diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 1df8f6a62..000000000
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,265 +0,0 @@
-name: CI
-
-on:
-  push:
-    branches:
-      - main
-  pull_request: {}
-
-env:
-  GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-
-concurrency:
-  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
-  cancel-in-progress: true
-
-permissions: read-all
-
-jobs:
-  build:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    env:
-      CI_COMMIT_MESSAGE: CI Formatting Auto Commit
-      CI_COMMIT_AUTHOR: ${{ github.event.repository.name }} CI
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-      # Python setup
-      - name: Set up Python 3.10.14
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v4
-        with:
-          python-version: 3.10.14
-      - name: Load cached Poetry installation
-        id: cached-poetry
-        uses: actions/cache@v4
-        with:
-          path: ~/.local
-          key: poetry-${{ runner.os }}
-      - name: Install Poetry
-        if: steps.cached-poetry.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'
-        uses: snok/install-poetry@v1
-        with:
-          virtualenvs-create: true
-          virtualenvs-in-project: true
-          installer-parallel: true
-      - run: poetry config installer.modern-installation false
-      - name: Load cached venv
-        id: cached-poetry-dependencies
-        uses: actions/cache@v4
-        with:
-          path: .venv
-          key: venv-${{ runner.os }}-${{ hashFiles('**/poetry.lock') }}
-      - name: Install dependencies
-        if: steps.cached-poetry-dependencies.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'
-        run: make setup
-
-      # Build artifacts
-      - name: Compile all the cairo files
-        run: make build
-
-      # Upload artifacts
-      - name: Uploads Kakarot build artifacts
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
-        with:
-          name: kakarot-build
-          path: ./build
-
-  tests-unit:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest-16-cores
-    env:
-      PROTOCOL_BUFFERS_PYTHON_IMPLEMENTATION: python
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-      - name: Set up Python 3.10.14
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v4
-        with:
-          python-version: 3.10.14
-      - name: Load cached Poetry installation
-        id: cached-poetry
-        uses: actions/cache@v4
-        with:
-          path: ~/.local
-          key: poetry-${{ runner.os }}
-      - name: Install Poetry
-        if: steps.cached-poetry.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'
-        uses: snok/install-poetry@v1
-        with:
-          virtualenvs-create: true
-          virtualenvs-in-project: true
-          installer-parallel: true
-      - run: poetry config installer.modern-installation false
-      - name: Load cached venv
-        id: cached-poetry-dependencies
-        uses: actions/cache@v4
-        with:
-          path: .venv
-          key: venv-${{ runner.os }}-${{ hashFiles('**/poetry.lock') }}
-      - name: Install dependencies
-        if: steps.cached-poetry-dependencies.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'
-        run: make setup
-      - name: Install Foundry
-        uses: foundry-rs/foundry-toolchain@v1
-        with:
-          version: nightly
-      - name: Run tests
-        run: make test-unit
-      - name: Upload coverage report to codecov
-        uses: codecov/codecov-action@v3
-        with:
-          directory: ./coverage/
-
-  tests-end-to-end:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    env:
-      STARKNET_NETWORK: katana
-      PROTOCOL_BUFFERS_PYTHON_IMPLEMENTATION: python
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-      - name: Extract Katana Version
-        id: extract_katana_version
-        run: |
-          KATANA_VERSION=$(grep -oP '^KATANA_VERSION = \K.*' Makefile)
-          echo "katana_version=$KATANA_VERSION" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
-      - name: Set up Python 3.10
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v4
-        with:
-          python-version: 3.10.14
-      - name: Load cached Poetry installation
-        id: cached-poetry
-        uses: actions/cache@v4
-        with:
-          path: ~/.local
-          key: poetry-${{ runner.os }}
-      - name: Install Poetry
-        if: steps.cached-poetry.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'
-        uses: snok/install-poetry@v1
-        with:
-          virtualenvs-create: true
-          virtualenvs-in-project: true
-          installer-parallel: true
-      - run: poetry config installer.modern-installation false
-      - name: Load cached venv
-        id: cached-poetry-dependencies
-        uses: actions/cache@v4
-        with:
-          path: .venv
-          key: venv-${{ runner.os }}-${{ hashFiles('**/poetry.lock') }}
-      - name: Install dependencies
-        if: steps.cached-poetry-dependencies.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'
-        run: make setup
-      - name: Install Foundry
-        uses: foundry-rs/foundry-toolchain@v1
-        with:
-          version: nightly
-      - name: Install Scarb
-        uses: software-mansion/setup-scarb@v1
-        with:
-          tool-versions: ./cairo1_contracts/mock_pragma/.tool-versions #TODO: support multiple tool-versions files
-      - name: Load cached katana
-        id: cached-katana
-        uses: actions/cache@v4
-        with:
-          path: ~/.cargo/bin
-          key: katana-${{ steps.extract_katana_version.outputs.katana_version }}
-      - name: Install Katana
-        if: steps.cached-katana.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'
-        run: make install-katana
-      - name: Run tests
-        run: |
-          make fetch-ssj-artifacts
-          cp .env.example .env
-          make run-katana & make test-end-to-end
-
-  ef-tests:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest-32-cores
-    needs: build
-    steps:
-      - name: Checkout ef-tests
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
-        with:
-          repository: kkrt-labs/ef-tests
-          ref: v0.2.2
-      - name: Checkout local skip file
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
-        with:
-          sparse-checkout: |
-            blockchain-tests-skip.yml
-          sparse-checkout-cone-mode: false
-          path: skip-file
-      - name: Replace the skip files
-        run: |
-          mv skip-file/blockchain-tests-skip.yml blockchain-tests-skip.yml
-      - name: Rust cache
-        uses: Swatinem/rust-cache@v2
-        with:
-          cache-on-failure: "true"
-      - name: setup
-        run: mkdir -p build/common && make setup setup-kakarot-v1
-      - uses: taiki-e/install-action@nextest
-
-      - name: Download Kakarot build artifacts in v0
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
-        with:
-          name: kakarot-build
-          path: ./build/v0
-      - name: Move ERC20
-        run: mv build/v0/fixtures/ERC20.json build/common
-      - name: Set up Python
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v4
-        with:
-          python-version: 3.10.14
-      - name: run tests
-        run: |
-          set -o pipefail
-          make ef-test-v0 | tee test_v0.out
-          set +o pipefail
-      - name: Retrieve ef-tests execution resources
-        run: python scripts/compute_resources.py
-        env:
-          KAKAROT_VERSION: v0
-      - name: upload resources
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
-        with:
-          path: resources
-          name: resources
-
-  resources:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    needs: ef-tests
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-      - name: Set up Python 3.10.14
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v4
-        with:
-          python-version: 3.10.14
-      - name: Load cached Poetry installation
-        id: cached-poetry
-        uses: actions/cache@v4
-        with:
-          path: ~/.local
-          key: poetry-${{ runner.os }}
-      - name: Install Poetry
-        if: steps.cached-poetry.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'
-        uses: snok/install-poetry@v1
-        with:
-          virtualenvs-create: true
-          virtualenvs-in-project: true
-          installer-parallel: true
-      - run: poetry config installer.modern-installation false
-      - name: Load cached venv
-        id: cached-poetry-dependencies
-        uses: actions/cache@v4
-        with:
-          path: .venv
-          key: venv-${{ runner.os }}-${{ hashFiles('**/poetry.lock') }}
-      - name: Install dependencies
-        if: steps.cached-poetry-dependencies.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'
-        run: make setup
-      - name: Load performance artifacts
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
-        with:
-          path: resources
-          name: resources
-      - name: Check resources evolution
-        run: |
-          result=$(GITHUB_TOKEN=${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }} make check-resources 2>&1)
-          echo "$result" >> "$GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/update-rpc.yml b/.github/workflows/update-rpc.yml
index 0ef733d37..134aa4dd4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/update-rpc.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/update-rpc.yml
@@ -4,16 +4,17 @@ name: Update Submodule
 #   release:
 #     types: [published]
 
