diff --git a/api/routes_rest_api.go b/api/routes_rest_api.go
index ea804ec..f588b42 100644
--- a/api/routes_rest_api.go
+++ b/api/routes_rest_api.go
@@ -281,6 +281,44 @@ func (r restApi) handlerUpdateIssueComment(w http.ResponseWriter, request *http.
 	r.respond(w, http.StatusOK, commentResponse)
 }
 
+func (r restApi) handlerCreateRelease(w http.ResponseWriter, request *http.Request) {
+	vars := mux.Vars(request)
+	owner := vars["owner"]
+	repo := vars["repo"]
+
+	client := r.getClientOrError(w)
+
+	if client == nil {
+		return
+	}
+
+	ghRelease := github.RepositoryRelease{}
+
+	if err := r.parseJsonBody(request, &ghRelease); err != nil {
+		http.Error(w, "Failed to parse request body", http.StatusBadRequest)
+		r.logger.Error("Failed to parse request body", zap.Error(err))
+	}
+
+	release := gitea.CreateReleaseOption{
+		TagName:      ghRelease.GetTagName(),
+		Target:       ghRelease.GetTargetCommitish(),
+		Title:        ghRelease.GetName(),
+		Note:         ghRelease.GetBody(),
+		IsDraft:      ghRelease.GetDraft(),
+		IsPrerelease: ghRelease.GetPrerelease(),
+	}
+
+	releaseResponse, r2, err := client.CreateRelease(owner, repo, release)
+	if err != nil {
+		http.Error(w, "Failed to create release", http.StatusInternalServerError)
+		r.logger.Error("Failed to create release", zap.Error(err))
+		return
+	}
+
+	r.sendPagingHeaders(w, r2)
+	r.respond(w, http.StatusCreated, releaseResponse)
+}
+
 func (r restApi) parseJsonBody(request *http.Request, obj interface{}) error {
 	if obj == nil {
 		obj = make(map[string]interface{})
@@ -305,6 +343,9 @@ func setupRestRoutes(params RouteParams) {
 		r.HandleFunc("/repos/{owner}/{repo}/issues/{issue_number}/comments", restApi.handleGetIssueComments).Methods("GET")
 		r.HandleFunc("/repos/{owner}/{repo}/issues/{issue_number}/comments", restApi.handlerCreateIssueComment).Methods("POST")
 		r.HandleFunc("/repos/{owner}/{repo}/issues/comments/{comment_id}", restApi.handlerUpdateIssueComment).Methods("PATCH")
+
+		// Repo Release routes
+		r.HandleFunc("/repos/{owner}/{repo}/releases", restApi.handlerCreateRelease).Methods("POST")
 	}
 
 	restRouter := r.PathPrefix("/api").Subrouter()