diff --git a/runtime-watcher/.goreleaser.yml b/runtime-watcher/.goreleaser.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e7d3434a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/runtime-watcher/.goreleaser.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+# Documentation for how to configure goreleaser can be found at http://goreleaser.com
+project_name: kyma
+release:
+  github:
+    owner: kyma-project
+    name: runtime-watcher
+  prerelease: auto
+before:
+  hooks:
+    - make resolve
+builds:
+  - env:
+      - CGO_ENABLED=0
+    main: ./runtime-watcher/
+    goos:
+      - darwin
+      - linux
+      - windows
+    ignore:
+      - goos: darwin
+        goarch: 386
+archives:
+  - id: foo
+    name_template: >-
+      {{ .ProjectName }}_
+      {{- title .Os }}_
+      {{- if eq .Arch "amd64" }}x86_64
+      {{- else if eq .Arch "386" }}i386
+      {{- else }}{{ .Arch }}{{ end }}
+    format_overrides:
+      - goos: windows
+        format: zip
+checksum:
+  name_template: "checksums.txt"
+snapshot:
+  name_template: "{{ .Tag }}-next"
+changelog:
+  use: github
+  sort: asc
+  groups:
+    - title: Bug fixes
+      regexp: '^.*?fix(\([[:word:]]+\))??!?:.+$'
+      order: 1
+    - title: Dependencies
+      regexp: '^.*?deps(\([[:word:]]+\))??!?:.+$'
+      order: 2
+    - title: Documentation
+      regexp: '^.*?docs(\([[:word:]]+\))??!?:.+$'
+      order: 3
+    - title: Test suites
+      regexp: '^.*?test(\([[:word:]]+\))??!?:.+$'
+      order: 4
+    - title: Features
+      order: 0
+  filters:
+    exclude:
+      - "^docs:"
+      - "^test:"
+      - '^(B|b)ump'
+      - '^.*?chore(\([[:word:]]+\))??!?:.+$'
diff --git a/runtime-watcher/Makefile b/runtime-watcher/Makefile
index 22d15d87..6ddadb83 100644
--- a/runtime-watcher/Makefile
+++ b/runtime-watcher/Makefile
@@ -108,3 +108,10 @@ $(ENVTEST): $(LOCALBIN)
 lint: ## Run golangci-lint against code.
 	GOBIN=$(LOCALBIN) go install github.com/golangci/golangci-lint/cmd/golangci-lint@$(GOLANG_CI_LINT_VERSION)
 	$(LOCALBIN)/golangci-lint run -v -c .golangci.yaml
+
+.PHONY: release
+release:
+	./hack/release.sh
+
+.PHONY: ci-release
+ci-release: resolve build test release
diff --git a/runtime-watcher/hack/release.sh b/runtime-watcher/hack/release.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..3fb81c54
--- /dev/null
+++ b/runtime-watcher/hack/release.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+# standard bash error handling
+set -o nounset # treat unset variables as an error and exit immediately.
+set -o errexit # exit immediately when a command fails.
+set -E         # needs to be set if we want the ERR trap
+
+get_new_release_version() {
+    # get the list of tags in a reverse chronological order
+    TAG_LIST=($(git tag --sort=-creatordate))
+    export GORELEASER_CURRENT_TAG=${TAG_LIST[0]}
+}
+
+get_previous_release_version() {
+    # get the list of tags in a reverse chronological order excluding release candidate tags
+    TAG_LIST_WITHOUT_RC=($(git tag --sort=-creatordate | grep -v -e "-rc"))
+    if [[ $GORELEASER_CURRENT_TAG == *"-rc"* ]]; then
+        export GORELEASER_PREVIOUS_TAG=${TAG_LIST_WITHOUT_RC[0]}
+    else
+        export GORELEASER_PREVIOUS_TAG=${TAG_LIST_WITHOUT_RC[1]}
+    fi
+}
+
+main() {
+    git remote add origin git@github.com:kyma-project/runtime-watcher.git
+    get_new_release_version
+    get_previous_release_version
+    # release watcher with release notes generated by goreleaser
+    curl -sL https://git.io/goreleaser | VERSION=v0.0.1-test1 bash -s --
+}
+
+main