diff --git a/.github/actions/get-image-tag/action.yml b/.github/actions/get-image-tag/action.yml
index 8ee539109d..77797ef064 100644
--- a/.github/actions/get-image-tag/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/get-image-tag/action.yml
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ runs:
     - name: Get docker image tag name
       shell: bash
       run: |
-        if [[ "${{ inputs.branch_name }}" == "master" ]]; then
+        if [[ "${{ inputs.branch_name }}" == "master" ]] || [[ "${{ inputs.branch_name }}" == release/* ]]; then
           TAG_VERSION="$(jq -cr '.version' < package.json)"
         else
           TAG_VERSION="${{ inputs.branch_name }}-${{ github.run_id }}"
diff --git a/.github/actions/git-tag/action.yml b/.github/actions/git-tag/action.yml
index 99e0017058..c18cc64f09 100644
--- a/.github/actions/git-tag/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/git-tag/action.yml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ runs:
     - name: publish tag
       shell: bash
       run: |
-        if [[  "${{ inputs.branch_name }}" == "master" ]]; then
+        if [[  "${{ inputs.branch_name }}" == "master" ]] || [[ "${{ inputs.branch_name }}" == release/* ]]; then
           VERSION=$(jq -cr '.version' < package.json)
           echo "git tag -a ${VERSION} -m ${VERSION}"
 
diff --git a/.github/actions/setup/action.yml b/.github/actions/setup/action.yml
index dd22359ac5..9531bc44c6 100644
--- a/.github/actions/setup/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/setup/action.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,12 @@
 name: "Variables setup"
 description: "Variables setup"
 
+inputs:
+  npm_tag:
+    description: 'NPM tag'
+    required: false
+    type: string
+
 runs:
   using: "composite"
   steps:
@@ -17,23 +23,27 @@ runs:
     - name: set TAG_NPM
       shell: bash
       run: |
-        TAG_NPM="alpha"
-        VERSION_IN_PACKAGE_JSON=$(jq -cr '.version' < package.json)
+        if [[ -n "${{ inputs.npm_tag }}" ]]; then
+          TAG_NPM=${{ inputs.npm_tag }}
+        else
+          TAG_NPM="alpha"
+          VERSION_IN_PACKAGE_JSON=$(jq -cr '.version' < package.json)
 
-        echo "version in package.json=${VERSION_IN_PACKAGE_JSON}"
+          echo "version in package.json=${VERSION_IN_PACKAGE_JSON}"
 
-        if [[ $BRANCH_NAME =~ ^master(-patch.*)?$ ]]; then
-            # Pre-release versions
-            if [[ $VERSION_IN_PACKAGE_JSON =~ ^[0-9]*\.[0-9]*\.[0-9]*-A\.[0-9]*$ ]];
-            then
-                TAG_NPM=next
-            # Stable major versions
-            else
-                TAG_NPM=latest
-            fi
-        fi
+          if [[ $BRANCH_NAME =~ ^master(-patch.*)?$ ]] || [[ $BRANCH_NAME == release/* ]]; then
+              # Pre-release versions
+              if [[ $VERSION_IN_PACKAGE_JSON =~ ^[0-9]*\.[0-9]*\.[0-9]*-A\.[0-9]*$ ]];
+              then
+                  TAG_NPM=next
+              # Stable major versions
+              else
+                  TAG_NPM=latest
+              fi
+          fi
 
-        if [[ $BRANCH_NAME =~ ^develop(-patch.*)?$ ]]; then
-            TAG_NPM=alpha
+          if [[ $BRANCH_NAME =~ ^develop(-patch.*)?$ ]]; then
+              TAG_NPM=alpha
+          fi
         fi
         echo "TAG_NPM=${TAG_NPM}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-branch.yml b/.github/workflows/release-branch.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index add3dc9580..0000000000
--- a/.github/workflows/release-branch.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,87 +0,0 @@
-name: Release ACA libs from branch
-run-name: Release ACA libs from branch ${{ github.ref_name }}
-
-on:
-  workflow_dispatch:
-    inputs:
-      dry-run-flag:
-        description: 'enable dry-run'
-        required: false
-        type: boolean
-        default: true
-
-env:
-  BASE_URL: ${{ secrets.PIPELINE_ENV_URL }}
-
-jobs:
-  lint:
-    name: 'lint'
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
-        with:
-          fetch-depth: 0
-
-      - name: node
-        uses: actions/setup-node@v4
-        with:
-          node-version-file: '.nvmrc'
-          cache: 'npm'
-      - run: npm ci
-      - run: npm run affected:lint -- --base=origin/develop
-      - run: npm run stylelint
-
-  unit-tests:
-    needs: [lint]
-    name: "Unit tests: ${{ matrix.unit-tests.name }}"
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    strategy:
-      fail-fast: false
-      matrix:
-        unit-tests:
-          - name: "aca-content"
-          - name: "aca-shared"
-    steps:
-      - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
-        with:
-          fetch-depth: 0
-
-      - name: node
-        uses: actions/setup-node@v4
-        with:
-          node-version-file: '.nvmrc'
-          cache: 'npm'
-      - uses: ./.github/actions/before-install
-      - run: npm ci
-      - run: npm run affected:test -- --browsers=ChromeHeadless --watch=false $TEST_OPTS --base=origin/develop
-
-  publish-libs:
-    needs: [lint, unit-tests]
-    name: "Publish libs to NPM and GitHub registry"
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    permissions:
-      packages: write
-    steps:
-      - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
-        with:
-          fetch-depth: 2
-
-      - name: Setup node
-        uses: actions/setup-node@v4
-        with:
-          node-version-file: '.nvmrc'
-          cache: 'npm'
-
-      - uses: Alfresco/alfresco-build-tools/.github/actions/get-branch-name@v8.4.0
-
-      - name: publish
-        uses: ./.github/actions/publish-libs
-        with:
-          branch_name: ${{ env.BRANCH_NAME }}
-          github_token: ${{ secrets.BOT_GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-          npm_registry_token: ${{ secrets.NPM_REGISTRY_TOKEN }}
-          npm_tag: 'branch'
-          dry-run: ${{ inputs.dry-run-flag }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 090f9bd1aa..658ef98f7f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -1,10 +1,36 @@
-name: "Release"
+name: Release workflow
+run-name: Release workflow triggered from ${{ github.ref_name }} branch
 
