diff --git a/.bumpversion.toml b/.bumpversion.toml
index 2ff89ab..e4b6628 100644
--- a/.bumpversion.toml
+++ b/.bumpversion.toml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ regex = false
 allow_dirty = false
 commit = true
 tag = false
-message = "chore: bump version {current_version} -> {new_version} [skip ci]"
+message = "chore: bump version {current_version} -> {new_version}"
 pre_commit_hooks = ["uv lock", "git add uv.lock"]
 
 [[tool.bumpversion.files]]
diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/ci.yml b/.gitea/workflows/ci.yml
index 1f62d7c..34b4d17 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -2,10 +2,9 @@ name: CI
 
 "on":
   push:
-    branches: ["**"]
+    branches: ["master"]
     tags: ["**"]
   pull_request:
-    branches: [master]
 
 env:
   UV_CACHE_DIR: /uv-cache
@@ -156,7 +155,7 @@ jobs:
             uv run git-cliff --tag "$TAG" --unreleased --prepend CHANGELOG.md
             git add CHANGELOG.md
             if ! git diff --cached --quiet -- CHANGELOG.md; then
-              git commit -m "chore: update changelog for $TAG [skip ci]"
+              git commit -m "chore: update changelog for $TAG"
             else
               git restore --staged CHANGELOG.md
             fi
@@ -193,7 +192,7 @@ jobs:
             git config user.name "gitea-actions"
             git config user.email "actions@git.larsbogner.de"
             git add pyproject.toml uv.lock
-            git commit -m "chore: sync project version to tag ${GITHUB_REF_NAME} [skip ci]"
+            git commit -m "chore: sync project version to tag ${GITHUB_REF_NAME}"
             git push origin HEAD:master
             git push origin ":refs/tags/${GITHUB_REF_NAME}"
             git tag -f "${GITHUB_REF_NAME}" HEAD
@@ -201,3 +200,33 @@ jobs:
           else
             echo "Tag version matches project version ($CURRENT_VERSION)"
           fi
+
+  publish-package:
+    name: Publish package to Gitea package registry
+    needs: [ruff-check, ruff-format, type-check, test, sync-version-on-tag]
+    if: startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/')
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    container:
+      image: docker.gitea.com/runner-images:ubuntu-latest
+      volumes:
+        - /srv/act-runner-cache/uv:/uv-cache
+    steps:
+      # Check out by tag name (not the triggering SHA) since sync-version-on-tag
+      # may have force-moved the tag to a version-corrected commit.
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          ref: ${{ github.ref_name }}
+      - uses: astral-sh/setup-uv@v5
+        with:
+          enable-cache: false
+      - run: |
+          echo "UV_CACHE_DIR=/uv-cache" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
+          echo "UV_LINK_MODE=copy" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
+      - run: uv build
+      # CI_TOKEN needs write:package scope (in addition to write:repository,
+      # used elsewhere) for this upload to authenticate.
+      - run: |
+          uv publish \
+            --publish-url "https://git.larsbogner.de/api/packages/lars/pypi" \
+            --username gitea-actions \
+            --password "${{ secrets.CI_TOKEN }}"
diff --git a/cliff.toml b/cliff.toml
index bca7fc8..7207e63 100644
--- a/cliff.toml
+++ b/cliff.toml
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ commit_preprocessors = [
 protect_breaking_commits = false
 commit_parsers = [
     { message = "^Merge ", skip = true },
-    { message = "\\[skip ci\\]", skip = true },
+    { message = "^chore: (bump version|update changelog|sync project version)", skip = true },
     { message = "^Add", group = "<!-- 0 -->Added" },
     { message = "^(Fix|Clamp|Clip)", group = "<!-- 1 -->Fixed" },
     { message = "^(Remove|Drop|Deprecate)", group = "<!-- 2 -->Removed" },