diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 0d9876a..2825466 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -23,6 +23,18 @@ version = "1.2.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "aae1277d39aeec15cb388266ecc24b11c80469deae6067e17a1a7aa9e5c1f234"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "ahash"
+version = "0.8.11"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e89da841a80418a9b391ebaea17f5c112ffaaa96f621d2c285b5174da76b9011"
+dependencies = [
+ "cfg-if",
+ "once_cell",
+ "version_check",
+ "zerocopy",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "aho-corasick"
 version = "1.1.3"
@@ -32,6 +44,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "memchr",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "allocator-api2"
+version = "0.2.16"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "0942ffc6dcaadf03badf6e6a2d0228460359d5e34b57ccdc720b7382dfbd5ec5"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "android-tzdata"
 version = "0.1.1"
@@ -101,6 +119,12 @@ version = "1.0.81"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "0952808a6c2afd1aa8947271f3a60f1a6763c7b912d210184c5149b5cf147247"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "arraydeque"
+version = "0.5.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "7d902e3d592a523def97af8f317b08ce16b7ab854c1985a0c671e6f15cebc236"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "autocfg"
 version = "1.2.0"
@@ -390,6 +414,18 @@ dependencies = [
  "url",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "cuddle-please-actions"
+version = "0.1.0"
+dependencies = [
+ "anyhow",
+ "pretty_assertions",
+ "semver",
+ "toml_edit",
+ "tracing",
+ "yaml-rust2",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "cuddle-please-commands"
 version = "0.1.0"
@@ -398,6 +434,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "chrono",
  "clap",
  "conventional_commit_parser",
+ "cuddle-please-actions",
  "cuddle-please-frontend",
  "cuddle-please-misc",
  "dotenv",
@@ -779,6 +816,19 @@ name = "hashbrown"
 version = "0.14.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "290f1a1d9242c78d09ce40a5e87e7554ee637af1351968159f4952f028f75604"
+dependencies = [
+ "ahash",
+ "allocator-api2",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "hashlink"
+version = "0.8.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e8094feaf31ff591f651a2664fb9cfd92bba7a60ce3197265e9482ebe753c8f7"
+dependencies = [
+ "hashbrown",
+]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "heck"
@@ -2743,12 +2793,43 @@ dependencies = [
  "linked-hash-map",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "yaml-rust2"
+version = "0.8.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "498f4d102a79ea1c9d4dd27573c0fc96ad74c023e8da38484e47883076da25fb"
+dependencies = [
+ "arraydeque",
+ "encoding_rs",
+ "hashlink",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "yansi"
 version = "0.5.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "09041cd90cf85f7f8b2df60c646f853b7f535ce68f85244eb6731cf89fa498ec"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "zerocopy"
+version = "0.7.32"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "74d4d3961e53fa4c9a25a8637fc2bfaf2595b3d3ae34875568a5cf64787716be"
+dependencies = [
+ "zerocopy-derive",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "zerocopy-derive"
+version = "0.7.32"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "9ce1b18ccd8e73a9321186f97e46f9f04b778851177567b1975109d26a08d2a6"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn 2.0.58",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "zeroize"
 version = "1.7.0"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index c1749b1..7bcf83b 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,10 +1,6 @@
 [workspace]
 members = [
-  "crates/cuddle-please",
-  "crates/cuddle-please-frontend",
-  "crates/cuddle-please-commands",
-  "crates/cuddle-please-misc",
-  "crates/cuddle-please-release-strategy"
+  "crates/*"
 ]
 resolver = "2"
 
