diff --git a/.github/workflows/release_crypto_js.yml b/.github/workflows/release_crypto_js.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f5f98ce95ba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/release_crypto_js.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+# This workflow releases the `matrix-sdk-crypto-js` project.
+#
+# It is triggered when a new tag appears that matches
+# `matrix-sdk-crypto-js-v[0-9]+.*`. This workflow builds the package
+# for the binding, run its tests to ensure everything is still
+# correct, and publish the package on NPM and on a newly created
+# Github release.
+
+
+name: Release `crypto-js`
+
+env:
+  CARGO_TERM_COLOR: always
+  PKG_PATH: "bindings/matrix-sdk-crypto-js"
+
+on:
+  push:
+    tags:
+      - matrix-sdk-crypto-js-v[0-9]+.*
+
+jobs:
+  publish-matrix-sdk-crypto-js:
+    name: Publish 🕸 [m]-crypto-js
+
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout the repo
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+
+      - name: Install Rust
+        uses: actions-rs/toolchain@v1
+        with:
+          toolchain: stable
+          target: wasm32-unknown-unknown
+          profile: minimal
+          override: true
+
+      - name: Load cache
+        uses: Swatinem/rust-cache@v1
+
+      - name: Install Node.js
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v3
+        with:
+          node-version: 18.0
+
+      - name: Install NPM dependencies
+        working-directory: ${{ env.PKG_PATH }}
+        run: npm install
+
+      - name: Configure NPM auth token
+        working-directory: ${{ env.PKG_PATH }}
+        run: npm set "//registry.npmjs.org/:_authToken" "${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}"
+
+      - name: Publish the WebAssembly + JavaScript binding (imply building + testing)
+        working-directory: ${{ env.PKG_PATH }}
+        run: npm run publish
+
+      - name: Create the Github release
+        uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v1
+        with:
+          draft: true
+          files: ${{ env.PKG_PATH }}/pkg/matrix-org-matrix-sdk-crypto-js-*.tgz
diff --git a/bindings/matrix-sdk-crypto-js/package.json b/bindings/matrix-sdk-crypto-js/package.json
index 8b0a8f800fc..59cce9d6030 100644
--- a/bindings/matrix-sdk-crypto-js/package.json
+++ b/bindings/matrix-sdk-crypto-js/package.json
@@ -38,6 +38,8 @@
     "scripts": {
         "build": "cross-env RUSTFLAGS='-C opt-level=z' wasm-pack build --release --target nodejs --scope matrix-org --out-dir ./pkg",
         "test": "jest --verbose",
-        "doc": "typedoc --tsconfig ."
+        "doc": "typedoc --tsconfig .",
+        "prepublish": "$npm_execpath run build && $npm_execpath run test",
+        "publish": "wasm-pack pack && wasm-pack publish"
     }
 }