diff --git a/.github/workflows/create-backport-issues.yml b/.github/workflows/create-backport-issues.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c9c103efa48
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/create-backport-issues.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+name: Create Backport Issues
+
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      issue:
+        description: 'Issue number'
+        required: true
+      version:
+        description: 'Helidon version this issue was reported for'
+        required: true
+        default: '2.x'
+env:
+  GITHUB_API_KEY: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+
+
+jobs:
+  Issue-Backport:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Check out repository code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - run: etc/scripts/actions/create-backport-issues.sh $GITHUB_REPOSITORY ${{ github.event.inputs.issue }} ${{ github.event.inputs.version }}
diff --git a/etc/scripts/actions/assign-issue-to-project.sh b/etc/scripts/actions/assign-issue-to-project.sh
index 9a26a7aa514..f34d2be2fc6 100755
--- a/etc/scripts/actions/assign-issue-to-project.sh
+++ b/etc/scripts/actions/assign-issue-to-project.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/bash -l
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2021 Oracle and/or its affiliates.
+# Copyright (c) 2021, 2022 Oracle and/or its affiliates.
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 #
 
 set -e  # Immediately exit if any command has a non-zero exit status
-set -u  # Immediately exit if an unitialized variable is referenced
+set -u  # Immediately exit if an uninitialized variable is referenced
 
 readonly REPOSITORY_FULL_NAME="$1"
 readonly ISSUE_NUMBER="$2"
diff --git a/etc/scripts/actions/create-backport-issues.sh b/etc/scripts/actions/create-backport-issues.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000..ab9e84e8bee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/etc/scripts/actions/create-backport-issues.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,157 @@
+#!/bin/bash -l
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2022 Oracle and/or its affiliates.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+#
+
+# Create backport for issue and assign them the same priority, same assignee, same labels
+# If original issue does not have a version label, add it
+#
+# usage: issue-backport.sh <repository-full-name> <issue-number> <helidon-version>
+#
+# this will create an issue for other Helidon versions (currently supports 2.x, 3.x & 4.x)
+#
+# GITHUB_API_KEY must be set to an API key
+#
+
+set -e # Immediately exit if any command has a non-zero exit status
+set -u # Immediately exit if an uninitialized variable is referenced
+
+function join_by {
+  local IFS="$1"
+  shift
+  echo "$*"
+}
+
+readonly REPOSITORY_FULL_NAME="$1"
+readonly ISSUE_NUMBER="$2"
+readonly HELIDON_VERSION="$3"
+
+if [ -z "${REPOSITORY_FULL_NAME}" -o -z "${ISSUE_NUMBER}" -o -z "${HELIDON_VERSION}" ]; then
+  echo "usage: $0 <repository-name> <issue-number> <helidon-version>"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+readonly OWNER_NAME=$(echo ${REPOSITORY_FULL_NAME} | cut -d/ -f1)
+readonly REPOSITORY_NAME=$(echo ${REPOSITORY_FULL_NAME} | cut -d/ -f2)
+
+readonly GITHUB_API="https://api.github.com"
+
+# Verify issue number is valid
+readonly GET_ISSUE_URL="${GITHUB_API}/repos/${REPOSITORY_FULL_NAME}/issues/${ISSUE_NUMBER}"
+HTTP_CODE=$(curl -o /dev/null -X GET \
+  -H "Authorization: Bearer ${GITHUB_API_KEY}" \
+  --retry 3 \
+  -s -w "%{http_code}" \
+  -H 'Accept: application/vnd.github.inertia-preview+json' \
+  "$GET_ISSUE_URL")
+
+if [ "${HTTP_CODE}" == "404" ]; then