@@ -14,6 +10,7 @@ cuddle-please-frontend = { path = "crates/cuddle-please-frontend", version = "0.
 cuddle-please-commands = { path = "crates/cuddle-please-commands", version = "0.1.0" }
 cuddle-please-misc = { path = "crates/cuddle-please-misc", version = "0.1.0" }
 cuddle-please-release-strategy = { path = "crates/cuddle-please-release-strategy", version = "0.1.0" }
+cuddle-please-actions = { path = "crates/cuddle-please-actions", version = "0.1.0" }
 
 anyhow = { version = "1.0.81" }
 tracing = { version = "0.1", features = ["log"] }
@@ -22,6 +19,7 @@ clap = { version = "4.5.4", features = ["derive", "env"] }
 dotenv = { version = "0.15.0" }
 url = { version = "2.5.0" }
 serde_yaml = { version = "0.9.34+deprecated" }
+yaml-rust2 = {version = "0.8.0"}
 serde = { version = "1", features = ["derive"] }
 semver = "1.0.22"
 conventional_commit_parser = "0.9.4"
@@ -32,6 +30,7 @@ regex = "1.10.4"
 chrono = "0.4.37"
 lazy_static = "1.4.0"
 parse-changelog = "0.6.6"
+toml_edit = "0.22.9"
 
