diff --git a/.gitattributes b/.gitattributes
index 7542171d..6b39d9fe 100644
--- a/.gitattributes
+++ b/.gitattributes
@@ -19,5 +19,5 @@
 /tests export-ignore
 /TODO export-ignore
 /update-for-release export-ignore
-/WHATSNEW export-ignore
 /WYSIWYG export-ignore
+/release.config.js export-ignore
diff --git a/.github/workflows/lint-pr.yml b/.github/workflows/lint-pr.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..597a6ed7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/lint-pr.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+name: "Lint PR"
+
+on:
+  pull_request_target:
+    types:
+      - opened
+      - edited
+      - synchronize
+
+jobs:
+  main:
+    name: Validate PR title
+
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+      - uses: amannn/action-semantic-pull-request@v4
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..eb2308a6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+name: release
+
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+jobs:
+  release:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    name: Release
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+
+      - name: Setup PHP
+        uses: shivammathur/setup-php@v2
+        with:
+          php-version: 5.5
+
+      - name: Run automated release process with semantic-release
+        uses: cycjimmy/semantic-release-action@v2
+        with:
+          extra_plugins: |
+            @semantic-release/changelog
+            @semantic-release/git
+            @semantic-release/exec
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/WHATSNEW b/WHATSNEW
deleted file mode 100644
index 32403eb2..00000000
--- a/WHATSNEW
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-HTML Purifier 4.15.x is a maintenance release which improves
-compatibility with PHP8.2.  There is also support for
-contenteditable="false" added.
diff --git a/maintenance/add-vimline.php b/maintenance/add-vimline.php
index d6a8eb20..69882c67 100644
--- a/maintenance/add-vimline.php
+++ b/maintenance/add-vimline.php
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@ foreach ($files as $file) {
         postfix_is('.svg', $file) ||
         postfix_is('.phpt', $file) ||
         postfix_is('VERSION', $file) ||
-        postfix_is('WHATSNEW', $file) ||
         postfix_is('configdoc/usage.xml', $file) ||
         postfix_is('library/HTMLPurifier.includes.php', $file) ||
         postfix_is('library/HTMLPurifier.safe-includes.php', $file) ||
diff --git a/package.php b/package.php
index bfef9362..a4fd2df9 100644
--- a/package.php
+++ b/package.php
@@ -48,7 +48,6 @@ $pkg->setReleaseStability('stable');
 
 $pkg->addRelease();
 
-$pkg->setNotes(file_get_contents('WHATSNEW'));
 $pkg->setPackageType('php');
 
 $pkg->setPhpDep('5.0.0');
diff --git a/release.config.js b/release.config.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3f73ace8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/release.config.js
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+module.exports = {
+  debug: true,
+  branch: 'master',
+  plugins: [
+    '@semantic-release/commit-analyzer',
+    '@semantic-release/release-notes-generator',
+    ['@semantic-release/changelog', {'changelogFile': 'NEWS'}],
+    '@semantic-release/exec',
+    ['@semantic-release/git', {
+      'assets': ['VERSION', 'NEWS', 'Doxyfile', 'library/HTMLPurifier.php', 'library/HTMLPurifier/Config.php', 'library/HTMLPurifier.includes.php'],
+    }],
+    '@semantic-release/github'
+  ],
+  verifyConditions: [
+    '@semantic-release/changelog',
+    '@semantic-release/github',
+  ],
+  prepare: [
+    {
+      path: '@semantic-release/exec',
+      cmd: 'php update-for-release ${nextRelease.version}'
+    },
+    '@semantic-release/changelog',
+    '@semantic-release/git',
+  ],
+  publish: [
+    '@semantic-release/github',
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/update-for-release b/update-for-release
index 2b9662a7..ec5ec03d 100644
--- a/update-for-release
+++ b/update-for-release
@@ -23,24 +23,7 @@ $version = trim($argv[1]);
 // ...in VERSION
 file_put_contents('VERSION', $version);
 
-// ...in NEWS
-if ($is_dev = (strpos($version, 'dev') === false)) {
-  $date = date('Y-m-d');
-  $news_c = str_replace(
-      $l = "$version, unknown release date",
-      "$version, released $date",
-      file_get_contents('NEWS'),
-      $c
-  );
-  if (!$c) {
-      echo 'Could not update NEWS, missing ' . $l . PHP_EOL;
-      exit;
-  } elseif ($c > 1) {
-      echo 'More than one release declaration in NEWS replaced' . PHP_EOL;
-      exit;
-  }
-  file_put_contents('NEWS', $news_c);
-}
+$is_dev = strpos($version, 'dev') === false;
 
 // ...in Doxyfile
 $doxyfile_c = preg_replace(
@@ -102,9 +85,22 @@ if (!$c) {
 }
 file_put_contents('library/HTMLPurifier/Config.php', $config_c);
 
+$includes = file_get_contents('library/HTMLPurifier.includes.php');
+$includes = preg_replace(
+    '/@version .+?/',
+    "@version $version",
+    $includes,
+    1, $c
+);
+if (!$c) {
+    echo 'Could not update HTMLPurifier.includes.php, missing @version docblock.' . PHP_EOL;
+    exit;
+}
+file_put_contents('HTMLPurifier.includes.php', $includes);
+
 passthru('maintenance/flush.sh');
 
-if ($is_dev) echo "Review changes, write something in WHATSNEW, and then commit with log 'Release $version.'" . PHP_EOL;
+if ($is_dev) echo "Review changes, and then commit with log 'Release $version.'" . PHP_EOL;
 else echo "Numbers updated to dev, no other modifications necessary!";
 
 // vim: et sw=4 sts=4