diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/release-version.yml b/.gitea/workflows/release-version.yml
index 7c15ab9..18a239c 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/release-version.yml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/release-version.yml
@@ -68,3 +68,25 @@ jobs:
       - name: Copy files to S3 and clear cache
         run: |
           aws s3 sync gitea/ s3://${{ secrets.AWS_S3_BUCKET}}/charts/
+
+  release-gitea:
+    needs: generate-chart-publish
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    container: docker.io/thegeeklab/git-sv:2.0.1
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          fetch-tags: true
+
+      - name: Create changelog
+        run: |
+          git sv current-version
+          git sv release-notes -t ${GITHUB_REF#refs/tags/} -o CHANGELOG.md
+          sed -i '1,2d' CHANGELOG.md # remove version
+          cat CHANGELOG.md
+
+      - name: Release
+        uses: https://github.com/akkuman/gitea-release-action@v1
+        with:
+          body_path: CHANGELOG.md
+          token: "${{secrets.ISSUE_RW_TOKEN}}"
diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index e9ebc72..e514c12 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -75,6 +75,6 @@ See [bats documentation](https://bats-core.readthedocs.io/en/stable/) for usage
 
 ## Release process
 
-1. Create a tag following the tagging schema
-1. Push the tag
+1. Ensure you have [`git-sv`](https://github.com/thegeeklab/git-sv) installed
+1. Run `git sv tag` (this creates and pushes the tag following the respective next tag according to the semver commits issued since the last release)
 1. Let CI do it's work