diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-package.yml b/.github/workflows/build-package.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..561ab2f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-package.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+# create wheel file
+
+name: build Python package
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [ master ]
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    name: Build Wheel
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+    - name: Set up Python
+      uses: actions/setup-python@v2
+      with:
+        python-version: '3.x'
+    - name: Install build dependencies
+      run: |
+        python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+        pip install setuptools wheel
+    - name: Build package
+      run: |
+        python setup.py sdist bdist_wheel
+    - name: Upload Artifacts
+      uses: actions/upload-artifact@v2
+      with:
+        path: |
+          dist/*.whl
+          dist/*.tar.gz
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-to-pypi.yml b/.github/workflows/release-to-pypi.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0eb1fe7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-to-pypi.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+# upload source and wheel from build action
+
+name: Upload Python Package
+
+on:
+  release:
+    types: [created]
+
+jobs:
+  deploy:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+    - name: Set up Python
+      uses: actions/setup-python@v2
+      with:
+        python-version: '3.x'
+    - name: Install dependencies
+      run: |
+        python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+        pip install setuptools wheel twine
+    - name: Build
+      run: |
+        python setup.py sdist bdist_wheel
+    - name: Upload Artifacts
+      uses: actions/upload-artifact@v2
+      with:
+        path: |
+          dist/*.whl
+          dist/*.tar.gz
+    - name: Publish to PyPi
+      env:
+        TWINE_USERNAME: ${{ secrets.PYPI_USERNAME }}
+        TWINE_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.PYPI_PASSWORD }}
+      run: |
+        twine upload dist/*
diff --git a/DEVELOPER.rst b/DEVELOPER.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e08b1e5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/DEVELOPER.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+====================
+Notes for developers
+====================
+
+Creating a release
+==================
+
+- Ensure that the ``version`` in ``serial_asyncio/__init__.py`` is updated
+  and in the form of major.minor[.patchlevel]
+- Ensure all changes, including version, is committed then create a tag with
+  the exact same value as the version (e.g. "0.5")
+- Push to GitHub, merge into master if it is a branch. The GitHub Actions
+  are set-up to build the default branch.
+- Inspect the built wheel and tar.gz files for correctness, test.
+- Trigger the upload to PyPi by using GitHub web interface "Releases" and
+  create a new release from the tag.
diff --git a/LICENSE.txt b/LICENSE.txt
index 89bde7a..ffc5453 100644
--- a/LICENSE.txt
+++ b/LICENSE.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-Copyright (c) 2015-2020 pySerial-team (see CREDITS.rst)
+Copyright (c) 2015-2021 pySerial-team (see CREDITS.rst)
 All Rights Reserved.
 
 Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
diff --git a/documentation/appendix.rst b/documentation/appendix.rst
index 1551a03..0f178ab 100644
--- a/documentation/appendix.rst
+++ b/documentation/appendix.rst
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 License
 =======
-Copyright (c) 2015-2020 pySerial-team (see CREDITS.rst)
+Copyright (c) 2015-2021 pySerial-team (see CREDITS.rst)
 All Rights Reserved.
 
 Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
diff --git a/documentation/conf.py b/documentation/conf.py
index e9fa4ec..e9ead6a 100644
--- a/documentation/conf.py
+++ b/documentation/conf.py
@@ -12,12 +12,30 @@
 # serve to show the default.
 
 import sys, os
+import pathlib
+import re
 
 # If extensions (or modules to document with autodoc) are in another directory,
 # add these directories to sys.path here. If the directory is relative to the
 # documentation root, use os.path.abspath to make it absolute, like shown here.
 #sys.path.append(os.path.abspath('.'))
 
+def find_version(path: pathlib.Path):
+    """
+    Search the file for a version string.
+
+    file_path contain string path components.
+
+    Reads the supplied Python module as text without importing it.
+    """
+    version_file = path.read_text()
+    version_match = re.search(r"^__version__ = ['\"]([^'\"]*)['\"]",
+                              version_file, re.M)
+    if version_match:
+        return version_match.group(1)
+    raise RuntimeError("Unable to find version string.")
+
+
 # -- General configuration -----------------------------------------------------
 
 # Add any Sphinx extension module names here, as strings. They can be extensions
@@ -41,16 +59,16 @@
 
 # General information about the project.
 project = u'pySerial-asyncio'
-copyright = u'2015-2020, pySerial-team'
+copyright = u'2015-2021, pySerial-team'
 
 # The version info for the project you're documenting, acts as replacement for
 # |version| and |release|, also used in various other places throughout the
 # built documents.
 #
 # The short X.Y version.
-version = '0.5'
+version = find_version(pathlib.Path(__file__).parent.parent / 'serial_asyncio' / '__init__.py')
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags.
-release = '0.5'
+release = version
 
 # The language for content autogenerated by Sphinx. Refer to documentation
 # for a list of supported languages.