diff --git a/.changelog-config.yaml b/.changelog-config.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..63d980b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changelog-config.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,123 @@
+# For more configuration information, please see https://callowayproject.github.io/generate-changelog/
+
+# User variables for reference in other parts of the configuration.
+variables:
+  changelog_filename: CHANGELOG.md
+
+# Pipeline to find the most recent tag for incremental changelog generation.
+# Leave empty to always start at first commit.
+starting_tag_pipeline:
+  - action: ReadFile
+    kwargs:
+      filename: '{{ changelog_filename }}'
+  - action: FirstRegExMatch
+    kwargs:
+      pattern: (?im)^## (?P<rev>\d+\.\d+(?:\.\d+)?)\s+\(\d+-\d{2}-\d{2}\)$
+      named_subgroup: rev
+
+# Used as the version title of the changes since the last valid tag.
+unreleased_label: Unreleased
+
+# Process the commit's first line for use in the changelog.
+summary_pipeline:
+  - action: strip_spaces
+  - action: Strip
+    comment: Get rid of any periods so we don't get double periods
+    kwargs:
+      chars: .
+  - action: SetDefault
+    args:
+      - no commit message
+  - action: capitalize
+  - action: append_dot
+
+# Process the commit's body for use in the changelog.
+body_pipeline:
+  - action: ParseTrailers
+    comment: Parse the trailers into metadata.
+    kwargs:
+      commit_metadata: save_commit_metadata
+
+# Process and store the full or partial changelog.
+output_pipeline:
+  - action: IncrementalFileInsert
+    kwargs:
+      filename: '{{ changelog_filename }}'
+      last_heading_pattern: (?im)^## \d+\.\d+(?:\.\d+)?\s+\([0-9]+-[0-9]{2}-[0-9]{2}\)$
+
+# Full or relative paths to look for output generation templates.
+template_dirs:
+  - .github/changelog_templates/
+
+# Group the commits within a version by these commit attributes.
+group_by:
+  - metadata.category
+
+# Only tags matching this regular expression are used for the changelog.
+# tag_pattern: ^[0-9]+\.[0-9]+(?:\.[0-9]+)?$
+# tag_pattern: ^v[0-9]+\.[0-9]+(?:\.[0-9]+)?$
+# Version tags RegEx from https://regex101.com/r/vkijKf/1/ preceeded by v
+tag_pattern: ^(v0|[1-9]\d*)\.(0|[1-9]\d*)\.(0|[1-9]\d*)(?:-((?:0|[1-9]\d*|\d*[a-zA-Z-][0-9a-zA-Z-]*)(?:\.(?:0|[1-9]\d*|\d*[a-zA-Z-][0-9a-zA-Z-]*))*))?(?:\+([0-9a-zA-Z-]+(?:\.[0-9a-zA-Z-]+)*))?$
+
+# Tells ``git-log`` whether to include merge commits in the log.
+include_merges: true
+
+# Ignore commits whose summary line matches any of these regular expression patterns.
+ignore_patterns:
+  - '[@!]minor'
+  - '[@!]cosmetic'
+  - '[@!]refactor'
+  - '[@!]wip'
+  - ^$
+  - ^Merge branch
+  - ^Merge pull
+
+# Set the commit's category metadata to the first classifier that returns ``True``.
+commit_classifiers:
+  - action: SummaryRegexMatch
+    category: New
+    kwargs:
+      pattern: (?i)^(?:new|add)[^\n]*$
+  - action: SummaryRegexMatch
+    category: Updates
+    kwargs:
+      pattern: (?i)^(?:update|change|rename|remove|delete|improve|refactor|chg|modif)[^\n]*$
+  - action: SummaryRegexMatch
+    category: Fixes
+    kwargs:
+      pattern: (?i)^(?:fix)[^\n]*$
+  - action:
+    category: Other
+
+# Tokens in git commit trailers that indicate authorship.
+valid_author_tokens:
+  - author
+  - based-on-a-patch-by
+  - based-on-patch-by
+  - co-authored-by
+  - co-committed-by
+  - contributions-by
+  - from
+  - helped-by
+  - improved-by
+  - original-patch-by
+
+# Rules applied to commits to determine the type of release to suggest.
+release_hint_rules:
+  - match_result: dev
+    branch: ^((?!master|main).)*$
+  - match_result: patch
+    grouping: Other
+    branch: master|main
+  - match_result: patch
+    grouping: Fixes
+    branch: master|main
+  - match_result: minor
+    grouping: Updates
+    branch: master|main
+  - match_result: minor
+    grouping: New
+    branch: master|main
+  - match_result: major
+    grouping: Breaking Changes
+    branch: master|main
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index 71b9a12..8b6b630 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ on: [ push, pull_request ]
 
 jobs:
 