 tracing-test = "0.2"
 pretty_assertions = "1.4"
diff --git a/crates/cuddle-please-actions/Cargo.toml b/crates/cuddle-please-actions/Cargo.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..be17029
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/cuddle-please-actions/Cargo.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+[package]
+name = "cuddle-please-actions"
+description = "A release-please inspired release manager tool, built on top of cuddle, but also useful standalone, cuddle-please supports, your ci of choice, as well as gitea, github"
+repository = "https://git.front.kjuulh.io/kjuulh/cuddle-please"
+readme = "../../README.md"
+license-file = "../../LICENSE"
+version = "0.1.0"
+edition = "2021"
+publishable = true
+
+[dependencies]
+anyhow.workspace = true
+tracing.workspace = true
+semver.workspace = true
+toml_edit.workspace = true
+yaml-rust2.workspace = true
+
+[dev-dependencies]
+pretty_assertions.workspace = true
diff --git a/crates/cuddle-please-actions/src/actions.rs b/crates/cuddle-please-actions/src/actions.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e545482
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/cuddle-please-actions/src/actions.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+use semver::Version;
+
+use crate::ActionConfig;
+
+pub trait Action {
+    fn enabled(&self, config: &ActionConfig) -> anyhow::Result<bool>;
+    fn name(&self) -> String;
+    fn execute(&self, version: &Version) -> anyhow::Result<()>;
+}
diff --git a/crates/cuddle-please-actions/src/config.rs b/crates/cuddle-please-actions/src/config.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..abcbae0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/cuddle-please-actions/src/config.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+use std::ops::Deref;
+
+use anyhow::Context;
+
+pub enum ActionConfig {
+    Actual { doc: yaml_rust2::Yaml },
+    None,
+}
+
+impl Deref for ActionConfig {
+    type Target = yaml_rust2::Yaml;
+
+    fn deref(&self) -> &Self::Target {
+        match &self {
+            ActionConfig::Actual { doc } => doc,
+            ActionConfig::None => &yaml_rust2::Yaml::BadValue,
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl TryFrom<&str> for ActionConfig {
+    type Error = anyhow::Error;
+
+    fn try_from(value: &str) -> Result<Self, Self::Error> {
+        let mut cuddle = yaml_rust2::YamlLoader::load_from_str(value)?;
+
+        if cuddle.len() != 1 {
+            anyhow::bail!("cuddle.yaml can only be 1 document wide");
+        }
+
+        let doc = cuddle.pop().unwrap();
+        let doc = doc["please"]["actions"].clone();
+
+        if doc.is_badvalue() {
+            return Ok(Self::None);
+        }
+
+        Ok(Self::Actual { doc })
+    }
+}
+
+impl ActionConfig {
+    pub fn parse() -> anyhow::Result<Self> {
+        let cuddle_yaml =
+            std::fs::read_to_string("cuddle.yaml").context("failed to read cuddle.yaml")?;
+
+        Self::try_from(cuddle_yaml.as_str())
+    }
+}
diff --git a/crates/cuddle-please-actions/src/lib.rs b/crates/cuddle-please-actions/src/lib.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..61374b0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/cuddle-please-actions/src/lib.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+pub(crate) mod actions;
+mod config;
+mod rust_action;
+
+use std::{ops::Deref, sync::Arc};
+
+use catalog::RustAction;
+pub use config::ActionConfig;
+use semver::Version;
+pub mod catalog {
+    pub use crate::rust_action::*;
+}
+
+pub struct Action(Arc<dyn actions::Action>);
+
+impl Deref for Action {
+    type Target = Arc<dyn actions::Action>;
+
+    fn deref(&self) -> &Self::Target {
+        &self.0
+    }
+}
+
+pub struct Actions(Vec<Action>);
+
+impl Actions {
+    pub fn from_cuddle() -> anyhow::Result<Self> {
+        let config = ActionConfig::parse()?;
+
+        Ok(Self(
+            vec![Action(Arc::new(RustAction::new()))]
+                .into_iter()
+                .filter(|a| a.enabled(&config).unwrap_or_default())
+                .collect(),
+        ))
+    }
+
+    pub fn execute(&self, version: &Version) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
+        for action in &self.0 {
+            action.execute(version)?;
+        }
+
+        Ok(())
+    }
+}
diff --git a/crates/cuddle-please-actions/src/rust_action.rs b/crates/cuddle-please-actions/src/rust_action.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..25556a5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/cuddle-please-actions/src/rust_action.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,237 @@
+use std::io::Write;
+
+use anyhow::Context;
+
+use crate::{actions::Action, ActionConfig};
+
+#[derive(Default, Clone)]
+pub struct RustAction {}
+
+impl RustAction {
+    pub fn new() -> Self {
+        Self {}
+    }
+
+    fn execute_content(
+        &self,
+        version: &semver::Version,
+        cargo_content: &str,
+    ) -> anyhow::Result<String> {
+        tracing::trace!("parsing Cargo.toml file as tolm");
+        let mut cargo_doc = cargo_content.parse::<toml_edit::DocumentMut>()?;
+
+        tracing::debug!(
+            "updating cargo workspace package version to {}",
+            version.to_string()
+        );
+
+        let workspace = if cargo_doc.contains_table("workspace") {
+            cargo_doc["workspace"].as_table_mut().unwrap()
