diff --git a/.github/workflows/deploy.yml b/.github/workflows/deploy.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f51ed4f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/deploy.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+name: deploy
+on:
+  push:
+    paths: ['src/**']
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+jobs:
+  deploy:
+    name: Deploy to clojars
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout Repo
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+
+      - name: Setup Java
+        uses: actions/setup-java@v3
+        with:
+          distribution: 'adopt'
+          java-version: 17
+
+      - name: Setup Clojure
+        uses: DeLaGuardo/setup-clojure@11.0
+        with:
+          cli: 'latest'
+
+      - name: Build Jar
+        run: |
+          clj -T:build clean
+          clj -T:build jar
+
+      - name: Deploy to Clojars
+        run: env CLOJARS_USERNAME=${{ secrets.CLOJARS_USERNAME }} CLOJARS_PASSWORD=${{ secrets.CLOJARS_PASSWORD }} clj -T:build deploy
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c5d54ec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+0.0.9
diff --git a/build.clj b/build.clj
index cc004ff..744a3e9 100644
--- a/build.clj
+++ b/build.clj
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 (ns build
   (:require [clojure.tools.build.api :as b]
+            [clojure.string :as str]
             [deps-deploy.deps-deploy :as dd]))
 
 (def lib 'org.clojars.some/depo)
-(def version "0.0.8")
+(def version (str/trim (slurp "VERSION")))
 (def jar-file (format "target/%s-%s.jar" (name lib) version))
 (def class-dir "target/classes")
 (def url "https://github.com/somecho/depo.git")
diff --git a/src/depo/core.clj b/src/depo/core.clj
index 8397b5e..fd7eb84 100644
--- a/src/depo/core.clj
+++ b/src/depo/core.clj
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 (ns depo.core
   (:require [cli-matic.core :refer [run-cmd]]
+            [clojure.string :as str]
             [depo.readwrite :as rw]
             [depo.errors :as e]))
 
@@ -18,7 +19,7 @@
 (def CONFIGURATION
   {:command "depo"
    :description "manage Clojure dependencies easily"
-   :version "0.0.8"
+   :version (str/trim (slurp "VERSION"))
    :opts [{:as "path to configuration file"
            :default nil
            :option "file"