diff --git a/git_time_tracking/__about__.py b/git_time_tracking/__about__.py
index 554331b..de9f3a8 100644
--- a/git_time_tracking/__about__.py
+++ b/git_time_tracking/__about__.py
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-__version__ = "0.0.0"
+__version__ = "0.0.1"
 __name__ = "git_time_tracking"
diff --git a/release b/release
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..a8995c7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/release
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# install build tools
+pip install build
+pip install twine
+pip install hatch
+
+
+# increment version in pyproject.toml
+hatch version micro
+
+# build package
+python3 -m build --wheel
+
+# upload to pypi
+python3 -m twine upload dist/*
+python3 -m twine upload --skip-existing --repository gitea dist/*