diff --git a/.github/release-please/.release-please-manifest.json b/.github/release-please/.release-please-manifest.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ef9487ea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/release-please/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+{
+  "packages/core": "0.1.0-preview.0",
+  "packages/html": "0.1.0-preview.0",
+  "packages/react": "0.1.0-preview.0",
+  "packages/icons": "0.1.0-preview.0",
+  "packages/utils": "0.1.0-preview.0"
+}
diff --git a/.github/release-please/release-please-config.json b/.github/release-please/release-please-config.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..fa2b7f2c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/release-please/release-please-config.json
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+{
+  "bump-minor-pre-major": true,
+  "bump-patch-for-minor-pre-major": false,
+  "tag-separator": "@",
+  "include-component-in-tag": true,
+  "include-v-in-tag": false,
+  "plugins": [
+    {
+      "type": "node-workspace",
+      "merge": false
+    }
+  ],
+  "packages": {
+    "packages/core": {
+      "component": "@videojs/core",
+      "prerelease": true,
+      "versioning": "prerelease"
+    },
+    "packages/html": {
+      "component": "@videojs/html",
+      "prerelease": true,
+      "versioning": "prerelease"
+    },
+    "packages/icons": {
+      "component": "@videojs/icons",
+      "prerelease": true,
+      "versioning": "prerelease"
+    },
+    "packages/react": {
+      "component": "@videojs/react",
+      "prerelease": true,
+      "versioning": "prerelease"
+    },
+    "packages/utils": {
+      "component": "@videojs/utils",
+      "prerelease": true,
+      "versioning": "prerelease"
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/cd.yml b/.github/workflows/cd.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f427a674
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/cd.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+name: Deployment
+
+concurrency: production
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - main
+
+# To use Turborepo Remote Caching, set the following environment variables.
+# env:
+#   TURBO_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.TURBO_TOKEN }}
+#   TURBO_TEAM: ${{ secrets.TURBO_TEAM }}
+
+jobs:
+  release:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    environment: production
+    permissions:
+      contents: write
+      pull-requests: write
+      id-token: write
+
+    steps:
+      - uses: googleapis/release-please-action@v4
+        id: release
+        with:
+          config-file: .github/release-please/release-please-config.json
+          manifest-file: .github/release-please/.release-please-manifest.json
+
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v5
+        # these if statements ensure that a publication only occurs when
+        # a new release is created:
+        if: ${{ steps.release.outputs.releases_created == 'true' }}
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0 # Fetch all history for all tags and branches
+
+      - name: Setup pnpm
+        uses: pnpm/action-setup@v4
+
+      - name: read node version from the .nvmrc file
+        if: ${{ steps.release.outputs.releases_created == 'true' }}
+        run: echo ::set-output name=NODE_VERSION::$(cat .nvmrc)
+        shell: bash
+        id: nvmrc
+      - uses: actions/setup-node@v5
+        if: ${{ steps.release.outputs.releases_created == 'true' }}
+        with:
+          node-version: ${{steps.nvmrc.outputs.NODE_VERSION}}
+          # this line is required for the setup-node action to be able to run the npm publish below.
+          registry-url: 'https://registry.npmjs.org'
+
+      - name: Install
+        if: ${{ steps.release.outputs.releases_created == 'true' }}
+        run: pnpm i --frozen-lockfile
+
+      - name: Clean
+        if: ${{ steps.release.outputs.releases_created == 'true' }}
+        run: pnpm clean
+
+      - name: Build
+        if: ${{ steps.release.outputs.releases_created == 'true' }}
+        run: pnpm build:packages
+
+      - name: Publish
+        if: ${{ steps.release.outputs.releases_created == 'true' }}
+        run: pnpm -r publish --filter "./packages/**" publish --dry-run --access public --provenance --tag next --no-git-checks
+        env:
+          NODE_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 47396599..19ce3473 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -25,4 +25,4 @@ jobs:
         run: pnpm install
 
       - name: Build
-        run: pnpm build:libs
+        run: pnpm build:packages
diff --git a/CLAUDE.md b/CLAUDE.md
index 56d4dec5..658e82ed 100644
--- a/CLAUDE.md
+++ b/CLAUDE.md
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ pnpm install
 pnpm build
 
 # Build only library packages (excludes examples)
-pnpm build:libs
+pnpm build:packages
 
 # Run tests across all packages
 pnpm test
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 1e46b95b..a700b1ef 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
   },
   "scripts": {
     "prepare": "simple-git-hooks",
-    "build:libs": "turbo run build --filter=./packages/**",
+    "build:packages": "turbo run build --filter=./packages/**",
     "build:website": "turbo run build --filter=website",
     "build": "turbo run build",
     "clean": "turbo run clean",