diff --git a/.github/workflows/configure-testpypi-version.py b/.github/workflows/configure-testpypi-version.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d22ba94bd96
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/configure-testpypi-version.py
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+import argparse
+import copy
+import pathlib
+
+import tomli
+import tomli_w
+
+
+def split_path(path, sep="/"):
+    if isinstance(path, str):
+        return [part for part in path.split(sep) if part]
+    else:
+        return path
+
+
+def extract(mapping, path, sep="/"):
+    parts = split_path(path, sep=sep)
+    cur = mapping
+    for part in parts:
+        cur = cur[part]
+
+    return cur
+
+
+def update(mapping, path, value, sep="/"):
+    new = copy.deepcopy(mapping)
+
+    parts = split_path(path, sep=sep)
+    parent = extract(new, parts[:-1])
+    parent[parts[-1]] = value
+
+    return new
+
+
+parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
+parser.add_argument("path", type=pathlib.Path)
+args = parser.parse_args()
+
+content = args.path.read_text()
+decoded = tomli.loads(content)
+updated = update(
+    decoded, "tool.setuptools_scm.local_scheme", "no-local-version", sep="."
+)
+
+new_content = tomli_w.dumps(updated)
+
+args.path.write_text(new_content)
diff --git a/.github/workflows/testpypi-release.yaml b/.github/workflows/testpypi-release.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0b17f86db43
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/testpypi-release.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+name: Build and Upload xarray to PyPI
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - 'main'
+
+# no need for concurrency limits
+
+jobs:
+  build-artifacts:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    if: github.repository == 'pydata/xarray'
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@v3
+        name: Install Python
+        with:
+          python-version: 3.10
+
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: |
+          python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+          python -m pip install setuptools setuptools-scm wheel twine check-manifest
+          python -m pip install tomli tomli_w
+
+      - name: Disable local versions
+        run: |
+          python .github/workflows/configure-testpypi-version.py pyproject.toml
+          git update-index --assume-unchanged pyproject.toml
+
+      - name: Build tarball and wheels
+        run: |
+          git clean -xdf
+          git restore -SW .
+          python -m build --sdist --wheel .
+
+      - name: Check built artifacts
+        run: |
+          python -m twine check dist/*
+          pwd
+          if [ -f dist/xarray-0.0.0.tar.gz ]; then
+            echo "❌ INVALID VERSION NUMBER"
+            exit 1
+          else
+            echo "✅ Looks good"
+          fi
+
+      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
+        with:
+          name: releases
+          path: dist
+
+  test-built-dist:
+    needs: build-artifacts
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/setup-python@v3
+        name: Install Python
+        with:
+          python-version: 3.10
+      - uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
+        with:
+          name: releases
+          path: dist
+      - name: List contents of built dist
+        run: |
+          ls -ltrh
+          ls -ltrh dist
+
+      - name: Verify the built dist/wheel is valid
+        if: github.event_name == 'push'
+        run: |
+          python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+          python -m pip install dist/xarray*.whl
+          python -m xarray.util.print_versions
+
+      - name: Publish package to TestPyPI
+        if: github.event_name == 'push'
+        uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@v1.5.0
+        with:
+          user: __token__
+          password: ${{ secrets.TESTPYPI_TOKEN }}
+          repository_url: https://test.pypi.org/legacy/
+          verbose: true
diff --git a/doc/getting-started-guide/installing.rst b/doc/getting-started-guide/installing.rst
index faa0fba5dd3..6c7c82dec72 100644
--- a/doc/getting-started-guide/installing.rst
+++ b/doc/getting-started-guide/installing.rst
@@ -147,6 +147,15 @@ installed, take a look at the ``[options.extras_require]`` section in
    :start-at: [options.extras_require]
    :end-before: [options.package_data]
 
+Development versions
+--------------------
+To install the most recent development version, install from github::
+
+     $ python -m pip install git+https://github.com/pydata/xarray.git
+
+or from TestPyPI::
+
+     $ python -m pip install --index-url https://test.pypi.org/simple --extra-index-url https://pypi.org/simple xarray
 
 Testing
 -------
diff --git a/doc/whats-new.rst b/doc/whats-new.rst
index 54a273fbdc3..3bd46392f71 100644
--- a/doc/whats-new.rst
+++ b/doc/whats-new.rst
@@ -50,7 +50,9 @@ New Features
 - Improved overall typing.
 - :py:meth:`Dataset.to_dict` and :py:meth:`DataArray.to_dict` may now optionally include encoding
   attributes. (:pull:`6635`)
-  By Joe Hamman <https://github.com/jhamman>`_.
+  By `Joe Hamman <https://github.com/jhamman>`_.
+- Upload development versions to `TestPyPI <https://test.pypi.org>`_.
+  By `Justus Magin <https://github.com/keewis>`_.
 
 Breaking changes
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~