diff --git a/.bcr/README.md b/.bcr/README.md
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+# Configuration to use Publish to BCR
+
+This directory contains a set of templates required by the [publish-to-bcr](https://github.com/bazel-contrib/publish-to-bcr/tree/main) plugin, which will publish a released version of **gRPC-Gateway** as a new module in the [Bazel Central Registry](https://registry.bazel.build/).
+
+The plugin aims to eliminate a manual publishing process for the module and initiate the process when a release is created.
+
+## Publish to BCR template files
+
+The configuration consists of three files placed in the `.bcr` directory:
+
+* `.bcr/metadata.template.json`: that describes the repository and maintainers' information.
+* `.bcr/presubmit.yml`: describes the targets that will be built and tested on specific platforms and bazel versions to test the module.
+* `.bcr/source.template.json`: that will automatically substitute values for the repository, owner, and tag based on the repository and release data.
+
+_For more information regarding the files that form a BCR entry, check the following references:_
+
+* [Bazel registries](https://bazel.build/external/registry).
+* [External dependencies overview](https://bazel.build/external/overview).
+
+## Result
+
+The final result of this process is the creation of a PR in the BCR repository to publish the released version.
+
+Once these templates are populated, the `publish-to-bcr` app should be configured as described [here](https://github.com/bazel-contrib/publish-to-bcr/tree/main?tab=readme-ov-file#how-it-works).
diff --git a/.bcr/metadata.template.json b/.bcr/metadata.template.json
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+{
+  "homepage": "https://grpc-ecosystem.github.io/grpc-gateway",
+  "maintainers": [
+    {
+      "name": "Johan Brandhorst-Satzkorn",
+      "email": "johan.brandhorst@gmail.com",
+      "github": "johanbrandhorst"
+    }
+  ],
+  "repository": ["github:grpc-ecosystem/grpc-gateway"],
+  "versions": [],
+  "yanked_versions": {}
+}
diff --git a/.bcr/presubmit.yml b/.bcr/presubmit.yml
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+bcr_test_module:
+  module_path: "MODULE.bazel"
+  matrix:
+    platform: ["debian11", "macos", "macos_arm64", "ubuntu2404", "windows"]
+    bazel: [6.x, 7.x, 8.x]
+  tasks:
+    run_tests:
+      name: "Build and test grpc-gateway module"
+      platform: ${{ platform }}
+      bazel: ${{ bazel }}
+      build_targets:
+        - "//..."
+      test_targets:
+        - "//..."
diff --git a/.bcr/source.template.json b/.bcr/source.template.json
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+{
+  "integrity": "",
+  "strip_prefix": "{REPO}-{VERSION}",
+  "url": "https://github.com/{OWNER}/{REPO}/releases/download/{TAG}/{REPO}-{TAG}.tar.gz"
+}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish.yml b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
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+# Publish new releases to Bazel Central Registry.
+name: Publish to BCR
+on:
+  # Run the publish workflow after a successful release
+  # Will be triggered from the release.yaml workflow
+  workflow_call:
+    inputs:
+      tag_name:
+        required: true
+        type: string
+    secrets:
+      publish_token:
+        required: true
+  # In case of problems, let release engineers retry by manually dispatching
+  # the workflow from the GitHub UI
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      tag_name:
+        description: git tag being released
+        required: true
+        type: string
+jobs:
+  publish:
+    uses: bazel-contrib/publish-to-bcr/.github/workflows/publish.yaml@v0.1.0
+    with:
+      tag_name: ${{ inputs.tag_name }}
+      # GitHub repository which is a fork of the upstream where the Pull Request will be opened.
+      registry_fork: grpc-ecosystem/bazel-central-registry
+    permissions:
+      attestations: write
+      contents: write
+      id-token: write
+    secrets:
+      # Necessary to push to the BCR fork, and to open a pull request against a registry
+      publish_token: ${{ secrets.publish_token || secrets.BCR_PUBLISH_TOKEN }}
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diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 9e325b335fc..0fb45806c78 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -60,3 +60,12 @@ jobs:
       compile-generator: true # Workaround for https://github.com/slsa-framework/slsa-github-generator/issues/1163
       base64-subjects: "${{ needs.goreleaser.outputs.hashes }}"
       upload-assets: ${{ github.event_name == 'push' }} # upload to a new release when pushing via tag
+  # Job to publish the release to the Bazel Central Registry.
+  publish:
+    needs: [goreleaser]
+    uses: .github/workflows/publish.yaml
+    with:
+      tag_name: ${{ github.ref_name }}
+    secrets:
+      # Necessary to push to the BCR fork, and to open a pull request against a registry
+      publish_token: ${{ secrets.publish_token || secrets.BCR_PUBLISH_TOKEN }}
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diff --git a/renovate.json b/renovate.json
index 7f5ed72f2a9..96420e1cef0 100644
--- a/renovate.json
+++ b/renovate.json
@@ -9,6 +9,18 @@
     "postUpdateOptions": [
         "gomodTidy"
     ],
+    "customManagers": [
+        {
+            "customType": "regex",
+            "fileMatch": [".bcr/presubmit.yml"],
+            "matchStrings": [
+                "bazel:\\s*\\[(?<currentValue>[0-9.x,\\s]+)\\]"
+            ],
+            "depNameTemplate": "Bazel",
+            "datasourceTemplate": "bazel",
+            "versioningTemplate": "regex:^\\d+\\.x$"
+        }
+    ],
     "packageRules": [
         {
             "updateTypes": [
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                 "slsa-framework/slsa-github-generator"
             ],
             "pinDigests": false
+        },
+        {
+            "matchManagers": [
+                "github-actions"
+            ],
+            "matchPackageNames": [
+                "bazel-contrib/publish-to-bcr"
+            ],
+            "automerge": true
         }
     ]
 }