diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 5a9c5bd..7132abc 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -56,8 +56,8 @@ jobs:
       - run: npm run build
       - run: npm run test:badges
       - run: npx semantic-release
-      - run: npm run semantic-release
+      - name: Release with semantic-release
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-          NODE_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}
           NPM_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}
+        run: npx semantic-release
diff --git a/.npmignore b/.npmignore
index 029e8f3..c55bc3e 100644
--- a/.npmignore
+++ b/.npmignore
@@ -5,4 +5,9 @@ tests/
 coverage/
 .husky/
 badges/
-node_modules/
\ No newline at end of file
+node_modules/
+.github/
+.gitignore
+.git/
+.gitmodules
+.releaserc
diff --git a/.releaserc b/.releaserc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..350749e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.releaserc
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+{
+  "branches": [
+    "main"
+  ],
+  "plugins": [
+    "@semantic-release/commit-analyzer",
+    "@semantic-release/release-notes-generator",
+    "@semantic-release/changelog",
+    "@semantic-release/npm",
+    "@semantic-release/github",
+    [
+      "@semantic-release/git",
+      {
+        "assets": [
+          "package.json",
+          "package-lock.json",
+          "CHANGELOG.md"
+        ],
+        "message": "chore(release): ${nextRelease.version} [skip ci]\n\n${nextRelease.notes}"
+      }
+    ]
+  ]
+}