diff --git a/.github/workflows/apt-release.yml b/.github/workflows/apt-release.yml
index f1f5c117b..716c1498c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/apt-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/apt-release.yml
@@ -1,12 +1,6 @@
 name: Apt Release
 on:
   workflow_dispatch:
-  workflow_run:
-    # wait for Cli Release to complete, when it completes, start this workflow
-    workflows: ["Cli Release"]
-    branches: [main]
-    types:
-      - completed
 
 jobs:
   apt-build-release:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/draft-release.yml b/.github/workflows/draft-release.yml
index 0f31893ba..25770c7c6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/draft-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/draft-release.yml
@@ -76,6 +76,12 @@ jobs:
           REPO_ACCESS_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.REPO_ACCESS_TOKEN }}
           BRANCH_NAME: ${{steps.extract_branch.outputs.branch}}
           INPUTS: '{ "version": "${{ steps.semantic-release-draft.outputs.TAG_NAME }}" }'
+      - name: verify release required
+        if: ${{ steps.semantic-release-draft.outputs.TAG_NAME == ''}}
+        uses: actions/github-script@v3
+        with:
+          script: |
+            core.setFailed('There are no relevant changes, so no new version is released.')
       - name: Update release
         if: ${{steps.semantic-release-draft.outputs.TAG_NAME != ''}}
         run: node .github/scripts/update-release.js
@@ -154,9 +160,12 @@ jobs:
   platform-executables-release:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     needs: [ release ]
-    env: 
+    env:
         REPO_NAME: twilio/twilio-cli
         REPO_ACCESS_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.REPO_ACCESS_TOKEN }}
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        executable_workflow: [ 'debian-executable-release.yml', 'macos-executable-release.yml', 'rpmbuild.yml', 'windows-executable-release.yml', 'apt-release.yml' ]
     steps:
       - name: Checkout cli repo
         uses: actions/checkout@v2
@@ -166,21 +175,14 @@ jobs:
       - name: Extract branch name
         id: extract_branch
         run: echo "##[set-output name=branch;]$(echo ${GITHUB_REF#refs/heads/})"
-      - name: Invoke debian executable workflow
+      - name: Invoke platform executable workflow
         if: ${{needs.release.outputs.draft-tag-name != ''}}
         run: node .github/scripts/trigger-workflow.js
         env:
-          WORKFLOW_NAME: 'debian-draft-executable-release.yml'
+          WORKFLOW_NAME: ${{ matrix.executable_workflow }}
           BRANCH_NAME: ${{steps.extract_branch.outputs.branch}}
-      
-      - name: Invoke macos package release workflow
-        if: ${{needs.release.outputs.draft-tag-name != ''}}
-        #TODO make changes to trigger-workflow script to accept multiple workflow names at once
-        run: node .github/scripts/trigger-workflow.js
-        env:
-          WORKFLOW_NAME: 'macos-executable-release.yml'
-          BRANCH_NAME: ${{steps.extract_branch.outputs.branch}}
-          
+
+
   notify-complete-fail:
     if: ${{ failure() || cancelled() }}
     needs: [ release, oclif-release, platform-executables-release ]
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index c17bf063f..23cb59838 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -61,11 +61,13 @@ jobs:
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.REPO_ACCESS_TOKEN }}
           NPM_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}
-      - name: Extract branch name
-        id: extract_branch
-        run: echo "##[set-output name=branch;]$(echo ${GITHUB_REF#refs/heads/})"
+      - name: verify release required
+        if: ${{steps.semantic-release.outputs.TAG_NAME == ''}}
+        uses: actions/github-script@v3
+        with:
+          script: |
+            core.setFailed('There are no relevant changes, so no new version is released.')
       - name: Update release
-        if: ${{steps.semantic-release.outputs.TAG_NAME != ''}}
         run: node .github/scripts/update-release.js
         env:
           TAG_NAME: ${{steps.semantic-release.outputs.TAG_NAME}}
@@ -74,6 +76,9 @@ jobs:
           REPO_ACCESS_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.REPO_ACCESS_TOKEN }}
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
           INPUTS: '{ "tag-name": "${{needs.release.outputs.draft-tag-name}}" }'
+      - name: Extract branch name
+        id: extract_branch
+        run: echo "##[set-output name=branch;]$(echo ${GITHUB_REF#refs/heads/})"
   oclif-release:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     needs: [release]
@@ -138,6 +143,9 @@ jobs:
     env:
         REPO_NAME: ${{ github.repository }}
         REPO_ACCESS_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.REPO_ACCESS_TOKEN }}
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        executable_workflow: ['debian-executable-release.yml', 'macos-executable-release.yml', 'rpmbuild.yml', 'windows-executable-release.yml', 'apt-release.yml']
     steps:
       - name: Checkout cli repo
         uses: actions/checkout@v2
@@ -147,22 +155,13 @@ jobs:
       - name: Extract branch name
         id: extract_branch
         run: echo "##[set-output name=branch;]$(echo ${GITHUB_REF#refs/heads/})"
-      - name: Invoke debian executable workflow
+      - name: Invoke platform executable workflow
         if: ${{needs.release.outputs.tag-name != '' && steps.extract_branch.outputs.branch == 'main'}}
         run: node .github/scripts/trigger-workflow.js
         env:
-          WORKFLOW_NAME: 'debian-executable-release.yml'
+          WORKFLOW_NAME: ${{ matrix.executable_workflow }}
           BRANCH_NAME: ${{steps.extract_branch.outputs.branch}}
 
-      - name: Invoke macos package release workflow
-        if: ${{needs.release.outputs.tag-name != '' && steps.extract_branch.outputs.branch == 'main'}}
-        #TODO make changes to trigger-workflow script to accept multiple workflow names at once
-        run: node .github/scripts/trigger-workflow.js
-        env:
-          WORKFLOW_NAME: 'macos-executable-release.yml'
-          BRANCH_NAME: ${{steps.extract_branch.outputs.branch}}
-
-
   notify-complete-fail:
     if: ${{ failure() || cancelled() }}
     needs: [ release, oclif-release, platform-executables-release ]
diff --git a/.github/workflows/rpmbuild.yml b/.github/workflows/rpmbuild.yml
index a9d918208..8cc4f1d52 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/rpmbuild.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/rpmbuild.yml
@@ -2,12 +2,6 @@ name: RPM Build
 
 on:
   workflow_dispatch:
-  workflow_run:
-    # wait for Cli Release to complete, when it completes, start this workflow
-    workflows: ["Cli Release"]
-    branches: [main]
-    types:
-      - completed
 jobs:
 
   rpmbuild:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/windows-executable-release.yml b/.github/workflows/windows-executable-release.yml
index 6cc5e0667..916c94246 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/windows-executable-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/windows-executable-release.yml
@@ -1,12 +1,6 @@
 name: Windows Executable Release
 on:
   workflow_dispatch:
-  workflow_run:
-  # wait for Cli Release to complete, when it completes, start this workflow
-    workflows: ["Cli Release"]
-    branches: [main]
-    types:
-      - completed
 env:
   FORMULA_NAME: 'twilio'