diff --git a/.github/.release-please-manifest.json b/.github/.release-please-manifest.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..698886db
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/.release-please-manifest.json
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+{
+    ".": "3.7.1"
+}
diff --git a/.github/actions/setup-env/action.yml b/.github/actions/setup-env/action.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..de870006
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/actions/setup-env/action.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+name: setup-env
+description: set up the python environment
+
+inputs:
+  python-version:
+    description: "The python version to install and use"
+    default: "3.12"  # we default to latest supported
+    required: false
+
+runs:
+  using: composite
+  steps:
+    - name: Setup Poetry
+      run: pipx install poetry
+      shell: bash
+    - name: Setup python ${{ inputs.python-version }}
+      uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+      with:
+        python-version: ${{ inputs.python-version }}
+        cache: poetry
diff --git a/.github/release-please-config.json b/.github/release-please-config.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1bd96f93
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/release-please-config.json
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+{
+    "release-type": "python",
+    "bootstrap-sha": "28e3a471c32c1036dd5e37df13cdde3b1ba91000",
+    "packages": {
+        ".": {
+            "package-name": "testcontainers"
+        }
+    },
+    "$schema": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/googleapis/release-please/main/schemas/config.json"
+}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/attention-label.yml.disabled b/.github/workflows/attention-label.yml.disabled
deleted file mode 100644
index 97d38444..00000000
--- a/.github/workflows/attention-label.yml.disabled
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-name: Automatically add or remove labels
-on:
-  issue_comment:
-    types:
-      - created
-jobs:
-  show-metadata:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-    # Use environment variable to print the metadata (cf. https://github.com/actions/runner/issues/1656#issuecomment-1030077729).
-    - name: Show metadata
-      run: echo $JSON
-      env:
-        JSON: ${{ toJson(github.event) }}
-  add-label:
-    if: ${{ github.event.comment.user.login != 'tillahoffmann' }}
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-    - name: Add label
-      uses: actions-ecosystem/action-add-labels@v1
-      with:
-        labels: '👀 requires attention'
-  remove-label:
-    if: ${{ github.event.comment.user.login == 'tillahoffmann' }}
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-    - name: Remove label
-      uses: actions-ecosystem/action-remove-labels@v1
-      with:
-        labels: '👀 requires attention'
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-community.yml b/.github/workflows/ci-community.yml
index 92e58e51..b5b1c65f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci-community.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-community.yml
@@ -61,13 +61,10 @@ jobs:
           gh run watch ${{ github.run_id }}
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-      - name: Setup Poetry
-        run: pipx install poetry
-      - name: Setup python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+      - name: Set up Python
+        uses: ./.github/actions/setup-env
         with:
           python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
-          cache: poetry
       - name: Install Python dependencies
         run: poetry install -E ${{ matrix.module }}
       - name: Run tests
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-core.yml b/.github/workflows/ci-core.yml
index c9661986..65bb2388 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci-core.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-core.yml
@@ -11,19 +11,17 @@ on:
 jobs:
   test:
     strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         os: [ ubuntu ]
-        python-version: ["3.9", "3.10", "3.11"]
+        python-version: ["3.9", "3.10", "3.11", "3.12"]
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}-latest
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-      - name: Setup Poetry
-        run: pipx install poetry
-      - name: Setup python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+      - name: Set up Python
+        uses: ./.github/actions/setup-env
         with:
           python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
-          cache: poetry
       - name: Install Python dependencies
         run: poetry install --all-extras
       - name: Run twine check
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-lint.yml b/.github/workflows/ci-lint.yml
index 6261002b..0a9f4e26 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci-lint.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-lint.yml
@@ -9,17 +9,14 @@ on:
     branches: [main]
 
