diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 33535cb4..0f4f3abe 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: snok/install-poetry@v1.3.3
       - name: configure pypi credentials
         run: poetry config pypi-token.pypi "${{ secrets.PYPI_API_KEY }}"
-      - name: Publish package
+      - name: Publish core package
         run: poetry publish --build
       - name: install dependencies
         run: poetry install
@@ -34,3 +34,15 @@ jobs:
         env:
           DATABASE_URL: ${{ secrets.OPENSTATES_DATABASE_URL }}
         run: poetry run os-initdb
+      # Add steps for metadata package
+      - name: Change directory to metadata
+        run: cd openstates/metadata
+
+      - name: install dependencies for metadata
+        run: poetry install
+
+      - name: configure pypi credentials for metadata package
+        run: poetry config pypi-token.pypi "${{ secrets.PYPI_API_KEY }}"
+
+      - name: Publish metadata package
+        run: poetry publish --build
diff --git a/openstates/metadata/poetry.lock b/openstates/metadata/poetry.lock
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..08580832
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openstates/metadata/poetry.lock
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+# This file is automatically @generated by Poetry 1.7.1 and should not be changed by hand.
+
+[[package]]
+name = "attr"
+version = "0.3.2"
+description = "Simple decorator to set attributes of target function or class in a DRY way."
+optional = false
+python-versions = "*"
+files = [
+    {file = "attr-0.3.2-py2.py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:4f4bffeea8c27387bde446675a7ac24f3b8fea1075f12d849b5f5c5181fc8336"},
+    {file = "attr-0.3.2.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:1ceebca768181cdcce9827611b1d728e592be5d293911539ea3d0b0bfa1146f4"},
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "attrs"
+version = "24.2.0"
+description = "Classes Without Boilerplate"
+optional = false
+python-versions = ">=3.7"
+files = [
+    {file = "attrs-24.2.0-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:81921eb96de3191c8258c199618104dd27ac608d9366f5e35d011eae1867ede2"},
+    {file = "attrs-24.2.0.tar.gz", hash = "sha256:5cfb1b9148b5b086569baec03f20d7b6bf3bcacc9a42bebf87ffaaca362f6346"},
+]
+
+[package.extras]
+benchmark = ["cloudpickle", "hypothesis", "mypy (>=1.11.1)", "pympler", "pytest (>=4.3.0)", "pytest-codspeed", "pytest-mypy-plugins", "pytest-xdist[psutil]"]
+cov = ["cloudpickle", "coverage[toml] (>=5.3)", "hypothesis", "mypy (>=1.11.1)", "pympler", "pytest (>=4.3.0)", "pytest-mypy-plugins", "pytest-xdist[psutil]"]
+dev = ["cloudpickle", "hypothesis", "mypy (>=1.11.1)", "pre-commit", "pympler", "pytest (>=4.3.0)", "pytest-mypy-plugins", "pytest-xdist[psutil]"]
+docs = ["cogapp", "furo", "myst-parser", "sphinx", "sphinx-notfound-page", "sphinxcontrib-towncrier", "towncrier (<24.7)"]
+tests = ["cloudpickle", "hypothesis", "mypy (>=1.11.1)", "pympler", "pytest (>=4.3.0)", "pytest-mypy-plugins", "pytest-xdist[psutil]"]
+tests-mypy = ["mypy (>=1.11.1)", "pytest-mypy-plugins"]
+
+[metadata]
+lock-version = "2.0"
+python-versions = "^3.9"
+content-hash = "73e06d79bc6e2c0b2c3ad93b8862a707f5331b207abc804788b894f59f46e1fa"
diff --git a/openstates/metadata/pyproject.toml b/openstates/metadata/pyproject.toml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6745fd06
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openstates/metadata/pyproject.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+[tool.poetry]
+name = "openstates-metadata"
+version = "0.1.0"
+description = "Openstates metadata"
+authors = ["alexobaseki <alex@pluralpolicy.com>"]
+license = "MIT"
+
+
+[tool.poetry.dependencies]
+python = "^3.9"
+attr = "^0.3.2"
+attrs = "^24.2.0"
+
+
+[build-system]
+requires = ["poetry-core"]
+build-backend = "poetry.core.masonry.api"