diff --git a/.github/workflows/create-pre-release-pr.yml b/.github/workflows/create-pre-release-pr.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 69f7338bf..000000000
--- a/.github/workflows/create-pre-release-pr.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,73 +0,0 @@
-name: ↗️ Create a Pull request for a new release
-# Event for the workflow
-on:
-  workflow_dispatch:
-
-# Allow one concurrent deployment
-concurrency:
-  group: "publish"
-  cancel-in-progress: true
-
-
-jobs:
-  create-pre-release-pr:
-    permissions:
-      contents: write
-      pull-requests: write
-
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - name: 'Checkout source code'
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
-        with:
-          fetch-depth: 0 # Checkout all branches and tags
-          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-          fetch-tags: true
-
-      - uses: actions/setup-node@v4
-        with:
-          node-version: '20.x'
-          registry-url: 'https://registry.npmjs.org'
-          scope: '@kaoto-next'
-          cache: 'yarn'
-
-      - uses: actions/setup-java@v4
-        with:
-          distribution: 'temurin'
-          java-version: '21'
-
-      - name: 🔧 Install dependencies
-        run:  yarn
-
-      - name: 🧪 Run tests
-        run: yarn workspaces foreach --verbose --topological-dev run test
-
-      # Build lib
-      - name: Build @kaoto-next/ui package in lib mode
-        run: yarn workspace @kaoto-next/ui run build:lib
-
-      - name: Git user config
-        run: |
-          git config user.name "github-actions[bot]"
-          git config user.email "github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com"
-
-      - name: Version
-        run: yarn version
-
-      - name: Get version
-        id: get_version
-        run: |
-          echo "TITLE=$(git --no-pager log --format=%s -n 1)" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-        # echo "BODY='$(git --no-pager log --format=%B -n 1)'" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-
-      - name: Create Pull Request
-        uses: peter-evans/create-pull-request@v5
-        with:
-          commit-message: "chore: release"
-          title: ${{ steps.get_version.outputs.TITLE }}
-          body: ${{ steps.get_version.outputs.BODY }}
-          branch: chore/pre-release
-          base: main
-          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-          delete-branch: true
-          labels: release
diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish-npm-package.yml b/.github/workflows/publish-npm-package.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 2f292f50b..000000000
--- a/.github/workflows/publish-npm-package.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,41 +0,0 @@
-name: 🏷️ Publish a new version of the package
-on:
-  # We publish a new version when a release is created
-  release:
-    types: [published]
-
-jobs:
-  release-and-publish:
-    permissions:
-      contents: write
-
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - name: 'Checkout source code'
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
-
-      - uses: actions/setup-node@v4
-        with:
-          node-version: '20.x'
-          registry-url: 'https://registry.npmjs.org'
-          scope: '@kaoto-next'
-          cache: 'yarn'
-
-      - uses: actions/setup-java@v4
-        with:
-          distribution: 'temurin'
-          java-version: '21'
-
-      - name: 🔧 Install dependencies
-        run: yarn
-
-      # Build lib
-      - name: Build @kaoto-next/ui package in lib mode
-        run: yarn workspace @kaoto-next/ui run build:lib
-
-      # Version and publish
-      - name: 'Version and publish'
-        env:
-          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-          NODE_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.KAOTO_NEXT_NPM_TOKEN }}
-        run: yarn publish
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-pipeline.yml b/.github/workflows/release-pipeline.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..60b5f49d0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-pipeline.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+name: Release Pipeline, create a tag/release for Kaoto Next and invoke publish NPM Package
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      tag_version:
+        type: The tag to release
+        description: The tag version we want to release
+        required: true
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    permissions:
+      contents: write
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      
+      - name: Bump version and push tag
+        id: tag_version
+        uses: mathieudutour/github-tag-action@v6.1
+        with:
+          github_token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          custom_tag: ${{ github.event.inputs.tag_version }}
+          create_annotated_tag: true
+          tag_prefix: ""
+          
+      - name: Create a GitHub release
+        uses: ncipollo/release-action@v1
+        with:
+          tag: ${{ steps.tag_version.outputs.new_tag }}
+          name: Release ${{ steps.tag_version.outputs.new_tag }}
+          body: ${{ steps.tag_version.outputs.changelog }}
+          
+      - uses: actions/setup-node@v4
+        with:
+          node-version: '20.x'
+          registry-url: 'https://registry.npmjs.org'
+          scope: '@kaoto-next'
+          cache: 'yarn'
+
+      - uses: actions/setup-java@v4
+        with:
+          distribution: 'temurin'
+          java-version: '21'
+
+      - name: 🔧 Install dependencies
+        run: yarn
+
+      # Build lib
+      - name: Build @kaoto-next/ui package in lib mode
+        run: yarn workspace @kaoto-next/ui run build:lib
+
+      # Version and publish
+      - name: 'Version and publish'
+        env:
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          NODE_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.KAOTO_NEXT_NPM_TOKEN }}
+        run: yarn publish