diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 905c1e85f1fd51a13081cf759330d808273cdb4c..6c3f86d06c736d0ae934915f4dc284b9576a122c 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ ifndef DASHBOARD_CALLBACK_BASE_URL
 override DASHBOARD_CALLBACK_BASE_URL = "${AURA_PROTO}://${AURA_HOST}"
 endif
 
+version := `poetry run tomlq -r .tool.poetry.version pyproject.toml`
+
 create_oidc_client.dashboard:
 	$(POETRY_RUN_MANAGE) create_oidc_client dashboard public --client-id ${DASHBOARD_OIDC_CLIENT_ID} --client-secret ${DASHBOARD_OIDC_CLIENT_SECRET} -r "id_token token" -u ${DASHBOARD_CALLBACK_BASE_URL}/oidc_callback.html -u ${DASHBOARD_CALLBACK_BASE_URL}/oidc_callback_silentRenew.html -p ${DASHBOARD_CALLBACK_BASE_URL} -p ${DASHBOARD_CALLBACK_BASE_URL}/
 
@@ -81,3 +83,9 @@ format:
 
 test:
 	poetry run pytest --cov
+
+
+release:
+	git tag ${version}
+	git push origin ${version}
+	@echo "Release '${version}' tagged and pushed successfully."