diff --git a/.drone.yml b/.drone.yml
index edef0d6..6e7d8f3 100644
--- a/.drone.yml
+++ b/.drone.yml
@@ -53,3 +53,19 @@ services:
 volumes:
   - name: dockersock
     temp: {}
+---
+type: docker
+kind: pipeline
+name: "release-please"
+steps:
+  - name: release
+    image: marcoieni/release-plz
+    commands:
+      - release-plz release-pr --token $GITEA_TOKEN --backend gitea
+    environments:
+      GITA_TOKEN:
+        from_secret: gitea_token
+    when:
+      branch:
+      - master
+      - main
diff --git a/templates/drone-template.yaml b/templates/drone-template.yaml
index 0000700..32c204d 100644
--- a/templates/drone-template.yaml
+++ b/templates/drone-template.yaml
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ steps:
       - name: dockersock
         path: /var/run
     commands:
+      - git remote set-url origin $DRONE_GIT_SSH_URL
       - eval `ssh-agent`
       - chmod -R 600 ~/.ssh
       - ssh-add
@@ -32,7 +33,9 @@ steps:
       CUDDLE_SECRETS_PROVIDER: 1password
       CUDDLE_ONE_PASSWORD_DOT_ENV: ".env.ci"
       CUDDLE_SSH_AGENT: "true"
-      CUDDLE_ONE_PASSWORD_INJECT: "DOCKER_USERNAME={{ op://application/docker_hub_credentials/username }},DOCKER_PASSWORD={{ op://application/docker_hub_credentials/password }}"
+      CUDDLE_ONE_PASSWORD_INJECT: "{{`DOCKER_USERNAME={{ op://application/docker_hub_credentials/username }},DOCKER_PASSWORD={{ op://application/docker_hub_credentials/password }}`}}"
+      SSH_KEY:
+        from_secret: gitea_id_ed25519
       OP_SERVICE_ACCOUNT_TOKEN:
         from_secret: op_service_account_token