diff --git a/.github/workflows/cratesio-release.yml b/.github/workflows/cratesio-release.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9716ab32
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/cratesio-release.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+# See https://crates.io/docs/trusted-publishing
+name: Publish to crates.io
+on:
+  push:
+    tags: ['v*', '[0-9]*']  # Triggers on version tags (e.g. v0.4.46 or 0.4.46)
+jobs:
+  publish:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
+    permissions:
+      id-token: write     # Required for OIDC token exchange
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v6
+    - uses: rust-lang/crates-io-auth-action@v1
+      id: auth
+    - run: cargo publish
+      env:
+        CARGO_REGISTRY_TOKEN: ${{ steps.auth.outputs.token }}
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 9094b171..258f3abd 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "tar"
-version = "0.4.45"
+version = "0.4.46"
 authors = ["Alex Crichton <alex@alexcrichton.com>"]
 homepage = "https://github.com/composefs/tar-rs"
 repository = "https://github.com/composefs/tar-rs"