diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
index 6a7ea28..df5b83d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
@@ -5,19 +5,15 @@ on:
     # Run on the main branch
     branches:
       - main
-    # Releases are tags named 'v<version>', and must have the "major.minor.micro", for example: "0.1.0".
-    # Release candidates are tagged as `v<version>-rc<num>`, for example: "0.1.0-rc1".
-    tags:
-      - "v*"
   # Also on PRs, just be careful not to publish anything
   pull_request:
 
 
 jobs:
   ci:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: Build
         run: |
           for p in firmware pinetime-flash watchful-ui; do
@@ -27,17 +23,17 @@ jobs:
           done
 
   publish:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
     if: github.ref == 'refs/heads/main'
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: Install prerequisites
         run: |
           pip3 install adafruit-nrfutil
           pip3 install -r tools/mcuboot/requirements.txt
           cargo install cargo-binutils
 
-      - name: Build release artifacts
+      - name: Build artifacts
         run: |
           cd firmware
           cargo build --release
@@ -46,25 +42,19 @@ jobs:
           adafruit-nrfutil dfu genpkg --dev-type 0x0052 --application watchful-image.bin watchful-dfu.zip
 
       - name: Upload binary
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
         with:
           name: watchful.bin
           path: firmware/watchful.bin
 
-      - name: Upload HEX
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
-        with:
-          name: watchful.hex
-          path: firmware/watchful.hex
-
       - name: Upload Mcuboot image
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
         with:
           name: watchful-image.bin
           path: firmware/watchful-image.bin
 
       - name: Upload DFU bundle
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
         with:
           name: watchful-dfu.zip
           path: firmware/watchful-dfu.zip
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fc0143d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+name: Release
+on:
+  push:
+    tags:
+     - 'v[0-9]+.[0-9]+.[0-9]+'
+
+permissions:
+  contents: write
+
+jobs:
+  # Re Run the Checks
+  check:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: Build
+        run: |
+          for p in firmware pinetime-flash watchful-ui; do
+            pushd $p;
+            cargo build --release;
+            popd;
+          done
+
+  release:
+    # Only run if the checks pass
+    name: Publish to crates.io
+    needs: check
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
+    timeout-minutes: 10
+    steps:
+    - name: Checkout code
+      uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+    - name: Verify Version
+      run: |
+        cd firmware
+        TAG_VERSION=${GITHUB_REF#refs/tags/v}
+        CARGO_VERSION=$(grep '^version =' Cargo.toml | sed -E 's/version = "([^"]+)"/\1/')
+        if [ "$TAG_VERSION" != "$CARGO_VERSION" ]; then
+          echo "Version mismatch: tag is $TAG_VERSION but Cargo.toml is $CARGO_VERSION"
+          exit 1  # Exits with a non-zero status to fail the workflow
+        fi
+      shell: bash
+
+    - name: Install prerequisites
+      run: |
+        pip3 install adafruit-nrfutil
+        pip3 install -r tools/mcuboot/requirements.txt
+        cargo install cargo-binutils
+
+    - name: Build release artifacts
+      run: |
+        cd firmware
+        cargo build --release
+        cargo objcopy --release -- -O binary watchful.bin
+        ../tools/mcuboot/imgtool.py create --align 4 --version 1.0.0 --header-size 32 --slot-size 475136 --pad-header watchful.bin watchful-image.bin
+        adafruit-nrfutil dfu genpkg --dev-type 0x0052 --application watchful-image.bin watchful-dfu.zip
+        TAG_VERSION=${GITHUB_REF#refs/tags/v}
+        mv watchful-dfu.zip ../watchful-dfu-${TAG_VERSION}.zip
+
+    - name: Create GitHub release
+      env:
+        GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+        tag: ${{ github.ref_name }}
+      run: |
+        TAG_VERSION=${GITHUB_REF#refs/tags/v}
+        gh release create "$tag" \
+            --repo="$GITHUB_REPOSITORY" \
+            --title="${GITHUB_REPOSITORY#*/} ${tag#v}" \
+            --generate-notes
+            watchful-dfu-${TAG_VERSION}.zip