diff --git a/.github/workflows/cd.yml b/.github/workflows/cd.yml
index 733c5b7..e40bc58 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/cd.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/cd.yml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ on:
       - "v*.*.*"
 
 permissions:
-  contents: read
+  contents: write
   packages: write
 
 env:
@@ -58,3 +58,61 @@ jobs:
           cache-to: type=gha,mode=max
           tags: ${{ steps.meta.outputs.tags }}
           labels: ${{ steps.meta.outputs.labels }}
+
+  update-release-notes:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    needs: build-and-push
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Ensure GitHub release exists
+        env:
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
+        run: |
+          tag="${GITHUB_REF_NAME}"
+          if ! gh release view "$tag" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+            gh release create "$tag" --title "$tag" --generate-notes
+          fi
+
+      - name: Append container image instructions to release body
+        env:
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
+          IMAGE_REF: ${{ env.REGISTRY }}/${{ env.IMAGE_NAME }}
+        run: |
+          # GITHUB_REF_NAME comes from the trusted maintainer-created tag ref that triggered this workflow.
+          python3 <<'PY'
+          import os
+          import subprocess
+          import textwrap
+
+          tag = os.environ["GITHUB_REF_NAME"]
+          image_ref = os.environ["IMAGE_REF"]
+          marker = "## Container image"
+
+          body = subprocess.check_output(
+              ["gh", "release", "view", tag, "--json", "body", "-q", ".body"],
+              text=True,
+          )
+
+          container_section = textwrap.dedent(
+              f"""
+              ## Container image
+
+              Pull the published container from GHCR:
+
+              ```bash
+              docker pull {image_ref}:{tag.lstrip('v')}
+              docker pull {image_ref}:latest
+              ```
+              """
+          ).strip()
+
+          if marker in body:
+              body = body.split(marker, 1)[0].rstrip()
+
+          body = f"{body}\n\n{container_section}\n" if body.strip() else f"{container_section}\n"
+
+          with open("RELEASE_NOTES.md", "w", encoding="utf-8") as fh:
+              fh.write(body)
+          PY
+
+          gh release edit "$GITHUB_REF_NAME" --notes-file RELEASE_NOTES.md
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-please.yml b/.github/workflows/release-please.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a84a267
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-please.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+name: Release Please
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - main
+
+permissions:
+  contents: write
+  issues: write
+  pull-requests: write
+
+concurrency:
+  group: release-please-${{ github.ref }}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+
+jobs:
+  release-please:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Validate release-please token is configured
+        env:
+          RELEASE_PLEASE_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.RELEASE_PLEASE_TOKEN }}
+        run: |
+          if [ -z "$RELEASE_PLEASE_TOKEN" ]; then
+            echo "::error::Missing RELEASE_PLEASE_TOKEN secret. Configure a PAT or GitHub App token with repository write access before enabling this workflow."
+            exit 1
+          fi
+
+      - name: Run release-please
+        uses: googleapis/release-please-action@v4
+        with:
+          token: ${{ secrets.RELEASE_PLEASE_TOKEN }}
+          release-type: go