diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yaml b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
index deac25bca4..f3b2cbb850 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
@@ -1,20 +1,10 @@
-name: Release
+name: Release Prepare
 on:
   workflow_dispatch:
     inputs:
       version:
         type: string
         description: The version you intend to release without leading 'v' (eg x.y.z and not vx.y.z)
-  pull_request:
-    types: [closed]
-  push:
-    branches:
-      - "release/**"
-      - "next/**"
-    tags:
-      - v*
-  release:
-    types: [created]
 
 env:
   VERSION: ${{ github.event.inputs.version }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release_perform.yaml b/.github/workflows/release_perform.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ffd42f483e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/release_perform.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+name: Release Perform
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+  pull_request:
+    types: [closed]
+
+jobs:
+  tag:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    if: ${{ github.event_name == 'pull_request' && github.event.pull_request.merged == true && startsWith(github.event.pull_request.head.ref, 'release') }}
+    steps:
+      - name: Set VERSION variable from tag
+        run: |
+          VERSION=${{github.head_ref}}
+          echo "VERSION=${VERSION##*/}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+      - name: Checkout repository code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          fetch-depth: 0
+      # skip generating assets, which potentially requires setup-go
+      - name: Fetch Changelog
+        run: .github/actions/changelog-action/entrypoint.sh > ${{env.VERSION}}-CHANGELOG.md
+      - run: gh release create --notes-file ${{env.VERSION}}-CHANGELOG.md ${{env.VERSION}} ./random.txt
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+      # placeholder for slack notification
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