diff --git a/.github/workflows/cd.yml b/.github/workflows/cd.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..041be01c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/cd.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,88 @@
+name: CD
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [ master ]
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+permissions:
+  contents: write
+  id-token: write
+
+concurrency:
+  group: cd-${{ github.ref }}
+  cancel-in-progress: false
+
+jobs:
+  release:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+          fetch-tags: true
+
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+        with:
+          python-version: "3.13"
+          cache: "pip"
+
+      - name: Install build tooling
+        run: |
+          python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+          python -m pip install build "setuptools>=69" "setuptools-scm[toml]>=8" wheel
+
+      - name: Find merged PR
+        id: pr
+        uses: actions-ecosystem/action-get-merged-pull-request@v1
+        with:
+          github_token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+
+      - name: Print PR info
+        run: |
+          echo "Merged PR number: ${{ steps.pr.outputs.number }}"
+          echo "Merged PR title : ${{ steps.pr.outputs.title }}"
+
+      - name: Decide bump from labels
+        id: bump
+        run: |
+          lbls="${{ steps.pr.outputs.labels }}"
+          bump=""
+          shopt -s nocasematch
+          if [[ "$lbls" == *"release:major"* ]]; then bump=major;
+          elif [[ "$lbls" == *"release:minor"* ]]; then bump=minor;
+          elif [[ "$lbls" == *"release:patch"* ]]; then bump=patch;
+          fi
+          echo "force=$bump" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+
+      - name: Python Semantic Release
+        id: release
+        uses: python-semantic-release/python-semantic-release@v10
+        with:
+          github_token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          force: ${{ steps.bump.outputs.force }}
+          git_committer_name: "github-actions"
+          git_committer_email: "actions@users.noreply.github.com"
+
+      - name: Build artifacts
+        if: steps.release.outputs.released == 'true'
+        run: python -m build --sdist --wheel
+
+      - name: Publish | Upload to GitHub Release Assets
+        uses: python-semantic-release/publish-action@v10.4.1
+        if: steps.release.outputs.released == 'true'
+        with:
+          github_token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          tag: ${{ steps.release.outputs.tag }}
+
+      - name: Upload | Distribution Artifacts
+        if: steps.release.outputs.released == 'true'
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: distribution-artifacts
+          path: dist
+          if-no-files-found: error
+
+      # - name: Publish to PyPI via OIDC
+      #   if: steps.release.outputs.released == 'true'
+      #   uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@release/v1
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 98eb6259..f745abf6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 name: CI
 
+concurrency:
+  group: ci-${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+
 on: [pull_request]
 
 jobs:
@@ -7,13 +11,16 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        python-version: ['3.8', '3.13']
+        python-version: ['3.10', '3.13']
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
     - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
-      uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+      uses: actions/setup-python@v5
       with:
         python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+        cache: 'pip'
+        cache-dependency-path: |
+          **/pyproject.toml
     - name: Install dependencies
       run: |
         python -m pip install --upgrade pip
diff --git a/epitran/__init__.py b/epitran/__init__.py
index 816d89ac..76d3770f 100644
--- a/epitran/__init__.py
+++ b/epitran/__init__.py
@@ -1,4 +1,13 @@
+from importlib.metadata import version, PackageNotFoundError
+
 from epitran._epitran import Epitran
 from epitran.reromanize import ReRomanizer
 
+
+try:
+    __version__ = version("epitran")
+except PackageNotFoundError:
+    # package is not installed
+    pass
+
 __all__ = ["Epitran", "ReRomanizer"]
diff --git a/epitran/_epitran.py b/epitran/_epitran.py
index e13e3675..99446319 100644
--- a/epitran/_epitran.py
+++ b/epitran/_epitran.py
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
 import logging
-from typing import Union
 
 import panphon.featuretable
 from epitran.epihan import Epihan, EpihanTraditional, EpiJpan, EpiCanto
diff --git a/epitran/bin/migraterules.py b/epitran/bin/migraterules.py
index 09d31969..2aa79a38 100644
--- a/epitran/bin/migraterules.py
+++ b/epitran/bin/migraterules.py
@@ -4,10 +4,8 @@
 
 import glob
 import re
-import io
 from typing import List, Optional
 
-import csv
 
 
 def build_rule(fields: List[str]) -> Optional[str]:
diff --git a/epitran/epihan.py b/epitran/epihan.py
index 6759045e..ca0e2bb7 100644
--- a/epitran/epihan.py
+++ b/epitran/epihan.py
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 # -*- utf-8 -*-
 