-  dump-contexts:
+  dump-context:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Dump context "GitHub"
@@ -14,10 +14,6 @@ jobs:
 
   build-test:
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
-    strategy:
-      matrix:
-        os: [ ubuntu-latest ]
-        python_version: [ '3.x' ]
     if: startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/')
     steps:
       - name: Check out the repository
@@ -25,7 +21,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Set up Python
         uses: actions/setup-python@v5
         with:
-          python-version: ${{ matrix.python_version }}
+          python-version: [ '3.x' ]
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: |
           python -m pip install --upgrade pip
@@ -67,7 +63,7 @@ jobs:
           name: python-package-distributions
           path: dist/
 
-  build-publish-testpypi:
+  publish-testpypi:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     needs: build-distribution
     environment:
@@ -93,7 +89,7 @@ jobs:
           # user: __token__
           # password: ${{ secrets.TEST_PYPI_SECRECT }}
 
-  build-publish-pypi:
+  publish-pypi:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     needs: [ build-distribution, build-publish-testpypi ]
     environment:
@@ -110,11 +106,47 @@ jobs:
           name: python-package-distributions
           path: dist/
       - name: Publish 📦 to PyPI
-        # if: startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/heads/main')
         uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@release/v1
         with:
           packages-dir: dist/
-          # url = "https://upload.pypi.org/legacy/"
+          # repository-url = "https://upload.pypi.org/legacy/"
           verbose: true
           # user: __token__
           # password: ${{ secrets.PYPI_SECRECT }}
+
+  github-release:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    needs: publish-pypi
+    permissions:
+      contents: write  # IMPORTANT: mandatory for making GitHub Releases
+      id-token: write  # IMPORTANT: mandatory for sigstore
+    steps:
+      - name: Download all the dists
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: python-package-distributions
+          path: dist/
+      - name: Sign the Python 🐍 distribution 📦 with Sigstore
+        uses: sigstore/gh-action-sigstore-python@v3.0.0
+        with:
+          inputs: >-
+            ./dist/*.tar.gz
+            ./dist/*.whl
+      - name: Create GitHub Release
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
+        run: >-
+          gh release create
+          '${{ github.ref_name }}'
+          --repo '${{ github.repository }}'
+          --notes ""
+      - name: Upload artifact signatures to GitHub Release
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
+        # Upload to GitHub Release using the `gh` CLI.
+        # `dist/` contains the built packages, and the
+        # sigstore-produced signatures and certificates.
+        run: >-
+          gh release upload
+          '${{ github.ref_name }}' dist/**
+          --repo '${{ github.repository }}'
diff --git a/.github/workflows/documentation.yml b/.github/workflows/documentation.yml
index 4bb777b..048842b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/documentation.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/documentation.yml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ defaults:
 
 jobs:
 
-  dump-contexts:
+  dump-context:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Dump context "GitHub"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/draft.yml b/.github/workflows/draft.yml
index 42e3952..faa2711 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/draft.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/draft.yml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ on:
 
 jobs:
 
-  dump-contexts:
+  dump-context:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Dump context "GitHub"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/labeler.yml b/.github/workflows/labeler.yml
index 9a90676..b5f7321 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/labeler.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/labeler.yml
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ on:
   push:
     branches:
       - main
-      - master
 
 permissions:
   actions: read
@@ -14,7 +13,7 @@ permissions:
 
 jobs:
 
-  dump-contexts:
+  dump-context:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Dump context "GitHub"
@@ -31,3 +30,4 @@ jobs:
         uses: crazy-max/ghaction-github-labeler@v5.0.0
         with:
           skip-delete: true
+          github-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yml b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
index 285ab1a..8c03082 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ defaults:
 
 jobs:
 
-  dump-contexts:
+  dump-context:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Dump context "GitHub"
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index cd28ae5..efe513c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,6 +1,24 @@
-# Changelog
+# CHANGELOG
 
-## Version 0.0.1 (development)
 
-- First pre-alpha
-- ...
+## v0.0.9 (2024-12-11)
+
+
+## v0.0.8 (2024-11-24)
+
+
+## v0.0.7 (2024-11-24)
+
+
+## v0.0.6 (2024-11-24)
+
+
+## v0.0.4 (2024-11-24)
+
+
+## v0.0.3 (2024-11-24)
+
+
+## v0.0.2 (2024-11-24)
+
+- Initial Release
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 113ad36..c736bf2 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ fibonacci = "pytestdornech.skeleton:app"
 [project.urls]
 # important URLs for this project
 # ToDo: Modify according to your needs!
-Documentation = "https://github.com/dornech/pytestdornech"
+Documentation = "https://dornech.github.io/pytestdornech"
 Source = "https://github.com/dornech/pytestdornech"
 # Tracker = "https://github.com/dornech/pytestdornech/issues"
 # Sponsor = "https://github.com/sponsors/dornech"
@@ -76,6 +76,72 @@ exclude = [
     "/.github",
 ]
 
