diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..922377b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+# Changelog
+
+## KitePodModels v0.4.1 - 2026-08-12
+### Changed
+- Bump `KiteUtils` to 0.12.
diff --git a/Project.toml b/Project.toml
index 417c691..2d6096e 100644
--- a/Project.toml
+++ b/Project.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 name = "KitePodModels"
 uuid = "9de5dc81-f971-414a-927b-652b2f41c539"
 authors = ["Uwe Fechner <uwe.fechner.msc@gmail.com> and contributors"]
-version = "0.4.0"
+version = "0.4.1"
 
 [deps]
 DocStringExtensions = "ffbed154-4ef7-542d-bbb7-c09d3a79fcae"
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ Reexport = "189a3867-3050-52da-a836-e630ba90ab69"
 ControlPlots = "0.2"
 LaTeXStrings = "1.3"
 DocStringExtensions = "0.8, 0.9"
-KiteUtils = "0.11"
+KiteUtils = "0.12"
 Reexport = "1.2"
 julia = "1.10, 1.11, 1.12"
 
diff --git a/bin/release b/bin/release
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..9a5832d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/release
@@ -0,0 +1,88 @@
+#!/bin/bash -eu
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2026 Uwe Fechner
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+
+# Create a new release by posting to JuliaRegistrator via issue #1
+#
+# Usage:  bin/release
+#
+# This script extracts the latest release notes from CHANGELOG.md
+# and posts them as a comment to GitHub issue #1 using the GitHub CLI.
+
+set -euo pipefail
+
+cd "$(dirname "$0")/.."
+
+CHANGELOG="CHANGELOG.md"
+
+if [ ! -f "$CHANGELOG" ]; then
+    echo "Error: $CHANGELOG not found" >&2
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+# Check that we are on the main branch
+branch=$(git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD)
+if [ "$branch" != "main" ]; then
+    echo "Error: Must be on the 'main' branch (currently on '$branch')" >&2
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+# Check that the working tree is clean (no staged, unstaged, or untracked changes)
+if [ -n "$(git status --porcelain)" ]; then
+    echo "Error: There are uncommitted or untracked changes. Please commit or stash them first." >&2
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+# Extract the first release section: from "## KitePodModels v..." up to
+# (but not including) the next "## KitePodModels" or end of file.
+release_notes=$(awk '
+    /^## KitePodModels / {
+        if (version == "") {
+            version = $2
+            next
+        }
+        exit
+    }
+    version != "" { print }
+' "$CHANGELOG")
+
+if [ -z "$release_notes" ]; then
+    echo "Error: Could not find release notes in $CHANGELOG" >&2
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+# Get version string (e.g. "v0.4.1")
+version=$(awk '/^## KitePodModels v/ {print $3; exit}' "$CHANGELOG")
+
+# Check that the version in Project.toml matches the version in CHANGELOG.md
+project_version=$(awk -F'"' '/^version = / {print $2; exit}' Project.toml)
+changelog_version="${version#v}"
+if [ "$project_version" != "$changelog_version" ]; then
+    echo "Error: Version mismatch: Project.toml has '$project_version', CHANGELOG.md has '$changelog_version'" >&2
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+echo "About to trigger registration for: KitePodModels $version"
+echo ""
+echo "Release notes:"
+echo "$release_notes"
+echo ""
+read -r -p "Continue? [y/N] " response
+if [ "$response" != "y" ] && [ "$response" != "Y" ]; then
+    echo "Aborted."
+    exit 0
+fi
+
+# Build the comment body and pipe it to gh
+{
+    echo '@JuliaRegistrator register'
+    echo ""
+    echo "Release notes:"
+    echo ""
+    echo "$release_notes"
+} | gh issue comment 1 \
+    --repo "aenarete/KitePodModels.jl" \
+    --body-file -
+
+echo ""
+echo "Done! Registration comment posted to https://github.com/aenarete/KitePodModels.jl/issues/1"