diff --git a/.github/actions/release/action.yaml b/.github/actions/release/action.yaml
index 6c16bc3b..649bb600 100644
--- a/.github/actions/release/action.yaml
+++ b/.github/actions/release/action.yaml
@@ -7,15 +7,13 @@ inputs:
   tag-name:
     description: 'The name of the tag for the GitHub release'
     required: true
+  github-token:
+    description: 'GitHub token'
+    required: true
 
 runs:
   using: "composite"
   steps:
-    - name: Download packages built by build-and-inspect-python-package
-      uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
-      with:
-        path: artifacts
-
     - name: Download packages built by build-and-inspect-python-package
       uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
       with:
@@ -31,8 +29,9 @@ runs:
       uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v1
       with:
         files: dist/*
-        tag_name: "${{ env.TAG_NAME }}"
+        tag_name: "${{ inputs.tag-name }}"
         body_path: release-notes.md
+        token: ${{ inputs.github-token }}
 
     - name: Upload package to PyPI
       uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@release/v1
diff --git a/.github/workflows/version.yaml b/.github/workflows/version.yaml
index 40edf36f..def335ab 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/version.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/version.yaml
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ jobs:
     permissions:
       id-token: write
       pull-requests: read
+      contents: write
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
@@ -71,3 +72,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Create a GitHub release
         if: ${{ env.PACKAGE == 'true' }}
         uses: ./.github/actions/release
+        with:
+          tag-name: ${{ env.TAG_NAME }}
+          github-token: ${{ secrets.PAT }}
+          pypi-api-token: ${{ secrets.PYPI_API_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/tools/bump.sh b/tools/bump.sh
index 70a34aa9..c50e8892 100755
--- a/tools/bump.sh
+++ b/tools/bump.sh
@@ -1,11 +1,40 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 
-rm -Rf dist
-RELEASE_KIND=$(generate-changelog --output release-hint)
-echo "::notice::Suggested release type is: ${RELEASE_KIND}"
-PR_NUMBER=$(gh pr view --json number -q .number || echo "")
-echo "::notice::PR number is: ${PR_NUMBER}"
-export PR_NUMBER
-bump-my-version bump -v $RELEASE_KIND
-python -m build
-python -m twine upload dist/*
+
+function extract_version_content() {
+  changelog=$1
+  target_version=$2
+
+  awk -v target="$target_version" '
+    /^## / {
+      if (found) exit;
+      version=$2;
+      if (version == target) found=1;
+      next;
+    }
+    found { print; }
+  ' <<< "$changelog"
+}
+
+#rm -Rf dist
+#RELEASE_KIND=$(generate-changelog --output release-hint)
+#echo "::notice::Suggested release type is: ${RELEASE_KIND}"
+#PR_NUMBER=$(gh pr view --json number -q .number || echo "")
+#echo "::notice::PR number is: ${PR_NUMBER}"
+#export PR_NUMBER
+#bump-my-version bump -v $RELEASE_KIND
+#python -m build
+#python -m twine upload dist/*
+
+changelog=$(cat "CHANGELOG.md")
+TARGET_VERSION=$(bump-my-version show current_version)
+echo "TAG_NAME=$TARGET_VERSION"
+NOTES=$(extract_version_content "$changelog" "$TARGET_VERSION")
+
+
+gh release create \
+  "${TARGET_VERSION}" \
+  ./dist/* \
+  --title "${TARGET_VERSION}" \
+  --notes "${NOTES}" \
+  --draft \
diff --git a/tools/create-release.sh b/tools/create-release.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..c3ce499f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/create-release.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+
+function extract_version_content() {
+  changelog=$1
+  target_version=$2
+
+  awk -v target="$target_version" '
+    /^## / {
+      if (found) exit;
+      version=$2;
+      if (version == target) found=1;
+      next;
+    }
+    found { print; }
+  ' <<< "$changelog"
+}
+
+changelog=$(cat "CHANGELOG.md")
+TARGET_VERSION=$(bump-my-version show current_version)
+NOTES=$(extract_version_content "$changelog" "$TARGET_VERSION")
+echo "Creating a GitHub release for version ${TARGET_VERSION} with notes."
+gh release create \
+  "${TARGET_VERSION}" \
+  ./dist/* \
+  --title "${TARGET_VERSION}" \
+  --notes "${NOTES}" \
+  --draft