diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8921564a4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+name: Release packages
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - next
+
+jobs:
+  release:
+    name: Publish
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
+    if: "startsWith(github.event.head_commit.message, 'chore: release')"
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Setup .NET
+        uses: actions/setup-dotnet@v4
+        with:
+          global-json-file: global.json
+
+      - name: Create Nugget package
+        run: dotnet pack --configuration Release --output nugget
+
+      - name: Publish NuGet package
+        run: dotnet nuget push "nugget/*.nupkg" --api-key "${{ secrets.NUGET_APIKEY }}" --source https://api.nuget.org/v3/index.json --skip-duplicate
diff --git a/algoliasearch/Algolia.Search.csproj b/algoliasearch/Algolia.Search.csproj
index 4c4e93d74..4e6db5de7 100644
--- a/algoliasearch/Algolia.Search.csproj
+++ b/algoliasearch/Algolia.Search.csproj
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@
     <RootNamespace>Algolia.Search</RootNamespace>
     <NoWarn>CS0612;CS1570</NoWarn>
     <GenerateAssemblyInfo>false</GenerateAssemblyInfo><!-- setting GenerateAssemblyInfo to false causes this bug https://github.com/dotnet/project-system/issues/3934 -->
+    <EnablePackageValidation>true</EnablePackageValidation>
+    <PackageReadmeFile>README.md</PackageReadmeFile>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
@@ -41,4 +43,17 @@
     <PackageReference Include="Newtonsoft.Json" Version="13.0.3" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <Content Include="..\icon.png">
+      <Pack>true</Pack>
+      <PackagePath>/</PackagePath>
+      <Link>icon.png</Link>
+    </Content>
+    <Content Include="..\README.md">
+      <Pack>true</Pack>
+      <PackagePath>/</PackagePath>
+      <Link>README.md</Link>
+    </Content>
+  </ItemGroup>
+
 </Project>
diff --git a/global.json b/global.json
index 7900c220d..17c0c8e40 100644
--- a/global.json
+++ b/global.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "sdk": {
-    "version": "8.0.0",
+    "version": "8.0.101",
     "rollForward": "latestMinor"
   }
 }
diff --git a/icon.png b/icon.png
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index 000000000..3bbce791a
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