diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish-npm-sdk-latest.yml b/.github/workflows/publish-npm-sdk-latest.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..127f240f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish-npm-sdk-latest.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+name: npm publish latest - dataprotector
+description: Publish on npm when a release is published
+
+on:
+  release:
+    types: [published]
+
+jobs:
+  publish-npm:
+    # check tag is "sdk-v*"
+    if: contains(github.ref_name,'sdk-v')
+    uses: iExecBlockchainComputing/github-actions-workflows/.github/workflows/publish-npm.yml@publish-npm-v1.5.0
+    with:
+      scope: '@iexec/dataprotector-sdk'
+      registry: 'https://registry.npmjs.org'
+      node-version: '18'
+      working-directory: packages/sdk
+      tag: 'latest'
+      install-command: |
+        npm ci
+        npm run codegen
+    secrets:
+      npm-token: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish-npm-sdk.yml b/.github/workflows/publish-npm-sdk-staging.yml
similarity index 54%
rename from .github/workflows/publish-npm-sdk.yml
rename to .github/workflows/publish-npm-sdk-staging.yml
index 9ded6c032..af2928e29 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish-npm-sdk.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish-npm-sdk-staging.yml
@@ -1,17 +1,8 @@
-name: Publish Package NPM - dataprotector
+name: npm publish staging -  dataprotector
+description: Publish a staging version on npm
 
 on:
   workflow_dispatch:
-    inputs:
-      tag:
-        description: 'NPM tag to publish (latest or nightly)'
-        required: true
-        type: choice
-        options:
-          - latest
-          - nightly
-          - beta
-        default: nightly
 
 jobs:
   set-publish-version:
@@ -25,31 +16,26 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/setup-node@v4
       - name: Set publish version
         id: set-publish-version
-        if: github.event.inputs.tag == 'nightly'
         working-directory: packages/sdk
         run: |
-          if [ "${{ github.event.inputs.tag }}" == "nightly" ]; then
-            CURRENT_VERSION=$(npm pkg get version | tr -d '"')
-            NIGHTLY_VERSION="${CURRENT_VERSION}-nightly-${GITHUB_SHA::7}"
-            echo "VERSION=${NIGHTLY_VERSION}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-          else
-            echo "VERSION=$(npm pkg get version | tr -d '"')" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-          fi
+          CURRENT_VERSION=$(npm pkg get version | tr -d '"')
+          NIGHTLY_VERSION="${CURRENT_VERSION}-nightly-${GITHUB_SHA::7}"
+          echo "VERSION=${NIGHTLY_VERSION}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
     outputs:
       VERSION: ${{ steps.set-publish-version.outputs.VERSION }}
 
   publish-npm:
     # Run only on main branch
     if: github.ref == 'refs/heads/main'
-    uses: iExecBlockchainComputing/github-actions-workflows/.github/workflows/publish-npm.yml@publish-npm-v1.4.0
+    uses: iExecBlockchainComputing/github-actions-workflows/.github/workflows/publish-npm.yml@publish-npm-v1.5.0
     needs: set-publish-version
     with:
       scope: '@iexec/dataprotector-sdk'
       registry: 'https://registry.npmjs.org'
       node-version: '18'
-      environment: ${{ github.event.inputs.target }}
+      environment: 'staging'
       working-directory: packages/sdk
-      tag: ${{ github.event.inputs.tag }}
+      tag: 'nightly'
       version: ${{ needs.set-publish-version.outputs.VERSION }}
       install-command: |
         npm ci
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-please.yml b/.github/workflows/release-please.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..183dfd791
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-please.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+name: release-please
+description: triggers release-please to open the next release PR
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - main
+
+permissions:
+  contents: write
+  issues: write
+  pull-requests: write
+
+jobs:
+  release-please:
+    uses: iExecBlockchainComputing/github-actions-workflows/.github/workflows/release-please.yml@release-please-v2.1.0
+    secrets: inherit
diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a38f18043
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+{
+  "packages/sdk": "2.0.0-beta.16"
+}
diff --git a/release-please-config.json b/release-please-config.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d270fc9ce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/release-please-config.json
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+{
+  "$schema": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/googleapis/release-please/main/schemas/config.json",
+  "include-component-in-tag": false,
+  "changelog-sections": [
+    { "type": "feat", "section": "Added", "hidden": false },
+
+    { "type": "fix", "section": "Changed", "hidden": false },
+    { "type": "change", "section": "Changed", "hidden": false },
+    { "type": "deprecate", "section": "Changed", "hidden": false },
+    { "type": "revert", "section": "Changed", "hidden": false },
+    { "type": "security", "section": "Changed", "hidden": false },
+    { "type": "perf", "section": "Changed", "hidden": false },
+    { "type": "refactor", "section": "Changed", "hidden": false },
+
+    { "type": "remove", "section": "Removed", "hidden": false },
+
+    { "type": "style", "section": "Misc", "hidden": true },
+    { "type": "build", "section": "Misc", "hidden": true },
+    { "type": "chore", "section": "Misc", "hidden": true },
+    { "type": "test", "section": "Misc", "hidden": true },
+    { "type": "deps", "section": "Misc", "hidden": true },
+    { "type": "ci", "section": "Misc", "hidden": true },
+    { "type": "docs", "section": "Misc", "hidden": true }
+  ],
+  "packages": {
+    "packages/sdk": {
+      "release-type": "node",
+      "changelog-path": "CHANGELOG.md",
+      "include-v-in-tag": true,
+
+      "prerelease": true,
+      "prerelease-type": "beta",
+      "versioning": "prerelease"
+    }
+  }
+}