diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 939bca8..d5c3145 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -60,3 +60,12 @@ jobs:
           git config user.email "41898282+github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com"
           git branch --set-upstream-to=origin/main main
           swipl -g "pack_publish('.', [sign(false), branch(main), interactive(false)])" -t halt
+      - name: GitHub release of the tag
+        env:
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
+        run: |
+          VERSION="$(swipl -g "read_file_to_terms('pack.pl', Terms, []), memberchk(version(Version), Terms), write(Version)" -t halt)"
+          test -n "$VERSION"
+          if ! gh release view "V$VERSION" > /dev/null 2>&1; then
+            gh release create "V$VERSION" --verify-tag --title "V$VERSION" --generate-notes
+          fi
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 4c565f2..e2de054 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -148,7 +148,8 @@ Open pull requests against `main`. `main` changes only by merging a pull
 request with a merge commit, and every merge into `main` is a release:
 CI runs `swipl pack publish` on the merged `main`, which tags `V<version>`
 from the `version/1` of `pack.pl`, installs the pack from this repository
-in an isolated directory and registers it with the SWI-Prolog pack server.
+in an isolated directory and registers it with the SWI-Prolog pack server;
+CI then makes the GitHub release of the tag, with notes GitHub generates.
 A pull request into `main` must therefore raise `version/1` above every
 released version; a required check enforces it.
 
diff --git a/pack.pl b/pack.pl
index 89211c0..efdfc37 100644
--- a/pack.pl
+++ b/pack.pl
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name(hash_consing).
-version('0.2.1').
+version('0.2.2').
 title('Hash-consed terms by clause rewriting').
 keywords([interning, 'hash-consing', trie, term_expansion]).
 author('Yang, Bo', 'yang-bo@yang-bo.com').