diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/go.yml
similarity index 68%
rename from .github/workflows/build.yml
rename to .github/workflows/go.yml
index fc8c36d..df9d9f5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/go.yml
@@ -1,11 +1,25 @@
-name: Build and Release
+name: Go
 
 on:
   push:
-  release:
-    types: [published]
 
 jobs:
+  release-please:
+    if: github.event_name == 'push' && github.ref == 'refs/heads/main'
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      contents: write
+      pull-requests: write
+    outputs:
+      release_created: ${{ steps.release.outputs.release_created }}
+      tag_name: ${{ steps.release.outputs.tag_name }}
+    steps:
+      - uses: googleapis/release-please-action@v4
+        id: release
+        with:
+          config-file: release-please-config.json
+          manifest-file: .release-please-manifest.json
+
   build:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     permissions:
@@ -63,7 +77,11 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v6
 
       - name: Set binary name
-        run: echo "BINARY_NAME=lfm-cli-${{ matrix.name }}-${{ github.ref_name }}${{ matrix.ext }}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+        # Version comes from the const in main.go, which release-please keeps in
+        # sync; on a release-PR merge it already holds the version being tagged.
+        run: |
+          VERSION=$(sed -n 's/^const version = "\([^"]*\)".*/\1/p' main.go)
+          echo "BINARY_NAME=lfm-cli-${{ matrix.name }}-${VERSION}${{ matrix.ext }}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
 
       - name: Set up Go
         uses: actions/setup-go@v6
@@ -88,8 +106,8 @@ jobs:
           path: lfm-cli-*
 
   release:
-    needs: build
-    if: github.event_name == 'release'
+    needs: [release-please, build]
+    if: needs.release-please.outputs.release_created == 'true'
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     permissions:
       contents: write
@@ -103,5 +121,6 @@ jobs:
       - name: Upload to release
         uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v2
         with:
+          tag_name: ${{ needs.release-please.outputs.tag_name }}
           files: |
-            artifacts/lfm-cli-*
\ No newline at end of file
+            artifacts/lfm-cli-*
diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9049e2f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+{
+  ".": "1.3.1"
+}
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 7785225..5da9ca2 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 <p align="center">
   <img src="https://img.shields.io/github/go-mod/go-version/twangodev/lfm-cli">
   <img alt="GitHub all releases" src="https://img.shields.io/github/downloads/twangodev/lfm-cli/total">
-  <img src="https://img.shields.io/github/actions/workflow/status/twangodev/lfm-cli/build.yml?branch=main">
+  <img src="https://img.shields.io/github/actions/workflow/status/twangodev/lfm-cli/go.yml?branch=main">
   <img src="https://img.shields.io/badge/Platforms-Windows%2C%20MacOS%2C%20Linux-orange">
   <img src="https://img.shields.io/github/license/twangodev/lfm-cli">
 </p>
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index a927ad8..6baeb1c 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 const name = "lfm-cli"
-const version = "v1.3.0"
+const version = "v1.3.1" // x-release-please-version
 
 const discordAppId = "970003417277812736"
 
diff --git a/release-please-config.json b/release-please-config.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6febccc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/release-please-config.json
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+{
+  "$schema": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/googleapis/release-please/main/schemas/config.json",
+  "packages": {
+    ".": {
+      "release-type": "go",
+      "extra-files": ["main.go"]
+    }
+  }
+}