diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish_pypi_package.yaml b/.github/workflows/publish_pypi_package.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b54c2f5c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish_pypi_package.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+name: Publish Python package to PyPi
+
+on: push
+
+jobs:
+  build-and-publish:
+    name: Build and publish Python Package to PyPi
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: Set up Python 3.11
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+        with:
+          python-version: 3.11
+      - name: Install build
+        run: |
+          python -m pip install build --user
+      - name: Build a binary wheel and a source tarball
+        run: |
+          python -m build --sdist --wheel --outdir dist/ .
+      - name: Publish package
+        if: github.event_name == 'push' && startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags')
+        uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@release/v1
+        with:
+          user: __token__
+          password: ${{ secrets.PYPI_API_TOKEN }}
+          verbose: true
+          print-hash: true
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 390a242e..99b01d5f 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # rom-tools-and-workflows
 The ROM tools and workflows Python library comprises a set of algorithms for constructing and exploiting ROMs that rely on *abstract base classes* that encapsulate all the information needed to run a given algorithm. The philosophy is that, for any given application, the user simply needs to "fill out" a class that meets the required API of the abstract base class. Once this class is complete, the user gains access to all of our existing algorithms.
 
-## Documentation 
+## Documentation
 
 https://pressio.github.io/rom-tools-and-workflows/romtools.html
 
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index bac764bd..e1106b4a 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -5,13 +5,14 @@ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 [project]
 name = "romtools"
 dynamic = ["version"]
+readme = "README.md"
 requires-python = ">=3.8"
 dependencies = [
-    'docutils', 
-    'importlib-metadata', 
+    'docutils',
+    'importlib-metadata',
     'numpy',
-    'scipy', 
-    'matplotlib', 
+    'scipy',
+    'matplotlib',
     'pdoc',
     'pytest==7.4.4',   # released Dec 31st, 2023
     'pytest-mpi>=0.6', # released Jan 8th, 2022
diff --git a/version.txt b/version.txt
index 6e8bf73a..50c9820b 100644
--- a/version.txt
+++ b/version.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.1.0
+0.1.0rc1