diff --git a/.github/workflows/pypi-release.yml b/.github/workflows/pypi-release.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..97ff04440
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/pypi-release.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+name: Publish to PyPI
+on:
+  push:
+    tags:
+      - 'v*'
+
+jobs:
+  publish:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+
+      - name: Set up Python
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v2
+        with:
+          python-version: 3.11
+
+      - name: Install Poetry
+        run: pip install poetry
+
+      - name: Authenticate with PyPI
+        env:
+          POETRY_PYPI_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.PYPI_TOKEN }}
+        run: |
+          poetry config pypi-token.pypi $POETRY_PYPI_TOKEN
+
+      - name: Build and publish
+        run: |
+          cd udf/agent/py
+          poetry build
+          poetry publish --no-interaction
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index d11df6cc0..4150e5304 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ kapacitor*.rpm
 kapacitor*.deb
 kapacitor*.tar
 kapacitor*.zip
+kapacitor*.tar.gz
+kapacitor*.whl
 *.pyc
 *.test
 /test-logs
diff --git a/udf/agent/py/kapacitor/udf/__init__.py b/udf/agent/py/kapacitor/udf/__init__.py
index d5e775eb2..e69de29bb 100644
--- a/udf/agent/py/kapacitor/udf/__init__.py
+++ b/udf/agent/py/kapacitor/udf/__init__.py
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-VERSION = ""
diff --git a/udf/agent/py/pyproject.toml b/udf/agent/py/pyproject.toml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3d2ea1e3e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/udf/agent/py/pyproject.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+[tool.poetry]
+name = "kapacitor_udf"
+version = "1.6.6"
+description = "Kapacitor UDF Agent library"
+authors = ["InfluxDB <support@influxdb.com>"]
+maintainers = ["InfluxDB <support@influxdb.com>"]
+homepage = "github.com/influxdata/kapacitor"
+license = "MIT"
+packages = [
+    { include = "kapacitor" },
+]
+
+[tool.poetry.dependencies]
+python = "^3.8"
+protobuf = "3.18.3"
+
+[build-system]
+requires = ["poetry-core"]
+build-backend = "poetry.core.masonry.api"
diff --git a/udf/agent/py/setup.py b/udf/agent/py/setup.py
deleted file mode 100644
index b2adeba71..000000000
--- a/udf/agent/py/setup.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-from setuptools import setup
-from os import path
-
-import sys
-setup_dir = path.dirname(__file__)
-sys.path.insert(0, setup_dir)
-
-from kapacitor.udf import VERSION
-
-setup(name='kapacitor_udf',
-    version=VERSION,
-    packages=[
-        'kapacitor',
-        'kapacitor.udf',
-    ],
-    install_requires=[
-        "protobuf==3.18.3",
-    ],
-    maintainer_email="support@influxdb.com",
-    license="MIT",
-    url="github.com/influxdata/kapacitor",
-    description="Kapacitor UDF Agent library",
-)