diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yaml b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2af3a11c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+name: Browsertrix Cloud Release Build
+
+on:
+  release:
+    types: [published]
+
+jobs:
+  btrix-release:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
+
+    steps:
+      -
+        name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+
+      -
+        name: Set up Docker Buildx
+        uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v2
+
+      -
+        name: Login to Docker Hub
+        uses: docker/login-action@v2
+        with:
+          username: ${{ secrets.DOCKER_USERNAME }}
+          password: ${{ secrets.DOCKER_PASSWORD }}
+
+      -
+        name: Set Env Vars
+        run: |
+          echo VERSION=`cat version.txt` >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          echo GIT_COMMIT_HASH=`git rev-parse --short HEAD` >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          echo GIT_BRANCH_NAME=`git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD` >> $GITHUB_ENV
+
+      -
+        name: Build Backend
+        uses: docker/build-push-action@v3
+        with:
+          context: backend
+          push: true
+          tags: ${{ env.REPO_PREFIX }}webrecorder/browsertrix-backend:${{ env.VERSION }}, webrecorder/browsertrix-backend:latest
+          cache-from: type=gha,scope=backend
+          cache-to: type=gha,scope=backend,mode=max
+
+      -
+        name: Build Frontend
+        uses: docker/build-push-action@v3
+        with:
+          context: frontend
+          push: true
+          build-args: |
+            VERSION=${{ env.VERSION }}
+            GIT_COMMIT_HASH=${{ env.GIT_COMMIT_HASH }}
+            GIT_BRANCH_NAME=${{ env.GIT_BRANCH_NAME }}
+
+          tags: ${{ env.REPO_PREFIX }}webrecorder/browsertrix-frontend:${{ env.VERSION }}, webrecorder/browsertrix-frontend:latest
+          cache-from: type=gha,scope=frontend
+          cache-to: type=gha,scope=frontend,mode=max
+
diff --git a/backend/btrixcloud/version.py b/backend/btrixcloud/version.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..51b7abae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/btrixcloud/version.py
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+""" current version """
+__version__ = "1.1.0-beta.0"
diff --git a/frontend/Dockerfile b/frontend/Dockerfile
index e4abcc39..70d7d405 100644
--- a/frontend/Dockerfile
+++ b/frontend/Dockerfile
@@ -1,13 +1,15 @@
 # central place to configure the production replayweb.page loading prefix
-ARG RWP_BASE_URL=https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/replaywebpage@1.5.8/
+ARG RWP_BASE_URL=https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/replaywebpage/
 
 FROM node:16 as build
 
 ARG GIT_COMMIT_HASH
 ARG GIT_BRANCH_NAME
+ARG VERSION
 
 ENV GIT_COMMIT_HASH=${GIT_COMMIT_HASH} \
-    GIT_BRANCH_NAME=${GIT_BRANCH_NAME}
+    GIT_BRANCH_NAME=${GIT_BRANCH_NAME} \
+    VERSION=${VERSION}
 
 
 WORKDIR /app
diff --git a/frontend/package.json b/frontend/package.json
index 53cf42b2..6fd691dd 100644
--- a/frontend/package.json
+++ b/frontend/package.json
@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
 {
-  "name": "frontend",
-  "version": "1.0.0",
+  "name": "browsertrix-frontend",
+  "version": "1.1.0-beta.0",
   "main": "index.ts",
-  "license": "MIT",
-  "private": true,
+  "license": "AGPLv3",
   "dependencies": {
     "@cheap-glitch/mi-cron": "^1.0.1",
     "@formatjs/intl-displaynames": "^5.2.5",
diff --git a/frontend/webpack.config.js b/frontend/webpack.config.js
index 8e7f3d64..9e74ce7e 100644
--- a/frontend/webpack.config.js
+++ b/frontend/webpack.config.js
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ const HtmlWebpackPlugin = require("html-webpack-plugin");
 const CopyPlugin = require("copy-webpack-plugin");
 const childProcess = require("child_process");
 const packageJSON = require("./package.json");
+const fs = require("fs");
 
 const isDevServer = process.env.WEBPACK_SERVE;
 
@@ -51,6 +52,18 @@ const shoelaceAssetsSrcPath = path.resolve(
 );
 const shoelaceAssetsPublicPath = "shoelace/assets";
 
+const version = (() => {
+  if (process.env.VERSION) {
+    return process.env.VERSION;
+  }
+
+  try {
+    return fs.readFileSync("../version.txt", {encoding: "utf-8"}).trim();
+  } catch(e) {}
+
+  return packageJSON.version;
+})();
+
 module.exports = {
   entry: "./src/index.ts",
   output: {
@@ -102,7 +115,7 @@ module.exports = {
         rwp_base_url: RWP_BASE_URL,
         glitchtip_dsn: process.env.GLITCHTIP_DSN || "",
         environment: isDevServer ? "development" : "production",
-        version: packageJSON.version,
+        version,
         gitBranch,
         commitHash,
       },
diff --git a/update-version.sh b/update-version.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..f3d1259d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/update-version.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+version=`cat version.txt`
+jq ".version=\"$version\"" ./frontend/package.json > ./tmp-package.json
+mv ./tmp-package.json ./frontend/package.json
+
+echo '""" current version """' > ./backend/btrixcloud/version.py
+echo "__version__ = \"$version\"" >> ./backend/btrixcloud/version.py
diff --git a/version.txt b/version.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2e501697
--- /dev/null
+++ b/version.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+1.1.0-beta.0