diff --git a/.releaserc.json b/.releaserc.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ece8360
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.releaserc.json
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+{
+    "branches": [
+      "main"
+    ],
+    "plugins": [
+      "@semantic-release/commit-analyzer",
+      "@semantic-release/release-notes-generator",
+      "@semantic-release/changelog",
+      [
+        "@semantic-release/git",
+        {
+          "assets": "./CHANGELOG.md"
+        }
+      ],
+      [
+        "@semantic-release/exec",
+        {
+          "publishCmd": ".semantic-release/publish.sh ${nextRelease.version}"
+        }
+      ]
+    ],
+    "tagFormat": "deploy-${version}",
+    "repositoryUrl": "https://github.com/francescopisu/CVD-risk-scores"
+  }
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diff --git a/.semantic-release/package.json b/.semantic-release/package.json
index 677f522..0157c89 100644
--- a/.semantic-release/package.json
+++ b/.semantic-release/package.json
@@ -9,15 +9,5 @@
       "@semantic-release/changelog": "6.0.1",
       "@semantic-release/exec": "6.0.3",
       "@semantic-release/git": "10.0.1"
-    },
-    "release": {
-      "branches": [
-        "+([0-9])?(.{+([0-9]),x}).x",
-        "main",
-        "next",
-        "next-major",
-        { "name": "beta", "prerelease": true },
-        { "name": "alpha", "prerelease": true }
-      ]
     }
   }
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diff --git a/.semantic-release/publish.sh b/.semantic-release/publish.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..94b3d58
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.semantic-release/publish.sh
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+echo "$1" > /tmp/CVD-risk-scores-next-tag
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