diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 3d5dc272..1e71932f 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 <!-- next-header -->
 
+## Unreleased - ReleaseDate
+
 ## 0.5.0 - 21.06.2020
 
 ### New features
diff --git a/plume-api/release.toml b/plume-api/release.toml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9ede5518
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plume-api/release.toml
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+pre-release-replacements = []
diff --git a/plume-cli/release.toml b/plume-cli/release.toml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9ede5518
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plume-cli/release.toml
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+pre-release-replacements = []
diff --git a/plume-common/release.toml b/plume-common/release.toml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9ede5518
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plume-common/release.toml
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+pre-release-replacements = []
diff --git a/plume-front/release.toml b/plume-front/release.toml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9ede5518
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plume-front/release.toml
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+pre-release-replacements = []
diff --git a/plume-macro/release.toml b/plume-macro/release.toml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9ede5518
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plume-macro/release.toml
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+pre-release-replacements = []
diff --git a/plume-models/release.toml b/plume-models/release.toml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9ede5518
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plume-models/release.toml
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+pre-release-replacements = []
diff --git a/release.toml b/release.toml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9311d181
--- /dev/null
+++ b/release.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+# we don't have a crate yet, so
+disable-publish = true
+# change when we all have gpg keys
+sign-commit = false
+dev-version-ext = 'dev'
+# update all crates in plume at once:
+consolidate-commits = true
+tag-prefix = ''
+
+pre-release-replacements = [
+  {file="CHANGELOG.md", search="Unreleased", replace="{{version}}"},
+  {file="CHANGELOG.md", search="\\.\\.\\.dev", replace="...{{tag_name}}", exactly=1},
+  {file="CHANGELOG.md", search="ReleaseDate", replace="{{date}}"},
+  {file="CHANGELOG.md", search="<!-- next-header -->", replace="<!-- next-header -->\n\n## [Unreleased] - ReleaseDate", exactly=1},
+  {file="CHANGELOG.md", search="<!-- next-url -->", replace="<!-- next-url -->\n[Unreleased]: https://github.com/assert-rs/predicates-rs/compare/{{tag_name}}...HEAD", exactly=1},
+]
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