diff --git a/.github/actions/publish/action.yml b/.github/actions/publish/action.yml
index 822ce42..0b4389b 100644
--- a/.github/actions/publish/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/publish/action.yml
@@ -31,5 +31,5 @@ runs:
         for pkg in $(find ./nupkgs -name '*.nupkg' -o -name '*.snupkg'); do
           echo "publishing ${pkg}"
           dotnet nuget push "${pkg}" -ApiKey ${{ env.NUGET_API_KEY }} -Source https://www.nuget.org
-          echo "published $pkg"
+          echo "published ${pkg}"
         done
diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish.yml b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
index a045ba8..b5b1385 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
@@ -5,7 +5,19 @@ on:
       run_tests:
         description: 'If true, run unit tests, otherwise skip them.'
         required: false
-        default: 'true'
+        type: boolean
+        default: true
+      dry_run:
+        description: 'Is this a dry run. If so no package will be published.'
+        type: boolean
+        required: true
+  workflow_call:
+    inputs:
+      run_tests:
+        description: 'If true, run unit tests, otherwise skip them.'
+        required: false
+        type: boolean
+        default: true
       dry_run:
         description: 'Is this a dry run. If so no package will be published.'
         type: boolean
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-please.yml b/.github/workflows/release-please.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0de92ad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-please.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+name: Release Please
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - main
+
+jobs:
+  release-please:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    permissions:
+      id-token: write # Needed if using OIDC to get release secrets.
+      contents: write # Contents and pull-requests are for release-please to make releases.
+      pull-requests: write
+
+    outputs:
+      releases_created: ${{ steps.release.outputs.releases_created }}
+
+    steps:
+      - uses: google-github-actions/release-please-action@v4
+        id: release
+        with:
+          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          target-branch: ${{ github.ref_name }}
+
+  call-workflow-publish:
+    needs: release-please
+    uses: ./.github/workflows/publish.yml
+    if: ${{ needs.release-please.outputs.releases_created == 'true' }}
+    with:
+      run_tests: true
+      dry_run: false
diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e6f8775
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+{
+  ".": "4.0.0"
+}
diff --git a/release-please-config.json b/release-please-config.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9f0f6d6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/release-please-config.json
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+{
+  "bootstrap-sha": "ffc2e94144f2a4ddfd5f42e09c228713d4510fd6",
+  "packages": {
+    ".": {
+      "release-type": "simple",
+      "bump-minor-pre-major": true,
+      "versioning": "default",
+      "include-v-in-tag": false,
+      "include-component-in-tag": false,
+      "extra-files": [
+        "src/LaunchDarkly.ClientSdk/LaunchDarkly.ClientSdk.csproj"
+      ]
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/LaunchDarkly.ClientSdk/LaunchDarkly.ClientSdk.csproj b/src/LaunchDarkly.ClientSdk/LaunchDarkly.ClientSdk.csproj
index 5b606e3..d57254c 100644
--- a/src/LaunchDarkly.ClientSdk/LaunchDarkly.ClientSdk.csproj
+++ b/src/LaunchDarkly.ClientSdk/LaunchDarkly.ClientSdk.csproj
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 <Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
 
   <PropertyGroup>
+<!--x-release-please-start-version-->
     <Version>5.0.0-alpha.2</Version>
+<!--x-release-please-end-->
     <!-- The BUILDFRAMEWORKS variable allows us to override the target frameworks in
          a situation where we need to build only the .NET Standard target and do not
          want to even mention the Android/iOS/Mac/Windows targets, because we're in an environment