diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index e5b3581..8919b8f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -124,6 +124,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Upload coverage to Codecov
         uses: codecov/codecov-action@v5
         with:
+          token: ${{ secrets.CODECOV_TOKEN }}
           files: ./coverage.xml
           fail_ci_if_error: false
           verbose: true
diff --git a/.github/workflows/cut-release.yml b/.github/workflows/cut-release.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..15b18f1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/cut-release.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+name: Cut Release
+
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      version:
+        description: 'Version to release (e.g., v0.2.0 or v0.2.0-beta1)'
+        required: true
+        type: string
+
+permissions:
+  contents: write
+
+jobs:
+  cut-release:
+    name: Cut Release
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+
+      - name: Validate version format
+        run: |
+          VERSION="${{ github.event.inputs.version }}"
+          if [[ ! "$VERSION" =~ ^v[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+(-[a-zA-Z0-9]+)?$ ]]; then
+            echo "Error: Version must be in format v0.0.0 or v0.0.0-suffix"
+            echo "Got: $VERSION"
+            exit 1
+          fi
+          echo "VERSION=$VERSION" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          # Strip the 'v' prefix for pyproject.toml
+          echo "VERSION_NUM=${VERSION#v}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+
+      - name: Check if tag already exists
+        run: |
+          if git rev-parse "$VERSION" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+            echo "Error: Tag $VERSION already exists"
+            exit 1
+          fi
+
+      - name: Update version in pyproject.toml
+        run: |
+          sed -i "s/^version = \".*\"/version = \"$VERSION_NUM\"/" pyproject.toml
+          echo "Updated pyproject.toml to version $VERSION_NUM"
+          grep "^version" pyproject.toml
+
+      - name: Configure git
+        run: |
+          git config user.name "github-actions[bot]"
+          git config user.email "github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com"
+
+      - name: Commit version bump
+        run: |
+          git add pyproject.toml
+          git commit -m "Bump version to $VERSION"
+
+      - name: Create and push tag
+        run: |
+          git tag -a "$VERSION" -m "Release $VERSION"
+          git push origin HEAD:${{ github.ref_name }}
+          git push origin "$VERSION"
+
+      - name: Summary
+        run: |
+          echo "## Release $VERSION created!" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
+          echo "" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
+          echo "The tag \`$VERSION\` has been pushed and will trigger the release workflow." >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
+          echo "" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
+          echo "Check the [Release workflow](/${{ github.repository }}/actions/workflows/release.yml) for progress." >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY