diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 60af7b42..03e38d03 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,3 +7,9 @@ resolver = "2"
 expect_used = "warn"
 unwrap_used = "warn"
 panic = "warn"
+
+[workspace.metadata.release]
+allow-branch = ["main"]
+sign-commit = true
+sign-tag = true
+push = false
diff --git a/icechunk-python/Cargo.toml b/icechunk-python/Cargo.toml
index 78fddcc0..5422b081 100644
--- a/icechunk-python/Cargo.toml
+++ b/icechunk-python/Cargo.toml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ keywords = ["zarr", "xarray", "database"]
 categories = ["database", "science", "science::geo"]
 authors = ["Earthmover PBC"]
 edition = "2021"
-publish = false
+publish = true
 
 # See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
 [lib]