diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish-package.yml b/.github/workflows/publish-package.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d24f48ea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish-package.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+name: Publish python package
+
+on:
+  release:
+    types: [created]
+
+jobs:
+  deploy:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+    - name: Set up Python
+      uses: actions/setup-python@v2
+      with:
+        python-version: '3.8'
+    - name: Install dependencies
+      run: |
+        python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+        pip install setuptools wheel twine
+    - name: Build and publish
+      env:
+        TWINE_USERNAME: ${{ secrets.PYPI_USERNAME }}
+        TWINE_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.PYPI_PASSWORD }}
+        TWINE_REPOSITORY: pypi
+      run: |
+        python setup.py sdist bdist_wheel
+        twine upload dist/*
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-package.yml b/.github/workflows/test-package.yml
index 35bafe0c..c02aa5ae 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-package.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-package.yml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # executes the package tests.
 #
 # For more details: https://docs.github.com/en/actions/guides/building-and-testing-python
-name: Python package using conda
+name: Tests
 
 on:
   pull_request:
@@ -38,4 +38,4 @@ jobs:
         flake8 . --count --exit-zero --max-complexity=10 --max-line-length=127 --statistics
     - name: Test with pytest
       run: |
-        pytest
\ No newline at end of file
+        pytest
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index fa1ea270..c68d1651 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -141,4 +141,4 @@ code format throughout the project. You can format without committing via
     <td align="center"><a href="https://github.com/RyanSoley"><img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/53409969?v=4" width="100px;" alt=""/><br /><sub><b>Ryan Soley</b></sub></a><br /></td>
     <td align="center"><a href="https://github.com/dianelee217"><img src="https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/67274829?v=4" width="100px;" alt=""/><br /><sub><b>Diane Lee</b></sub></a><br /></td>
   </tr>
-</table>
\ No newline at end of file
+</table>
diff --git a/rubicon/__init__.py b/rubicon/__init__.py
index 8ed88755..5a2920dd 100644
--- a/rubicon/__init__.py
+++ b/rubicon/__init__.py
@@ -9,7 +9,8 @@
     Rubicon,
 )
 
-__version__ = "4.5.0"
+__version__ = "0.1.0"
+
 __all__ = [
     "Artifact",
     "Dataframe",
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index c672c40d..89d4bea7 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 from setuptools import find_packages, setup
 
-from version import get_version
-
 install_requires = [
     "click>=7.1",
     "dask[dataframe]>=2.12.0",
@@ -25,9 +23,9 @@
 
 setup(
     name="rubicon",
-    version=get_version(),
-    author="The Rubicon Team",
-    author_email="rubicon-developers@capitalone.com",
+    version="0.1.0",
+    author="Joe Wolfe, Ryan Soley, Diane Lee, Mike McCarty, CapitalOne",
+    license='Apache License, Version 2.0',
     description="an ML library for model development and governance",
     packages=find_packages(),
     include_package_data=True,
@@ -41,4 +39,27 @@
             "rubicon_experiment = rubicon.intake_rubicon.experiment:ExperimentSource",
         ],
     },
+    classifiers=[
+        # How mature is this project? Common values are
+        #   3 - Alpha
+        #   4 - Beta
+        #   5 - Production/Stable
+        'Development Status :: 4 - Beta',
+
+        # Indicate who your project is intended for
+        'Intended Audience :: Developers',
+        'Intended Audience :: Science/Research',
+
+        'Topic :: Scientific/Engineering',
+        'Topic :: Scientific/Engineering :: Information Analysis',
+        'Topic :: Software Development :: Build Tools',
+        'Topic :: Software Development :: Documentation',
+
+        # Pick your license as you wish (should match "license" above)
+        'License :: OSI Approved :: Apache Software License',
+
+        # Specify the Python versions you support here. In particular, ensure
+        # that you indicate whether you support Python 3 or both.
+        'Programming Language :: Python :: 3',
+    ],
 )
diff --git a/version.py b/version.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 540141ab..00000000
--- a/version.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,56 +0,0 @@
-"""
-Starting point taken from https://gist.github.com/pwithnall/7bc5f320b3bdf418265a
-
-Gets the current version number.
-If in a git repository, it is the current git tag.
-To use this script, simply import it in your setup.py file
-and use the results of get_version() as your package version:
-    from version import *
-    setup(
-        ...
-        version=get_version(),
-        ...
-    )
-"""
-
-__all__ = "get_version"
-
-import os
-import subprocess
-from os.path import dirname, isdir, join
-
-tag = os.environ.get("COMMIT_MESSAGE")
-
-
-def get_version():
-    # tag gets specified during the Jenkins pipeline
-    if tag:
-        return tag
-
-    # if no tag, pull from the latest github tag
-    d = dirname(__file__)
-
-    if isdir(join(d, "..", "..", ".git")):
-        # Get the version using "git describe".
-        cmd = "git describe --tags".split()
-        try:
-            version = subprocess.check_output(cmd).decode().strip()
-        except subprocess.CalledProcessError:
-            print("Unable to find .git directory")
-            # default so that jenkins doesn't break
-            version = "non-master-branch"
-
-        # PEP 386 compatibility
-        if "-" in version:
-            version = ".post".join(version.split("-")[:2])
-
-    else:
-        print("Unable to find .git directory")
-        # default so that jenkins doesn't break
-        version = "non-master-branch"
-
-    return version
-
-
-if __name__ == "__main__":
-    print(get_version())