diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1461c5c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+name: Release & Publish to NPM
+on: workflow_dispatch
+
+jobs:
+  release:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Setup
+        uses: ./.github/actions/setup
+
+      - name: Initialise the NPM config
+        run: npm config set //registry.npmjs.org/:_authToken $NPM_TOKEN
+        env:
+          NPM_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}
+
+      - name: Run release
+        run: npm run release --ci
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          NPM_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 3aded9b..9a8ae6e 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -84,3 +84,6 @@ ios/generated
 android/generated
 
 /coverage/
+
+# to not commit NPM token
+.npmrc
diff --git a/.release-it.json b/.release-it.json
index 9b936c6..602d1c1 100644
--- a/.release-it.json
+++ b/.release-it.json
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
     ]
   },
   "git": {
+    "requireBranch": "main",
     "commitMessage": "chore: release ${version}",
     "tagName": "v${version}"
   },