diff --git a/Formula/wash.rb b/Formula/wash.rb
index 18b9e6e..cd7b578 100644
--- a/Formula/wash.rb
+++ b/Formula/wash.rb
@@ -6,6 +6,11 @@ class Wash < Formula
   license "Apache-2.0"
 
   depends_on "rust" => :build
+  depends_on "openssl@1.1"
+
+  on_linux do
+    depends_on "zlib"
+  end
 
   def install
     system "cargo", "install", *std_cargo_args
diff --git a/Formula/wasmcloud.rb b/Formula/wasmcloud.rb
index d63000d..c0ab2a1 100644
--- a/Formula/wasmcloud.rb
+++ b/Formula/wasmcloud.rb
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ class Wasmcloud < Formula
   end
 
   depends_on "rust" => :build
+  depends_on "openssl@1.1"
 
   def install
     system "cargo", "install", *std_cargo_args
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..af93364
--- /dev/null
+++ b/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+# wasmCloud Homebrew tap
+
+## Using
+
+To use this tap:
+
+```console
+$ brew tap wasmcloud/wasmcloud
+```
diff --git a/RELEASE.md b/RELEASE.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b1db4c4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/RELEASE.md
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+# Release documentation
+
+To release a new version of the formula and automatically bottle, use the following steps:
+
+1. Open a PR with the changes and wait for the tests to pass
+1. Once the tests pass, add the `pr-pull` tag to the PR. This will trigger the release and close the PR (it will push the commits for you)