diff --git a/.github/workflows/build_and_test.yml b/.github/workflows/build_and_test.yml
index 167756b8f..0eacd23da 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build_and_test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build_and_test.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-name: Build and test
+name: Build, test and publish draft
 
 on:
   push:
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ jobs:
   build:
     runs-on: windows-2022
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@master
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
       - name: Set up dotnet core
         uses: actions/setup-dotnet@v4
@@ -29,3 +29,14 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Run the tests
         run: dotnet test -c Release src/UglyToad.PdfPig.sln
+
+      - name: Update draft release
+        if: github.ref == 'refs/heads/master'
+        uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v2
+        with:
+          draft: true
+          name: "Draft release"
+          tag_name: "unreleased" # fixed tag so this one draft is updated
+          generate_release_notes: true
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
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diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish_release.yml b/.github/workflows/publish_release.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3f6e2cefb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish_release.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+name: Release Publish
+
+on:
+  release:
+    types: [published]
+
+permissions:
+  contents: write
+  packages: write
+
+jobs:
+  build_and_publish_release:
+    runs-on: windows-2022
+
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+
+      - name: Set up dotnet core
+        uses: actions/setup-dotnet@v4
+        with:
+          dotnet-version: |
+            2.1.x
+            6.0.x
+            8.0.x
+            9.0.x
+
+      - name: Add msbuild to PATH
+        uses: microsoft/setup-msbuild@v2
+
+      - name: Run tests
+        run: dotnet test -c Release src/UglyToad.PdfPig.sln
+
+      - name: Build package
+        run: dotnet pack -c Release -o package tools/UglyToad.PdfPig.Package/UglyToad.PdfPig.Package.csproj -p:IncludeSymbols=true -p:SymbolPackageFormat=snupkg
+
+      - name: Publish to NuGet
+        run: dotnet nuget push **/*.nupkg --api-key ${{secrets.NUGET_API_KEY}} --source https://api.nuget.org/v3/index.json
+
+      - name: Increment version after release
+        run: |
+          $newVer = .\tools\get-next-main-version.ps1
+          .\tools\set-version.ps1 $newVer -UpdateAssemblyAndFileVersion
+          git config user.name "github-actions"
+          git config user.email "github-actions@github.com"
+          git commit -am "Increment version to $newVer"
+          git push
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diff --git a/src/UglyToad.PdfPig.Core/UglyToad.PdfPig.Core.csproj b/src/UglyToad.PdfPig.Core/UglyToad.PdfPig.Core.csproj
index 51cac1a1e..b9e999a50 100644
--- a/src/UglyToad.PdfPig.Core/UglyToad.PdfPig.Core.csproj
+++ b/src/UglyToad.PdfPig.Core/UglyToad.PdfPig.Core.csproj
@@ -2,12 +2,12 @@
   <PropertyGroup>
     <TargetFrameworks>netstandard2.0;net462;net471;net6.0;net8.0;net9.0</TargetFrameworks>
     <LangVersion>12</LangVersion>
-    <Version>0.1.12-alpha001</Version>
+    <Version>0.1.12</Version>
     <IsTestProject>False</IsTestProject>
     <GenerateDocumentationFile>true</GenerateDocumentationFile>
     <SignAssembly>true</SignAssembly>
     <AssemblyOriginatorKeyFile>..\pdfpig.snk</AssemblyOriginatorKeyFile>
-		<Nullable>enable</Nullable>
+    <Nullable>enable</Nullable>
     <WarningsAsErrors>nullable</WarningsAsErrors>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <ItemGroup Condition="'$(TargetFramework)'=='net462'">
