diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-low-cadence.yml b/.github/workflows/ci-low-cadence.yml
index fbeedeabd..04b063249 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci-low-cadence.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-low-cadence.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 name: Continuous Integration (Low Cadence)
 
 on:
+  workflow_call:
   workflow_dispatch:
   repository_dispatch:
     types: run-slow-tests
@@ -8,7 +9,7 @@ on:
     - cron: '0 0,12 * * *'
 
 concurrency:
-  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
+  group: ci-low-cadence-${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
   cancel-in-progress: true
 
 env:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 632def8f4..1d2cfc7c4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 name: Continuous Integration
 
 on:
+  workflow_call:
   workflow_dispatch:
   push:
     branches:
@@ -13,7 +14,7 @@ on:
       - 'release/**'
 
 concurrency:
-  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
+  group: ci-${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
   cancel-in-progress: true
 
 env:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/codeql.yml b/.github/workflows/codeql.yml
index 7ca911780..9de527eb9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/codeql.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/codeql.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 name: "CodeQL"
 
 on:
+  workflow_call:
   workflow_dispatch:
   push:
     branches:
@@ -13,7 +14,7 @@ on:
       - release/**
 
 concurrency:
-  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
+  group: codeql-${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
   cancel-in-progress: true
 
 jobs:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..41dbcc632
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,141 @@
+name: Release
+
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      release:
+        description: Is release? (Will create tag and update version)
+        required: true
+        default: false
+        type: boolean
+      release-version:
+        description: Released version (x.y.z)
+        required: true
+        type: string
+      next-version:
+        description: Next version (x.y.z)
+        required: true
+        type: string
+
+concurrency:
+  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
+  cancel-in-progress: false
+
+env:
+  GRADLE_OPTS: '-Dorg.gradle.daemon=false -Dorg.gradle.java.installations.auto-detect=false -Dorg.gradle.warning.mode=fail'
+
+jobs:
+  ci:
+    uses: ./.github/workflows/ci.yml
+
+  ci-low-cadence:
+    uses: ./.github/workflows/ci-low-cadence.yml
+
+  codeql:
+    uses: ./.github/workflows/codeql.yml
+
+  pre-release:
+    name: Update version, tag repo, and return sha
+    permissions:
+      contents: write
+    needs: [ ci, ci-low-cadence, codeql ]
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - id: checkout
+        if: ${{ inputs.release }}
+        name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          ref: ${{ github.ref }}
+      - id: validate
+        if: ${{ inputs.release }}
+        name: Validate no new commits
+        run: |
+          if test $(git rev-parse HEAD) != '${{ github.sha }}'
+          then exit 1
+          fi
+      - id: tag-version
+        if: ${{ inputs.release }}
+        name: Update version, tag repo, and return current SHA
+        run: |
+          git config user.name "github-actions"
+          git config user.email "github-actions@aeron.io"
+          echo ${{ inputs.release-version }} > version.txt
+          git add version.txt
+          git commit -m "${{ inputs.release-version }} version update."
+          git push
+          git tag ${{ inputs.release-version }}
+          git push origin refs/tags/${{ inputs.release-version }}
+
+  release:
+    name: Release java artifacts
+    permissions:
+      contents: read
+      packages: write
+    needs: pre-release
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          ref: ${{ inputs.release && inputs.release-version || github.sha }}
+      - name: Setup java
+        uses: actions/setup-java@v4
+        with:
+          distribution: 'zulu'
+          java-version: 8
+      - name: Setup BUILD_JAVA_HOME & BUILD_JAVA_VERSION
+        run: |
+          java -Xinternalversion
+          echo "BUILD_JAVA_HOME=${JAVA_HOME}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          echo "BUILD_JAVA_VERSION=8" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+      - name: Publish a release
+        run: ./gradlew publish
+        env:
+          SIGNING_GPG_SECRET_KEY: ${{ secrets.signingKey }}
+          SIGNING_GPG_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.signingPassword }}
+          OSSRH_USERNAME: ${{ secrets.ossrhUsername }}
+          OSSRH_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.ossrhPassword }}
+
+  github-release:
+    if: ${{ inputs.release }}
+    name: Create Github Release after release
+    permissions:
+      contents: write
+    needs: release
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          ref: ${{ inputs.release-version }}
+      - name: Create Release
+        uses: actions/create-release@v1
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+        with:
+          tag_name: ${{ inputs.release-version }}
+          release_name: Release ${{ inputs.release-version }}
+          draft: true
+
+  post-release:
+    if: ${{ inputs.release }}
+    name: Update version after release
+    permissions:
+      contents: write
+    needs: release
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          ref: ${{ github.ref }}
+      - name: Commit snapshot version to current branch
+        run: |
+          git config user.name "github-actions"
+          git config user.email "github-actions@aeron.io"
+          echo ${{ inputs.next-version }}-SNAPSHOT > version.txt
+          git add version.txt
+          git status
+          git commit -m "${{ inputs.next-version }}-SNAPSHOT version update."
+          git push
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index ca075629c..be126538b 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ def jmhVersion = '1.37'
 def jcstressVersion = '0.16'
 
 def agronaGroup = 'org.agrona'
-def agronaVersion = '1.22.0-SNAPSHOT'
+def agronaVersion = file('version.txt').text.trim()
 
 def getConfigProperty(final String projectPropertyName, final String envVarName) {
     String value = project.findProperty(projectPropertyName)
diff --git a/version.txt b/version.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d8c67589c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/version.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+1.22.0-SNAPSHOT