diff --git a/.drone.star b/.drone.star
index 3ef94df070..812ce5878e 100644
--- a/.drone.star
+++ b/.drone.star
@@ -71,51 +71,12 @@ def main(ctx):
     # implemented for: ocisIntegrationTests and s3ngIntegrationTests
     return [
         checkStarlark(),
-        release(),
         litmusOcisOldWebdav(),
         litmusOcisNewWebdav(),
         litmusOcisSpacesDav(),
         virtualViews(),
     ] + ocisIntegrationTests(6) + s3ngIntegrationTests(12)
 
-def release():
-    return {
-        "kind": "pipeline",
-        "type": "docker",
-        "name": "release",
-        "platform": {
-            "os": "linux",
-            "arch": "amd64",
-        },
-        "trigger": {
-            "event": {
-                "include": [
-                    "tag",
-                ],
-            },
-        },
-        "steps": [
-            {
-                "name": "create-dist",
-                "image": "registry.cern.ch/docker.io/library/golang:1.19",
-                "commands": [
-                    "go run tools/create-artifacts/main.go -version ${DRONE_TAG} -commit ${DRONE_COMMIT} -goversion `go version | awk '{print $$3}'`",
-                ],
-            },
-            {
-                "name": "publish",
-                "image": "registry.cern.ch/docker.io/plugins/github-release",
-                "settings": {
-                    "api_key": {
-                        "from_secret": "github_token",
-                    },
-                    "files": "dist/*",
-                    "note": "changelog/NOTE.md",
-                },
-            },
-        ],
-    }
-
 def virtualViews():
     return {
         "kind": "pipeline",
diff --git a/.github/workflows/check-changelog.yml b/.github/workflows/changelog.yml
similarity index 100%
rename from .github/workflows/check-changelog.yml
rename to .github/workflows/changelog.yml
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-docker.yml b/.github/workflows/docker.yml
similarity index 100%
rename from .github/workflows/build-docker.yml
rename to .github/workflows/docker.yml
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..707c928b9f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+name: Release
+on:
+  push:
+    tags:
+      - "*"
+
+jobs:
+  release:
+    runs-on: self-hosted
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - name: Setup Go environment
+        uses: actions/setup-go@v3.3.0
+        with:
+          go-version-file: go.mod
+      - name: Make distribution
+        run: make dist VERSION=${{ github.ref_name }} GIT_COMMIT=${{ github.sha }} GO_VERSION=$(go version | awk '{print $3}')
+      - name: Release
+        uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v1
+        if: startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/')
+        with:
+          files: "dist/*"
+          body_path: "changelog/NOTE.md"
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 9cdde771e9..b2fd68bc1e 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 SHELL := /bin/bash
 BUILD_DATE=`date +%FT%T%z`
-GIT_COMMIT=`git rev-parse --short HEAD`
+GIT_COMMIT ?= `git rev-parse --short HEAD`
 GIT_BRANCH=`git rev-parse --symbolic-full-name --abbrev-ref HEAD`
 GIT_DIRTY=`git diff-index --quiet HEAD -- || echo "dirty-"`
-VERSION=`git describe --always`
-GO_VERSION=`go version | awk '{print $$3}'`
+VERSION	?= `git describe --always`
+GO_VERSION ?= `go version | awk '{print $$3}'`
 MINIMUM_GO_VERSION=1.16.2
 BUILD_FLAGS="-X main.gitCommit=${GIT_COMMIT} -X main.version=${VERSION} -X main.goVersion=${GO_VERSION} -X main.buildDate=${BUILD_DATE}"
 CI_BUILD_FLAGS="-w -extldflags "-static" -X main.gitCommit=${GIT_COMMIT} -X main.version=${VERSION} -X main.goVersion=${GO_VERSION} -X main.buildDate=${BUILD_DATE}"
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ clean: toolchain-clean
 all: build test lint gen-doc
 
 # create local build versions
-dist: all
+dist: gen-doc
 	go run tools/create-artifacts/main.go -version ${VERSION} -commit ${GIT_COMMIT} -goversion ${GO_VERSION}
 
 BEHAT_BIN=vendor-bin/behat/vendor/bin/behat