diff --git a/.github/workflows/create-releases.yml b/.github/workflows/create-releases.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7dbae006c0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/create-releases.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+name: Create releases
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - main
+
+jobs:
+  release:
+    name: release
+    if: github.ref == 'refs/heads/main' && github.repository == 'openai/openai-python'
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    environment: publish
+
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+
+      - uses: stainless-api/trigger-release-please@v1
+        id: release
+        with:
+          repo: ${{ github.event.repository.full_name }}
+          stainless-api-key: ${{ secrets.STAINLESS_API_KEY }}
+
+      - name: Install Rye
+        if: ${{ steps.release.outputs.releases_created }}
+        run: |
+          curl -sSf https://rye-up.com/get | bash
+          echo "$HOME/.rye/shims" >> $GITHUB_PATH
+        env:
+          RYE_VERSION: 0.15.2
+          RYE_INSTALL_OPTION: "--yes"
+
+      - name: Publish to PyPI
+        if: ${{ steps.release.outputs.releases_created }}
+        run: |
+          bash ./bin/publish-pypi
+        env:
+          PYPI_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.OPENAI_PYPI_TOKEN || secrets.PYPI_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish-pypi.yml b/.github/workflows/publish-pypi.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..026ed29c22
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish-pypi.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+# workflow for re-running publishing to PyPI in case it fails for some reason
+# you can run this workflow by navigating to https://www.github.com/openai/openai-python/actions/workflows/publish-pypi.yml
+name: Publish PyPI
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+jobs:
+  publish:
+    name: publish
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+
+      - name: Install Rye
+        run: |
+          curl -sSf https://rye-up.com/get | bash
+          echo "$HOME/.rye/shims" >> $GITHUB_PATH
+        env:
+          RYE_VERSION: 0.15.2
+          RYE_INSTALL_OPTION: "--yes"
+
+      - name: Publish to PyPI
+        run: |
+          bash ./bin/publish-pypi
+        env:
+          PYPI_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.OPENAI_PYPI_TOKEN || secrets.PYPI_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-doctor.yml b/.github/workflows/release-doctor.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..108aa5973a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-doctor.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+name: Release Doctor
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - main
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+jobs:
+  release_doctor:
+    name: release doctor
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    environment: publish
+    if: github.repository == 'openai/openai-python' && (github.event_name == 'push' || github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' || startsWith(github.head_ref, 'release-please') || github.head_ref == 'next')
+
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+
+      - name: Check release environment
+        run: |
+          bash ./bin/check-release-environment
+        env:
+          STAINLESS_API_KEY: ${{ secrets.STAINLESS_API_KEY }}
+          PYPI_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.OPENAI_PYPI_TOKEN || secrets.PYPI_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b55c11f05d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+{
+  ".": "1.1.1"
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/bin/check-release-environment b/bin/check-release-environment
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b0c8d34f0c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/check-release-environment
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+errors=()
+
+if [ -z "${STAINLESS_API_KEY}" ]; then
+  errors+=("The STAINLESS_API_KEY secret has not been set. Please contact Stainless for an API key & set it in your organization secrets on GitHub.")
+fi
+
+if [ -z "${PYPI_TOKEN}" ]; then
+  errors+=("The OPENAI_PYPI_TOKEN secret has not been set. Please set it in either this repository's secrets or your organization secrets.")
+fi
+
+len=${#errors[@]}
+
+if [[ len -gt 0 ]]; then
+  echo -e "Found the following errors in the release environment:\n"
+
+  for error in "${errors[@]}"; do
+    echo -e "- $error\n"
+  done
+
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+echo "The environment is ready to push releases!"
diff --git a/bin/publish-pypi b/bin/publish-pypi
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..826054e924
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/publish-pypi
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+set -eux
+mkdir -p dist
+rye build --clean
+rye publish --yes --token=$PYPI_TOKEN
diff --git a/examples/audio.py b/examples/audio.py
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..a5f535dcd6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/audio.py
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+from pathlib import Path
+
+from openai import OpenAI
+
+# gets OPENAI_API_KEY from your environment variables
+openai = OpenAI()
+
+speech_file_path = Path(__file__).parent / "speech.mp3"
+
+
+def main() -> None:
+    # Create text-to-speech audio file
+    response = openai.audio.speech.create(
+        model="tts-1", voice="alloy", input="the quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dogs"
+    )
+
+    response.stream_to_file(speech_file_path)
+
+    # Create transcription from audio file
+    transcription = openai.audio.transcriptions.create(model="whisper-1", file=speech_file_path)
+    print(transcription.text)
+
+    # Create translation from audio file
+    translation = openai.audio.translations.create(
+        model="whisper-1",
+        file=speech_file_path,
+    )
+    print(translation.text)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()
diff --git a/release-please-config.json b/release-please-config.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5c66d801f5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/release-please-config.json
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+{
+  "packages": {
+    ".": {}
+  },
+  "$schema": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/stainless-api/release-please/main/schemas/config.json",
+  "include-v-in-tag": true,
+  "include-component-in-tag": false,
+  "bump-minor-pre-major": true,
+  "bump-patch-for-minor-pre-major": false,
+  "pull-request-header": "Automated Release PR",
+  "pull-request-title-pattern": "release: ${version}",
+  "changelog-sections": [
+    {
+      "type": "feat",
+      "section": "Features"
+    },
+    {
+      "type": "fix",
+      "section": "Bug Fixes"
+    },
+    {
+      "type": "perf",
+      "section": "Performance Improvements"
+    },
+    {
+      "type": "revert",
+      "section": "Reverts"
+    },
+    {
+      "type": "chore",
+      "section": "Chores"
+    },
+    {
+      "type": "docs",
+      "section": "Documentation"
+    },
+    {
+      "type": "style",
+      "section": "Styles"
+    },
+    {
+      "type": "refactor",
+      "section": "Refactors"
+    },
+    {
+      "type": "test",
+      "section": "Tests",
+      "hidden": true
+    },
+    {
+      "type": "build",
+      "section": "Build System"
+    },
+    {
+      "type": "ci",
+      "section": "Continuous Integration",
+      "hidden": true
+    }
+  ],
+  "release-type": "python",
+  "extra-files": [
+    "src/openai/_version.py"
+  ]
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/openai/_version.py b/src/openai/_version.py
index b4ed828270..5147fcd1f1 100644
--- a/src/openai/_version.py
+++ b/src/openai/_version.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 # File generated from our OpenAPI spec by Stainless.
 
 __title__ = "openai"
-__version__ = "1.1.1"
+__version__ = "1.1.1"  # x-release-please-version