diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..469ec572bf9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+name: Release
+
+on:
+  push:
+    tags:
+      - v[0-9]+.[0-9]+.[0-9]+
+
+env:
+  CARGO_TERM_COLOR: always
+
+jobs:
+  release:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - name: Publish
+        run: |
+          sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install --yes sed
+          VERSION=$(sed --regexp-extended --silent 's/^version = \"(.*)"$/\1/p' Cargo.toml)
+          [ "$GITHUB_REF_NAME" == "v$VERSION" ]
+          cargo publish --token ${{ secrets.CRATES_IO_TOKEN }}
+      - name: Release
+        uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v1
+        with:
+          generate_release_notes: true
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index ffd73d5a280..62b5df90d7e 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,10 +1,16 @@
 [package]
-name = "snapshot"
-version = "0.1.0"
-authors = ["Amazon Firecracker team <firecracker-devel@amazon.com>"]
+name = "dbs-snapshot"
+version = "1.5.0"
+authors = [
+    "Amazon Firecracker team <firecracker-devel@amazon.com>",
+    "Kata Containers Developers",
+]
 edition = "2021"
 autobenches = false
 license = "Apache-2.0"
+readme = "README.md"
+repository = "https://github.com/kata-containers/dbs-snapshot"
+homepage = "https://github.com/kata-containers/dbs-snapshot"
 
 [lib]
 bench = false
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d13b9e31e85
--- /dev/null
+++ b/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+# dbs-snapshot
+
+`dbs-snapshot` is a fork of [Firecracker microvmm's](https://github.com/firecracker-microvm/firecracker) `snapshot` crate. It was done so because the Firecracker maintainers [have no plan to publish the crate on crates.io](https://github.com/firecracker-microvm/firecracker/issues/4162).
+
+`dbs-snapshot` provides a version tolerant serialization and deserialization facilities and implements a persistent storage format for saving rust struct states. It can form a basis of many useful functionalities such as VM snapshot for rust-based VMMs, as well as user space program live upgrade for other projects like [Nydus](https://github.com/dragonflyoss/image-service/).
+
+# Disclaimer
+
+Please note that the crate is released from v1.5.0 because that is the initial Firecracker release version the crate was taken from.
+
+We will use sematic versioning. The API backward-compatibilites will always be reserved across patch version updates. The backward-compatibilities across minor version updates will be preserved in a best effort manner. Whenever API backward-compatibility is broken on purpose, we will bump the major version.
diff --git a/benches/version_map.rs b/benches/version_map.rs
index ea3c38b86d7..b46e8f8910e 100644
--- a/benches/version_map.rs
+++ b/benches/version_map.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 // Copyright 2020 Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. All Rights Reserved.
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 use criterion::{black_box, criterion_group, criterion_main, Criterion};
-use snapshot::Snapshot;
+use dbs_snapshot::Snapshot;
 use versionize::{VersionMap, Versionize, VersionizeResult};
 use versionize_derive::Versionize;
 
diff --git a/tests/test.rs b/tests/test.rs
index 37d552eed12..da438b5b246 100644
--- a/tests/test.rs
+++ b/tests/test.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 // Copyright 2020 Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. All Rights Reserved.
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
-use snapshot::{Error, Snapshot};
+use dbs_snapshot::{Error, Snapshot};
 use versionize::{VersionMap, Versionize, VersionizeError, VersionizeResult};
 use versionize_derive::Versionize;