diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 4868ca4a151976f678844d6a094958e6290de1a3..2bda1e57f222baaf87a2abd7fd7148dc1d1d1793 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -3,7 +3,23 @@ variables:
   IMAGE_TAG_HELM_FILE: "helm/staging/graphpolaris-frontend/values.yaml"
   IMAGE_TAG_HELM_FILE_VARIABLE: "image.tag"
 
-include:
-  - project: 'graphpolaris/pipelines'
-    ref: main
-    file: 'docker-build-push.yml'
+#include:
+#  - project: 'graphpolaris/pipelines'
+#    ref: main
+#    file: 'docker-build-push.yml'
+
+stages:
+  - release
+
+release:
+  image: node:20-bookworm-slim
+  stage: release
+  tags:
+    - gp-runners
+  before_script:
+    - apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends git-core ca-certificates
+    - npm install -g semantic-release@21.1.1 @semantic-release/gitlab-config@12.0.1
+  script:
+    - semantic-release
+#  rules:
+#    - if: $CI_COMMIT_BRANCH == "master"
diff --git a/.releaserc b/.releaserc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..0cbee57dc690dcc4858d6125f3f177b604f5c5c8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.releaserc
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+{
+  "branches": ["feat/add-semantic-release"],
+  "dryRun": true,
+  "extends": "@semantic-release/gitlab-config",
+  "mangle": false,
+  "headerIds": false
+}