 jobs:
-  all:
+  python:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-      - name: Setup Poetry
-        run: pipx install poetry
-      - name: Setup python 3.9
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+      - name: Setup Env
+        uses: ./.github/actions/setup-env
         with:
-          python-version: 3.9
-          cache: poetry
+          python-version: "3.9"  # the pre-commit is hooked in as 3.9
       - name: Install Python dependencies
         run: poetry install
       - name: Install pre-commit
diff --git a/.github/workflows/docs.yml b/.github/workflows/docs.yml
index 75f71e21..1dfb6c71 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/docs.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/docs.yml
@@ -10,14 +10,11 @@ jobs:
   build:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
-      - name: Setup Poetry
-        run: pipx install poetry
-      - name: Setup python
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: Set up Python
+        uses: ./.github/actions/setup-env
         with:
           python-version: "3.11"
-          cache: poetry
       - name: Install Python dependencies
         run: poetry install --all-extras
       - name: Build documentation
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pr-lint.yml b/.github/workflows/pr-lint.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b99c3074
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/pr-lint.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+name: lint-pr
+
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    types:
+      - opened
+      - edited
+      - synchronize
+
+permissions:
+  pull-requests: read
+
+jobs:
+  validate:
+    name: validate-pull-request-title
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: validate pull request title
+        uses: kontrolplane/pull-request-title-validator@ab2b54babb5337246f4b55cf8e0a1ecb0575e46d  #v1
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-please.yml b/.github/workflows/release-please.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a5a9821a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-please.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+name: Release Please
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [ main ]
+
+jobs:
+  release:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    outputs:
+      release_created: ${{ steps.track-release.outputs.release_created }}
+    steps:
+      - uses: google-github-actions/release-please-action@v4
+        id: track-release
+        with:
+          manifest-file: .github/.release-please-manifest.json
+          config-file: .github/release-please-config.json
+  publish:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    environment: release
+    permissions:
+      id-token: write
+    needs:
+      - release
+    if: ${{ needs.release.outputs.release_created }}
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: Set up Python
+        uses: ./.github/actions/setup-env
+      - name: build package
+        run: poetry build
+      # this action uploads packages from the `dist/` directory, which poetry has built in the previous step
+      # usable once we set up trusted publishing, see https://docs.pypi.org/trusted-publishers/using-a-publisher/
+      - name: push package
+        uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@release/v1
diff --git a/.github/workflows/requirements.yml.disabled b/.github/workflows/requirements.yml.disabled
deleted file mode 100644
index 72c41f30..00000000
--- a/.github/workflows/requirements.yml.disabled
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,43 +0,0 @@
-name: testcontainers requirements
-on:
-  push:
-    branches: [main]
-  pull_request:
-    branches: [main]
-
-jobs:
-  requirements:
-    strategy:
-      fail-fast: false
-      matrix:
-        runtime:
-        - machine: ubuntu-latest
-          python-version: "3.7"
-        - machine: ubuntu-latest
-          python-version: "3.8"
-        - machine: ubuntu-latest
-          python-version: "3.9"
-        - machine: ubuntu-latest
-          python-version: "3.10"
-        - machine: ubuntu-latest
-          python-version: "3.11"
-        - machine: windows-latest
-          python-version: "3.10"
-        - machine: macos-latest
-          python-version: "3.10"
-    runs-on: ${{ matrix.runtime.machine }}
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
-      - name: Setup python ${{ matrix.runtime.python-version }}
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v4
-        with:
-          python-version: ${{ matrix.runtime.python-version }}
-      - name: Update pip and install pip-tools
-        run: pip install --upgrade pip pip-tools
-      - name: Build requirements
-        run: pip-compile --resolver=backtracking -v --upgrade -o requirements.txt
-      - name: Store requirements as artifact
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
-        with:
-          name: requirements-${{ matrix.runtime.machine }}-${{ matrix.runtime.python-version }}.txt
-          path: requirements.txt
diff --git a/.github/workflows/triage-label.yml.disabled b/.github/workflows/triage-label.yml.disabled
deleted file mode 100644
index a5ecf38a..00000000
--- a/.github/workflows/triage-label.yml.disabled
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-on:
-  issues:
-    types:
-      - opened
-jobs:
-  add-label:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-    - name: Add label
-      uses: actions-ecosystem/action-add-labels@v1
-      with:
-        labels: '🔀 requires triage'
diff --git a/poetry.lock b/poetry.lock
index 41eda34b..5cf56c8c 100644
--- a/poetry.lock
+++ b/poetry.lock
@@ -3003,5 +3003,5 @@ selenium = ["selenium"]
 
 [metadata]
 lock-version = "2.0"
-python-versions = ">=3.9,<3.12"
-content-hash = "89891a5aeea49686e42fd95780d6aa703a1a13d8483a1a965aa32603b39f3a3d"
+python-versions = ">=3.9,<4.0"
+content-hash = "0316bbdbb2824f6086c32cb9ed00a23507896bf48494a38d086e281faf1f8189"
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index b825d8eb..2059926c 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ packages = [
 "Issue Tracker" = "https://github.com/testcontainers/testcontainers-python/issues"
 
 [tool.poetry.dependencies]
-python = ">=3.9,<3.12"
+python = ">=3.9,<4.0"
 docker = "*" # ">=4.0"
 urllib3 = "*" # "<2.0"
 wrapt = "*" # "^1.16.0"