diff --git a/scripts/release/create_minor_release_PR_commit.sh b/scripts/release/create_minor_release_PR_commit.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000..061df41d0c7
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+++ b/scripts/release/create_minor_release_PR_commit.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+set -eu
+
+# Folder, where we have cloned repositories' sources
+SOURCES_DIR="sources"
+
+CHANGELOG_HEADER_LINES="6"
+
+GH_USERNAME=$(gh auth status | grep 'Logged in to' |cut -d ' ' -f 9)
+
+FORK_DIR="$GH_USERNAME-timescaledb"
+
+echo "---- Deriving the release related versions from main ----"
+
+cd ~/"$SOURCES_DIR"/"$FORK_DIR"
+git fetch --all
+
+NEW_PATCH_VERSION="0"
+NEW_VERSION=$(head -1 version.config | cut -d ' ' -f 3 | cut -d '-' -f 1)
+RELEASE_BRANCH=$(echo "${NEW_VERSION/%.$NEW_PATCH_VERSION/.x}")
+CURRENT_VERSION=$(tail -1 version.config | cut -d ' ' -f 3)
+cd sql/updates
+LAST_VERSION=$(ls |grep $CURRENT_VERSION.sql |cut -d '-' -f 1)
+
+echo "CURRENT_VERSION is $CURRENT_VERSION"
+echo "LAST_VERSION is $LAST_VERSION"
+echo "RELEASE_BRANCH is $RELEASE_BRANCH"
+echo "NEW_VERSION is $NEW_VERSION"
+cd ~/"$SOURCES_DIR"/"$FORK_DIR"
+
+
+# Derived Variables
+RELEASE_PR_BRANCH="release-$NEW_VERSION"
+UPDATE_FILE="$CURRENT_VERSION--$NEW_VERSION.sql"
+DOWNGRADE_FILE="$NEW_VERSION--$CURRENT_VERSION.sql"
+LAST_UPDATE_FILE="$LAST_VERSION--$CURRENT_VERSION.sql"
+LAST_DOWNGRADE_FILE="$CURRENT_VERSION--$LAST_VERSION.sql"
+
+
+echo "---- Creating release branch $RELEASE_PR_BRANCH from $RELEASE_BRANCH, on the fork ----"
+
+git checkout -b "$RELEASE_PR_BRANCH" upstream/"$RELEASE_BRANCH"
+git branch
+git pull && git diff HEAD
+
+
+echo "---- Modifying version.config to the new versions ----"
+
+sed -i.bak "s/"-dev"/""/g" version.config
+rm version.config.bak
+
+
+echo "---- Creating update SQL file $UPDATE_FILE ----"
+
+cd sql/updates
+cp latest-dev.sql "$UPDATE_FILE"
+git add "$UPDATE_FILE"
+truncate -s 0 latest-dev.sql
+
+
+echo "---- Creating downgrade SQL file $DOWNGRADE_FILE ----"
+
+cp reverse-dev.sql "$DOWNGRADE_FILE"
+git add "$DOWNGRADE_FILE"
+truncate -s 0 reverse-dev.sql
+
+
+echo "---- Adding update sql file to CMakeLists.txt  ----"
+
+cd ..
+gawk -i inplace '/'$LAST_UPDATE_FILE')/ { print; print "    updates/'$UPDATE_FILE')"; next }1' CMakeLists.txt
+sed -i.bak "s/"$LAST_UPDATE_FILE")/"$LAST_UPDATE_FILE"/g" CMakeLists.txt
+rm CMakeLists.txt.bak
+
+
+echo "---- Adding downgrade sql file to CMakeLists.txt  ----"
+
+gawk -i inplace '/  '$LAST_DOWNGRADE_FILE')/ { print; print "    '$DOWNGRADE_FILE')"; next }1' CMakeLists.txt
+sed -i.bak "s/  "$LAST_DOWNGRADE_FILE")/  "$LAST_DOWNGRADE_FILE"/g" CMakeLists.txt
+rm CMakeLists.txt.bak
+
+sed -i.bak "s/FILE reverse-dev.sql)/FILE "$DOWNGRADE_FILE")/g" CMakeLists.txt
+rm CMakeLists.txt.bak
+
+
+#delete Features section from the templates and create this version's CHANGELOG.md
+#Undo the deletion, from the template files.
