diff --git a/.github/workflows/deploy.yml b/.github/workflows/deploy.yml
index a24e7bc..9a9b522 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/deploy.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/deploy.yml
@@ -7,6 +7,12 @@ on:
   push:
     branches:
       - main
+  # poetry-dynamic-versioning gets the version from release tag.
+  # that's why the same steps work for pushes to main & releases.
+  release:
+    # without this a new release tag triggers 3 builds instead of 1
+    # https://github.community/t/action-run-being-trigger-multiple-times/16144
+    types: [published]
 
 jobs:
   test-and-deploy:
@@ -15,6 +21,9 @@ jobs:
       - name: Set Environment variables
         run: echo "SPARK_LOCAL_IP=localhost" >> $GITHUB_ENV
       - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+        with:
+          # poetry-dynamic-versioning needs the full history. latest commit is not enough.
+          fetch-depth: '0'
 
       - name: Set up JDK 8
         uses: actions/setup-java@v2
@@ -29,7 +38,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           python-version: '3.7'
       - name: Install Poetry
-        run: pip install poetry==1.1.4
+        run: pip install poetry==1.1.4 poetry-dynamic-versioning==0.12.1
       - name: Install libkrb5-dev
         run: sudo apt-get install libkrb5-dev  # This is needed for installing pykerberos
       - name: Install python dependencies
@@ -39,6 +48,13 @@ jobs:
         run: poetry run pytest
         working-directory: ./python
 
+      - name: Build python package
+        run: poetry build
+        working-directory: ./python
+      - name: Publish to PyPI
+        run: poetry publish -u '__token__' -p '${{ secrets.PYPI_TOKEN }}'
+        working-directory: ./python
+
       - name: Set up Apache Maven Central
         uses: actions/setup-java@v2
         with: # running setup-java again overwrites the settings.xml
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index df90443..6d9a0c4 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -105,6 +105,11 @@ satisfies the requirements of `DruidSource`
 
 ### PySpark
 
+Install the latest pre-release version:
+```
+pip install 'rovio-ingest>0.0.0' --pre
+```
+
 First, set the following spark conf:
 
 ```python
diff --git a/python/pyproject.toml b/python/pyproject.toml
index c71b960..14abb99 100644
--- a/python/pyproject.toml
+++ b/python/pyproject.toml
@@ -16,7 +16,10 @@
 
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "rovio-ingest"
-version = "1.0.0"
+# NOTE: This version is ignored.
+# - Versions are managed by poetry-dynamic-versioning
+# - Git tags are used to create new releases
+version = "0.0.1"
 description = ""
 authors = ["Vivek Balakrishnan <vivek.balakrishnan@rovio.com>", "Juho Autio <juho.autio@rovio.com>"]
 
@@ -33,6 +36,22 @@ sparkmagic = "^0.15.0"
 boto3 = "*"
 safety = "^1.10.3"
 
+[tool.poetry-dynamic-versioning]
+enable = true
+metadata = true
+dirty = true
+vcs = "git"
+style = "pep440"
+format-jinja = """
+    {%- if distance == 0 -%}
+        {{ serialize_pep440(base, stage, revision) }}
+    {%- elif revision is not none -%}
+        {{ serialize_pep440(base, stage, revision + 1, dev=distance) }}
+    {%- else -%}
+        {{ serialize_pep440(bump_version(base), stage, revision, dev=distance) }}
+    {%- endif -%}
+ """
+
 [build-system]
 requires = ["poetry>=0.12"]
 build-backend = "poetry.masonry.api"