+  echo "Could not find issue number ${ISSUE_NUMBER} in ${REPOSITORY_FULL_NAME}"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+# Get issue information
+readonly ISSUE=$(curl -s -X GET \
+  -H "Authorization: Bearer ${GITHUB_API_KEY}" \
+  --retry 3 \
+  -H 'Accept: application/vnd.github.inertia-preview+json' \
+  "$GET_ISSUE_URL")
+
+# Get issue information
+readonly ISSUE_TITLE=$(echo "$ISSUE" | jq -r ".title")
+readonly ISSUE_ASSIGNEE=$(echo "$ISSUE" | jq -r ".assignee.login")
+readonly ISSUE_LABELS=$(echo "$ISSUE" | jq -r ".labels") # JSON Array
+
+# Create an issue for each version that is not used
+readonly VERSIONS=("2.x" "3.x" "4.x")
+
+############################################################
+# If original issue does not have a version label, add it
+############################################################
+version_labels=()
+for row in $(echo "${ISSUE_LABELS}" | jq -r '.[] | @base64'); do
+  label=$(echo ${row} | base64 --decode)
+  label_text=$(echo $label | jq -r ".name")
+
+  if [[ " ${VERSIONS[*]} " =~ " ${label_text} " ]]; then
+    version_labels+=("\"${label_text}\"")
+  fi
+done
+
+if [ ${#version_labels[@]} -eq 0 ]; then
+  HTTP_CODE=$(curl \
+    -o /dev/null \
+    -w "%{http_code}" \
+    -s \
+    -X POST \
+    --retry 3 \
+    -H "Authorization: Bearer ${GITHUB_API_KEY}" \
+    -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \
+    https://api.github.com/repos/${OWNER_NAME}/${REPOSITORY_NAME}/issues/${ISSUE_NUMBER}/labels \
+    -d "{\"labels\":[\"${HELIDON_VERSION}\"]}")
+
+  if [ "${HTTP_CODE}" != "200" ]; then
+    echo "Failed to add ${HELIDON_VERSION} label to issue ${ISSUE_NUMBER}"
+    exit 1
+  fi
+fi
+
+############################################################
+# For each version that is not the issue's version, add backport
+############################################################
+for version in ${VERSIONS[@]}; do
+  if [ "$version" != "$HELIDON_VERSION" ]; then
+    # Create issue for all other versions and add the same labels and assignee
+    new_issue_title="[$version] ${ISSUE_TITLE}"
+    new_issue_text="Backport of #${ISSUE_NUMBER} for Helidon ${version}"
+
+    # by default, add label for the version we are backporting into, and for backport itself
+    labels_to_add=("\"$version\"" "\"backport\"")
+
+    # then add all labels from the issue that are not version labels
+    for row in $(echo "${ISSUE_LABELS}" | jq -r '.[] | @base64'); do
+      label=$(echo ${row} | base64 --decode)
+      label_text=$(echo $label | jq -r ".name")
+
+      if [[ ! " ${VERSIONS[*]} " =~ " ${label_text} " ]]; then
+        labels_to_add+=("\"${label_text}\"")
+      fi
+    done
+
+    # prepare the labels text
+    labels_text=$(join_by , "${labels_to_add[@]}")
+
+    # create request JSON (if original issue does not have an assignee, do not add it to new issue)
+    if [ "${ISSUE_ASSIGNEE}" == "null" ]; then
+      new_issue_json="{\"title\":\"$new_issue_title\",\"body\":\"$new_issue_text\",\"labels\":[$labels_text]}"
+    else
+      new_issue_json="{\"title\":\"$new_issue_title\",\"body\":\"$new_issue_text\",\"assignees\":[\"$ISSUE_ASSIGNEE\"],\"labels\":[$labels_text]}"
+    fi
+
+    # create the issue using Github API
+    new_issue=$(curl \
+      -s \
+      -X POST \
+      --retry 3 \
+      -H "Authorization: Bearer ${GITHUB_API_KEY}" \
+      -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \
+      https://api.github.com/repos/${OWNER_NAME}/${REPOSITORY_NAME}/issues \
+      -d "$new_issue_json")
+
+    new_issue_number=$(echo $new_issue | jq -r ".number")
+    new_issue_url=$(echo $new_issue | jq -r ".html_url")
+    echo "Created issue for version ${version}, issue number: ${new_issue_number}, url: ${new_issue_url}"
+  fi
+done