diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
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+name: Generate Semantic Release and publish on PyPI
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - v5.x
+jobs:
+  release:
+    name: Release
+    runs-on: ubuntu-18.04
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout Entire Repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+      - name: Setup Node.js v12
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v1
+        with:
+          node-version: 12
+      - name: Setup dependencies
+        run: |
+          npm install @semantic-release/git @semantic-release/exec --no-save
+          pip install wheel twine
+      - name: Create Release
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          TEST_PYPI_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.PYPI_PASSWORD }}
+          TEST_PYPI_USERNAME: ${{ secrets.PYPI_USERNAME }}
+        run: npx semantic-release
diff --git a/.releaserc b/.releaserc
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+{
+	"branches": ["v5.x"],
+	"plugins": [
+		"@semantic-release/commit-analyzer",
+		"@semantic-release/release-notes-generator",
+		[
+			"@semantic-release/exec", {
+				"prepareCmd": 'sed -ir "s/[0-9]*\.[0-9]*\.[0-9]*/${nextRelease.version}/" bench/__init__.py'
+			}
+		],
+		[
+			"@semantic-release/exec", {
+				"prepareCmd": "python setup.py bdist_wheel --universal"
+			}
+		],
+		[
+			"@semantic-release/git", {
+				"assets": ["bench/__init__.py"],
+				"message": "chore(release): Bumped to Version ${nextRelease.version}\n\n${nextRelease.notes}"
+			}
+		],
+		[
+			"@semantic-release/github", {
+				"assets": [
+					{"path": "dist/*"},
+				]
+			}
+		],
+		[
+			"@semantic-release/exec", {
+				"publishCmd": "python -m twine upload dist/* -u $PYPI_USERNAME -p $PYPI_PASSWORD"
+			}
+		]
+	]
+}