diff --git a/.github/scripts/release/build-deb.sh b/.github/scripts/release/build-deb.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000000..6cb833f98a4e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/scripts/release/build-deb.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -e
+
+PRODUCT=$1
+VERSION=$2
+PROFILE=${PROFILE:-production}
+
+cargo install --version 2.7.0 cargo-deb --locked -q
+echo "Using cargo-deb v$(cargo-deb --version)"
+echo "Building a Debian package for '$PRODUCT' in '$PROFILE' profile"
+
+# we need to start  the custom version with a didgit as requires it cargo-deb
+cargo deb --profile $PROFILE --no-strip --no-build -p $PRODUCT --deb-version 1-$VERSION
+
+deb=target/debian/$PRODUCT_*_amd64.deb
+
+cp $deb target/production/
diff --git a/.github/scripts/release/build-linux-release.sh b/.github/scripts/release/build-linux-release.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000000..a6bd658d292a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/scripts/release/build-linux-release.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+# This is used to build our binaries:
+# - polkadot
+# - polkadot-parachain
+# set -e
+
+BIN=$1
+PACKAGE=${2:-$BIN}
+
+PROFILE=${PROFILE:-production}
+ARTIFACTS=/artifacts/$BIN
+VERSION=$(git tag -l --contains HEAD | grep -E "^v.*")
+
+echo "Artifacts will be copied into $ARTIFACTS"
+mkdir -p "$ARTIFACTS"
+
+git log --pretty=oneline -n 1
+time cargo build --profile $PROFILE --locked --verbose --bin $BIN --package $PACKAGE
+
+echo "Artifact target: $ARTIFACTS"
+
+cp ./target/$PROFILE/$BIN "$ARTIFACTS"
+pushd "$ARTIFACTS" > /dev/nul
+sha256sum "$BIN" | tee "$BIN.sha256"
+
+EXTRATAG="$($ARTIFACTS/$BIN --version |
+    sed -n -r 's/^'$BIN' ([0-9.]+.*-[0-9a-f]{7,13})-.*$/\1/p')"
+
+EXTRATAG="${VERSION}-${EXTRATAG}-$(cut -c 1-8 $ARTIFACTS/$BIN.sha256)"
+
+echo "$BIN version = ${VERSION} (EXTRATAG = ${EXTRATAG})"
+echo -n ${VERSION} > "$ARTIFACTS/VERSION"
+echo -n ${EXTRATAG} > "$ARTIFACTS/EXTRATAG"
diff --git a/.github/scripts/release/release_lib.sh b/.github/scripts/release/release_lib.sh
index 81a3c14edec8..f5032073b617 100644
--- a/.github/scripts/release/release_lib.sh
+++ b/.github/scripts/release/release_lib.sh
@@ -116,3 +116,24 @@ set_polkadot_parachain_binary_version() {
     commit_with_message "$MESSAGE"
     git_show_log "$MESSAGE"
 }
+
+
+upload_s3_release() {
+  alias aws='podman run --rm -it docker.io/paritytech/awscli -e AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID -e AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY -e AWS_BUCKET aws'
+
+  product=$1
+  version=$2
+
+  echo "Working on product: $product "
+  echo "Working on version: $version "
+
+  echo "Current content, should be empty on new uploads:"
+  aws s3 ls "s3://releases.parity.io/polkadot/${version}/" --recursive --human-readable --summarize || true
+  echo "Content to be uploaded:"
+  artifacts="artifacts/$product/"
+  ls "$artifacts"
+  aws s3 sync --acl public-read "$artifacts" "s3://releases.parity.io/polkadot/${version}/"
+  echo "Uploaded files:"
+  aws s3 ls "s3://releases.parity.io/polkadot/${version}/" --recursive --human-readable --summarize
+  echo "✅ The release should be at https://releases.parity.io/polkadot/${version}"
+}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-build-rc.yml b/.github/workflows/release-build-rc.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..5c25e3c749b8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-build-rc.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+name: Release - Build node release candidate
+
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      binary:
+        description: Binary to be build for the release
+        default: all
+        type: choice
+        options:
+          - polkadot
+          - polkadot-parachain
+          - all
+
+      release_tag:
+        description: Tag matching the actual release candidate with the format stableYYMM-rcX or stableYYMM
+        type: string
+
+jobs:
+  check-synchronization:
+    uses: paritytech-release/sync-workflows/.github/workflows/check-syncronization.yml@main
+
+  validate-inputs:
+    needs: [check-synchronization]
