diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yml b/.github/workflows/main.yml
index d9228d5..b987b7b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/main.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/main.yml
@@ -56,6 +56,14 @@ jobs:
         && !contains(toJSON(github.event.commits.*.message), '[skip release]')
       run: bundle exec rake version:bump:patch
 
+    - name: Setup upterm session
+      uses: lhotari/action-upterm@v1
+      with:
+        ## limits ssh access and adds the ssh public key for the user which triggered the workflow
+        limit-access-to-actor: true
+        ## limits ssh access and adds the ssh public keys of the listed GitHub users
+        limit-access-to-users: mscottford
+
     - name: Release to Rubygems
       if: github.event_name == 'push'
         && github.ref == 'refs/heads/main'