diff --git a/.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md b/.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md
index b6ae3502a0..67d947656f 100644
--- a/.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md
+++ b/.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md
@@ -28,42 +28,3 @@ Master Issue: #<xyz>
 ### Modifications
 
 *Describe the modifications you've done.*
-
-### Verifying this change
-
-- [ ] Make sure that the change passes the CI checks.
-
-*(Please pick either of the following options)*
-
-This change is a trivial rework / code cleanup without any test coverage.
-
-*(or)*
-
-This change is already covered by existing tests, such as *(please describe tests)*.
-
-*(or)*
-
-This change added tests and can be verified as follows:
-
-*(example:)*
-  - *Added integration tests for end-to-end deployment with large payloads (10MB)*
-  - *Extended integration test for recovery after broker failure*
-
-### Documentation
-
-Check the box below.
-
-Need to update docs? 
-
-- [ ] `doc-required` 
-  
-  (If you need help on updating docs, create a doc issue)
-  
-- [ ] `no-need-doc` 
-  
-  (Please explain why)
-  
-- [ ] `doc` 
-  
-  (If this PR contains doc changes)
-
diff --git a/.github/workflows/documentbot.yml b/.github/workflows/documentbot.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index ec77bd5989..0000000000
--- a/.github/workflows/documentbot.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,51 +0,0 @@
-
-#
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-# or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
-# distributed with this work for additional information
-# regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
-# to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
-# "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
-# with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
-#
-#   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-#
-# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
-# software distributed under the License is distributed on an
-# "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
-# KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
-# specific language governing permissions and limitations
-# under the License.
-#
-
-name: Auto Labeling
-
-on:
-  pull_request_target :
-    types:
-      - opened
-      - edited
-      - labeled
-
-  
-
-# A GitHub token created for a PR coming from a fork doesn't have
-# 'admin' or 'write' permission (which is required to add labels)
-# To avoid this issue, you can use the `scheduled` event and run
-# this action on a certain interval.And check the label about the
-# document.
-
-jobs:
-  labeling:
-    if: ${{ github.repository == 'streamnative/kop' }}
-    permissions:
-      pull-requests: write 
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
-
-      - uses: streamnative/github-workflow-libraries/doc-label-check@master
-        with:
-          github-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-          label-pattern: '- \[(.*?)\] ?`(.+?)`' # matches '- [x] `label`'
-
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-note.yml b/.github/workflows/release-note.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index ace01382e0..0000000000
--- a/.github/workflows/release-note.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-name: KoP Release Notes
-
-on:
-  push:
-    branches:
-      - master
-    path-ignores:
-      - 'docs/**'
-      - 'README.md'
-      - 'CONTRIBUTING.md'
-jobs:
-  build:
-
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-
-    steps:
-      - name: release note
-        uses: toolmantim/release-drafter@v5.2.0
-        env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yaml b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..455cf93ff9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+name: Release
+on:
+  push:
+    tags:
+      - '*'
+
+concurrency:
+  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+
+jobs:
+  release:
+    name: Release KoP
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: Set up JDK 17
+        uses: actions/setup-java@v4
+        with:
+          distribution: 'zulu'
+          java-version: '17'
+      - name: Build artifacts
+        run: mvn clean install -ntp -B -DskipTests
+      - name: Create package directory
+        run: |
+          mkdir packages
+          cp ./kafka-impl/target/*.nar packages/
+      - name: Upload artifacts
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: packages
+          path: ./packages