diff --git a/packages/blueprints/blueprint-builder/package.json b/packages/blueprints/blueprint-builder/package.json
index 88ec38b9d..0748c81df 100644
--- a/packages/blueprints/blueprint-builder/package.json
+++ b/packages/blueprints/blueprint-builder/package.json
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@
   "main": "lib/index.js",
   "license": "Apache-2.0",
   "homepage": "https://aws.amazon.com/",
-  "version": "0.3.26",
+  "version": "0.3.27",
   "types": "lib/index.d.ts",
   "publishingSpace": "blueprints",
   "mediaUrls": [
diff --git a/packages/blueprints/blueprint-builder/src/blueprint.ts b/packages/blueprints/blueprint-builder/src/blueprint.ts
index 6f5164a98..f52b63322 100644
--- a/packages/blueprints/blueprint-builder/src/blueprint.ts
+++ b/packages/blueprints/blueprint-builder/src/blueprint.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import devEnvPackage from '@amazon-codecatalyst/blueprint-component.dev-environm
 import envPackage from '@amazon-codecatalyst/blueprint-component.environments/package.json';
 import { SourceRepository, SourceFile, StaticAsset, File } from '@amazon-codecatalyst/blueprint-component.source-repositories';
 import sourceReposPackage from '@amazon-codecatalyst/blueprint-component.source-repositories/package.json';
+import { Workflow, WorkflowBuilder } from '@amazon-codecatalyst/blueprint-component.workflows';
 import workflowsPackage from '@amazon-codecatalyst/blueprint-component.workflows/package.json';
 import cliPackage from '@amazon-codecatalyst/blueprint-util.cli/package.json';
 import { ProjenBlueprint, ProjenBlueprintOptions } from '@amazon-codecatalyst/blueprint-util.projen-blueprint';
@@ -15,6 +16,7 @@ import {
 } from '@amazon-codecatalyst/blueprints.blueprint';
 import baseBlueprintPackage from '@amazon-codecatalyst/blueprints.blueprint/package.json';
 import * as decamelize from 'decamelize';
+import { buildReleaseWorkflow } from './build-release-workflow';
 import defaults from './defaults.json';
 
 devEnvPackage.version;
@@ -63,6 +65,19 @@ export interface Options extends ParentOptions {
      * @validationMessage This contains characters that are not allowed in NPM package names.
      */
     blueprintPackageName?: string;
+
+    /**
+     * Generate a release workflow?
+     * If this is set, the blueprint will generate a release workflow. On push to main, a workflow will release this blueprint into your codecatalyst space.
+     */
+    releaseWorkflow?: boolean;
+
+    /**
+     * Include a publishing step in the release workflow?
+     * If this is set, the generated release workflow will contain a publishing action.
+     * @hidden
+     */
+    includePublishingAction?: boolean;
   };
 }
 
@@ -149,6 +164,10 @@ export class Blueprint extends ParentBlueprint {
 
     // copy-paste additional code over it
     StaticAsset.findAll().forEach(asset => {
+      if (asset.path() === 'release.sh' && !options.advancedSettings.releaseWorkflow) {
+        return;
+      }
+
       new File(repository, asset.path(), asset.content());
     });
 
@@ -217,6 +236,17 @@ export class Blueprint extends ParentBlueprint {
         ],
       },
     });
+
+    if (options.advancedSettings.releaseWorkflow) {
+      const releaseWorkflow = new WorkflowBuilder(this);
+      new Workflow(
+        this,
+        repository,
+        buildReleaseWorkflow(releaseWorkflow, {
+          includePublishStep: options.advancedSettings.includePublishingAction,
+        }).getDefinition(),
+      );
+    }
   }
 
