diff --git a/.fernignore b/.fernignore
index 5b3cc70..9c949d7 100644
--- a/.fernignore
+++ b/.fernignore
@@ -1,5 +1,19 @@
 # Specify files that shouldn't be modified by Fern
+
+# Legacy CI workflow replaced by release-please.yml — keep listed so Fern
+# does not regenerate the file after deletion.
 .github/workflows/ci.yml
 
+# Release-please owns versioning, releases, and PyPI publish.
+.github/workflows/release-please.yml
+release-please-config.json
+.release-please-manifest.json
+CHANGELOG.md
+
+# release-please bumps the X-Fern-SDK-Version literal in this file via an
+# inline `x-release-please-version` marker comment. Fern regen would strip the
+# marker, so the file is owned outside of Fern.
+src/speechify/core/client_wrapper.py
+
 # ignore context7 config file
 context7.json
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/release-please.yml
similarity index 50%
rename from .github/workflows/ci.yml
rename to .github/workflows/release-please.yml
index 7d41c65..19d852a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-please.yml
@@ -1,16 +1,24 @@
-name: ci
+name: release-please
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [master]
+  pull_request:
+    branches: [master]
+
+permissions:
+  contents: read
 
-on: [push]
 jobs:
   compile:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Checkout repo
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: Set up python
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
-          python-version: 3.8
+          python-version: "3.8"
       - name: Bootstrap poetry
         run: |
           curl -sSL https://install.python-poetry.org | python - -y --version 1.5.1
@@ -18,41 +26,60 @@ jobs:
         run: poetry install
       - name: Compile
         run: poetry run mypy .
+
   test:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Checkout repo
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: Set up python
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
-          python-version: 3.8
+          python-version: "3.8"
       - name: Bootstrap poetry
         run: |
           curl -sSL https://install.python-poetry.org | python - -y --version 1.5.1
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: poetry install
-
       - name: Test
         run: poetry run pytest -rP .
 
-  publish:
+  release-please:
     needs: [compile, test]
-    if: github.event_name == 'push' && contains(github.ref, 'refs/tags/')
+    if: github.event_name == 'push' && github.ref == 'refs/heads/master'
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      contents: write
+      pull-requests: write
+    outputs:
+      release_created: ${{ steps.release.outputs.release_created }}
+      tag_name: ${{ steps.release.outputs.tag_name }}
+    steps:
+      - name: Run release-please
+        id: release
+        uses: googleapis/release-please-action@v4
+        with:
+          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          config-file: release-please-config.json
+          manifest-file: .release-please-manifest.json
+
+  publish:
+    needs: release-please
+    if: needs.release-please.outputs.release_created == 'true'
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Checkout repo
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: Set up python
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
-          python-version: 3.8
+          python-version: "3.8"
       - name: Bootstrap poetry
         run: |
           curl -sSL https://install.python-poetry.org | python - -y --version 1.5.1
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: poetry install
-      - name: Publish to pypi
+      - name: Publish to PyPI
         run: |
           poetry config pypi-token.pypi ${{ secrets.PYPI_TOKEN }}
           poetry publish --build
diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b7298f8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+{
+  ".": "1.2.3"
+}
diff --git a/release-please-config.json b/release-please-config.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3d10873
--- /dev/null
+++ b/release-please-config.json
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+{
+  "$schema": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/googleapis/release-please/main/schemas/config.json",
+  "release-type": "python",
+  "include-v-in-tag": false,
+  "include-component-in-tag": false,
+  "packages": {
+    ".": {
+      "package-name": "speechify-api",
+      "extra-files": [
+        {
+          "type": "generic",
+          "path": "src/speechify/core/client_wrapper.py"
+        }
+      ]
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/speechify/core/client_wrapper.py b/src/speechify/core/client_wrapper.py
index 71accb2..1c0ca85 100644
--- a/src/speechify/core/client_wrapper.py
+++ b/src/speechify/core/client_wrapper.py
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ def get_headers(self) -> typing.Dict[str, str]:
         headers: typing.Dict[str, str] = {
             "X-Fern-Language": "Python",
             "X-Fern-SDK-Name": "speechify-api",
-            "X-Fern-SDK-Version": "1.2.3",
+            "X-Fern-SDK-Version": "1.2.3",  # x-release-please-version
         }
         token = self._get_token()
         if token is not None: