diff --git a/.changeset/v2_signing_implemented.md b/.changeset/v2_signing_implemented.md
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+++ b/.changeset/v2_signing_implemented.md
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+---
+sia_sdk: patch
+---
+
+# v2 signing implemented
diff --git a/.github/workflows/prepare-release.yml b/.github/workflows/prepare-release.yml
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+++ b/.github/workflows/prepare-release.yml
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+name: Prepare Release
+
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - master
+
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+  pull-requests: write
+
+jobs:
+  prepare-release:
+    if: "!contains(github.event.head_commit.message, 'chore: prepare releases')" # Skip merges from releases
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+      - name: Setup Environment
+        run: |
+          rustup update stable
+          cargo install knope
+      - run: knope prepare-release --verbose
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
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+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
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+name: Release
+
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    types: [closed]
+    branches: [main]
+
+jobs:
+  release:
+    if: github.head_ref == 'release' && github.event.pull_request.merged == true
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+      - name: Setup Environment
+        run: |
+          rustup update stable
+          cargo install knope
+      - name: Release
+        run: |
+          knope release
+          cargo publish -p sia_sdk_derive
+          cargo publish -p sia_sdk
diff --git a/knope.toml b/knope.toml
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+++ b/knope.toml
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+[packages.sia_sdk]
+versioned_files = ["sia/Cargo.toml"]
+changelog = "sia/CHANGELOG.md"
+
+[packages.sia_sdk_derive]
+versioned_files = ["sia_derive/Cargo.toml"]
+changelog = "sia_derive/CHANGELOG.md"
+
+[[workflows]]
+name = "prepare-release"
+
+[[workflows.steps]]
+type = "Command"
+command = "git switch -c release"
+
+[[workflows.steps]]
+type = "PrepareRelease"
+
+[[workflows.steps]]
+type = "Command"
+command = "git commit -m \"chore: prepare releases\""
+
+[[workflows.steps]]
+type = "Command"
+command = "git push --force --set-upstream origin release"
+
+[[workflows.steps]]
+type = "CreatePullRequest"
+base = "master"
+
+[workflows.steps.title]
+template = "chore: prepare releases"
+
+[workflows.steps.body]
+template = "This PR was created automatically. Merging it will create a new release. See changelogs for details."
+
+[[workflows]]
+name = "release"
+
+[[workflows.steps]]
+type = "Release"
+
+[github]
+owner = "SiaFoundation"
+repo = "sia-sdk-rs"