+        } else {
+            let mut t = toml_edit::Table::new();
+            t.set_implicit(true);
+            cargo_doc["workspace"] = toml_edit::Item::Table(t);
+            cargo_doc["workspace"].as_table_mut().unwrap()
+        };
+        let package = workspace["package"].or_insert(toml_edit::table());
+        package["version"] = toml_edit::value(version.to_string());
+
+        Ok(cargo_doc.to_string())
+    }
+}
+
+impl Action for RustAction {
+    fn enabled(&self, config: &ActionConfig) -> anyhow::Result<bool> {
+        if let Ok(v) = std::env::var("CUDDLE_PLEASE_RUST_ACTION") {
+            if let Ok(true) = v.parse::<bool>() {
+                return Ok(true);
+            }
+        }
+
+        let val = &config[self.name().as_str()];
+
+        if val.is_badvalue() {
+            return Ok(false);
+        }
+
+        Ok(val.as_bool().unwrap_or(true))
+    }
+
+    fn name(&self) -> String {
+        "rust".into()
+    }
+
+    fn execute(&self, version: &semver::Version) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
+        tracing::info!(
+            "running rust action for version: {} and file: Cargo.toml",
+            version.to_string()
+        );
+
+        let path = std::path::PathBuf::from("Cargo.toml");
+
+        tracing::trace!("reading Cargo.toml");
+
+        let file = match std::fs::read_to_string(&path) {
+            Ok(file) => file,
+            Err(e) => match e.kind() {
+                std::io::ErrorKind::NotFound => {
+                    anyhow::bail!("err: Cargo.toml was not found in dir")
+                }
+                _ => Err(e)?,
+            },
+        };
+
+        let cargo_doc = self.execute_content(version, &file)?;
+
+        let mut cargo_file = std::fs::File::create(&path)?;
+        cargo_file.write_all(cargo_doc.as_bytes())?;
+        cargo_file.sync_all()?;
+
+        tracing::debug!("finished writing cargo file");
+
+        Ok(())
+    }
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod test {
+    use semver::{BuildMetadata, Prerelease};
+
+    use crate::{actions::Action, ActionConfig};
+
+    use super::RustAction;
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_is_enabled() {
+        let config = ActionConfig::try_from(
+            r#"
+please:
+  actions:
+    rust: true
+                "#,
+        )
+        .unwrap();
+
+        let enabled = RustAction::new().enabled(&config).unwrap();
+
+        assert!(enabled)
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_is_disabled_by_default() {
+        let config = ActionConfig::try_from(
+            r#"
+please:
+                "#,
+        )
+        .unwrap();
+
+        let enabled = RustAction::new().enabled(&config).unwrap();
+
+        assert!(!enabled)
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_is_disabled() {
+        let config = ActionConfig::try_from(
+            r#"
+please:
+  actions:
+    rust: false
+                "#,
+        )
+        .unwrap();
+
+        let enabled = RustAction::new().enabled(&config).unwrap();
+
+        assert!(!enabled)
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_missing_value_is_enabled() {
+        let config = ActionConfig::try_from(
+            r#"
+please:
+  actions:
+    rust:
+                "#,
+        )
+        .unwrap();
+
+        let enabled = RustAction::new().enabled(&config).unwrap();
+
+        assert!(enabled)
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_can_edit_empty_file() {
+        let output = RustAction::default()
+            .execute_content(
+                &semver::Version {
+                    major: 0,
+                    minor: 1,
+                    patch: 0,
+                    pre: Prerelease::default(),
+                    build: BuildMetadata::default(),
+                },
+                "",
+            )
+            .unwrap();
+
+        pretty_assertions::assert_eq!(
+            r#"[workspace.package]
+version = "0.1.0"
+"#,
+            &output,
+        )
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_only_edits_stuff() {
+        let input = r#"
+[workspace]
+members = ["."]
+
+
+[package]
+something = {some = "something"}
+
+# Some comment
+
+[workspace.package]
+version = "0.0.0" # some comment
+readme = "../../"
+"#;
+
+        let output = RustAction::default()
+            .execute_content(
+                &semver::Version {
+                    major: 0,
+                    minor: 1,
+                    patch: 0,
+                    pre: Prerelease::default(),
+                    build: BuildMetadata::default(),
+                },
+                input,
+            )
+            .unwrap();
+
+        pretty_assertions::assert_eq!(
+            r#"
+[workspace]
+members = ["."]
+
+
+[package]
+something = {some = "something"}
+
+# Some comment
+
+[workspace.package]
+version = "0.1.0"
+readme = "../../"
+"#,
+            &output,
+        )
+    }
+}
diff --git a/crates/cuddle-please-commands/Cargo.toml b/crates/cuddle-please-commands/Cargo.toml
index f4cc28c..db2f2a4 100644
--- a/crates/cuddle-please-commands/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/cuddle-please-commands/Cargo.toml
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ publishable = true
 [dependencies]
 cuddle-please-frontend.workspace = true
 cuddle-please-misc.workspace = true
+cuddle-please-actions.workspace = true
 