+echo "---- Creating CHANGELOG_"$NEW_VERSION".md file ----"
+
+cd ~/"$SOURCES_DIR"/"$FORK_DIR"
+cd .unreleased
+
+head -n 12 RELEASE_NOTES_HEADER.md.j2 > RELEASE_NOTES_HEADER.md.j2.tmp
+mv RELEASE_NOTES_HEADER.md.j2.tmp RELEASE_NOTES_HEADER.md.j2
+
+head -n 12 template.release_notes_header.j2 > template.release_notes_header.j2.tmp
+mv template.release_notes_header.j2.tmp template.release_notes_header.j2
+
+rm -f ~/CHANGELOG_"$NEW_VERSION".md
+
+cd ~/"$SOURCES_DIR"/"$FORK_DIR"
+./scripts/merge_changelogs.sh > ~/CHANGELOG_"$NEW_VERSION".md
+
+cd .unreleased
+rm RELEASE_NOTES_HEADER.md.j2 template.release_notes_header.j2
+git checkout RELEASE_NOTES_HEADER.md.j2 template.release_notes_header.j2
+
+
+echo "---- Editing the CHANGELOG.md file with the contents of CHANGELOG_"$NEW_VERSION".md file. ----"
+
+cd ~/"$SOURCES_DIR"/"$FORK_DIR"
+mv CHANGELOG.md CHANGELOG.md.tmp
+head -n 6 CHANGELOG.md.tmp > CHANGELOG.md
+cat ~/CHANGELOG_"$NEW_VERSION".md >> CHANGELOG.md
+CHANGELOG_LENGTH=$(wc -l CHANGELOG.md.tmp | cut -d ' ' -f 5)
+CHANGELOG_ENTRIES=$((CHANGELOG_LENGTH-CHANGELOG_HEADER_LINES))
+tail -n "$CHANGELOG_ENTRIES" CHANGELOG.md.tmp >> CHANGELOG.md
+rm CHANGELOG.md.tmp
+
+
+echo "---- Deleting fix_* & pr_* files ----"
+
+rm -f .unreleased/fix_*
+rm -f .unreleased/pr_*
+
+git diff HEAD --name-only
+
+
+echo "---- Commiting the Release PR to fork ----"
+
+#Remove date from the intermediate CHANGELOG file.
+
+cut -d '(' -f1 < ~/CHANGELOG_"$NEW_VERSION".md > ~/CHANGELOG_"$NEW_VERSION".md.tmp
+mv ~/CHANGELOG_"$NEW_VERSION".md.tmp ~/CHANGELOG_"$NEW_VERSION".md
+
+git commit -a -F ~/CHANGELOG_"$NEW_VERSION".md
+
+git push origin $RELEASE_PR_BRANCH
diff --git a/scripts/release/create_minor_release_branch.sh b/scripts/release/create_minor_release_branch.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000..e582e66cb74
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/release/create_minor_release_branch.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+set -eu
+
+# Folder, where we have cloned repositories' sources
+SOURCES_DIR="sources"
+
+GH_USERNAME=$(gh auth status | grep 'Logged in to' |cut -d ' ' -f 9)
+
+FORK_DIR="$GH_USERNAME-timescaledb"
+
+echo "---- Deriving the release related versions from main ----"
+
+cd ~/"$SOURCES_DIR"/"$FORK_DIR"
+git fetch --all
+
+NEW_PATCH_VERSION="0"
+
+NEW_VERSION=$(head -1 version.config | cut -d ' ' -f 3 | cut -d '-' -f 1)
+
+RELEASE_BRANCH=$(echo "${NEW_VERSION/%.$NEW_PATCH_VERSION/.x}")
+
+echo "RELEASE_BRANCH is $RELEASE_BRANCH"
+echo "NEW_VERSION is $NEW_VERSION"
+
+echo "---- Creating the version branch from main ----"
+
+git fetch --all
+git checkout -b "$RELEASE_BRANCH" upstream/main
+git push upstream "$RELEASE_BRANCH":"$RELEASE_BRANCH"
+