+    if: ${{ needs.check-synchronization.outputs.checks_passed }} == 'true'
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    outputs:
+        release_tag: ${{ steps.validate_inputs.outputs.release_tag }}
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout sources
+        uses: actions/checkout@d632683dd7b4114ad314bca15554477dd762a938 # v4.2.0
+
+      - name: Validate inputs
+        id: validate_inputs
+        run: |
+          . ./.github/scripts/common/lib.sh
+
+          RELEASE_TAG=$(validate_stable_tag ${{ inputs.release_tag }})
+          echo "release_tag=${RELEASE_TAG}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+
+  build-polkadot-binary:
+    needs: [validate-inputs]
+    if: ${{ inputs.binary == 'polkadot' || inputs.binary == 'all' }}
+    uses: "./.github/workflows/release-reusable-rc-buid.yml"
+    with:
+      binary: '["polkadot", "polkadot-prepare-worker", "polkadot-execute-worker"]'
+      package: polkadot
+      release_tag: ${{ needs.validate-inputs.outputs.release_tag }}
+    secrets:
+      PGP_KMS_KEY:  ${{ secrets.PGP_KMS_KEY }}
+      PGP_KMS_HASH:  ${{ secrets.PGP_KMS_HASH }}
+      AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID:  ${{ secrets.AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID }}
+      AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY: ${{ secrets.AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY }}
+      AWS_DEFAULT_REGION:  ${{ secrets.AWS_DEFAULT_REGION }}
+      AWS_RELEASE_ACCESS_KEY_ID: ${{ secrets.AWS_RELEASE_ACCESS_KEY_ID }}
+      AWS_RELEASE_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY: ${{ secrets.AWS_RELEASE_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY }}
+
+  build-polkadot-parachain-binary:
+    needs: [validate-inputs]
+    if: ${{ inputs.binary == 'polkadot-parachain' || inputs.binary == 'all' }}
+    uses: "./.github/workflows/release-reusable-rc-buid.yml"
+    with:
+      binary: '["polkadot-parachain"]'
+      package: "polkadot-parachain-bin"
+      release_tag: ${{ needs.validate-inputs.outputs.release_tag }}
+    secrets:
+      PGP_KMS_KEY:  ${{ secrets.PGP_KMS_KEY }}
+      PGP_KMS_HASH:  ${{ secrets.PGP_KMS_HASH }}
+      AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID:  ${{ secrets.AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID }}
+      AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY: ${{ secrets.AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY }}
+      AWS_DEFAULT_REGION:  ${{ secrets.AWS_DEFAULT_REGION }}
+      AWS_RELEASE_ACCESS_KEY_ID: ${{ secrets.AWS_RELEASE_ACCESS_KEY_ID }}
+      AWS_RELEASE_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY: ${{ secrets.AWS_RELEASE_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-reusable-rc-buid.yml b/.github/workflows/release-reusable-rc-buid.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..2aee9dc995b1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-reusable-rc-buid.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,191 @@
+name: RC Build
+
+on:
+  workflow_call:
+    inputs:
+      binary:
+        description: Binary to be build for the release
+        required: true
+        default: polkadot
+        type: string
+
+      package:
+        description: Package to be built, for now is either polkadot or polkadot-parachain-bin
+        required: true
+        type: string
+
+      release_tag:
+        description: Tag matching the actual release candidate with the format stableYYMM-rcX or stableYYMM
+        required: true
+        type: string
+
+    secrets:
+      PGP_KMS_KEY:
+        required: true
+      PGP_KMS_HASH:
+        required: true
+      AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID:
+        required: true
+      AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY:
+        required: true
+      AWS_DEFAULT_REGION:
+        required: true
+      AWS_RELEASE_ACCESS_KEY_ID:
+        required: true
+      AWS_RELEASE_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY:
+        required: true
+
+permissions:
+  id-token: write
+  contents: read
+  attestations: write
+
+jobs:
+
+  set-image:
+    # GitHub Actions allows using 'env' in a container context.
