diff --git a/.github/workflows/create-release.yml b/.github/workflows/create-release.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9e66e2a93
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/create-release.yml
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+name: Create release
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - master
+    paths:
+      - "VERSION"
+
+permissions:
+  contents: write
+
+jobs:
+  tag-and-release:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Read tag from version file
+        id: version
+        run: |
+          if [ ! -f VERSION ]; then
+            echo "::error::VERSION not found"
+            exit 1
+          fi
+          TAG_NAME=$(cat VERSION)
+          echo "tag_name=$TAG_NAME" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+
+      - name: Create release
+        uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v2
+        with:
+          tag_name: ${{ steps.version.outputs.tag_name }}
+          generate_release_notes: true
+          make_latest: "true"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-create-pr.yml b/.github/workflows/release-create-pr.yml
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index 000000000..e4a6c8efa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-create-pr.yml
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+name: Create release PR
+
+on:
+  schedule:
+    - cron: "0 3 * * 1"
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+permissions:
+  contents: write
+  pull-requests: write
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v6
+
+      - name: Increment version
+        id: version
+        run: |
+          DOC_FILE="docs/v3/openapi.json docs/admin/openapi.json"
+          CLOWDER_FILE=deploy/clowdapp.yaml
+          VERSION=$(cat VERSION)
+          [ "$(git log -1 --pretty=%B)" == "$VERSION" ] && exit 0
+          RELEASE_TYPE=$(git log -1 | tail -n1) # Check release type (/major, /minor, /patch (default))
+          VERSION_NEXT=$(./scripts/increment_version.sh $VERSION $RELEASE_TYPE)
+          sed -i 's|\("version": "\)[^"]*\("\)$|'"\1$VERSION_NEXT\2|;" $DOC_FILE
+          echo $VERSION_NEXT > VERSION
+          echo "VERSION_NEXT=$VERSION_NEXT" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+
+      - name: Create PR for new release
+        uses: peter-evans/create-pull-request@v8
+        if: steps.version.outputs.VERSION_NEXT != ''
+        with:
+          base: master
+          branch: update-semantic-release-${{ steps.version.outputs.VERSION_NEXT }}
+          commit-message: "Update semantic release to ${{ steps.version.outputs.VERSION_NEXT }}"
+          title: "Update semantic release to ${{ steps.version.outputs.VERSION_NEXT }}"
+          token: ${{ secrets.VMAAS_BOT_TOKEN }}
+          body: |
+            New semantic release version **${{ steps.version.outputs.VERSION_NEXT }}** is available.
diff --git a/.github/workflows/semantic-release.yml b/.github/workflows/semantic-release.yml
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index 54897ede8..000000000
--- a/.github/workflows/semantic-release.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-name: Semantic release
-
-on:
-  push:
-    branches:
-    - master
-
-jobs:
-  build:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-      with:
-        token: ${{ secrets.VMAAS_BOT_TOKEN }}
-    - name: increment version, commit, push
-      run: |
-        DOC_FILE="docs/v3/openapi.json docs/admin/openapi.json"
-        CLOWDER_FILE=deploy/clowdapp.yaml
-        VERSION=$(cat VERSION)
-        [ "$(git log -1 --pretty=%B)" == "$VERSION" ] && exit 0
-        RELEASE_TYPE=$(git log -1 | tail -n1) # Check release type (/major, /minor, /patch (default))
-        VERSION_NEXT=$(./scripts/increment_version.sh $VERSION $RELEASE_TYPE)
-        sed -i 's|\("version": "\)[^"]*\("\)$|'"\1$VERSION_NEXT\2|;" $DOC_FILE
-        echo $VERSION_NEXT >VERSION
-        git config --global user.name 'semantic-release'
-        git config --global user.email ''
-        git commit -am "${VERSION_NEXT}"
-        git push
-        git tag ${VERSION_NEXT}
-        git push origin ${VERSION_NEXT}