diff --git a/.github/workflows/auto-release.yml b/.github/workflows/auto-release.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..02df7d930
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/auto-release.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+name: Auto-Release
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - develop
+
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+
+jobs:
+  release:
+    name: Release
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      contents: write # to be able to publish a GitHub release
+      issues: write # to be able to comment on released issues
+      pull-requests: write # to be able to comment on released pull requests
+      id-token: write # to enable use of OIDC for npm provenance
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+
+      - uses: codfish/semantic-release-action@v3
+        id: semantic
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 91bf3f73a..d1bb07d37 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -75,7 +75,6 @@ repos:
         always_run: true
         entry: bash -c "uv run --frozen --all-extras --dev deptry src --ignore DEP001"
 
-
   - repo: https://github.com/renovatebot/pre-commit-hooks
     rev: 39.161.4
     hooks:
@@ -86,10 +85,6 @@ repos:
       - id: uv-sync
         args: ["--frozen", "--all-packages", "--all-extras"]
 
-  - repo: https://github.com/zahorniak/pre-commit-circleci.git
-    rev: v1.1.0
-    hooks:
-      - id: circleci_validate
   - repo: "local"
     hooks:
       - id: disallowed-words-check
@@ -103,6 +98,7 @@ repos:
         language: system
         pass_filenames: false
         always_run: true
+
   - repo: https://github.com/hukkin/mdformat
     rev: 0.7.22  # Use the ref you want to point at
     hooks: