diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 86ecfc30a..472e149c1 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -86,17 +86,6 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - checkout
       - run: make generate-check
-  release-sdk:
-    executor: golang
-    environment:
-      <<: *ENVIRONMENT
-    steps:
-      - add_ssh_keys:
-          fingerprints:
-            - "52:49:7d:88:9b:81:21:fb:71:86:fd:89:c4:4b:95:df" # circleci-key of packer-ci user in GitHub
-      - checkout
-      - run: ./scripts/release/release.sh
-
 
 workflows:
   version: 2
@@ -110,30 +99,3 @@ workflows:
       - check-lint
       - check-fmt
       - check-generate
-  release:
-    jobs:
-      - check-generate
-      - check-fmt
-      - check-lint
-      - test-linux
-      - trigger-release:
-          filters:
-            branches:
-              only:
-                - main
-          type: approval
-      - release-sdk:
-          context:
-            - releases-gpg-private-signing-key
-            - releases-gpg-public-signing-key
-          filters:
-            branches:
-              only:
-                - main
-          requires:
-            - trigger-release
-            - check-generate
-            - check-fmt
-            - check-lint
-            - test-linux
-
diff --git a/.github/release.yml b/.github/release.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1f3a89f91
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/release.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+changelog:
+  categories:
+    - title: Breaking Changes 🛠
+      labels:
+        - breaking-change
+    - title: Exciting New Features 🎉
+      labels:
+        - enhancement
+    - title: Bug fixes🧑‍🔧 🐞
+      labels:
+        - bug
+    - title: Doc improvements 📚
+      labels:
+        - docs
+        - documentation
+    - title: Other Changes
+      labels:
+        - "*"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..df3257059
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+name: release
+
+on:
+  push:
+    tags:
+      - "v[0-9]+.[0-9]+.[0-9]+*"
+
+permissions:
+  # Allow creating GitHub release
+  contents: write
+
+jobs:
+  goreleaser:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - name: GoReleaser
+        uses: goreleaser/goreleaser-action@v3.0.0
+        args: "release"
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/.goreleaser.yml b/.goreleaser.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f1585ec9c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.goreleaser.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+project_name: packer-plugin-sdk
+build:
+  skip: true
+release:
+  ids:
+    - 'none'
+changelog:
+  use: github-native