+    # However, env variables don't work for forks: https://github.com/orgs/community/discussions/44322
+    # This workaround sets the container image for each job using 'set-image' job output.
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    outputs:
+      IMAGE: ${{ steps.set_image.outputs.IMAGE }}
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@d632683dd7b4114ad314bca15554477dd762a938 # v4.2.0
+
+      - id: set_image
+        run: cat .github/env >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+
+  build-rc:
+    needs: [set-image]
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    environment: release
+    container:
+      image: ${{ needs.set-image.outputs.IMAGE }}
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        binaries: ${{ fromJSON(inputs.binary) }}
+    env:
+      PGP_KMS_KEY: ${{ secrets.PGP_KMS_KEY }}
+      PGP_KMS_HASH: ${{ secrets.PGP_KMS_HASH }}
+      AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID: ${{ secrets.AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID }}
+      AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY: ${{ secrets.AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY }}
+      AWS_DEFAULT_REGION: ${{ secrets.AWS_DEFAULT_REGION }}
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Install pgpkkms
+        run: |
+          # Install pgpkms that is used to sign built artifacts
+          python3 -m pip install "pgpkms @ git+https://github.com/paritytech-release/pgpkms.git@5a8f82fbb607ea102d8c178e761659de54c7af69"
+          which pgpkms
+
+      - name: Checkout sources
+        uses: actions/checkout@d632683dd7b4114ad314bca15554477dd762a938 # v4.2.0
+        with:
+          ref: ${{ inputs.release_tag }}
+          fetch-depth: 0
+
+      - name: Import gpg keys
+        shell: bash
+        run: |
+          . ./.github/scripts/common/lib.sh
+
+          import_gpg_keys
+
+      - name: Build binary
+        run: |
+          git config --global --add safe.directory "${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}" #avoid "detected dubious ownership" error
+          ./.github/scripts/release/build-linux-release.sh ${{ matrix.binaries }} ${{ inputs.package }}
+
+      - name: Generate artifact attestation
+        uses: actions/attest-build-provenance@1c608d11d69870c2092266b3f9a6f3abbf17002c # v1.4.3
+        with:
+          subject-path: /artifacts/${{ matrix.binaries }}/${{ matrix.binaries }}
+
+      - name: Sign artifacts
+        working-directory: /artifacts/${{ matrix.binaries }}
+        run: |
+          python3 -m pgpkms sign --input ${{matrix.binaries }} -o ${{ matrix.binaries }}.asc
+
+      - name: Check sha256 ${{ matrix.binaries }}
+        working-directory: /artifacts/${{ matrix.binaries }}
+        shell: bash
+        run: |
+          .  "${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}"/.github/scripts/common/lib.sh
+
+          echo "Checking binary  ${{ matrix.binaries }}"
+          check_sha256  ${{ matrix.binaries }}
+
+      - name: Check GPG ${{ matrix.binaries }}
+        working-directory: /artifacts/${{ matrix.binaries }}
+        shell: bash
+        run: |
+          . "${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}"/.github/scripts/common/lib.sh
+
+          check_gpg  ${{ matrix.binaries }}
+
+      - name: Upload ${{ matrix.binaries }} artifacts
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@5d5d22a31266ced268874388b861e4b58bb5c2f3 # v4.3.1
+        with:
+          name: ${{ matrix.binaries }}
+          path: /artifacts/${{ matrix.binaries }}
+
+  build-polkadot-deb-package:
+    if: ${{ inputs.package == 'polkadot' }}
+    needs: [build-rc]
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+    - name: Checkout sources
+      uses: actions/checkout@d632683dd7b4114ad314bca15554477dd762a938 # v4.2.0
+      with:
+        ref: ${{ inputs.release_tag }}
+        fetch-depth: 0
+
+    - name: Download artifacts
+      uses: actions/download-artifact@fa0a91b85d4f404e444e00e005971372dc801d16 # v4.1.8
+      with:
+        path: target/production
+        merge-multiple: true
+
+    - name: Build polkadot deb package