   synth(): void {
diff --git a/packages/blueprints/blueprint-builder/src/build-release-workflow.ts b/packages/blueprints/blueprint-builder/src/build-release-workflow.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bbdfdfaf6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/blueprints/blueprint-builder/src/build-release-workflow.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+import { TriggerType, WorkflowBuilder } from '@amazon-codecatalyst/blueprint-component.workflows';
+
+export function buildReleaseWorkflow(workflow: WorkflowBuilder, options?: { includePublishStep?: boolean }): WorkflowBuilder {
+  const publishingEnabled = options?.includePublishStep ?? true;
+
+  workflow.setName('blueprint-release');
+  const RELEASE_COMMIT_PREFIX = 'chore(release):';
+  const BUILD_ARTIFACT_NAME = 'codebase';
+
+  workflow.addBranchTrigger(['main']);
+  workflow.addTrigger({
+    Type: TriggerType.MANUAL,
+  });
+  workflow.addBuildAction({
+    actionName: 'check_commit',
+    input: {
+      Sources: ['WorkflowSource'],
+    },
+    output: {
+      Variables: ['IS_RELEASE_COMMIT'],
+    },
+    steps: [
+      'TRIGGER_COMMIT_ID=$CATALYST_EVENT_SHA',
+      'COMMIT_MESSAGE="$(git log -n 1 $TRIGGER_COMMIT_ID --oneline)"',
+      `RELEASE_PREFIX='${RELEASE_COMMIT_PREFIX}'`,
+      'IS_RELEASE_COMMIT=false',
+      'if grep -q "$RELEASE_PREFIX" <<< "$COMMIT_MESSAGE"; then echo \'this is a release commit\' && IS_RELEASE_COMMIT=true; fi',
+    ],
+  });
+  workflow.addBuildAction({
+    actionName: 'build_and_commit',
+    dependsOn: ['check_commit'],
+    input: {
+      Sources: ['WorkflowSource'],
+      Variables: {
+        IS_RELEASE_COMMIT: '${check_commit.IS_RELEASE_COMMIT}',
+      },
+    },
+    output: {
+      Artifacts: [
+        {
+          Name: BUILD_ARTIFACT_NAME,
+          Files: ['**/*'],
+        },
+      ],
+    },
+    steps: ["if $IS_RELEASE_COMMIT; then  echo 'This is a release commit, skipping'; else chmod +x release.sh && ./release.sh; fi"],
+  });
+
+  if (publishingEnabled) {
+    workflow.addPublishBlueprintAction({
+      actionName: 'publish_blueprint',
+      dependsOn: ['build_and_commit'],
+      inputs: {
+        Artifacts: [BUILD_ARTIFACT_NAME],
+        Variables: [
+          {
+            Name: 'IS_RELEASE_COMMIT',
+            Value: '${check_commit.IS_RELEASE_COMMIT}',
+          },
+        ],
+      },
+      configuration: {
+        ArtifactPackagePath: 'dist/js/*.tgz',
+        PackageJSONPath: 'package.json',
+        InputArtifactName: BUILD_ARTIFACT_NAME,
+        TimeoutInSeconds: '120',
+      },
+    });
+  }
+
+  return workflow;
+}
diff --git a/packages/blueprints/blueprint-builder/src/defaults.json b/packages/blueprints/blueprint-builder/src/defaults.json
index 7d9753174..35f4ba55d 100644
--- a/packages/blueprints/blueprint-builder/src/defaults.json
+++ b/packages/blueprints/blueprint-builder/src/defaults.json
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
   "advancedSettings": {
     "blueprintPackageName": "",
     "license": "Apache-2.0",
-    "tags": ["first-label", "second-label"]
+    "tags": ["first-label", "second-label"],
+    "releaseWorkflow": true,
+    "includePublishingAction": true
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/blueprints/blueprint-builder/static-assets/release.sh b/packages/blueprints/blueprint-builder/static-assets/release.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7ac2e1535
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/blueprints/blueprint-builder/static-assets/release.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+# This script is used by the blueprint-release workflow to build
+# the blueprint, bump its package version, and commit the version