 anyhow.workspace = true
 tracing.workspace = true
diff --git a/crates/cuddle-please-commands/src/command.rs b/crates/cuddle-please-commands/src/command.rs
index 5913f58..2507f90 100644
--- a/crates/cuddle-please-commands/src/command.rs
+++ b/crates/cuddle-please-commands/src/command.rs
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ use std::{
 };
 
 use clap::{Parser, Subcommand};
+use cuddle_please_actions::Actions;
 use cuddle_please_frontend::{gatheres::ConfigArgs, PleaseConfig, PleaseConfigBuilder};
 use cuddle_please_misc::{
     ConsoleUi, DynRemoteGitClient, DynUi, GiteaClient, GlobalArgs, LocalGitClient, StdinFn,
@@ -92,16 +93,16 @@ impl Command {
     pub fn execute(self, current_dir: Option<&Path>) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
         match &self.commands {
             Some(Commands::Release {}) => {
-                let (config, git_client, gitea_client) = self.get_deps(current_dir)?;
-                ReleaseCommandHandler::new(self.ui, config, git_client, gitea_client)
+                let (config, git_client, gitea_client, actions) = self.get_deps(current_dir)?;
+                ReleaseCommandHandler::new(self.ui, config, git_client, gitea_client, actions)
                     .execute(self.global.dry_run)?;
             }
             Some(Commands::Config { command }) => {
-                let (config, _, _) = self.get_deps(current_dir)?;
+                let (config, _, _, _) = self.get_deps(current_dir)?;
                 ConfigCommandHandler::new(self.ui, config).execute(command)?;
             }
             Some(Commands::Gitea { command }) => {
-                let (config, _, gitea_client) = self.get_deps(current_dir)?;
+                let (config, _, gitea_client, _) = self.get_deps(current_dir)?;
 
                 GiteaCommandHandler::new(self.ui, config, gitea_client)
                     .execute(command, self.global.token.expect("token to be set").deref())?;
@@ -118,7 +119,7 @@ impl Command {
     fn get_deps(
         &self,
         current_dir: Option<&Path>,
-    ) -> anyhow::Result<(PleaseConfig, VcsClient, DynRemoteGitClient)> {
+    ) -> anyhow::Result<(PleaseConfig, VcsClient, DynRemoteGitClient, Actions)> {
         let config = self.build_config(current_dir)?;
         let git_client =
             self.get_git(&config, self.global.token.clone().expect("token to be set"))?;
@@ -140,7 +141,9 @@ impl Command {
             tracing_subscriber::fmt().with_env_filter(env_filter).init();
         }
 
-        Ok((config, git_client, gitea_client))
+        let actions = self.get_actions()?;
+
+        Ok((config, git_client, gitea_client, actions))
     }
 
     fn build_config(&self, current_dir: Option<&Path>) -> Result<PleaseConfig, anyhow::Error> {
@@ -183,6 +186,10 @@ impl Command {
             )),
         }
     }
+
+    fn get_actions(&self) -> anyhow::Result<Actions> {
+        Actions::from_cuddle()
+    }
 }
 
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, Subcommand)]
diff --git a/crates/cuddle-please-commands/src/release_command.rs b/crates/cuddle-please-commands/src/release_command.rs
index af58090..83ec577 100644
--- a/crates/cuddle-please-commands/src/release_command.rs
+++ b/crates/cuddle-please-commands/src/release_command.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+use cuddle_please_actions::Actions;
 use cuddle_please_frontend::PleaseConfig;
 
 use ::semver::Version;
@@ -13,6 +14,7 @@ pub struct ReleaseCommandHandler {
     config: PleaseConfig,
     git_client: VcsClient,
     gitea_client: DynRemoteGitClient,
+    actions: Actions,
 }
 
 impl ReleaseCommandHandler {
@@ -21,12 +23,14 @@ impl ReleaseCommandHandler {
         config: PleaseConfig,
         git_client: VcsClient,
         gitea_client: DynRemoteGitClient,
+        actions: Actions,
     ) -> Self {
         Self {
             ui,
             config,
             git_client,
             gitea_client,
+            actions,
         }
     }
 
@@ -69,6 +73,8 @@ impl ReleaseCommandHandler {
         let (changelog_placement, changelog, changelog_last_changes) =
             compose_changelog(&commit_strs, &next_version, source)?;
 
+        self.actions.execute(&next_version)?;
+
         if let Some(first_commit) = commit_strs.first() {
             if first_commit.contains("chore(release): ") {
                 tracing::trace!("creating release");