diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish.yml b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
index 562f509..7a76ae7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
@@ -6,7 +6,34 @@ on:
       - "v*"
 
 jobs:
+  update-citation:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      contents: write
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          ref: main
+          token: ${{ secrets.BOT_TOKEN }}
+
+      - name: Update CITATION.cff
+        run: |
+          VERSION="${GITHUB_REF_NAME}"
+          DATE=$(date +%Y-%m-%d)
+          yq -i ".version = \"$VERSION\"" CITATION.cff
+          yq -i ".[\"date-released\"] = \"$DATE\"" CITATION.cff
+          yq -i ".title = \"John-Ragland/pygenray: $VERSION\"" CITATION.cff
+
+      - name: Commit and push
+        run: |
+          git config user.name "github-actions[bot]"
+          git config user.email "github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com"
+          git add CITATION.cff
+          git diff --staged --quiet || git commit -m "chore: update CITATION.cff for ${GITHUB_REF_NAME}"
+          git push origin main
+
   build:
+    needs: update-citation
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
diff --git a/CITATION.cff b/CITATION.cff
index 0148b2c..dc2026b 100644
--- a/CITATION.cff
+++ b/CITATION.cff
@@ -8,4 +8,5 @@ authors:
 title: "John-Ragland/pygenray: Initial Release"
 version: v0.0.1
 date-released: 2025-07-01
+doi: 10.5281/zenodo.15783848
 url: "https://github.com/John-Ragland/pygenray"