diff --git a/projects/vdk-plugins/vdk-jupyter/.plugin-ci.yml b/projects/vdk-plugins/vdk-jupyter/.plugin-ci.yml
index 9c55d9677b..4416e0e83f 100644
--- a/projects/vdk-plugins/vdk-jupyter/.plugin-ci.yml
+++ b/projects/vdk-plugins/vdk-jupyter/.plugin-ci.yml
@@ -31,3 +31,25 @@ build-vdk-jupyterlab-extension:
     - if: '$CI_COMMIT_BRANCH == "main" || $CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == "external_pull_request_event"'
       changes:
         - "projects/vdk-plugins/vdk-jupyter/**/*"
+
+
+release-vdk-jupyter:
+  variables:
+    PLUGIN_NAME:
+  image: "python:3.10-alpine"
+  stage: release
+  before_script:
+    - export VDK_PATCH_VERSION=${CI_PIPELINE_ID}
+  script:
+    - cd projects/vdk-plugins/vdk-jupyter/vdk-jupyterlab-extension/ || exit 1
+    - apk --no-cache add npm rust cargo libffi-dev
+    - pip install -U pip setuptools wheel twine pre-commit build hatch jupyter
+    - hatch version 0.1.$VDK_PATCH_VERSION
+    - python -m build
+    - twine upload --repository-url $PIP_REPO_UPLOAD_URL -u "$PIP_REPO_UPLOAD_USER_NAME" -p "$PIP_REPO_UPLOAD_USER_PASSWORD" dist/* --verbose
+  rules:
+    - if: '$CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == "schedule"'
+      when: never
+    - if: '$CI_COMMIT_BRANCH == "main"'
+      changes:
+        - "projects/vdk-plugins/vdk-jupyter/**/*"
diff --git a/projects/vdk-plugins/vdk-jupyter/vdk-jupyterlab-extension/README.md b/projects/vdk-plugins/vdk-jupyter/vdk-jupyterlab-extension/README.md
index 8dd953b806..9b491c9015 100644
--- a/projects/vdk-plugins/vdk-jupyter/vdk-jupyterlab-extension/README.md
+++ b/projects/vdk-plugins/vdk-jupyter/vdk-jupyterlab-extension/README.md
@@ -14,16 +14,13 @@ for the frontend extension.
 - Versatile Data Kit
 - npm
 
-## Install
-
-To install the extension,first navigate to the project directory and then execute:
+## Install and run
 
 ```bash
-# Once in the project directory, use the npm ci command to install
-# the exact versions of the dependencies specified in the package-lock.json
-npm ci
-# Install the extension
+# install the extension
 pip install vdk-jupyterlab-extension
+# run jupyterlab
+jupyter lab
 ```
 
 ## Uninstall
diff --git a/projects/vdk-plugins/vdk-jupyter/vdk-jupyterlab-extension/pyproject.toml b/projects/vdk-plugins/vdk-jupyter/vdk-jupyterlab-extension/pyproject.toml
index 43d6e8a503..facd5044a1 100644
--- a/projects/vdk-plugins/vdk-jupyter/vdk-jupyterlab-extension/pyproject.toml
+++ b/projects/vdk-plugins/vdk-jupyter/vdk-jupyterlab-extension/pyproject.toml
@@ -23,7 +23,10 @@ classifiers = [
     "Programming Language :: Python :: 3.11",
 ]
 dependencies = [
-    "jupyter_server>=1.6,<3"
+    "jupyter_server>=1.6,<3",
+    "jupyterlab==3.6.3",
+    "vdk-control-cli",
+    "vdk-core"
 ]
 dynamic = ["version", "description", "authors", "urls", "keywords"]
 
diff --git a/projects/vdk-plugins/vdk-jupyter/vdk-jupyterlab-extension/setup.py b/projects/vdk-plugins/vdk-jupyter/vdk-jupyterlab-extension/setup.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 2d33651683..0000000000
--- a/projects/vdk-plugins/vdk-jupyter/vdk-jupyterlab-extension/setup.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-# Copyright 2021-2023 VMware, Inc.
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
-
-__import__("setuptools").setup()