-on: [pull_request]
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - cw/release-to-rpc
 
-permissions:
-  contents: read
-  pull-requests: write
+permissions: read-all
 
 jobs:
   update-submodule:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-
+    permissions: write-all
     steps:
       - name: Checkout Kakarot-RPC Repository
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
@@ -23,17 +24,24 @@ jobs:
           path: kakarot-rpc
 
       - name: Update Submodule
+        env:
+          # GH_TOKEN is a secret defined in the github repository settings and not the default GITHUB_TOKEN
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GH_TOKEN }}
         run: |
+          cd kakarot-rpc
           git config --global user.email "actions@github.com"
           git config --global user.name "GitHub Actions"
-          cd kakarot-rpc/lib/kakarot
-          echo "Current directory: $(pwd)"
+          git submodule update --recursive --init
+          cd lib/kakarot
           git fetch --tags
           export release_tag=$(git tag --sort=-creatordate | head -n 1)
           git checkout $release_tag
           cd ../..
           git checkout -b kakarot-$release_tag
           git add lib/kakarot
+          git status
           git commit -m "Update kakarot to $release_tag"
-          gh pr create -B main -H kakarot-$release_tag --title 'Update Kakarot to $release_tag'
-          cd -
+          git push --set-upstream origin kakarot-$release_tag
+          git diff origin/main
+          git log --oneline -n 5
+          gh pr create --title 'Update Kakarot to $release_tag' --body 'Update Kakarot to $release_tag'