+[tool.semantic_release]
+assets = []
+build_command = "pip install hatch && hatch build"
+build_command_env = []
+commit_message = "{version}\n\nAutomatically generated by python-semantic-release"
+commit_parser = "angular"
+logging_use_named_masks = false
+major_on_zero = true
+allow_zero_version = true
+no_git_verify = false
+tag_format = "v{version}"
+version_variable = []
+version_toml = []
+version_pattern = []
+
+[tool.semantic_release.branches.main]
+match = "(main|master)"
+prerelease = false
+prerelease_token = "rc"
+
+[tool.semantic_release.changelog]
+exclude_commit_patterns = []
+mode = "init"
+insertion_flag = "<!-- version list -->"
+
+[tool.semantic_release.changelog.default_templates]
+changelog_file = "CHANGELOG.md"
+output_format = "md"
+mask_initial_release = true
+
+[tool.semantic_release.changelog.environment]
+block_start_string = "{%"
+block_end_string = "%}"
+variable_start_string = "{{"
+variable_end_string = "}}"
+comment_start_string = "{#"
+comment_end_string = "#}"
+trim_blocks = false
+lstrip_blocks = false
+newline_sequence = "\n"
+keep_trailing_newline = false
+extensions = []
+autoescape = false
+
+[tool.semantic_release.commit_author]
+env = "GIT_COMMIT_AUTHOR"
+default = "semantic-release <semantic-release>"
+
+[tool.semantic_release.commit_parser_options]
+minor_tags = ["feat"]
+patch_tags = ["fix", "perf"]
+other_allowed_tags = ["build", "chore", "ci", "docs", "style", "refactor", "test"]
+allowed_tags = ["feat", "fix", "perf", "build", "chore", "ci", "docs", "style", "refactor", "test"]
+default_bump_level = 0
+
+[tool.semantic_release.remote]
+name = "origin"
+type = "github"
+token = { env = "GH_TOKEN" }
+ignore_token_for_push = false
+insecure = false
+
+[tool.semantic_release.publish]
+dist_glob_patterns = ["dist/*"]
+upload_to_vcs_release = true
+
 ##################
 # External Tools #
 ##################
diff --git a/src/pytestdornech/__init__.py b/src/pytestdornech/__init__.py
index 2728f01..bdb9469 100644
--- a/src/pytestdornech/__init__.py
+++ b/src/pytestdornech/__init__.py
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@
 Notion-API: https://developers.notion.com/reference/intro
 """
 
-# from importlib.metadata import PackageNotFoundError, version
+
+# import
 #
 # try:
 #     __version__ = version('pytestdornech')
@@ -17,12 +18,21 @@
 # https://github.com/maresb/hatch-vcs-footgun-example/blob/main/hatch_vcs_footgun_example/__init__.py
 # Define the variable '__version__':
 try:
-    # If setuptools_scm is installed (e.g. in a development environment with
-    # an editable install), then use it to determine the version dynamically.
-    from setuptools_scm import get_version
-    # This will fail with LookupError if the package is not installed in
-    # editable mode or if Git is not installed.
-    __version__ = get_version(root="..\..", relative_to=__file__)
+
+    # # If setuptools_scm is installed (e.g. in a development environment with
+    # # an editable install), then use it to determine the version dynamically.
+    # from setuptools_scm import get_version
+    # # This will fail with LookupError if the package is not installed in
+    # # editable mode or if Git is not installed.
+    # __version__ = get_version(root="..\..", relative_to=__file__)
+
+    # own developed alternative overcoming problem of ignored setuptools_scm settings from hatch-based pyproject.toml
+    # libraries
+    from hatch.cli import hatch
+    from click.testing import CliRunner
+    # determine version via hatch
+    __version__ = CliRunner().invoke(hatch, ["version"]).output.strip()
+
 except (ImportError, LookupError):
     # As a fallback, use the version that is hard-coded in the file.
     try:
diff --git a/src/pytestdornech/skeleton.py b/src/pytestdornech/skeleton.py
index 1424132..8d9455d 100644
--- a/src/pytestdornech/skeleton.py
+++ b/src/pytestdornech/skeleton.py
@@ -79,5 +79,11 @@ def main(
 
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
+
+    from semantic_release.cli.commands.main import main
+    from click.testing import CliRunner
+    cli_cmd = ["semantic-release", "-vv", "--noop", "version", "--print"]
+    result = CliRunner().invoke(main, cli_cmd[1:])
+
     print(f"My version is '{__version__}'.\n")
     app()