diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..35e0c220e2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+# This Workflow performs a release of che docs
+name: Release Che Dashboard
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      version:
+        description: 'The version that is going to be released. Should be in format 7.y.z'
+        required: true
+        default: '7.y.z'
+jobs:
+  build:
+    name: Create Release
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - name: Create Release
+        run: |
+          git config --global user.name "Mykhailo Kuznietsov"
+          git config --global user.email "mkuznets@redhat.com"
+          export GITHUB_TOKEN=${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          /bin/bash make-release.sh --version ${{ github.event.inputs.version }} --trigger-release
diff --git a/make-release.sh b/make-release.sh
index 3037439ea3..6d64ea1999 100755
--- a/make-release.sh
+++ b/make-release.sh
@@ -70,13 +70,7 @@ else
   BASEBRANCH="${BRANCH}"
 fi
 
-# work in tmp dir
-TMP=$(mktemp -d); pushd "$TMP" > /dev/null || exit 1
-
 # get sources from ${BASEBRANCH} branch
-echo "Check out ${REPO} to ${TMP}/${REPO##*/}"
-git clone "${REPO}" -q
-cd "${REPO##*/}" || exit 1
 git fetch origin "${BASEBRANCH}":"${BASEBRANCH}"
 git checkout "${BASEBRANCH}"
 
@@ -121,8 +115,3 @@ fi
 [[ $VERSION =~ ^([0-9]+)\.([0-9]+)\.([0-9]+) ]] && BASE="${BASH_REMATCH[1]}.${BASH_REMATCH[2]}"; NEXT="${BASH_REMATCH[3]}"; (( NEXT=NEXT+1 )) # for VERSION=7.7.1, get BASE=7.7, NEXT=2
 NEXTVERSION_Z="${BASE}.${NEXT}-SNAPSHOT"
 bump_version ${NEXTVERSION_Z} ${BRANCH}
-
-popd > /dev/null || exit
-
-# cleanup tmp dir
-cd /tmp && rm -fr "$TMP"