diff --git a/src/UglyToad.PdfPig.DocumentLayoutAnalysis/UglyToad.PdfPig.DocumentLayoutAnalysis.csproj b/src/UglyToad.PdfPig.DocumentLayoutAnalysis/UglyToad.PdfPig.DocumentLayoutAnalysis.csproj
index 6878b7e1e..9684a138c 100644
--- a/src/UglyToad.PdfPig.DocumentLayoutAnalysis/UglyToad.PdfPig.DocumentLayoutAnalysis.csproj
+++ b/src/UglyToad.PdfPig.DocumentLayoutAnalysis/UglyToad.PdfPig.DocumentLayoutAnalysis.csproj
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   <PropertyGroup>
     <TargetFrameworks>netstandard2.0;net462;net471;net6.0;net8.0;net9.0</TargetFrameworks>
     <LangVersion>12</LangVersion>
-    <Version>0.1.12-alpha001</Version>
+    <Version>0.1.12</Version>
     <IsTestProject>False</IsTestProject>
     <GenerateDocumentationFile>true</GenerateDocumentationFile>
     <SignAssembly>true</SignAssembly>
diff --git a/src/UglyToad.PdfPig.Fonts/UglyToad.PdfPig.Fonts.csproj b/src/UglyToad.PdfPig.Fonts/UglyToad.PdfPig.Fonts.csproj
index 774c47c28..b410c51b7 100644
--- a/src/UglyToad.PdfPig.Fonts/UglyToad.PdfPig.Fonts.csproj
+++ b/src/UglyToad.PdfPig.Fonts/UglyToad.PdfPig.Fonts.csproj
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   <PropertyGroup>
     <TargetFrameworks>netstandard2.0;net462;net471;net6.0;net8.0;net9.0</TargetFrameworks>
     <LangVersion>12</LangVersion>
-    <Version>0.1.12-alpha001</Version>
+    <Version>0.1.12</Version>
     <IsTestProject>False</IsTestProject>
     <GenerateDocumentationFile>true</GenerateDocumentationFile>
     <SignAssembly>true</SignAssembly>
diff --git a/src/UglyToad.PdfPig.Tokenization/UglyToad.PdfPig.Tokenization.csproj b/src/UglyToad.PdfPig.Tokenization/UglyToad.PdfPig.Tokenization.csproj
index 2f3e0d293..665462783 100644
--- a/src/UglyToad.PdfPig.Tokenization/UglyToad.PdfPig.Tokenization.csproj
+++ b/src/UglyToad.PdfPig.Tokenization/UglyToad.PdfPig.Tokenization.csproj
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   <PropertyGroup>
     <TargetFrameworks>netstandard2.0;net462;net471;net6.0;net8.0;net9.0</TargetFrameworks>
     <LangVersion>12</LangVersion>
-    <Version>0.1.12-alpha001</Version>
+    <Version>0.1.12</Version>
     <IsTestProject>False</IsTestProject>
     <GenerateDocumentationFile>true</GenerateDocumentationFile>
     <SignAssembly>true</SignAssembly>
diff --git a/src/UglyToad.PdfPig.Tokens/UglyToad.PdfPig.Tokens.csproj b/src/UglyToad.PdfPig.Tokens/UglyToad.PdfPig.Tokens.csproj
index 069167812..af3bfea09 100644
--- a/src/UglyToad.PdfPig.Tokens/UglyToad.PdfPig.Tokens.csproj
+++ b/src/UglyToad.PdfPig.Tokens/UglyToad.PdfPig.Tokens.csproj
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   <PropertyGroup>
     <TargetFrameworks>netstandard2.0;net462;net471;net6.0;net8.0;net9.0</TargetFrameworks>
     <LangVersion>12</LangVersion>
-    <Version>0.1.12-alpha001</Version>
+    <Version>0.1.12</Version>
     <IsTestProject>False</IsTestProject>
     <GenerateDocumentationFile>true</GenerateDocumentationFile>
     <SignAssembly>true</SignAssembly>
diff --git a/src/UglyToad.PdfPig/UglyToad.PdfPig.csproj b/src/UglyToad.PdfPig/UglyToad.PdfPig.csproj
index 797c83107..2727fa624 100644
--- a/src/UglyToad.PdfPig/UglyToad.PdfPig.csproj
+++ b/src/UglyToad.PdfPig/UglyToad.PdfPig.csproj
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   <PropertyGroup>
     <TargetFrameworks>netstandard2.0;net462;net471;net6.0;net8.0;net9.0</TargetFrameworks>
     <LangVersion>12</LangVersion>
-    <Version>0.1.12-alpha001</Version>
+    <Version>0.1.12</Version>
     <IsTestProject>False</IsTestProject>
     <GenerateDocumentationFile>true</GenerateDocumentationFile>
     <SignAssembly>true</SignAssembly>
diff --git a/tools/UglyToad.PdfPig.Package/UglyToad.PdfPig.Package.csproj b/tools/UglyToad.PdfPig.Package/UglyToad.PdfPig.Package.csproj
