diff --git a/.github/workflows/package.yaml b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
similarity index 58%
rename from .github/workflows/package.yaml
rename to .github/workflows/release.yaml
index 1e082f8b..a92ba8ec 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/package.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ on:
       - "v*.*.*"
 
 jobs:
-  docker:
+  release:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Checkout code
@@ -24,13 +24,11 @@ jobs:
         with:
           username: ${{ secrets.DOCKERHUB_USERNAME }}
           password: ${{ secrets.DOCKERHUB_TOKEN }}
-      - name: Build and Push
-        uses: docker/build-push-action@v2
-        with:
-          context: .
-          push: true
-          tags: |
-            docker.pkg.github.com/${{ github.repository }}/raccoon:latest
-            docker.pkg.github.com/${{ github.repository }}/raccoon:${{ steps.get_version.outputs.version-without-v }}
-            raystack/raccoon:latest
-            raystack/raccoon:${{ steps.get_version.outputs.version-without-v }}
+      - name: setup docker
+        uses: docker-practice/actions-setup-docker@master
+      - name: release the project
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GO_RELEASER_TOKEN }}
+        run: |
+          BUILD_CMD='git config --global --add safe.directory /build/src && cd /build/src && goreleaser release --clean'
+          echo $BUILD_CMD | docker run -e GITHUB_TOKEN="${GITHUB_TOKEN}" -i --entrypoint /bin/bash -v "$PWD/:/build/src" goreleaser/goreleaser-cross:v1.22.4
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 5ce75cb3..16b5769b 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -17,3 +17,5 @@ raccoon
 .temp
 node_modules
 __debug.*
+
+dist/
diff --git a/.goreleaser.yaml b/.goreleaser.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8fc9cf1c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.goreleaser.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,107 @@
+# yaml-language-server: $schema=https://goreleaser.com/static/schema.json
+# vim: set ts=2 sw=2 tw=0 fo=cnqoj
+
+version: 2
+
+project_name: raccoon
+
+release:
+  prerelease: auto
+
+before:
+  hooks:
+    - go mod tidy
+
+changelog:
+  use: github
+  sort: asc
+  filters:
+    exclude:
+      - "^docs:"
+      - "^test:"
+      - "^build:"
+
+
+builds:
+  - id: "raccoon"
+    main: ./
+    flags: [-trimpath]
+    ldflags:
+      - -s -w
+      - -X github.com/raystack/raccoon/config.Version={{.Tag}}
+      - -X github.com/raystack/raccoon/config.BuildCommit={{.FullCommit}}
+      - -X github.com/raystack/raccoon/config.BuildDate={{.Date}}
+    goos: 
+      - darwin
+      - linux
+      - windows
+    goarch: 
+      - amd64
+      - arm64
+    ignore:
+      # confluent-kafka-go doesn't support arm64 on windows
+      # https://github.com/confluentinc/confluent-kafka-go/blob/master/kafka/librdkafka_vendor/README.md
+      - goos: windows         
+        goarch: arm64
+    env:
+      - CGO_ENABLED=1
+      - >- 
+        {{- if eq .Os "darwin" }}
+          {{- if eq .Arch "amd64" }}CC=x86_64-apple-darwin21.1-clang{{- end }}
+          {{- if eq .Arch "arm64" }}CC=aarch64-apple-darwin21.1-clang{{- end }}
+        {{- end }}
+        {{- if eq .Os "linux" }}
+          {{- if eq .Arch "amd64" }}CC=x86_64-linux-gnu-gcc{{- end}}
+          {{- if eq .Arch "arm64" }}CC=aarch64-linux-gnu-gcc{{- end }}
+        {{- end}}
+        {{- if eq .Os "windows" }}
+          {{- if eq .Arch "amd64" }}CC=x86_64-w64-mingw32-gcc{{- end }}
+        {{- end}}
+
+archives:
+  - id: "archives"
+    format_overrides:
+      - goos: windows
+        format: zip
+
+dockers:
+  - id: dockerhub
+    image_templates:
+      - "docker.io/raystack/{{.ProjectName}}:latest"
+      - "docker.io/raystack/{{.ProjectName}}:{{ .Version }}"
+      - "docker.io/raystack/{{.ProjectName}}:{{ .Tag }}-amd64"
+
+nfpms:
+  - maintainer: Raystack
+    description: Scalable event ingestion tool.
+    homepage: https://github.com/raystack/raccoon
+    license: Apache 2.0
+    formats:
+      - deb
+      - rpm
+      - apk
+
+scoops:
+  - homepage: "https://github.com/raystack/raccoon"
+    description: "Scalable event ingestion tool"
+    license: Apache 2.0
+    repository:
+      owner: raystack
+      name: scoop-bucket
+
+brews:
+  - name: raccoon
+    homepage: "https://github.com/raystack/raccoon"
+    description: "Scalable event ingestion tool"
+    repository:
+      owner: raystack
+      name: homebrew-tap
+    license: "Apache 2.0"
+    directory: Formula
+    dependencies:
+      - name: git
+    install: |-
+      bin.install "raccoon"
+    commit_author:
+      name: Ravi Suhag
+      email: suhag.ravi@gmail.com
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 124361e3..ea619654 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ RUN PROTOC_ZIP=protoc-3.17.3-linux-x86_64.zip && \
     unzip -o $PROTOC_ZIP -d /usr/local 'include/*' && \
     rm -f $PROTOC_ZIP
 COPY . .
-RUN  make build
+RUN make build
 
