diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yaml b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
index a0b12b8..54ef6b0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 name: "Release dev container features"
 on:
-  workflow_dispatch:
+  release:
+    types: [published] # Triggers automatically when you hit "Publish Release"
+  workflow_dispatch:   # Keeps the manual "Run workflow" button just in case
 
 jobs:
   deploy:
-    if: ${{ github.ref == 'refs/heads/main' }}
+    # Removed the 'if' condition so it can process release events cleanly
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     permissions:
       contents: write
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 640dff0..612867d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -21,23 +21,25 @@ These examples show how to use features from this repository in a devcontainer:
 {
     "image": "mcr.microsoft.com/devcontainers/base:ubuntu",
     "features": {
-        "ghcr.io/jajera/features/ag:1": {},
-        "ghcr.io/jajera/features/agentcore-cli:1": {},
-        "ghcr.io/jajera/features/amazon-q-cli:1": {},
-        "ghcr.io/jajera/features/aws-sam-cli:1": {},
-        "ghcr.io/jajera/features/gcloud-cli:1": {},
-        "ghcr.io/jajera/features/zip:1": {}
+        "ghcr.io/skyred/features/ag:1": {},
+        "ghcr.io/skyred/features/agentcore-cli:1": {},
+        "ghcr.io/skyred/features/amazon-q-cli:1": {},
+        "ghcr.io/skyred/features/aws-sam-cli:1": {},
+        "ghcr.io/skyred/features/gcloud-cli:1": {},
+        "ghcr.io/skyred/features/zip:1": {}
     }
 }
 ```
 
-Or use individual features:
+Or use individual features with an additonal plugin:
 
 ```jsonc
 {
     "image": "mcr.microsoft.com/devcontainers/base:ubuntu",
     "features": {
-        "ghcr.io/jajera/features/gcloud-cli:1": {}
+        "ghcr.io/skyred/features/gcloud-cli:1": {
+            "installGkeAuthPlugin": true
+        }
     }
 }
 ```
diff --git a/src/gcloud-cli/devcontainer-feature.json b/src/gcloud-cli/devcontainer-feature.json
index da6c9d9..ef90e12 100644
--- a/src/gcloud-cli/devcontainer-feature.json
+++ b/src/gcloud-cli/devcontainer-feature.json
@@ -1,7 +1,14 @@
 {
     "name": "Google Cloud CLI",
     "id": "gcloud-cli",
-    "version": "1.0.1",
+    "version": "1.1.1",
     "description": "Installs Google Cloud CLI (gcloud) for Google Cloud Platform development.",
-    "documentationURL": "https://cloud.google.com/sdk/docs/install"
+    "documentationURL": "https://cloud.google.com/sdk/docs/install",
+    "options": {
+        "installGkeAuthPlugin": {
+            "type": "boolean",
+            "default": false,
+            "description": "Install the GKE gcloud auth plugin for kubectl authentication."
+        }
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/gcloud-cli/install.sh b/src/gcloud-cli/install.sh
index 89ba197..6ef5fe4 100755
--- a/src/gcloud-cli/install.sh
+++ b/src/gcloud-cli/install.sh
@@ -296,4 +296,12 @@ export CLOUDSDK_PYTHON="$INSTALL_DIR/platform/bundledpythonunix/bin/python3"
     echo "⚠️ Warning: Could not initialize gcloud automatically. You may need to run 'gcloud init' manually."
 }
 
+# Install GKE Auth Plugin if requested
+if [ "${INSTALLGKEAUTHPLUGIN}" = "true" ] || [ "${INSTALL_GKE_AUTH_PLUGIN}" = "true" ]; then
+    echo "📦 Installing gke-gcloud-auth-plugin..."
+    "$INSTALL_DIR/bin/gcloud" components install gke-gcloud-auth-plugin --quiet || {
+        echo "⚠️ Warning: Could not install gke-gcloud-auth-plugin automatically."
+    }
+fi
+
 echo "✅ Google Cloud CLI installation complete!"