diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f34196838
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+---
+name: Release django-ansible-base
+
+env:
+  LC_ALL: "C.UTF-8" # prevent ERROR: Ansible could not initialize the preferred locale: unsupported locale setting
+
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+jobs:
+  stage:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    timeout-minutes: 90
+    permissions:
+      packages: write
+      contents: write
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout dab
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        with:
+          path: dab
+
+      - name: Create release
+        working-directory: dab
+        run: |
+          ansible-playbook tools/ansible/release.yml -e github_token=${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 5eefa5bbc..05d96d903 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@ pre-commit-user
 # Make target touch files
 .docker-compose-built
 
+# Ignore the build version file
+ansible_base._version.py
+
 # Python & setuptools
 __pycache__
 /build
diff --git a/ansible_base/__init__.py b/ansible_base/__init__.py
index e69de29bb..eda57835c 100644
--- a/ansible_base/__init__.py
+++ b/ansible_base/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+try:
+    from ._version import version
+except ImportError:
+    version = '0.0.0.dev'
+
+from typing import Tuple, Union
+
+VERSION_TUPLE = Tuple[Union[int, str], ...]
+
+__version__: str
+__version_tuple__: VERSION_TUPLE
+version_tuple: VERSION_TUPLE
+
+__version__ = version
+__version_tuple__ = version_tuple = tuple(version.split('.'))
diff --git a/ansible_base/_version.py b/ansible_base/_version.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..391661b6a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ansible_base/_version.py
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+version = '0.0.0.dev'
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 4e962044b..8de87a692 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -29,6 +29,9 @@ classifiers = [
 ]
 dynamic = ["version", "dependencies", "optional-dependencies"]
 
+[tool.setuptools]
+include-package-data = false
+
 [tool.setuptools.packages.find]
 include = ["ansible_base*"]
 
@@ -46,9 +49,10 @@ optional-dependencies.api_documentation = { file = [ "requirements/requirements_
 optional-dependencies.rest_filters = { file = [ "requirements/requirements_rest_filters.in" ] }
 optional-dependencies.channel_auth = { file = [ "requirements/requirements_channels.in" ] }
 optional-dependencies.jwt_consumer = { file = [ "requirements/requirements_jwt_consumer.in" ] }
+version = {attr = "ansible_base.__version__"}
 
 [build-system]
-requires = ["setuptools>=64", "setuptools_scm>=8"]
+requires = ["setuptools>=64"]
 build-backend = 'setuptools.build_meta'
 
 [tool.black]
diff --git a/tools/ansible/release.yml b/tools/ansible/release.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..60baaecf5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/ansible/release.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+---
+- name: Release django-ansible-base
+  hosts: localhost
+  connection: local
+  gather_facts: true
+  vars:
+    repo_identifier: "john-westcott-iv/django-ansible-base"
+    api_repo_prefix: "https://api.github.com/repos/{{ repo_identifier }}"
+
+  # Note:
+  #    When this playbook runs it will run in the directory of the playbook so ../../ would be a reference to the django-ansible-base root
+
+  tasks:
+    - name: Generate calver release number
+      set_fact:
+        release_number: "{{ ansible_date_time.year }}.{{ ansible_date_time.month }}.{{ ansible_date_time.day }}"
+
+    - name: "Update version file with {{ release_number }}"
+      ansible.builtin.lineinfile:
+        create: True
+        line: "version = '{{ release_number }}'"
+        path: "../../ansible_base/_version.py"
+        regex: "^version = .*"
+
+    - name: Build django-ansible-base
+      command:
+        cmd: make build
+        creates: 'dist/django-ansible-base-{{ release_number }}.tar.gz'
+      args:
+        chdir: '../../'
+      tags:
+        - build
+
+    - name: Create release in github
+      uri:
+        url: "{{ api_repo_prefix }}/releases"
+        method: POST
+        body_format: json
+        body:
+          tag_name: "{{ release_number }}"
+          name: "v{{ release_number }}"
+          draft: False
+          generate_release_notes: True
+          make_latest: True
+        headers:
+          Accept: 'application/vnd.github.v3+json'
+          Authorization: 'bearer {{ github_token }}'
+      register: new_release_response
+      tags:
+        - github
+
+    - name: Upload the build files
+      debug:
+        msg: "{{ file_name }}"
+      uri:
+        url: "{{ new_release_response.json['upload_url'] }}?name={{ file_name }}"
+        method: POST
+        src: "dist/{{ file_name }}"
+        headers:
+          Accept: 'application/vnd.github.v3+json'
+          Authorization: 'bearer {{ github_token }}'
+      vars:
+        file_name: "{{ item | basename }}"
+      loop: "{{ lookup('ansible.builtin.fileglob', '../../dist/*', wantlist=True) }}"
+      loop_control:
+        label: "{{ item | basename }}"
+      tags:
+        - github