+# bump back into the repository.
+echo "Installing dependencies..."
+yum install -y rsync
+npm install -g yarn
+yarn
+
+echo "Building blueprint..."
+yarn build
+
+echo "Bumping package version..."
+yarn bump
+NEW_VERSION=`jq -r .version package.json`
+yarn blueprint:package
+
+echo "Getting credentials..."
+MI=`curl $AWS_CONTAINER_TOKEN_ENDPOINT`
+ACCESS_KEY_ID=$(echo "$MI" | jq -r '.AccessKeyId')
+SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=$(echo "$MI" | jq -r '.SecretAccessKey')
+ORIGINAL_REMOTE=`git config --get remote.origin.url`
+SOURCE_REPO_URL=`sed -e "s^//^//$ACCESS_KEY_ID:$SECRET_ACCESS_KEY@^" <<< $ORIGINAL_REMOTE`
+
+echo "Configuring git..."
+git remote set-url origin $SOURCE_REPO_URL
+git config --global user.email "noreply@amazon.com"
+git config --global user.name "Release Workflow"
+
+echo "Committing changes..."
+git add .
+RELEASE_COMMIT_MESSAGE="chore(release): release $NEW_VERSION"
+git commit -m "$RELEASE_COMMIT_MESSAGE"
+
+echo "Pushing to origin..."
+git push origin HEAD:main
diff --git a/packages/blueprints/blueprint/package.json b/packages/blueprints/blueprint/package.json
index 5db19218f..5c1c18a8b 100644
--- a/packages/blueprints/blueprint/package.json
+++ b/packages/blueprints/blueprint/package.json
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@
   "main": "lib/index.js",
   "license": "Apache-2.0",
   "homepage": "https://aws.amazon.com/",
-  "version": "0.3.25",
+  "version": "0.3.26",
   "jest": {
     "testMatch": [
       "<rootDir>/src/**/__tests__/**/*.ts?(x)",
diff --git a/packages/blueprints/sam-serverless-app/package.json b/packages/blueprints/sam-serverless-app/package.json
index 7f5378604..51f2e5f5a 100644
--- a/packages/blueprints/sam-serverless-app/package.json
+++ b/packages/blueprints/sam-serverless-app/package.json
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@
   "main": "lib/index.js",
   "license": "Apache-2.0",
   "homepage": "https://aws.amazon.com/",
-  "version": "0.3.26",
+  "version": "0.3.27",
   "jest": {
     "testMatch": [
       "<rootDir>/src/**/__tests__/**/*.ts?(x)",
diff --git a/packages/blueprints/test-blueprint/package.json b/packages/blueprints/test-blueprint/package.json
index e7983fa0b..646232651 100644
--- a/packages/blueprints/test-blueprint/package.json
+++ b/packages/blueprints/test-blueprint/package.json
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@
   "main": "lib/index.js",
   "license": "Apache-2.0",
   "homepage": "",
-  "version": "0.3.26",
+  "version": "0.3.27",
   "types": "lib/index.d.ts",
   "publishingSpace": "blueprints",
   "mediaUrls": [
diff --git a/packages/components/dev-environments/package.json b/packages/components/dev-environments/package.json
index 7ae7128ef..b96eefc8e 100644
--- a/packages/components/dev-environments/package.json
+++ b/packages/components/dev-environments/package.json
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
   },
   "main": "lib/index.js",
   "license": "Apache-2.0",
-  "version": "0.3.25",
+  "version": "0.3.26",
   "types": "lib/index.d.ts",
   "preferGlobal": true,
   "//": "~~ Generated by projen. To modify, edit .projenrc.ts and run \"npx projen\"."
diff --git a/packages/components/environments/package.json b/packages/components/environments/package.json
index d2c39cb88..c27e02d81 100644
--- a/packages/components/environments/package.json
+++ b/packages/components/environments/package.json
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
   },
   "main": "lib/index.js",
   "license": "Apache-2.0",
-  "version": "0.3.25",
+  "version": "0.3.26",
   "types": "lib/index.d.ts",
   "preferGlobal": true,
   "//": "~~ Generated by projen. To modify, edit .projenrc.ts and run \"npx projen\"."
