diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 4868ca4a151976f678844d6a094958e6290de1a3..c60d2cc07335ce403c63b70ff20830a31e0aa5da 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -7,3 +7,18 @@ include:
   - project: 'graphpolaris/pipelines'
     ref: main
     file: 'docker-build-push.yml'
+
+stages:
+  - release
+
+release:
+  image: node:12-buster-slim
+  tags:
+    - gp-runners
+  before_script:
+    - apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends git-core ca-certificates
+    - npm install -g semantic-release @semantic-release/gitlab
+  script:
+    - semantic-release --dry-run
+#  rules:
+#    - if: $CI_COMMIT_BRANCH == "master"