.event.inputs.version }}
+          tag_name: ${{ github.event.inputs.version }}
+          files: |
+            out/trunkver*
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