diff --git a/bin/plugin/commands/release.js b/bin/plugin/commands/release.js
index 974d5fc105f95e..56a232d13882c4 100644
--- a/bin/plugin/commands/release.js
+++ b/bin/plugin/commands/release.js
@@ -392,52 +392,60 @@ async function runGithubReleaseStep(
 	abortMessage
 ) {
 	let octokit;
+	let releaseDraft;
 	let release;
-	await runStep( 'Creating the GitHub release', abortMessage, async () => {
-		await askForConfirmation(
-			'Proceed with the creation of the GitHub release?',
-			true,
-			abortMessage
-		);
-
-		const { token } = await inquirer.prompt( [
-			{
-				type: 'input',
-				name: 'token',
-				message:
-					'Please enter a GitHub personal authentication token.\n' +
-					'You can create one by navigating to ' +
-					formats.success(
-						'https://github.com/settings/tokens/new?scopes=repo,admin:org,write:packages'
-					) +
-					'.\nToken:',
-			},
-		] );
-
-		octokit = new Octokit( {
-			auth: token,
-		} );
 
-		const releaseData = await octokit.repos.createRelease( {
-			owner: config.githubRepositoryOwner,
-			repo: config.githubRepositoryName,
-			tag_name: 'v' + version,
-			name: versionLabel,
-			body: changelog,
-			prerelease: isPrerelease,
-		} );
-		release = releaseData.data;
+	await runStep(
+		'Creating the GitHub release draft',
+		abortMessage,
+		async () => {
+			await askForConfirmation(
+				'Proceed with the creation of the GitHub release draft?',
+				true,
+				abortMessage
+			);
 
-		log( '>> The GitHub release has been created.' );
-	} );
+			const { token } = await inquirer.prompt( [
+				{
+					type: 'input',
+					name: 'token',
+					message:
+						'Please enter a GitHub personal authentication token.\n' +
+						'You can create one by navigating to ' +
+						formats.success(
+							'https://github.com/settings/tokens/new?scopes=repo,admin:org,write:packages'
+						) +
+						'.\nToken:',
+				},
+			] );
+
+			octokit = new Octokit( {
+				auth: token,
+			} );
+
+			const releaseDraftData = await octokit.repos.createRelease( {
+				owner: config.githubRepositoryOwner,
+				repo: config.githubRepositoryName,
+				tag_name: 'v' + version,
+				name: versionLabel,
+				body: changelog,
+				prerelease: isPrerelease,
+				draft: true,
+			} );
+			releaseDraft = releaseDraftData.data;
+
+			log( '>> The GitHub release draft has been created.' );
+		}
+	);
 	abortMessage =
-		abortMessage + ' Make sure to remove the the GitHub release as well.';
+		abortMessage +
+		' Make sure to remove the the GitHub release draft as well.';
 
 	// Uploading the Zip to the Github release
 	await runStep( 'Uploading the plugin ZIP', abortMessage, async () => {
 		const filestats = fs.statSync( zipPath );
 		await octokit.repos.uploadReleaseAsset( {
-			url: release.upload_url,
+			url: releaseDraft.upload_url,
 			headers: {
 				'content-length': filestats.size,
 				'content-type': 'application/zip',
@@ -448,6 +456,19 @@ async function runGithubReleaseStep(
 		log( '>> The plugin ZIP has been successfully uploaded.' );
 	} );
 
+	// Remove draft status from the Github release
+	await runStep( 'Publishing the Github release', abortMessage, async () => {
+		const releaseData = await octokit.repos.updateRelease( {
+			owner: config.githubRepositoryOwner,
+			repo: config.githubRepositoryName,
+			release_id: releaseDraft.id,
+			draft: false,
+		} );
+		release = releaseData.data;
+
+		log( '>> The GitHub release has been published.' );
+	} );
+
 	log(
 		'>> The GitHub release is available here: ' +
 			formats.success( release.html_url )