diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index e4c5364..4ecb554 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ jobs:
         features: [--no-default-features, --all-features]
     steps:
       - name: Checkout sources
-        uses: actions/checkout@v1
+        uses: actions/checkout@v5
 
       - name: Install ${{ matrix.toolchain }} toolchain
         run: |
@@ -20,17 +20,14 @@ jobs:
           rustup default ${{ matrix.toolchain }}
 
       - name: Run cargo check
-        uses: actions-rs/cargo@v1
-        with:
-          command: check
-          args: ${{ matrix.features }} --workspace
+        run: cargo check ${{ matrix.features }} --workspace
 
   no-std:
     name: no_std Check
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Checkout sources
-        uses: actions/checkout@v1
+        uses: actions/checkout@v5
 
       - name: Install nightly toolchain
         run: |
@@ -38,24 +35,15 @@ jobs:
           rustup default nightly
 
       - name: Install cargo no-std-check
-        uses: actions-rs/cargo@v1
-        with:
-          command: install
-          args: cargo-no-std-check
+        run: cargo install cargo-no-std-check
 
       # https://github.com/mystor/cargo-no-std-check/issues/2
       # `--no-default-features` doesn't work with `--workspace` correctly.
       - name: Run cargo no-std-check on libflate crate
-        uses: actions-rs/cargo@v1
-        with:
-          command: no-std-check
-          args: --no-default-features
+        run: cargo no-std-check --no-default-features
 
       - name: Run cargo no-std-check on libflate_lz77 crate
-        uses: actions-rs/cargo@v1
-        with:
-          command: no-std-check
-          args: --no-default-features --manifest-path libflate_lz77/Cargo.toml
+        run: cargo no-std-check --no-default-features --manifest-path libflate_lz77/Cargo.toml
 
   test:
     name: Test Suite
@@ -66,7 +54,7 @@ jobs:
         features: [--no-default-features, --all-features]
     steps:
       - name: Checkout sources
-        uses: actions/checkout@v1
+        uses: actions/checkout@v5
 
       - name: Install ${{ matrix.toolchain }} toolchain
         run: |
@@ -74,10 +62,7 @@ jobs:
           rustup default ${{ matrix.toolchain }}
 
       - name: Run cargo test
-        uses: actions-rs/cargo@v1
-        with:
-          command: test
-          args: ${{ matrix.features }} --workspace
+        run: cargo test ${{ matrix.features }} --workspace
 
   lints:
     name: Lints
@@ -88,7 +73,7 @@ jobs:
         features: [--no-default-features, --all-features]
     steps:
       - name: Checkout sources
-        uses: actions/checkout@v1
+        uses: actions/checkout@v5
 
       - name: Install ${{ matrix.toolchain }} toolchain
         run: |
@@ -97,14 +82,8 @@ jobs:
           rustup component add rustfmt clippy
 
       - name: Run cargo fmt
-        uses: actions-rs/cargo@v1
-        with:
-          command: fmt
-          args: --all -- --check
+        run: cargo fmt --all -- --check
 
       - name: Run cargo clippy
         if: matrix.toolchain != 'beta'
-        uses: actions-rs/cargo@v1
-        with:
-          command: clippy
-          args: ${{ matrix.features }} --workspace -- -D warnings
+        run: cargo clippy ${{ matrix.features }} --workspace -- -D warnings
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..feef18c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+name: Create GitHub Release and Publish to crates.io
+
+on:
+  push:
+    tags: ['v*']
+
+jobs:
+  github-release:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      contents: write
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v5
+      - id: create-release
+        run: gh release create ${{ github.ref_name }} --title "${{ github.ref_name }}" --generate-notes
+        env:
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+
+  publish:
+    needs: github-release
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    # environment: release  # Optional: for enhanced security
+    permissions:
+      id-token: write
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v5
+      - 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 de15b19..ea91efa 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -11,10 +11,10 @@ categories = ["compression", "no-std"]
 license = "MIT"
 edition = "2021"
 include = [
-	'Cargo.toml',
-        'README.md',
-        'LICENSE',
-        'src/**/*.rs',
+  "Cargo.toml",
+  "README.md",
+  "LICENSE",
+  "src/**/*.rs",
 ]
 
 [dependencies]