diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 9269c22..2a55876 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 stages:
   - build
   - test
+  - version
   - deploy
 
 build:
@@ -40,6 +41,30 @@ test_variable:
     rules:
         - if: '$CI_COMMIT_TAG'
 
+extract_version:
+  stage: version
+  image: alpine:latest
+  script:
+    - apk add --no-cache jq
+    - VERSION=$(grep 'version = "' Cargo.toml | awk -F'"' '{print $2}' | head -n 1)
+    - if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then echo "Error extracting version"; exit 1; fi
+    - echo "Extracted version is"
+    - echo "$VERSION"
+    - echo "VERSION=$VERSION" > version.env
+  artifacts:
+    reports:
+      dotenv: version.env
+
+tag_release:
+  stage: deploy
+  image: registry.gitlab.com/gitlab-org/release-cli:latest
+  rules:
+    - if: '$CI_COMMIT_BRANCH == "main" && $CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == "push"'
+  dependencies:
+    - extract_version
+  script:
+    - release-cli create --name "Release v$VERSION" --tag-name "v$VERSION"
+
 deploy:
   stage: deploy
   image: rust:1.85
@@ -53,3 +78,4 @@ deploy:
     - build
   rules:
     - if: '$CI_COMMIT_TAG'
+
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index b061e8f..cf7fc91 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 [package]
 name = "icarus-models"
-description = "models used for the icarus project"
-license = "MIT"
 version = "0.1.7"
 edition = "2024"
+description = "models used for the icarus project"
+license = "MIT"
 
 [dependencies]
 serde = { version = "1.0.218", features = ["derive"] }