diff --git a/.github/workflows/do_release.yaml b/.github/workflows/do_release.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..76f37c8d10
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/do_release.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+name: Publish a new release
+
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      target:
+        description: Which kind of release is this?
+        required: true
+        type: choice
+        default: "stable"
+        options:
+          - "master"
+          - "stable"
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      contents: write
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - name: Set up environment
+        run: pip install requests >/dev/null 2>&1
+      - name: Gather version information
+        id: version
+        env:
+          TARGET: ${{ github.event.inputs.target }}
+        run: python3 ci/version_check.py do_release
+      - name: Gather auto-text
+        id: auto_text
+        run: |
+          auto_text = curl -L \
+          -X POST \
+          -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \
+          -H "Authorization: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}" \
+          -H "X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2022-11-28" \
+          https://api.github.com/repos/inventree/InvenTree/releases/generate-notes \
+          -d '{"tag_name":"${{ steps.version.outputs.tag }}","target_commitish":"${{ github.event.inputs.target }}","previous_tag_name":"${{ steps.version.outputs.old_version }}}","configuration_file_path":".github/release.yml"}'
+          echo $auto_text
+          echo "auto_text=$auto_text" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+      - name: "Dummy: Set version"
+        run: echo "Change version to ${{ steps.version.outputs.tag }}"
+      - name: "Dummy: Update changelog header"
+        id: changelog
+        run: |
+          echo "Update changelog to ${{ steps.version.outputs.tag }}"
+          echo "changelog_text=$(grep 'version' setup.py | cut -d "'" -f 2)" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+      - name: "Dummy: Push changes"
+        run: echo "Push changes to ${{ github.event.inputs.target }}"
+      - name: "Dummy: Create release"
+        run: |
+          echo "Creating release for ${{ steps.version.outputs.tag }} on branch ${{ github.event.inputs.target }}"
+          echo "Branch text:
+            ${{ steps.changelog.outputs.changelog_text }}
+
+            ${{ steps.auto_text.outputs.auto_text }}"
+      - name: "Dummy: Bumpy version on master"
+        if: github.event.inputs.target == 'master'
+        run: echo "Bumping version on master to ${{ steps.version.outputs.new_tag }}"
diff --git a/ci/version_check.py b/ci/version_check.py
index a46236508a..a3c28fba76 100644
--- a/ci/version_check.py
+++ b/ci/version_check.py
@@ -97,6 +97,25 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
         results = re.findall(r"""INVENTREE_API_VERSION = (.*)""", text)
         print(results[0])
         exit(0)
+
+    if 'do_release' in sys.argv:
+        target = os.getenv('TARGET')
+        highest_tupple = get_existing_release_tags()[0]
+
+        old_version = f'{highest_tupple[0]}.{highest_tupple[1]}.{highest_tupple[2]}'
+        if target == 'master':
+            tag = f'{highest_tupple[0]}.{highest_tupple[1] + 1}.0'
+        elif target == 'stable':
+            tag = f'{highest_tupple[0]}.{highest_tupple[1]}.{highest_tupple[2] + 1}'
+        else:
+            raise ValueError(f"Unknown target '{target}'")
+        new_tag = f'{tag} dev'
+
+        with open(os.getenv('GITHUB_OUTPUT'), 'a') as env_file:
+            env_file.write(f'old_version={old_version}\n')
+            env_file.write(f'tag={tag}\n')
+            env_file.write(f'new_tag={new_tag}\n')
+        exit(0)
     # GITHUB_REF_TYPE may be either 'branch' or 'tag'
     GITHUB_REF_TYPE = os.environ['GITHUB_REF_TYPE']