diff --git a/packages/components/source-repositories/package.json b/packages/components/source-repositories/package.json
index 5ae076332..bb92fd27d 100644
--- a/packages/components/source-repositories/package.json
+++ b/packages/components/source-repositories/package.json
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@
   },
   "main": "lib/index.js",
   "license": "Apache-2.0",
-  "version": "0.3.25",
+  "version": "0.3.26",
   "jest": {
     "testMatch": [
       "<rootDir>/src/**/__tests__/**/*.ts?(x)",
diff --git a/packages/components/workflows/package.json b/packages/components/workflows/package.json
index e4b9fa5c0..09d44baa2 100644
--- a/packages/components/workflows/package.json
+++ b/packages/components/workflows/package.json
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
   },
   "main": "lib/index.js",
   "license": "Apache-2.0",
-  "version": "0.3.25",
+  "version": "0.3.26",
   "types": "lib/index.d.ts",
   "preferGlobal": true,
   "//": "~~ Generated by projen. To modify, edit .projenrc.ts and run \"npx projen\"."
diff --git a/packages/components/workflows/src/actions/action-publish-blueprint.ts b/packages/components/workflows/src/actions/action-publish-blueprint.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cf323e8a1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/components/workflows/src/actions/action-publish-blueprint.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+import { Blueprint } from '@amazon-codecatalyst/blueprints.blueprint';
+import { ActionDefiniton, ActionIdentifierAlias, ComputeConfiguration, InputsDefinition, getDefaultActionIdentifier } from './action';
+import { WorkflowDefinition } from '../workflow/workflow';
+
+export interface PublishBlueprintActionConfiguration {
+  ArtifactPackagePath: string;
+  PackageJSONPath: string;
+  InputArtifactName: string;
+  TimeoutInSeconds?: string;
+}
+
+export interface PublishBlueprintActionParameters {
+  actionName: string;
+  inputs: InputsDefinition;
+  configuration: PublishBlueprintActionConfiguration;
+  dependsOn?: string[];
+  computeName?: ComputeConfiguration;
+}
+
+export function addGenericPublishBlueprintAction(
+  params: PublishBlueprintActionParameters & {
+    blueprint: Blueprint;
+    workflow: WorkflowDefinition;
+  },
+): string {
+  const { blueprint, inputs, dependsOn, computeName, configuration } = params;
+  const actionName = (params.actionName || 'PublishBlueprint').replace(new RegExp('-', 'g'), '_');
+
+  const publishBlueprintAction: ActionDefiniton = {
+    Identifier: getDefaultActionIdentifier(ActionIdentifierAlias.publishBlueprint, blueprint.context.environmentId),
+    Inputs: inputs,
+    DependsOn: dependsOn,
+    Compute: computeName,
+    Configuration: configuration,
+  };
+
+  params.workflow.Actions = params.workflow.Actions || {};
+  params.workflow.Actions[actionName] = publishBlueprintAction;
+
+  return actionName;
+}
diff --git a/packages/components/workflows/src/actions/action.ts b/packages/components/workflows/src/actions/action.ts
index ab1dc5369..4fa583928 100644
--- a/packages/components/workflows/src/actions/action.ts
+++ b/packages/components/workflows/src/actions/action.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import { BuildActionConfiguration } from './action-build';
 import { CdkBootstrapActionConfiguration } from './action-cdk-bootstrap';
 import { CdkDeployActionYamlOutput } from './action-cdk-deploy';
 import { CfnDeployActionConfiguration } from './action-cfn-deploy';
+import { PublishBlueprintActionConfiguration } from './action-publish-blueprint';
 import { TestActionConfiguration } from './action-test-reports';
 import { WorkflowEnvironment } from '../environment/workflow-environment';
 
