diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index d0c4f6f..27f13f4 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -24,4 +24,30 @@ pytest:
   script:
     - pytest -v --random-order ./tests
 
+semver:
+  stage: Deploy
+  needs: ["tests"]
+  script:
+    - git config --global user.name "ci_update_bot"
+    - git config --global user.email "ci_update_bot@bec.ch"
+    - git checkout "$CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME"
+    - git reset --hard origin/"$CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME"
 
+    # delete all local tags
+    - git tag -l | xargs git tag -d
+    - git fetch --tags
+    - git tag
+
+    # build
+    - pip install python-semantic-release wheel
+    - export GL_TOKEN=$CI_UPDATES
+    - export REPOSITORY_USERNAME=__token__
+    - export REPOSITORY_PASSWORD=$CI_PYPI_TOKEN
+    - >
+      semantic-release publish -v DEBUG 
+      -D version_variable=./setup.py:__version__ 
+      -D hvcs=gitlab 
+      
+  allow_failure: false
+  rules:
+    - if: '$CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME == "master"'
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