diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..d587cc33ae7465f89c7db1bb95932438cc5b1d52
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+{
+  "name": "simplesamlphp-module-bbmri",
+  "private": true,
+  "devDependencies": {
+    "@semantic-release/changelog": "^5.0.1",
+    "@semantic-release/git": "^9.0.0",
+    "semantic-release": "^17.4.2"
+  }
+}