diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-pontos-manually.yml b/.github/workflows/release-pontos-manually.yml
index 17865872..dbf512a7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-pontos-manually.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-pontos-manually.yml
@@ -10,59 +10,17 @@ on:
 
 jobs:
   build-and-release:
-    env:
-      GITHUB_USER: ${{ secrets.GREENBONE_BOT }}
-      GITHUB_MAIL: ${{ secrets.GREENBONE_BOT_MAIL }}
-      GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GREENBONE_BOT_TOKEN }}
-      GPG_KEY: ${{ secrets.GPG_KEY }}
-      GPG_FINGERPRINT: ${{ secrets.GPG_FINGERPRINT }}
-      GPG_PASSPHRASE: ${{ secrets.GPG_PASSPHRASE }}
     name: Build and release with pontos
-    runs-on: 'ubuntu-latest'
+    runs-on: "ubuntu-latest"
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
-      with:
-        persist-credentials: false
-    - name: Set up Python
-      uses: actions/setup-python@v4
-      with:
-        python-version: 3.8
-    - name: Install pontos
-      run: |
-        apt-get update && apt-get --assume-yes install python3-venv
-        python3 -m venv .venv
-        . .venv/bin/activate
-        python -m pip install --upgrade pip
-        python -m pip install --upgrade pontos
-    - name: Tell git who I am
-      run: |
-        git config --global user.name "${{ env.GITHUB_USER }}"
-        git config --global user.email "${{ env.GITHUB_MAIL }}"
-        git remote set-url origin https://${{ env.GITHUB_TOKEN }}@github.com/${{ github.repository }}
-    - name: Print base branch
-      # we always should've checked out the correct branch'
-      run: echo "Current Branch is $GITHUB_BASE_REF"
-    - name: Prepare patch release with pontos
-      run: |
-        . .venv/bin/activate
-        pontos-release prepare --patch -CC
-    - name: Release with pontos
-      run: |
-        . .venv/bin/activate
-        pontos-release release -CC
-    - name: Import key from secrets
-      run: |
-        echo -e "${{ env.GPG_KEY }}" >> tmp.file
-        gpg                                        \
-          --pinentry-mode loopback                 \
-          --passphrase ${{ env.GPG_PASSPHRASE }}   \
-          --import tmp.file
-        rm tmp.file
-    - name: Sign with pontos-release sign
-      run: |
-        echo "Signing assets for ${{env.VERSION}}"
-        . .venv/bin/activate
-        pontos-release sign                        \
-          --signing-key ${{ env.GPG_FINGERPRINT }} \
-          --passphrase ${{ env.GPG_PASSPHRASE }}   \
-          --release-version ${{ env.VERSION }}
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+      - name: Release with release action
+        uses: greenbone/actions/release@v2
+        with:
+          conventional-commits: true
+          ref: ${{ github.event.inputs.branch }}
+          github-user: ${{ secrets.GREENBONE_BOT }}
+          github-user-mail: ${{ secrets.GREENBONE_BOT_MAIL }}
+          github-user-token: ${{ secrets.GREENBONE_BOT_TOKEN }}
+          gpg-key: ${{ secrets.GPG_KEY }}
+          gpg-fingerprint: ${{ secrets.GPG_FINGERPRINT }}
+          gpg-passphrase: ${{ secrets.GPG_PASSPHRASE }}