diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-pypi.yaml b/.github/workflows/release-pypi.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bce97e23b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-pypi.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+name: Release Python
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [release/*]
+
+jobs:
+  release:
+    name: Release
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    environment: Release
+    permissions:
+      id-token: write
+    defaults:
+      run:
+        working-directory: python
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Set up Python 3.10
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+        with:
+          python-version: "3.10"
+
+      - name: Show Python version
+        run: python --version
+
+      - name: Install Python package dependencies
+        run: |
+          python -m pip install -U pip setuptools wheel twine
+          pip install -e .
+
+      - name: Build dist
+        run: python setup.py sdist bdist_wheel
+
+      - name: Check dist
+        run: twine check dist/*
+
+      - name: Publish package distributions to PyPI
+        uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@release/v1
+        with:
+          packages-dir: python/dist/
+          skip-existing: true
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 4287f068c..b3a8c2a7a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ This document is formatted according to the principles of [Keep A CHANGELOG](htt
 - [Java, JavaScript, PHP, Go, Ruby] Upgraded messages to v24
 
 ### Added
+- [Python] Added release workflow for releasing to Pypi ([#213](https://github.com/cucumber/gherkin/pull/213))
 - (i18n) Added Vietnamese translation of "Rule"
 
 ## [27.0.0] - 2023-09-15
diff --git a/python/setup.py b/python/setup.py
index 7624dcee3..8dc4c959a 100644
--- a/python/setup.py
+++ b/python/setup.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # coding: utf-8
-from distutils.core import setup
+from setuptools import setup
 setup(name="gherkin-official",
       packages=["gherkin", "gherkin.pickles", "gherkin.stream"],
       version="27.0.0",