diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish.yaml b/.github/workflows/publish.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ebfd988d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+name: Publish
+
+on:
+  push:
+    tags:
+    paths: "**/Cargo.toml"
+
+concurrency:
+  group: ${{ github.sha }}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+
+jobs:
+  Publish:
+    if: github.repository_owner == 'gfx-rs'
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: Publish spirv
+        run: cargo publish --manifest-path spirv/Cargo.toml --token ${{ secrets.cratesio_token }}
+      - name: Publish rspirv
+        run: cargo publish --manifest-path rspirv/Cargo.toml --token ${{ secrets.cratesio_token }}
diff --git a/MAINTENANCE.md b/MAINTENANCE.md
index d62232fc..2ddd64f7 100644
--- a/MAINTENANCE.md
+++ b/MAINTENANCE.md
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
+# Prerequisites
+
+`rspirv` uses `cargo-release` for release management. If you don't have `cargo-release` installed run `cargo install cargo-release`. Publishing to crates.io is handled by a github workflow.
+
 # Making a new release
 
-1. If you don't have cargo-release installed run `cargo install cargo-release`
-1. To prevent breakage, one should release `spirv` before releasing a new `rspirv` because it has an obvious dependency.
-1. For `rspirv` run `cargo release` in the `rspirv` directory, this should follow Semantic Versioning
+Order of releases crates is important to prevent breakage. `spirv` should released before `rspirv` because it has an obvious dependency.
+
+In the corresponding crate directory execute `cargo release <version> -x`.
diff --git a/rspirv/release.toml b/rspirv/release.toml
index f8308abf..f7a01d2a 100644
--- a/rspirv/release.toml
+++ b/rspirv/release.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@ tag-message = "Release {{crate_name}} {{version}}"
 tag-name = "{{crate_name}}-{{version}}"
 sign-commit = true
 sign-tag = true
+publish = false
 
 pre-release-replacements = [
   {file="README.md", search="rspirv = .*", replace="{{crate_name}} = \"{{version}}\""},
-]
\ No newline at end of file
+]
diff --git a/spirv/release.toml b/spirv/release.toml
index e1f4c5e4..17ce3028 100644
--- a/spirv/release.toml
+++ b/spirv/release.toml
@@ -4,10 +4,9 @@ tag-message = "Release {{crate_name}} {{version}}"
 tag-name = "{{crate_name}}-{{version}}"
 sign-commit = true
 sign-tag = true
+publish = false
 
 pre-release-replacements = [
   {file="README.md", search="spirv = .*", replace="{{crate_name}} = \"{{version}}\""},
   {file="../rspirv/Cargo.toml", search="spirv = \\{ version = \".*\", path = \"../spirv\" \\}", replace="{{crate_name}} = { version = \"{{version}}\", path = \"../spirv\" }" },
 ]
-
-