diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-app.yml b/.github/workflows/release-app.yml
index f17d74d6ec3..95b378b2a6e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-app.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-app.yml
@@ -179,3 +179,25 @@ jobs:
           # timeouts appropriately configured and will all fail before 30
           # minutes is reached. On the other hand, we do want to wait
           # so that there is a record of the successful deployment.
+
+      - name: Deploy production thumbnails
+        if: inputs.app == 'api'
+        uses: felixp8/dispatch-and-wait@v0.1.0
+        with:
+          owner: WordPress
+          repo: openverse-infrastructure
+          token: ${{ secrets.ACCESS_TOKEN }}
+          event_type: deploy_production_api_thumbnails
+          client_payload: |
+            {
+              "actor": "${{ github.actor }}",
+              "tag": "${{ steps.tag.outputs.image-tag }}"
+            }
+          wait_time: 60 # check every minute
+          max_time: 1800 # allow up to 30 minutes for a deployment
+          # max_time can't easily be configured per application
+          # without duplicating information between our infrastructure
+          # and this workflow. The upstream workflows already have
+          # timeouts appropriately configured and will all fail before 30
+          # minutes is reached. On the other hand, we do want to wait
+          # so that there is a record of the successful deployment.