+      shell: bash
+      run: |
+        . "${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}"/.github/scripts/release/build-deb.sh ${{ inputs.package }} ${{ inputs.release_tag }}
+
+    - name: Generate artifact attestation
+      uses: actions/attest-build-provenance@1c608d11d69870c2092266b3f9a6f3abbf17002c # v1.4.3
+      with:
+        subject-path: target/production/*.deb
+
+    - name: Upload ${{inputs.package }} artifacts
+      uses: actions/upload-artifact@5d5d22a31266ced268874388b861e4b58bb5c2f3 # v4.3.1
+      with:
+        name: ${{ inputs.package }}
+        path: target/production
+        overwrite: true
+
+  upload-polkadot-artifacts-to-s3:
+    if: ${{ inputs.package == 'polkadot' }}
+    needs: [build-polkadot-deb-package]
+    uses: ./.github/workflows/release-reusable-s3-upload.yml
+    with:
+      package: ${{ inputs.package }}
+      release_tag: ${{ inputs.release_tag }}
+    secrets:
+      AWS_DEFAULT_REGION: ${{ secrets.AWS_DEFAULT_REGION }}
+      AWS_RELEASE_ACCESS_KEY_ID: ${{ secrets.AWS_RELEASE_ACCESS_KEY_ID }}
+      AWS_RELEASE_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY: ${{ secrets.AWS_RELEASE_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY }}
+
+
+  upload-polkadot-parachain-artifacts-to-s3:
+    if: ${{ inputs.package == 'polkadot-parachain-bin' }}
+    needs: [build-rc]
+    uses: ./.github/workflows/release-reusable-s3-upload.yml
+    with:
+      package: ${{ inputs.binary }}
+      release_tag: ${{ inputs.release_tag }}
+    secrets:
+      AWS_DEFAULT_REGION: ${{ secrets.AWS_DEFAULT_REGION }}
+      AWS_RELEASE_ACCESS_KEY_ID: ${{ secrets.AWS_RELEASE_ACCESS_KEY_ID }}
+      AWS_RELEASE_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY: ${{ secrets.AWS_RELEASE_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-reusable-s3-upload.yml b/.github/workflows/release-reusable-s3-upload.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..6776b78da8e6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-reusable-s3-upload.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+name: Upload to s3
+
+on:
+  workflow_call:
+    inputs:
+      package:
+        description: Package to be built, for now is either polkadot or polkadot-parachain-bin
+        required: true
+        type: string
+
+      release_tag:
+        description: Tag matching the actual release candidate with the format stableYYMM-rcX or stableYYMM-rcX
+        required: true
+        type: string
+
+    secrets:
+      AWS_DEFAULT_REGION:
+        required: true
+      AWS_RELEASE_ACCESS_KEY_ID:
+        required: true
+      AWS_RELEASE_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY:
+        required: true
+
+jobs:
+  upload-artifacts-to-s3:
+      runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+      environment: release
+      env:
+        AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID: ${{ secrets.AWS_RELEASE_ACCESS_KEY_ID }}
+        AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY: ${{ secrets.AWS_RELEASE_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY }}
+        AWS_REGION: ${{ secrets.AWS_DEFAULT_REGION }}
+
+      steps:
+        - name: Checkout
+          uses: actions/checkout@d632683dd7b4114ad314bca15554477dd762a938 # v4.2.0
+
+        - name: Download artifacts
+          uses: actions/download-artifact@fa0a91b85d4f404e444e00e005971372dc801d16 # v4.1.8
+          with:
+            name: ${{ inputs.package }}
+            path: artifacts/${{ inputs.package }}
+
+        - name: Configure AWS Credentials
+          uses: aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials@e3dd6a429d7300a6a4c196c26e071d42e0343502 # v4.0.2
+          with:
+            aws-access-key-id: ${{ env.AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID }}
+            aws-secret-access-key: ${{ env.AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY }}
+            aws-region: ${{ env.AWS_REGION }}
+
+        - name: Upload ${{ inputs.package }} artifacts to s3
+          run: |
+            . ./.github/scripts/release/release_lib.sh
+            upload_s3_release ${{ inputs.package }} ${{ inputs.release_tag }}