diff --git a/src.ts/_admin/create-release.ts b/src.ts/_admin/create-release.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7b3fdc229
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src.ts/_admin/create-release.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+import { getChanges } from "./utils/changelog.js";
+import { getDateTime } from "./utils/date.js";
+import { resolve } from "./utils/path.js";
+import { run } from "./utils/run.js";
+import { getVersions } from "./utils/npm.js";
+
+
+const version = process.argv[2] || null;
+
+(async function() {
+
+    // Get the change from the CHANGELOG
+    const changes = getChanges();
+    const change = version ? changes.filter((c) => (c.version === version))[0]: changes.shift();
+    if (change == null) { throw new Error(`version not found: ${ version }`); }
+    console.log(change);
+
+    // Find the gitHead and release date
+    const versions = await getVersions("ethers");
+    const ver = versions.filter((c) => (c.version === change.version))[0];
+    if (ver == null) { throw new Error(`no npm version found: ${ change.version }`); }
+    console.log(ver);
+
+    const title = `${ change.title.split("(")[0].trim() } (${ getDateTime(new Date(ver.date) ) })`;
+
+    const args = [
+        "release", "create", `v${ change.version }`,
+//        "--draft", // DEBUGGING
+        "--title", title,
+        "--target", ver.gitHead,
+        "--notes", change.body.join("\n"),
+    ];
+    console.log(args);
+    const result = await run("gh", args, resolve("."));
+    console.log("Published");
+    console.log(`See: ${ (result.stdout || "").trim() }`);
+})().catch((e) => {
+    console.log("ERROR");
+    console.log(e);
+});
diff --git a/src.ts/_admin/update-changelog.ts b/src.ts/_admin/update-changelog.ts
index f2ea5544b..7f02cf7e9 100644
--- a/src.ts/_admin/update-changelog.ts
+++ b/src.ts/_admin/update-changelog.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import { getLogs } from "./utils/git.js";
 import { loadJson } from "./utils/json.js";
 import { resolve } from "./utils/path.js";
 import { getVersions } from "./utils/npm.js";
+import { getDateTime } from "./utils/date.js";
 
 function repeat(c: string, length: number): string {
     if (c.length === 0) { throw new Error("too short"); }
@@ -11,27 +12,6 @@ function repeat(c: string, length: number): string {
     return c.substring(0, length);
 }
 
-function zpad(value: number, length?: number): string {
-    if (length == null) { length = 2; }
-    const str = String(value);
-    return repeat("0", length - str.length) + str;
-}
-
-function getDate(date: Date): string {
-    return [
-        date.getFullYear(),
-        zpad(date.getMonth() + 1),
-        zpad(date.getDate())
-    ].join("-");
-}
-
-export function getDateTime(date: Date): string {
-    return getDate(date) + " " + [
-        zpad(date.getHours()) ,
-        zpad(date.getMinutes() + 1)
-    ].join(":");
-}
-
 type Change = {
     message: string;
     issues: Array<string>;
diff --git a/src.ts/_admin/utils/changelog.ts b/src.ts/_admin/utils/changelog.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f3061dd9b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src.ts/_admin/utils/changelog.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+import fs from "fs";
+import { resolve } from "./path.js";
+
+export type ChangeVersion = {
+    version: string;
+    title: string;
+    body: Array<string>;
+};
+
+export function getChanges(): Array<ChangeVersion> {
+    const changes: Array<ChangeVersion> = [
+        { title: "", version: "null", body: [ ] }
+    ];
+
+    const content = fs.readFileSync(resolve("CHANGELOG.md")).toString();
+    for (const line of content.split("\n")) {
+        let match = line.match(/^ethers\/v(\S+)\s/);
+        if (match) {
+            changes.push({ version: match[1], title: line.trim(), body: [ ] });
+        } else {
+            const l = line.trim();
+            if (l && !l.match(/^-+$/)) {
+                changes[changes.length - 1].body.push(l);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    changes.shift();
+
+    return changes;
+}
diff --git a/src.ts/_admin/utils/date.ts b/src.ts/_admin/utils/date.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0fa46f56e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src.ts/_admin/utils/date.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+
+function repeat(c: string, length: number): string {
+    if (c.length === 0) { throw new Error("too short"); }
+    while(c.length < length) { c += c; }
+    return c.substring(0, length);
+}
+
+function zpad(value: number, length?: number): string {
+    if (length == null) { length = 2; }
+    const str = String(value);
+    return repeat("0", length - str.length) + str;
+}
+
+function getDate(date: Date): string {
+    return [
+        date.getFullYear(),
+        zpad(date.getMonth() + 1),
+        zpad(date.getDate())
+    ].join("-");
+}
+
+export function getDateTime(date: Date): string {
+    return getDate(date) + " " + [
+        zpad(date.getHours()) ,
+        zpad(date.getMinutes() + 1)
+    ].join(":");
+}