@@ -16,6 +17,7 @@ export enum ActionIdentifierAlias {
   test = 'test',
   cdkDeploy = 'cdkDeploy',
   cdkBootstrap = 'cdkBootstrap',
+  publishBlueprint = 'publishBlueprint',
 }
 
 const ACTION_IDENTIFIERS: { [key: string]: { default: string; prod: string } } = {
@@ -59,6 +61,10 @@ const ACTION_IDENTIFIERS: { [key: string]: { default: string; prod: string } } =
     default: 'aws/cdk-bootstrap-gamma@v1',
     prod: 'aws/cdk-bootstrap@v1',
   },
+  publishBlueprint: {
+    default: 'aws/publish-blueprint-action@v1',
+    prod: 'aws/publish-blueprint-action@v1',
+  },
 };
 
 export function getDefaultActionIdentifier(identifer: string, environmentIdentifier: string = 'default'): string | undefined {
@@ -74,7 +80,9 @@ type TypeSupportedActions =
   | CfnDeployActionConfiguration
   | TestActionConfiguration
   | CdkDeployActionYamlOutput
-  | CdkBootstrapActionConfiguration;
+  | CdkBootstrapActionConfiguration
+  | PublishBlueprintActionConfiguration;
+
 export interface ActionDefiniton {
   Identifier?: string;
   Compute?: TypeSupportedCompute | string;
diff --git a/packages/components/workflows/src/workflow/workflow-builder.ts b/packages/components/workflows/src/workflow/workflow-builder.ts
index 0d1ebebd3..7be54a597 100644
--- a/packages/components/workflows/src/workflow/workflow-builder.ts
+++ b/packages/components/workflows/src/workflow/workflow-builder.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import { addGenericCdkBootstrapAction, CdkBootstrapActionParameters } from '../a
 import { addGenericCdkDeployAction, CdkDeployActionParameters } from '../actions/action-cdk-deploy';
 import { addGenericCloudFormationCleanupAction, CfnCleanupActionParameters } from '../actions/action-cfn-cleanup';
 import { addGenericCloudFormationDeployAction, CfnDeployActionParameters } from '../actions/action-cfn-deploy';
+import { addGenericPublishBlueprintAction, PublishBlueprintActionParameters } from '../actions/action-publish-blueprint';
 import { addGenericTestReports, TestReportActionParameters } from '../actions/action-test-reports';
 
 export class WorkflowBuilder {
@@ -99,4 +100,12 @@ export class WorkflowBuilder {
       workflow: this.definition,
     });
   }
+
+  addPublishBlueprintAction(configuration: PublishBlueprintActionParameters) {
+    addGenericPublishBlueprintAction({
+      ...configuration,
+      blueprint: this.blueprint,
+      workflow: this.definition,
+    });
+  }
 }
diff --git a/packages/top-level/codecatalyst-blueprints/package.json b/packages/top-level/codecatalyst-blueprints/package.json
index 61b4640be..a4e9b0ccd 100644
--- a/packages/top-level/codecatalyst-blueprints/package.json
+++ b/packages/top-level/codecatalyst-blueprints/package.json
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
   },
   "main": "lib/index.js",
   "license": "Apache-2.0",
-  "version": "0.3.25",
+  "version": "0.3.26",
   "types": "lib/index.d.ts",
   "preferGlobal": true,
   "//": "~~ Generated by projen. To modify, edit .projenrc.ts and run \"npx projen\"."
diff --git a/packages/utils/blueprint-cli/package.json b/packages/utils/blueprint-cli/package.json
index 668f5556c..56f220256 100644
--- a/packages/utils/blueprint-cli/package.json
+++ b/packages/utils/blueprint-cli/package.json
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@
   },
   "main": "lib/index.js",
   "license": "Apache-2.0",
-  "version": "0.3.25",
+  "version": "0.3.26",
   "jest": {
     "testMatch": [
       "<rootDir>/src/**/__tests__/**/*.ts?(x)",
diff --git a/packages/utils/projen-blueprint-component/package.json b/packages/utils/projen-blueprint-component/package.json
index bd733c804..cf432964c 100644
--- a/packages/utils/projen-blueprint-component/package.json
+++ b/packages/utils/projen-blueprint-component/package.json
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
   },
   "main": "lib/index.js",
   "license": "Apache-2.0",
-  "version": "0.3.25",
+  "version": "0.3.26",
   "types": "lib/index.d.ts",
   "preferGlobal": true,
   "//": "~~ Generated by projen. To modify, edit .projenrc.ts and run \"npx projen\"."
diff --git a/packages/utils/projen-blueprint/package.json b/packages/utils/projen-blueprint/package.json
index aaf28f201..7f9196b7b 100644
--- a/packages/utils/projen-blueprint/package.json
+++ b/packages/utils/projen-blueprint/package.json
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
   },
   "main": "lib/index.js",
   "license": "Apache-2.0",
-  "version": "0.3.25",
+  "version": "0.3.26",
   "types": "lib/index.d.ts",
   "preferGlobal": true,
   "//": "~~ Generated by projen. To modify, edit .projenrc.ts and run \"npx projen\"."