diff --git a/.github/workflows/create-github-release.yaml b/.github/workflows/create-github-release.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f417cf99
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/create-github-release.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+name: Create GitHub Release
+
+on:
+  push:
+    tags:
+      - '@itwin/*_v[0-9]+.[0-9]+.[0-9]+'
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+jobs:
+  create-release:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout tag
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          ref: ${{ github.ref }} # checkouts the branch that triggered the workflow
+          fetch-depth: 0
+
+      - name: Install pnpm
+        uses: pnpm/action-setup@v4
+
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: pnpm install
+
+      - name: Configure git
+        run: |
+          git config --local user.email imodeljs-admin@users.noreply.github.com
+          git config --local user.name imodeljs-admin
+
+      - name: Create GitHub release
+        run: |
+          echo "Creating GitHub release for tag ${{ github.ref }}"
+          bash .github/workflows/scripts/create-release.sh ${{ github.ref }}
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.IMJS_ADMIN_GH_TOKEN }}
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diff --git a/.github/workflows/create-release.yaml b/.github/workflows/publish-packages.yaml
similarity index 72%
rename from .github/workflows/create-release.yaml
rename to .github/workflows/publish-packages.yaml
index b3d3fe43..1e6a7b05 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/create-release.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish-packages.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
-# Workflow that will create a GitHub release a when a new release tag is pushed
-
-name: Create Release
+name: Publish Packages to npm
 
 on: workflow_dispatch
 
@@ -18,19 +16,13 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install pnpm
         uses: pnpm/action-setup@v4
 
-      - name: Use Node.js 18
-        uses: actions/setup-node@v3
-        with:
-          node-version: 18.x
-          registry-url: https://registry.npmjs.org/
-
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: pnpm install
 
       - name: Build, Lint, Test
         run: pnpm lage build lint cover
 
-      - name: Publish packages
+      - name: Publish packages and create git tags
         run: |
           git config --local user.email imodeljs-admin@users.noreply.github.com
           git config --local user.name imodeljs-admin
diff --git a/.github/workflows/scripts/create-release.sh b/.github/workflows/scripts/create-release.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a2d2b7f4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/scripts/create-release.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+if [ -z "$1" ]; then
+  echo "No refName was supplied"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+refName=$1
+echo "Ref name passed in: $refName"
+
+tagName=$(echo $refName | sed 's/refs\/tags\///')
+echo "Tag name was parsed as: $tagName"
+packageName=$(echo $tagName | sed 's/_v.*//')
+echo "Package name was parsed as: $packageName"
+packageVersion=$(echo $tagName | sed 's/.*_v//')
+echo "Package version was parsed as: $packageVersion"
+
+# The packageDirectory variable is determined by searching the ./packages directory for a subdirectory
+# that contains a package.json file with a name matching the parsed packageName.
+# determine package directory so that we can zip it up and also find the changelog
+packageDirectory=$(find ./packages -maxdepth 1 -type d | while read dir; do
+  if [ -f "$dir/package.json" ]; then
+    packageNameInJson=$(jq -r '.name' "$dir/package.json")
+    if [ "$packageNameInJson" == "$packageName" ]; then
+      echo "$dir"
+      break
+    fi
+  fi
+done)
+
+if [ -z "$packageDirectory" ]; then
+  echo "No package directory found for package name: $packageName"
+  exit 1
+else
+  echo "Package directory was determined as: $packageDirectory"
+fi
+
+cd $packageDirectory
+
+changelogMd="CHANGELOG.md"
+if [ ! -f "$changelogMd" ]; then
+  echo "Changelog file not found: $changelogMd"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+# build the package and create consumable to release
+pnpm build
+
+# Extract the changelog text
+releaseNoteText=$(awk -v version="$packageVersion" '$0 ~ version {flag=1; print; next} /^## /{flag=0} flag' "$changelogMd")
+echo "Release note text was extracted as: $releaseNoteText"
+
+# remove the @itwin/ or @bentley/ scope from the tag name to create the zip file name since they have special characters
+zipFileName=$(echo "$tagName" | sed 's/@itwin\///; s/@bentley\///')
+echo "Zip file name was parsed as: $zipFileName"
+
+# Zip the package deliverables - lib and dist directories
+zip -r "$zipFileName.zip" lib dist
+tar -czvf "$zipFileName.tar.gz" lib dist
+
+# Create a release and upload assets
+gh release create "$tagName" \
+  "$zipFileName.zip" \
+  "$zipFileName.tar.gz" \
+  --notes "$releaseNoteText" \
+  --verify-tag