diff --git a/.github/workflows/scala.yml b/.github/workflows/scala.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..00aabbfcd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/scala.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+name: Scala CI
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [ main ]
+  pull_request:
+    branches: [ main ]
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - name: Set up JDK 8
+        uses: actions/setup-java@v2
+        with:
+          java-version: '8'
+          distribution: 'adopt'
+      - name: Run tests
+        run: sbt test
diff --git a/build.sbt b/build.sbt
index 8e4c256ae..d9710231c 100644
--- a/build.sbt
+++ b/build.sbt
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
+import ReleaseTransformations._
+
+parallelExecution in ThisBuild := false
+
 name := "overwatch"
 
 organization := "com.databricks.labs"
 
-version := "0.5.0.1"
-
 scalaVersion := "2.12.12"
 scalacOptions ++= Seq("-Xmax-classfile-name", "78")
 
@@ -63,4 +65,19 @@ assemblyExcludedJars in assembly := {
       f.data.getName.contains("delta-core") ||
       f.data.getName.contains("com.amazonaws")
   }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
+
+releasePublishArtifactsAction := PgpKeys.publishSigned.value
+
+releaseProcess := Seq[ReleaseStep](
+    checkSnapshotDependencies,
+    inquireVersions,
+    runClean,
+    runTest,
+    setReleaseVersion,
+    commitReleaseVersion,
+    tagRelease,
+    publishArtifacts,
+    setNextVersion,
+    commitNextVersion
+)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/project/plugins.sbt b/project/plugins.sbt
index 365e527c0..60de06cf7 100644
--- a/project/plugins.sbt
+++ b/project/plugins.sbt
@@ -3,4 +3,5 @@ addSbtPlugin("org.scoverage" % "sbt-scoverage" % "1.6.1")
 addSbtPlugin("io.get-coursier" % "sbt-coursier" % "2.0.0-RC6-8")
 addSbtPlugin("com.github.sbt" % "sbt-jacoco" % "3.0.3")
 addSbtPlugin("com.github.sbt" % "sbt-pgp" % "2.1.2")
-addSbtPlugin("org.xerial.sbt" % "sbt-sonatype" % "2.3")
\ No newline at end of file
+addSbtPlugin("org.xerial.sbt" % "sbt-sonatype" % "2.3")
+addSbtPlugin("com.github.sbt" % "sbt-release" % "1.0.15")
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/version.sbt b/version.sbt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..01120e350
--- /dev/null
+++ b/version.sbt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+ThisBuild / version := "0.5.2"