diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index f97a6514b60..79e9f69cd75 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -38,6 +38,39 @@ jobs:
           python .ci-helpers/get_next_version.py
           echo "NEW_TAG=$(python .ci-helpers/get_next_version.py)" >> $GITHUB_ENV
 
+      - name: Initialize release
+        uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v1
+        with:
+          name: TARDIS v${{ env.NEW_TAG }}
+          tag_name: release-${{ env.NEW_TAG }}
+          body: "This release has been created automatically by the TARDIS continuous delivery pipeline."
+          draft: false
+      
+      - name: Wait for Zenodo to update the latest release
+        run: sleep 120
+      
+      - name: Fetch Latest DOI from Zenodo
+        id: fetch-doi
+        run: |
+            CONCEPT_DOI="592480"
+            # Make the API request for BibTeX format, following redirects
+            response=$(curl -s -L -H "Accept: application/x-bibtex" "https://zenodo.org/api/records/${CONCEPT_DOI}")
+        
+            # Extract the full DOI value correctly
+            doi=$(echo "$response" | grep -oP 'doi\s*=\s*{([^}]+)}' | grep -oP '\{([^}]+)\}' | sed 's/[{}]//g')
+        
+            # Extract the DOI URL directly from the response
+            url=$(echo "$response" | grep -oP 'url\s*=\s*{([^}]+)}' | grep -oP '\{([^}]+)\}' | sed 's/[{}]//g')
+        
+            echo "Extracted DOI: ${doi}"
+            echo "Extracted URL: ${url}"
+            # Create DOI badge using the full DOI value
+            doi_badge="[![DOI Badge](https://img.shields.io/badge/DOI-${doi}-blue)](${url})"
+        
+            # Store results in GitHub environment variables
+            echo "doi_badge=${doi_badge}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+            echo "doi_url=${url}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+        
       - name: Generate and process changelog
         run: |
           CHANGELOG=$(git cliff --config pyproject.toml --unreleased | sed -n '/^## Changelog/,$p' | grep -vE '^(ERROR|WARN)')
@@ -45,16 +78,13 @@ jobs:
           echo "$CHANGELOG" >> $GITHUB_ENV
           echo "EOF" >> $GITHUB_ENV
 
-      - name: Create new release
+      - name: Update release with changelog and DOI
         uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v1
         with:
-          token: ${{ secrets.BOT_TOKEN }}
-          name: TARDIS v${{ env.NEW_TAG}}
           tag_name: release-${{ env.NEW_TAG }}
-          prerelease: false
           body: |
             This release has been created automatically by the TARDIS continuous delivery pipeline.
-            
+            ${{ env.doi_badge }}
             ${{ env.CHANGELOG }}
             
             A complete list of changes for this release is available at [CHANGELOG.md](https://github.com/tardis-sn/tardis/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md).
@@ -64,3 +94,4 @@ jobs:
             conda-osx-64.lock
             conda-lock.yml
           fail_on_unmatched_files: false
+          draft: false
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