diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-deb.yml b/.github/workflows/build-deb.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a35fd68
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-deb.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+name: Build and Release .deb Package
+
+on:
+  push:
+    tags:
+      - 'v*.*.*'  # Trigger only on tags matching this pattern
+
+jobs:
+  build-deb:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
+    permissions:
+      contents: write
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Set up Docker Buildx
+        uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v3
+
+      # Compute the version by using github.ref_name (e.g., "v0.2.1")
+      - name: Compute Version
+        id: version
+        env:
+          REF_NAME: ${{ github.ref_name }}
+        run: |
+          # Remove the leading "v" from the ref name (e.g., v0.2.1 becomes 0.2.1)
+          VERSION=${REF_NAME#v}
+          echo "Computed version: $VERSION"
+          echo "build_version=$VERSION" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+
+      - name: Build .deb package
+        env:
+          BUILD_VERSION: ${{ steps.version.outputs.build_version }}
+        run: |
+          echo "Using BUILD_VERSION: $BUILD_VERSION"
+          chmod +x build_deb.sh
+          ./build_deb.sh
+
+      - name: Upload .deb to GitHub Releases
+        uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v2
+        with:
+          tag_name: ${{ github.ref_name }}
+          files: pysieved_${{ steps.version.outputs.build_version }}.deb
+          name: Pysieved ${{ github.ref_name }}
diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index 4ad3274..e1bff1f 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -54,3 +54,8 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
   * Fixed imports in `./pysieved/main.py`
   * Fixed imports in `./pysieved/plugins/htpasswd.py`
 * Updated `./.gitignore`, to ignore locally built debian packages
+
+#### 2025-02-19
+
+* Added `./.github/workflows/build-deb.yml` file to build and release debian package with Github Actions
+* Updated `./debian/build_deb.sh` script to automatically update the debian changelog  before building the debian package
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/build_deb.sh b/build_deb.sh
index 2a6da0a..1cddaf2 100755
--- a/build_deb.sh
+++ b/build_deb.sh
@@ -1,9 +1,12 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-export BUILD_VERSION=0.2.0
+export BUILD_VERSION=${BUILD_VERSION:-0.2.0}
 
 docker build -t pysieved-deb-builder .
-docker run --name pysieved-builder pysieved-deb-builder dpkg-buildpackage -b -us -uc -rfakeroot -tc
+docker run --name pysieved-builder pysieved-deb-builder bash -c "
+    dch --newversion '${BUILD_VERSION}' --distribution unstable --urgency medium 'Autogenerated version' &&
+    dpkg-buildpackage -b -us -uc -rfakeroot -tc
+"
 docker cp pysieved-builder:/root/pysieved_${BUILD_VERSION}_amd64.deb pysieved_${BUILD_VERSION}.deb
 docker rm -f pysieved-builder