diff --git a/gitlab/gitlab.go b/gitlab/gitlab.go
index 50663b4..4e29cba 100644
--- a/gitlab/gitlab.go
+++ b/gitlab/gitlab.go
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ const (
 	BuildEvents               Event  = "Build Hook"
 	JobEvents                 Event  = "Job Hook"
 	DeploymentEvents          Event  = "Deployment Hook"
+	ReleaseEvents             Event  = "Release Hook"
 	SystemHookEvents          Event  = "System Hook"
 	objectPush                string = "push"
 	objectTag                 string = "tag_push"
@@ -353,6 +354,10 @@ func eventParsing(gitLabEvent Event, events []Event, payload []byte) (interface{
 				return nil, fmt.Errorf("unknown system hook event %s", gitLabEvent)
 			}
 		}
+	case ReleaseEvents:
+		var pl ReleaseEventPayload
+		err := json.Unmarshal([]byte(payload), &pl)
+		return pl, err
 	default:
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("unknown event %s", gitLabEvent)
 	}
diff --git a/gitlab/gitlab_test.go b/gitlab/gitlab_test.go
index 6ecc5bc..69e7f6c 100644
--- a/gitlab/gitlab_test.go
+++ b/gitlab/gitlab_test.go
@@ -249,6 +249,15 @@ func TestWebhooks(t *testing.T) {
 				"X-Gitlab-Event": []string{"Deployment Hook"},
 			},
 		},
+		{
+			name:     "ReleaseEvent",
+			event:    ReleaseEvents,
+			typ:      ReleaseEventPayload{},
+			filename: "../testdata/gitlab/release-event.json",
+			headers: http.Header{
+				"X-Gitlab-Event": []string{"Release Hook"},
+			},
+		},
 	}
 
 	for _, tt := range tests {
diff --git a/gitlab/payload.go b/gitlab/payload.go
index 7134d7a..2923b5d 100644
--- a/gitlab/payload.go
+++ b/gitlab/payload.go
@@ -485,6 +485,43 @@ type GroupMemberUpdatedEventPayload struct {
 	UserID       int64      `json:"user_id"`
 }
 
+// ReleaseEventPayload contains the information about GitLab's release event
+type ReleaseEventPayload struct {
+	ID          int        `json:"id"`
+	CreatedAt   customTime `json:"created_at"`
+	Description string     `json:"description"`
+	Name        string     `json:"name"`
+	ReleasedAt  customTime `json:"released_at"`
+	Tag         string     `json:"tag"`
+	ObjectKind  string     `json:"object_kind"`
+	Project     Project    `json:"project"`
+	URL         string     `json:"url"`
+	Action      string     `json:"action"`
+	Assets      Assets     `json:"assets"`
+}
+
+// Assets represent artefacts and links associated to a release
+type Assets struct {
+	Count   int           `json:"count"`
+	Links   []Link        `json:"links"`
+	Sources []AssetSource `json:"sources"`
+}
+
+// Link represent a generic html link
+type Link struct {
+	ID       int    `json:"id"`
+	External bool   `json:"external"`
+	LinkType string `json:"link_type"`
+	Name     string `json:"name"`
+	URL      string `json:"url"`
+}
+
+// AssetSource represent the download url for an asset
+type AssetSource struct {
+	Format string `json:"format"`
+	URL    string `json:"url"`
+}
+
 // Issue contains all of the GitLab issue information
 type Issue struct {
 	ID          int64      `json:"id"`
diff --git a/testdata/gitlab/release-event.json b/testdata/gitlab/release-event.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c900700
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testdata/gitlab/release-event.json
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+{
+  "id": 1,
+  "created_at": "2020-11-02 12:55:12 UTC",
+  "description": "v1.1 has been released",
+  "name": "v1.1",
+  "released_at": "2020-11-02 12:55:12 UTC",
+  "tag": "v1.1",
+  "object_kind": "release",
+  "project": {
+    "id": 2,
+    "name": "release-webhook-example",
+    "description": "",
+    "web_url": "https://example.com/gitlab-org/release-webhook-example",
+    "avatar_url": null,
+    "git_ssh_url": "ssh://git@example.com/gitlab-org/release-webhook-example.git",
+    "git_http_url": "https://example.com/gitlab-org/release-webhook-example.git",
+    "namespace": "Gitlab",
+    "visibility_level": 0,
+    "path_with_namespace": "gitlab-org/release-webhook-example",
+    "default_branch": "master",
+    "ci_config_path": null,
+    "homepage": "https://example.com/gitlab-org/release-webhook-example",
+    "url": "ssh://git@example.com/gitlab-org/release-webhook-example.git",
+    "ssh_url": "ssh://git@example.com/gitlab-org/release-webhook-example.git",
+    "http_url": "https://example.com/gitlab-org/release-webhook-example.git"
+  },
+  "url": "https://example.com/gitlab-org/release-webhook-example/-/releases/v1.1",
+  "action": "create",
+  "assets": {
+    "count": 5,
+    "links": [
+      {
+        "id": 1,
+        "external": true,
+        "link_type": "other",
+        "name": "Changelog",
+        "url": "https://example.net/changelog"
+      }
+    ],
+    "sources": [
+      {
+        "format": "zip",
+        "url": "https://example.com/gitlab-org/release-webhook-example/-/archive/v1.1/release-webhook-example-v1.1.zip"
+      },
+      {
+        "format": "tar.gz",
+        "url": "https://example.com/gitlab-org/release-webhook-example/-/archive/v1.1/release-webhook-example-v1.1.tar.gz"
+      },
+      {
+        "format": "tar.bz2",
+        "url": "https://example.com/gitlab-org/release-webhook-example/-/archive/v1.1/release-webhook-example-v1.1.tar.bz2"
+      },
+      {
+        "format": "tar",
+        "url": "https://example.com/gitlab-org/release-webhook-example/-/archive/v1.1/release-webhook-example-v1.1.tar"
+      }
+    ]
+  },
+  "commit": {
+    "id": "ee0a3fb31ac16e11b9dbb596ad16d4af654d08f8",
+    "message": "Release v1.1",
+    "title": "Release v1.1",
+    "timestamp": "2020-10-31T14:58:32+11:00",
+    "url": "https://example.com/gitlab-org/release-webhook-example/-/commit/ee0a3fb31ac16e11b9dbb596ad16d4af654d08f8",
+    "author": {
+      "name": "Example User",
+      "email": "user@example.com"
+    }
+  }
+}
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