diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 42c80d6a..7c7ad447 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ include = ["terratorch*"]
 
 [project]
 name = "terratorch"
-version = "0.99.8"
+version = "0.99.9"
 description = "TerraTorch - A model training toolkit for geospatial tasks"
 license = { "text" = "Apache License, Version 2.0" }
 readme = "README.md"
diff --git a/release/pin_dependencies.py b/release/pin_dependencies.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1a8188c7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/release/pin_dependencies.py
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+import toml
+import sys
+import re
+import subprocess
+
+
+def get_pip_list():
+    result = subprocess.run(["pip", "list"], capture_output=True, text=True)
+    return result.stdout
+
+
+def parse_pip_list(pip_list):
+    package_versions = {}
+    for line in pip_list.strip().split("\n")[2:]:  # Skip headers
+        match = re.match(r"(\S+)\s+(\S+)", line)
+        if match:
+            package_versions[match.group(1).lower()] = match.group(2)
+    return package_versions
+
+
+def update_pyproject_toml(pyproject_path, package_versions):
+    with open(pyproject_path, "r") as f:
+        lines = f.readlines()
+
+    in_dependencies = False
+    updated_lines = []
+    for line in lines:
+        stripped = line.strip()
+
+        if stripped.startswith("dependencies = ["):
+            in_dependencies = True
+            updated_lines.append(line)
+            continue
+
+        if in_dependencies:
+            if stripped == "]":
+                in_dependencies = False
+                updated_lines.append(line)
+                continue
+
+            match = re.match(r'\s*"([^"]+)"(.*)', stripped)
+            if match:
+                package_name = match.group(1)
+                constraints = match.group(2)
+                lower_package = package_name.lower()
+                if lower_package in package_versions and "==" not in constraints and "<=" not in constraints and ">=" not in constraints and "@" not in constraints:
+                    updated_line = f'  "{package_name}=={package_versions[lower_package]}",\n'
+                    print(f"Updated {package_name} to version {package_versions[lower_package]}")
+                else:
+                    updated_line = line
+                updated_lines.append(updated_line)
+            else:
+                updated_lines.append(line)
+        else:
+            updated_lines.append(line)
+
+    with open(pyproject_path, "w") as f:
+        f.writelines(updated_lines)
+    print("pyproject.toml dependencies section has been updated.")
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    pyproject_file = "pyproject.toml"
+    pip_list_content = get_pip_list()
+    package_versions = parse_pip_list(pip_list_content)
+    update_pyproject_toml(pyproject_file, package_versions)
diff --git a/release/release.py b/release/release.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..159aa5c6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/release/release.py
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+import os
+import subprocess
+import tomllib
+
+def get_version():
+    with open("pyproject.toml", "rb") as f:
+        data = tomllib.load(f)
+    return data["tool"]["poetry"]["version"]
+
+def pin_requirements():
+    subprocess.run(["python", "./release/pin_requirements.py"], check=True)
+
+def build_package():
+    subprocess.run(["python", "-m", "build"], check=True)
+
+def upload_to_pypi():
+    subprocess.run(["twine", "upload", "dist/*"], check=True)
+
+def tag_and_push(version):
+    subprocess.run(["git", "tag", version], check=True)
+    subprocess.run(["git", "push", "origin", version], check=True)
+
+def main():
+    pin_requirements()
+    version = get_version()
+    print(f"Releasing version {version}...")
+    build_package()
+    upload_to_pypi()
+    tag_and_push(version)
+    print("Release completed.")
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()
diff --git a/requirements_dist.txt b/release/requirements_release.txt
similarity index 75%
rename from requirements_dist.txt
rename to release/requirements_release.txt
index b98fa1b2..67470fc3 100644
--- a/requirements_dist.txt
+++ b/release/requirements_release.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 twine
 build
+toml
\ No newline at end of file