diff --git a/.github/workflows/create-release.yaml b/.github/workflows/create-release.yaml
index 53fe37a238..a97324ffd9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/create-release.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/create-release.yaml
@@ -3,13 +3,16 @@ name: create-release
 on:
   workflow_dispatch:
     inputs:
-      environment:
-        type: choice
-        description: 'Environment to release to (staging or production)'
-        options:
-          - staging
-          - production
+      pre_release:
+        description: "Should this be a pre-release for staging?"
         required: true
+        type: boolean
+        default: true
+      pre_release_branch:
+        description: "Branch to use for pre-release"
+        required: false
+        type: string
+        default: "main"
 
 jobs:
   create-release:
@@ -29,13 +32,9 @@ jobs:
           path: .github/
       - name: create-release
         id: release
-        uses: ./.github/actions/create-release
+        uses: ./.github/actions/start-semantic-release
         env:
           GITHUB_PAT: ${{ secrets.KIVA_ROBOT_GITHUB_PAT }}
         with:
-          environment: ${{ github.event.inputs.environment }}
-          write_to_file: "true"
-      - name: update-package-file
-        uses: ./.github/actions/semantic-package-json-update
-        with:
-          new_version: ${{ steps.release.outputs.tag }}
+          pre_release: "${{ github.event.inputs.pre_release }}"
+          pre_release_branch: ${{ github.event.inputs.pre_release_branch }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/semantic-release.yaml b/.github/workflows/semantic-release.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..76d6ecd3b5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/semantic-release.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+name: Semantic Release
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - staging
+      - production
+
+jobs:
+  create-release:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: checkout-repo
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+          fetch-tags: true
+          token: ${{ secrets.KIVA_ROBOT_GITHUB_PAT }}
+      - name: checkout-actions
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          repository: kiva/github-actions
+          token: ${{ secrets.KIVA_ROBOT_GITHUB_PAT }}
+          path: .github/
+      - name: semantic-release
+        uses: ./.github/actions/semantic-release
+        env:
+          GITHUB_PAT: ${{ secrets.KIVA_ROBOT_GITHUB_PAT }}
+        with:
+          config: "base"