 import os.path
-from typing import Optional, List, Tuple
 
 import regex as re
 
@@ -46,6 +45,8 @@ def __init__(self, **kwargs) -> None:
         cedict_file = kwargs.get('cedict_file', None)
         rules_file = kwargs.get('rules_file', 'pinyin-to-ipa.txt')
         tones = kwargs.get('tones', False)
+        assert ligatures is False, "Ligatures not supported for cmn-Hans"
+
         if not cedict_file:
             cedict_file = download.cedict()
         if tones:
@@ -119,6 +120,8 @@ def __init__(self, **kwargs) -> None:
         cedict_file = kwargs.get('cedict_file', None)
         tones = kwargs.get('tones', False)
         rules_file = kwargs.get('rules_file', 'pinyin-to-ipa.txt')
+        assert ligatures is False, "Ligatures not supported for cmn-Hant"
+
         if not cedict_file:
             cedict_file = download.cedict()
         if tones:
@@ -147,6 +150,8 @@ def __init__(self, **kwargs) -> None:
         cedict_file = kwargs.get('cedict_file', None)
         tones = kwargs.get('tones', False)
         rules_file = kwargs.get('rules_file', 'jyutping-to-ipa.txt')
+        assert ligatures is False, 'Ligatures not supported for yue-Hant'
+
         if not cedict_file:
             cedict_file = download.cc_canto()
         if tones:
@@ -172,6 +177,8 @@ def __init__(self, **kwargs) -> None:
         ligatures = kwargs.get('ligatures', False)
         cedict_file = kwargs.get('cedict_file', None)
         tones = kwargs.get('tones', False)
+        assert ligatures is False, 'Ligatures not supported for jpn-Jpan'
+
         if not cedict_file:
             cedict_file = download.opendict_ja()
         self.cedict = cedict.CEDictTrieForJapanese(cedict_file)
diff --git a/epitran/flite.py b/epitran/flite.py
index 3b1ecbf5..290eabd9 100644
--- a/epitran/flite.py
+++ b/epitran/flite.py
@@ -3,9 +3,8 @@
 import logging
 import os.path
 import string
-import sys
 import unicodedata
-from typing import Dict, List, Tuple, Any, Optional
+from typing import Dict, List, Any
 
 import regex as re
 
diff --git a/epitran/ppprocessor.py b/epitran/ppprocessor.py
index 29b46516..8133a865 100644
--- a/epitran/ppprocessor.py
+++ b/epitran/ppprocessor.py
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 import logging
 import os.path
 
-from typing import Union
 
 from importlib import resources
 
diff --git a/epitran/rules.py b/epitran/rules.py
index 20372ea3..5e2989af 100644
--- a/epitran/rules.py
+++ b/epitran/rules.py
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 from pathlib import Path
 
 import regex as re
-from importlib import resources
 
 from epitran.exceptions import DatafileError
 
diff --git a/epitran/simple.py b/epitran/simple.py
index ede1fa04..0140be82 100644
--- a/epitran/simple.py
+++ b/epitran/simple.py
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 import csv
 import unicodedata
 from collections import defaultdict
-from typing import DefaultDict, Callable, Any, Optional  # pylint: disable=unused-import
+from typing import DefaultDict, Callable, Any
 
 from importlib import resources
 import regex
diff --git a/epitran/vector.py b/epitran/vector.py
index c03a9979..3fe89539 100644
--- a/epitran/vector.py
+++ b/epitran/vector.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 
 import logging
-from typing import List, Tuple, Any, Optional
+from typing import List, Tuple, Optional
 
 from epitran import Epitran
 from epitran.space import Space
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index a4e5565f..3f8a6617 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 [build-system]
-requires = ["setuptools>=64", "wheel"]
+requires = ["setuptools>=69", "setuptools-scm[toml]>=8", "wheel"]
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]
 name = "epitran"
-version = "1.25.2"
+dynamic = ["version"]
 description = "Tools for transcribing languages into IPA."
 readme = "README.md"
 license = { text = "MIT-Modern-Variant"}
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ classifiers = [
 ]
 keywords = ["linguistics", "phonetics", "IPA", "transliteration", "phonology"]
 dependencies = [
-    "setuptools",
     "regex",
     "panphon>=0.20",
     "marisa-trie",
@@ -42,10 +41,16 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [project.urls]
 Homepage = "https://github.com/dmort27/epitran"
-Repository = "https://github.com/dmort27/epitran"
-"Bug Tracker" = "https://github.com/dmort27/epitran/issues"
 Documentation = "https://github.com/dmort27/epitran#readme"
-Download = "https://github.com/dmort27/epitran/archive/1.25.1.tar.gz"
+Repository = "https://github.com/dmort27/epitran"
+Issues = "https://github.com/dmort27/epitran/issues"
+Changelog = "https://github.com/dmort27/epitran/releases"
+
+[tool.setuptools_scm]
+version_scheme = "guess-next-dev"
+local_scheme = "no-local-version"
+fallback_version = "0.0.0"
+
 
 # Scripts will be handled via setuptools scripts configuration
 # since they don't follow the standard entry point pattern
@@ -82,20 +87,15 @@ epitran = [
     "data/bib/*.bib",
 ]
 
-[tool.setuptools.dynamic]
-# If you want to make version dynamic in the future, uncomment:
-# version = {attr = "epitran.__version__"}
-
 # Development dependencies (optional)
 [project.optional-dependencies]
 dev = [
-    "pytest>=8.4.2",
-    "pytest-cov",
-    "black",
-    "flake8",
-    "mypy",
+    "ruff",
 ]
-test = [
-    "pytest>=8.4.2",
-    "pytest-cov",
-]
\ No newline at end of file
+
+# Automated semantic versioning and release management
+[tool.semantic_release]
+version_source = "tag"
+tag_format = "v{version}"
+commit_parser = "conventional"
+upload_to_pypi = false