diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish.yaml b/.github/workflows/publish.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d9422e9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+name: Publish Python Package to PyPI
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+#  push:
+#    branches:
+#      - main
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    outputs:
+      version: ${{ steps.get-version.outputs.version }}
+    steps:
+    - name: Checkout repo
+      uses: actions/checkout@v7
+
+    - name: Setup uv
+      uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@20cfd1bf945f4377ade1205e4dbc17946fc9a30d
+
+    - name: Get version from pyproject.toml
+      id: get-version
+      run: |
+        VERSION=$(python setup.py --version)
+        echo "version=$VERSION" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+        echo "Found version: $VERSION"
+
+    - name: Build package
+      run: uv build
+
+    - name: Upload build artifacts
+      uses: actions/upload-artifact@v7
+      with:
+        name: python-package-distributions
+        path: dist/
+
+  create-release:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    needs: build
+    permissions:
+      contents: write
+    steps:
+    - name: Checkout repo
+      uses: actions/checkout@v7
+
+    - name: Download build artifacts
+      uses: actions/download-artifact@v8
+      with:
+        name: python-package-distributions
+        path: dist/
+
+    - name: Create GitHub Release
+      env:
+        GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+      run: |
+        gh release create "v${{ needs.build.outputs.version }}" \
+          --title "Release v${{ needs.build.outputs.version }}" \
+          --draft=false \
+          --prerelease=false
+
+  publish:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    needs: [build, create-release]
+    permissions:
+      # IMPORTANT: this permission is mandatory for Trusted Publishing
+      id-token: write
+    steps:
+    - name: Download build artifacts
+      uses: actions/download-artifact@v8
+      with:
+        name: python-package-distributions
+        path: dist/
+
+    - name: Publish package to PyPI
+      uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@release/v1
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yaml b/.github/workflows/test.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..df462be
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+name: Run Tests
+
+on:
+  pull_request:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+jobs:
+  check_test_all:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout repo
+        uses: actions/checkout@v7
+
+      - name: Setup uv
+        uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@20cfd1bf945f4377ade1205e4dbc17946fc9a30d
+
+      - name: Run tests
+        run: uv run python -m unittest discover --start-directory tests
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f7923d4..9c30356 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -55,6 +55,10 @@ solemn
 Run via: `$ python setup.py test` (or `$ python tests/tests.py`)
 
 ## Build
+A GitHub Action exists for this at: [.github/workflows/publish.yaml](.github/workflows/publish.yaml)
+
+Alternatively build and publish manually with:
+
 - `$ python setup.py sdist bdist_wheel`
 - `$ twine upload dist/* -r testpypi --skip-existing` assuming twine is installed and *~/.pypirc* exists with something like:
 ```
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index be7ee7c..5d62bb5 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ def test_suite():
 
 setup(
     name='Vose-Alias-Method',
-    version='1.2.1',
+    version='1.2.2',
     description=('Python implementation of Vose\'s alias method, an efficient algorithm for sampling from a discrete probability distribution.'),
     long_description=long_description,
     long_description_content_type='text/markdown',