diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish.yml b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..77466bd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+name: Publish canbench crates to crates.io
+
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      dryRun:
+        description: "Run cargo publish with --dry-run"
+        required: false
+        type: boolean
+
+jobs:
+  publish-canbench:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    permissions:
+      id-token: write # Required for OIDC token exchange
+
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v5
+
+      - uses: rust-lang/crates-io-auth-action@v1
+        id: auth
+
+      - run: echo "Preparing to cargo publish ${{ github.ref_name }}."
+      # Crates need to be published in this specific order
+      - run: cargo publish -p canbench-rs-macros ${{ inputs.dryRun == true && '--dry-run' || '' }}
+        env:
+          CARGO_REGISTRY_TOKEN: ${{ steps.auth.outputs.token }}
+
+      - run: cargo publish -p canbench-rs ${{ inputs.dryRun == true && '--dry-run' || '' }}
+        env:
+          CARGO_REGISTRY_TOKEN: ${{ steps.auth.outputs.token }}
+
+      - run: cargo publish -p canbench ${{ inputs.dryRun == true && '--dry-run' || '' }}
+        env:
+          CARGO_REGISTRY_TOKEN: ${{ steps.auth.outputs.token }}
+
+      - name: Post to a Slack channel
+        uses: slackapi/slack-github-action@6c661ce58804a1a20f6dc5fbee7f0381b469e001 # v1.25.0
+        with:
+          channel-id: eng-dsm-alerts
+          slack-message: "${{ inputs.dryRun == true && 'DRY RUN: ' || '' }}New `canbench` crates (version `${{ github.ref_name }}`) has been published to crates.io"
+        env:
+          SLACK_BOT_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.SLACK_API_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/development-guide.md b/development-guide.md
index 252b08a..df3554e 100644
--- a/development-guide.md
+++ b/development-guide.md
@@ -20,11 +20,6 @@ Here's an example PR bumping the versions: https://github.com/dfinity/canbench/p
 
 ## Steps to Publish the Packages to crates.io
 
-1. Generate an API token to use with crates.io:  
-   Log in to crates.io with your GitHub account, go to **Account Settings**, and generate a new token under **API Tokens**.
-2. Run `cargo login` in the terminal and enter your API key when prompted.
-3. Check out the repo at the tag created for the release, e.g. `git checkout vX.X.X`.
-4. Publish the crates in the following order:
-   - `cargo publish -p canbench-rs-macros`
-   - `cargo publish -p canbench-rs`
-   - `cargo publish -p canbench`
+1. On the repository main page, navigate to the `Actions` tab.
+2. Click on the workflow to publish to crates.io
+3. Click on `run workflow` and select the version tag created above for the workflow to run on.