diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-cd.yml b/.github/workflows/ci-cd.yml
index 128b0da4eb..081895b70e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci-cd.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-cd.yml
@@ -1,11 +1,16 @@
-name: Tests
+name: Build & Tests
 
-on: [pull_request]
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - master
+      - release/**
+  pull_request:
 
 concurrency: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
 
 jobs:
-  release:
+  job_test:
     name: Tests
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
@@ -26,5 +31,31 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Run tests
         # Skip this for now, as it somehow always fails
-        if: 1 == 2 
-        run: xvfb-run --server-args="-screen 0 1920x1080x24" yarn test
\ No newline at end of file
+        if: 1 == 2
+        run: xvfb-run --server-args="-screen 0 1920x1080x24" yarn test
+
+  job_artifacts:
+    needs: job_test
+    name: Upload Artifacts
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    # Build artifacts are only needed for releasing workflow.
+    if: startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/heads/release/')
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout Repo
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+
+      - name: Set up Node
+        uses: volta-cli/action@v3
+
+      - name: Install Dependencies
+        run: yarn --frozen-lockfile
+
+      - name: Build Tarballs
+        run: yarn build:tarball
+
+      - name: Upload Artifacts
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
+        with:
+          name: ${{ github.sha }}
+          path: |
+            ${{ github.workspace }}/packages/**/*.tgz
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e6335c507e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+name: Prepare Release
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      version:
+        description: Version to release
+        required: true
+      force:
+        description: Force a release even when there are release-blockers (optional)
+        required: false
+      merge_target:
+        description: Target branch to merge into. Uses the default branch, sentry-v1, as a fallback (optional)
+        required: false
+jobs:
+  release:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    name: 'Release a new version'
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        with:
+          token: ${{ secrets.GH_RELEASE_PAT }}
+          fetch-depth: 0
+      - name: Prepare release
+        uses: getsentry/action-prepare-release@v1
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GH_RELEASE_PAT }}
+        with:
+          version: ${{ github.event.inputs.version }}
+          force: ${{ github.event.inputs.force }}
+          merge_target: ${{ github.event.inputs.merge_target }}