index 2ffe423f8..fd3359a6c 100644
--- a/tools/UglyToad.PdfPig.Package/UglyToad.PdfPig.Package.csproj
+++ b/tools/UglyToad.PdfPig.Package/UglyToad.PdfPig.Package.csproj
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
     <PackageTags>PDF;Reader;Document;Adobe;PDFBox;PdfPig;pdf-extract;pdf-to-text;pdf;file;text;C#;dotnet;.NET</PackageTags>
     <RepositoryUrl>https://github.com/UglyToad/PdfPig</RepositoryUrl>
     <GenerateDocumentationFile>true</GenerateDocumentationFile>
-    <Version>0.1.12-alpha001</Version>
+    <Version>0.1.12</Version>
     <AssemblyVersion>0.1.12.0</AssemblyVersion>
     <FileVersion>0.1.12.0</FileVersion>
     <PackageIconUrl>https://raw.githubusercontent.com/UglyToad/PdfPig/master/documentation/pdfpig.png</PackageIconUrl>
diff --git a/tools/get-main-version.ps1 b/tools/get-main-version.ps1
index 05e5cb13b..789db77b5 100644
--- a/tools/get-main-version.ps1
+++ b/tools/get-main-version.ps1
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 $xml = New-Object XML
-$xml.Load(".\tools\UglyToad.PdfPig.Package\UglyToad.PdfPig.Package.csproj")
+$projectPath = Join-Path $PSScriptRoot "UglyToad.PdfPig.Package\UglyToad.PdfPig.Package.csproj"
+$xml.Load($projectPath)
 $current = $xml.Project.PropertyGroup[0].Version
 $hyphenIndex = $current.IndexOf('-')
 $len = If ($hyphenIndex -lt 0) { $current.Length } Else { $hyphenIndex }
diff --git a/tools/get-next-main-version.ps1 b/tools/get-next-main-version.ps1
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2e53b5d85
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/get-next-main-version.ps1
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+$xml = New-Object XML
+$projectPath = Join-Path $PSScriptRoot "UglyToad.PdfPig.Package\UglyToad.PdfPig.Package.csproj"
+$xml.Load($projectPath)
+$current = $xml.Project.PropertyGroup[0].Version
+$hyphenIndex = $current.IndexOf('-')
+$len = If ($hyphenIndex -lt 0) { $current.Length } Else { $hyphenIndex }
+$version = $current.Substring(0, $len)
+
+# Split into parts
+$parts = $version.Split('.')
+
+# Increment last part (patch)
+$patch = [int]$parts[-1]
+$patch++
+
+# Build new version string
+$parts[-1] = $patch.ToString()
+$newVersion = $parts -join '.'
+
+Write-Output $newVersion
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diff --git a/tools/set-version.ps1 b/tools/set-version.ps1
index a55241882..5d21dc01c 100644
--- a/tools/set-version.ps1
+++ b/tools/set-version.ps1
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 param (
   [Parameter(Position = 0, mandatory = $true)]
-  [string]$version
+  [string]$version,
+
+  [switch]$UpdateAssemblyAndFileVersion
 )
 
 $root = (Split-Path -parent $PSCommandPath)
@@ -17,6 +19,26 @@ $packageProjectPath = "$root/UglyToad.PdfPig.Package/UglyToad.PdfPig.Package.csp
 $xml = New-Object XML
 $xml.Load($packageProjectPath)
 $xml.Project.PropertyGroup[0].Version = $version
+
+if ($UpdateAssemblyAndFileVersion) {
+    # Update AssemblyVersion and FileVersion if the nodes exist, otherwise create them
+    if (-not $xml.Project.PropertyGroup[0].AssemblyVersion) {
+        $node = $xml.CreateElement("AssemblyVersion")
+        $node.InnerText = "$version.0"  # add the 4th segment
+        $xml.Project.PropertyGroup[0].AppendChild($node) | Out-Null
+    } else {
+        $xml.Project.PropertyGroup[0].AssemblyVersion = "$version.0"
+    }
+
+    if (-not $xml.Project.PropertyGroup[0].FileVersion) {
+        $node = $xml.CreateElement("FileVersion")
+        $node.InnerText = "$version.0"
+        $xml.Project.PropertyGroup[0].AppendChild($node) | Out-Null
+    } else {
+        $xml.Project.PropertyGroup[0].FileVersion = "$version.0"
+    }
+}
+
 $xml.Save($packageProjectPath)
 
 Write-Host $projs.Length
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