 
 FROM debian:bookworm-slim
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index ecf098d0..edf40320 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 NAME="github.com/raystack/raccoon"
 COMMIT := $(shell git rev-parse --short HEAD)
 TAG := "$(shell git rev-list --tags --max-count=1)"
-VERSION := "$(shell git describe --tags ${TAG})-next"
+VERSION := "$(shell git describe --tags ${TAG})"
 BUILD_DIR=dist
 PROTON_COMMIT := "ccbf219312db35a934361ebad895cb40145ca235"
+BUILD_FLAGS=-trimpath
+LD_FLAGS=-ldflags "-s -w -X ${NAME}/config.Version=${VERSION}"
 
 .PHONY: all build clean test tidy vet proto setup format generate
 
@@ -32,18 +34,21 @@ setup: ## Install required dependencies
 	@echo "> Installing dependencies..."
 	go mod tidy
 	go install github.com/bufbuild/buf/cmd/buf@v1.23.0
+	go install github.com/goreleaser/goreleaser/v2@latest
+	go install github.com/golangci/golangci-lint/cmd/golangci-lint@v1.59.1
 
 config: ## Generate the sample config file
 	@echo "Initializing sample server config..."
 	@cp .env.sample .env
 
 build: ## Build the raccoon binary
-	@echo "Building racccoon version ${VERSION}..."
-	go build 
+	@echo "Building raccoon version ${VERSION}..."
+	go build ${BUILD_FLAGS} ${LD_FLAGS} ${NAME}
 	@echo "Build complete"
 
 install:
-	@echo "Installing Guardian to ${GOBIN}..."
+	@echo "Installing Raccoon to ${GOBIN}..."
+	go install ${BUILD_FLAGS} ${LD_FLAGS} ${NAME}
 	@go install
 
 test: ## Run the tests
diff --git a/app/proc.go b/app/proc.go
index 9f340218..9427df1d 100644
--- a/app/proc.go
+++ b/app/proc.go
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package app
 import (
 	"context"
 
+	"github.com/raystack/raccoon/config"
 	"github.com/raystack/raccoon/logger"
 )
 
@@ -14,6 +15,7 @@ func Run() error {
 	//@TODO - init config
 
 	//start server
+	logger.Infof("Raccoon %s", config.Version)
 	StartServer(ctx, cancel)
 	logger.Info("App.Run --> Complete")
 	<-ctx.Done()
diff --git a/config/version.go b/config/version.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b4a27a79
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/version.go
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+package config
+
+var Version, BuildCommit, BuildDate string
diff --git a/version.txt b/version.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index eb9e63b2..00000000
--- a/version.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-v0.2.2
\ No newline at end of file