diff --git a/.github/workflows/npmpublish.yml b/.github/workflows/npmpublish.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 0d5144a..0000000
--- a/.github/workflows/npmpublish.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,62 +0,0 @@
-name: Publish
-
-on:
-  release:
-    types: [published]
-
-jobs:
-  build:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-
-    strategy:
-      matrix:
-        node-version: [20.x]
-
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v1
-      - name: Use Node.js ${{ matrix.node-version }}
-        uses: actions/setup-node@v1
-        with:
-          node-version: ${{ matrix.node-version }}
-      - name: Build and Test
-        run: |
-          npm install
-          npm run build
-          npm pack
-          cd test-app
-          npm install
-          npm install ../imagekit-react-*.tgz --no-save
-          npx playwright install --with-deps
-          npm run test:e2e
-        env:
-          CI: true
-
-
-  publish:
-    needs: build
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v1
-      - uses: actions/setup-node@v1
-        with:
-          node-version: 20
-          registry-url: https://registry.npmjs.org/
-      - name: NPM Publish
-        run: |
-          npm install
-          npm run build
-          npm config set //registry.npmjs.org/:_authToken=$NODE_AUTH_TOKEN
-          # print the NPM user name for validation
-          npm whoami
-          VERSION=$(node -p "require('./package.json').version" )
-          # Only publish stable versions to the latest tag
-          if [[ "$VERSION" =~ ^[^-]+$ ]]; then
-            NPM_TAG="latest"
-          else
-            NPM_TAG="beta"
-          fi
-          echo "Publishing $VERSION with $NPM_TAG tag."
-          npm publish --tag $NPM_TAG --access public
-        env:
-          NODE_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{secrets.npm_token}}
-          CI: true
diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish.yml b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..515213b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+name: Publish
+
+on:
+  release:
+    types: [published]
+  # Manual re-run from the default branch, e.g. when a release publish failed.
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+jobs:
+  publish:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      contents: read
+      id-token: write
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: Use Node.js 24.x
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v4
+        with:
+          node-version: 24.x
+          registry-url: https://registry.npmjs.org/
+      - name: Upgrade npm for OIDC trusted publishing
+        # Trusted publishing needs npm >= 11.5.1. Pin the 11 line: npm@latest
+        # is now 12.x, which refuses to install on older Node runners.
+        run: |
+          npm install -g npm@11
+          npm --version
+      - name: NPM Publish
+        run: |
+          npm install
+          npm run build
+          VERSION=$(node -p "require('./package.json').version")
+          # Only publish stable versions to the latest tag
+          if [[ "$VERSION" =~ ^[^-]+$ ]]; then
+            NPM_TAG="latest"
+          else
+            NPM_TAG="beta"
+          fi
+          echo "Publishing $VERSION with $NPM_TAG tag."
+          npm publish --tag $NPM_TAG --provenance --access public
+        env:
+          CI: true
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-please.yml b/.github/workflows/release-please.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..24c9d42
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-please.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+name: Release Please
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - master
+  # Manual trigger, e.g. when GitHub drops the push event for a merge.
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+permissions:
+  contents: write
+  pull-requests: write
+
+jobs:
+  release-please:
+    if: github.repository == 'imagekit-developer/imagekit-react'
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+      - uses: googleapis/release-please-action@5c625bfb5d1ff62eadeeb3772007f7f66fdcf071 # v4.4.1
+        id: release
+        with:
+          token: ${{ secrets.RELEASE_PLEASE_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/sync-release-as.yml b/.github/workflows/sync-release-as.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..31620ed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/sync-release-as.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+name: Sync Release-As from release PR title
+
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    types: [edited]
+
+permissions:
+  contents: write
+
+jobs:
+  sync:
+    if: >-
+      github.event.pull_request.base.ref == 'master' &&
+      startsWith(github.event.pull_request.head.ref, 'release-please--') &&
+      github.event.changes.title != null
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Extract versions from old and new title
+        id: parse
+        env:
+          NEW_TITLE: ${{ github.event.pull_request.title }}
+          OLD_TITLE: ${{ github.event.changes.title.from }}
+        run: |
+          # Anchored on pull-request-title-pattern "release: ${version}" from release-please-config.json.
+          extract() {
+            echo "$1" | grep -oE '^release:[[:space:]]+v?[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+(-[0-9A-Za-z.-]+)?' \
+              | sed -E 's/^release:[[:space:]]+v?//'
+          }
+          NEW_VERSION=$(extract "$NEW_TITLE")
+          OLD_VERSION=$(extract "$OLD_TITLE")
+          echo "old=$OLD_VERSION"
+          echo "new=$NEW_VERSION"
+          if [ -z "$NEW_VERSION" ]; then
+            echo "::notice::No semver in new title; nothing to do."
