diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish.yml b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
index c85048d..bb162d6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
@@ -4,12 +4,12 @@ name: Build and Release
 on:
   push:
     tags:
-      - "[0-9]+.[0-9]+.[0-9]+"
-      - "[0-9]+.[0-9]+.[0-9]+-alpha.[0-9]+"
-      - "[0-9]+.[0-9]+.[0-9]+-beta.[0-9]+"
-      - "[0-9]+.[0-9]+.[0-9]+a[0-9]+"
-      - "[0-9]+.[0-9]+.[0-9]+b[0-9]+"
-      - "[0-9]+.[0-9]+.[0-9]+rc[0-9]+"
+      - "v[0-9]+.[0-9]+.[0-9]+"
+      - "v[0-9]+.[0-9]+.[0-9]+-alpha.[0-9]+"
+      - "v[0-9]+.[0-9]+.[0-9]+-beta.[0-9]+"
+      - "v[0-9]+.[0-9]+.[0-9]+a[0-9]+"
+      - "v[0-9]+.[0-9]+.[0-9]+b[0-9]+"
+      - "v[0-9]+.[0-9]+.[0-9]+rc[0-9]+"
   workflow_dispatch:  # Allow manual triggering
 
 permissions:
@@ -134,9 +134,11 @@ jobs:
     - name: Extract version from tag
       id: get_version
       run: |
-        VERSION=${GITHUB_REF#refs/tags/}
+        TAG=${GITHUB_REF#refs/tags/}
+        # Strip 'v' prefix for version number (PyPI doesn't use it)
+        VERSION=${TAG#v}
         echo "version=$VERSION" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-        echo "tag=${GITHUB_REF#refs/tags/}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+        echo "tag=$TAG" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
     
     - name: Generate release notes
       id: release_notes
@@ -196,9 +198,11 @@ jobs:
     - name: Extract version from tag
       id: get_version
       run: |
-        VERSION=${GITHUB_REF#refs/tags/}
+        TAG=${GITHUB_REF#refs/tags/}
+        # Strip 'v' prefix for version number (PyPI doesn't use it)
+        VERSION=${TAG#v}
         echo "version=$VERSION" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-        echo "tag=${GITHUB_REF#refs/tags/}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+        echo "tag=$TAG" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
     
     - name: Success notification
       run: |
diff --git a/helm_sdkpy/actions.py b/helm_sdkpy/actions.py
index 12adc8d..c72b011 100644
--- a/helm_sdkpy/actions.py
+++ b/helm_sdkpy/actions.py
@@ -99,7 +99,9 @@ def __init__(
         options_json = json.dumps(options)
         options_cstr = ffi.new("char[]", options_json.encode("utf-8"))
 
-        result = self._lib.helm_sdkpy_config_create(ns_cstr, kc_cstr, kctx_cstr, options_cstr, self._handle)
+        result = self._lib.helm_sdkpy_config_create(
+            ns_cstr, kc_cstr, kctx_cstr, options_cstr, self._handle
+        )
         check_error(result)
 
         self._handle_value = self._handle[0]
@@ -120,7 +122,7 @@ def __exit__(self, exc_type, exc_val, exc_tb):
 
     @classmethod
     def from_service_account(
-        cls, 
+        cls,
         namespace: str = "default",
         plain_http: bool = False,
         insecure_skip_tls_verify: bool = False,
@@ -156,8 +158,8 @@ def from_service_account(
             ... )
         """
         return cls(
-            namespace=namespace, 
-            kubeconfig=None, 
+            namespace=namespace,
+            kubeconfig=None,
             kubecontext=None,
             plain_http=plain_http,
             insecure_skip_tls_verify=insecure_skip_tls_verify,
diff --git a/justfile b/justfile
index 13b9120..52ce17b 100644
--- a/justfile
+++ b/justfile
@@ -122,4 +122,56 @@ docs-help:
     @echo "  docs-build          - Build for production (includes API docs generation)"
     @echo "  docs-generate-api   - Generate API docs from SDK source"
     @echo "  docs-serve          - Serve built site"
-    @echo "  docs-clean          - Clean build artifacts"
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+    @echo "  docs-clean          - Clean build artifacts"
+
+# Release helm-sdkpy with a new version
+# Usage: just release 0.0.21
+[group("release")]
+release version:
+    #!/usr/bin/env bash
+    set -euo pipefail
+    
+    echo "🔖 Releasing helm-sdkpy version {{version}}..."
+    
+    # Create release branch
+    echo "🌿 Creating release branch release/{{version}}..."
+    git checkout -b "release/{{version}}"
+    
+    # Bump pyproject.toml version
+    echo "📝 Updating pyproject.toml..."
+    sed -i 's/^version = ".*"/version = "{{version}}"/' pyproject.toml
+    
+    # Update docusaurus version.yml if it exists
+    if [ -f "docusaurus/data/version.yml" ]; then
+        echo "📝 Updating docusaurus/data/version.yml..."
+        sed -i 's/^version: .*/version: "{{version}}"/' docusaurus/data/version.yml
+    fi
+    
+    # Regenerate lock file
+    echo "🔒 Regenerating uv.lock..."
+    uv lock --no-cache
+    
+    # Commit changes
+    echo "📦 Committing version bump..."
+    git add pyproject.toml uv.lock
+    if [ -f "docusaurus/data/version.yml" ]; then
+        git add docusaurus/data/version.yml
+    fi
+    git commit -m "chore: bump version to {{version}}"
+    
+    # Push release branch
+    echo "🚀 Pushing release branch..."
+    git push origin "release/{{version}}"
+    sleep 1
+    
+    # Create tag
+    echo "🏷️ Creating tag..."
+    git tag -a "v{{version}}" -m "helm-sdkpy release version {{version}}"
+    
+    # Push tag
+    echo "🚀 Pushing tag..."
+    git push origin "v{{version}}"
+    
+    echo "✅ Released helm-sdkpy version {{version}}"
+    echo "   Branch: release/{{version}}"
+    echo "   Tag: v{{version}}"
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