+            echo "skip=true" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+            exit 0
+          fi
+          if [ "$NEW_VERSION" = "$OLD_VERSION" ]; then
+            echo "::notice::Version unchanged ($NEW_VERSION); not pushing."
+            echo "skip=true" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+            exit 0
+          fi
+          echo "version=$NEW_VERSION" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+
+      - name: Check out main
+        if: steps.parse.outputs.skip != 'true'
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
+        with:
+          ref: master
+          token: ${{ secrets.RELEASE_PLEASE_TOKEN }}
+          fetch-depth: 1
+
+      - name: Push empty Release-As commit
+        if: steps.parse.outputs.skip != 'true'
+        env:
+          VERSION: ${{ steps.parse.outputs.version }}
+        run: |
+          git config user.name "release-as-bot"
+          git config user.email "release-as-bot@users.noreply.github.com"
+          git commit --allow-empty -m "chore: pin next release
+
+          Release-As: ${VERSION}"
+          git push origin master
diff --git a/.release-please-manifest.json b/.release-please-manifest.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..162da85
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+{
+  ".": "5.0.2"
+}
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 6578c04..ff7edb1 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+# Changelog
+
 ## 5.0.2
 
 Include `@imagekit/javascript` in external in Rollup config to prevent bundling it with the package, allowing users to be able to fetch the latest version of the SDK without needing to update the package. This also reduces the bundle size of the package and allows users to manage the SDK version separately.
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index fc31030..bd9c129 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
       "version": "5.0.2",
       "license": "MIT",
       "dependencies": {
-        "@imagekit/javascript": "^5.1.0"
+        "@imagekit/javascript": "^5.5.0"
       },
       "devDependencies": {
         "@rollup/plugin-babel": "^5.2.1",
@@ -268,9 +268,10 @@
       }
     },
     "node_modules/@imagekit/javascript": {
-      "version": "5.1.0",
-      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@imagekit/javascript/-/javascript-5.1.0.tgz",
-      "integrity": "sha512-P12NaxlO6Qu4GROFagX9qgP5kKde236mCu5jJB1cWJ6mPaVdjyk0Mw3ciGIWdKXST/jP1cFqS2ZoBVRSq1SWow=="
+      "version": "5.5.0",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@imagekit/javascript/-/javascript-5.5.0.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-eu2lLzSwTj4awP6CeB8NUHnKz+GZk4og3ztZsb7MDjoy1NcfCVqB1gBxH8Q9xzCkBrP50SvGuSrK/ZGNzrXXDA==",
+      "license": "Apache-2.0"
     },
     "node_modules/@jridgewell/gen-mapping": {
       "version": "0.3.8",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 58478a4..dbadf60 100755
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
     "typescript": "^5.4.5"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "@imagekit/javascript": "^5.1.0"
+    "@imagekit/javascript": "^5.5.0"
   },
   "peerDependencies": {
     "react": "^16.13.1 || ^17.0.0 || ^18.0.0 || ^19.0.0",
diff --git a/release-please-config.json b/release-please-config.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cf0e146
--- /dev/null
+++ b/release-please-config.json
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+{
+  "$schema": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/googleapis/release-please/main/schemas/config.json",
+  "packages": {
+    ".": {
+      "release-type": "node",
+      "package-name": "@imagekit/react"
+    }
+  },
+  "include-v-in-tag": false,
+  "include-component-in-tag": false,
+  "bump-minor-pre-major": true,
+  "bump-patch-for-minor-pre-major": false,
+  "pull-request-header": "Automated Release PR",
+  "pull-request-title-pattern": "release: ${version}",
+  "changelog-sections": [
+    {
+      "type": "feat",
+      "section": "Features"
+    },
+    {
+      "type": "fix",
+      "section": "Bug Fixes"
+    },
+    {
+      "type": "perf",
+      "section": "Performance Improvements"
+    },
+    {
+      "type": "revert",
+      "section": "Reverts"
+    },
+    {
+      "type": "chore",
+      "section": "Chores"
+    },
+    {
+      "type": "docs",
+      "section": "Documentation"
+    },
+    {
+      "type": "style",
+      "section": "Styles"
+    },
+    {
+      "type": "refactor",
+      "section": "Refactors"
+    },
+    {
+      "type": "test",
+      "section": "Tests",
+      "hidden": true
+    },
+    {
+      "type": "build",
+      "section": "Build System"
+    },
+    {
+      "type": "ci",
+      "section": "Continuous Integration",
+      "hidden": true
+    }
+  ]
+}