 on:
   workflow_dispatch:
     inputs:
+      publish-to-docker:
+        description: 'Publish to Docker'
+        required: false
+        type: boolean
+        default: true
+      publish-to-quay:
+        description: 'Publish to Quay'
+        required: false
+        type: boolean
+        default: true
+      publish-to-npm:
+        description: 'Publish NPM libraries'
+        required: false
+        type: boolean
+        default: true
+      publish-git-tag:
+        description: 'Publish Git Tag'
+        required: false
+        type: boolean
+        default: true
+      npm-tag:
+        description: 'NPM tag that libraries will be published with'
+        required: false
+        type: string
+        default: ''
       dry-run-release:
-        description: 'enable dry-run'
+        description: 'Enable dry-run'
         required: false
         type: boolean
         default: true
@@ -12,6 +38,7 @@ on:
     branches:
       - master
       - develop
+      - release/**
 
 env:
   BASE_URL: ${{ secrets.PIPELINE_ENV_URL }}
@@ -20,7 +47,56 @@ env:
   PLAYWRIGHT_E2E_HOST: ${{ secrets.PLAYWRIGHT_E2E_HOST }}
 
 jobs:
+  lint:
+    if: github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch'
+    name: 'lint'
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+
+      - name: node
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v4
+        with:
+          node-version-file: '.nvmrc'
+          cache: 'npm'
+      - run: npm ci
+      - run: npm run affected:lint -- --base=origin/develop
+      - run: npm run stylelint
+
+  unit-tests:
+    if: github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch'
+    needs: [lint]
+    name: "Unit tests: ${{ matrix.unit-tests.name }}"
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        unit-tests:
+          - name: "aca-content"
+          - name: "aca-shared"
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+
+      - name: node
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v4
+        with:
+          node-version-file: '.nvmrc'
+          cache: 'npm'
+      - uses: ./.github/actions/before-install
+      - run: npm ci
+      - run: npm run affected:test -- --browsers=ChromeHeadless --watch=false $TEST_OPTS --base=origin/develop
+
   publish-docker-registry:
+    if: |
+      always() &&
+      (${{ inputs.publish-to-quay == 'true' }} && (needs.unit-tests.result == 'success' || needs.unit-tests.result == 'skipped'))
+    needs: [lint, unit-tests]
     name: "Publish to Quay"
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
@@ -34,6 +110,8 @@ jobs:
           node-version-file: '.nvmrc'
           cache: 'npm'
       - uses: ./.github/actions/setup
+        with:
+          npm_tag: ${{ inputs.npm-tag }}
 
       - name: Get Tag
         uses: ./.github/actions/get-image-tag
@@ -50,6 +128,10 @@ jobs:
           dry-run: ${{ inputs.dry-run-release }}
 
   publish-to-dockerhub:
+    if: |
+      always() &&
+      (${{ inputs.publish-to-docker == 'true' }} && (needs.unit-tests.result == 'success' || needs.unit-tests.result == 'skipped'))
+    needs: [lint, unit-tests]
     name: "Publish to Dockerhub"
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
@@ -63,6 +145,8 @@ jobs:
           node-version-file: '.nvmrc'
           cache: 'npm'
       - uses: ./.github/actions/setup
+        with:
+          npm_tag: ${{ inputs.npm-tag }}
 
       - name: Get Tag
         uses: ./.github/actions/get-image-tag
@@ -79,6 +163,10 @@ jobs:
           dry-run: ${{ inputs.dry-run-release }}
 
   publish-git-tag:
+    if: |
+      always() &&
+      (${{ inputs.publish-git-tag == 'true' }} && (needs.unit-tests.result == 'success' || needs.unit-tests.result == 'skipped'))
+    needs: [lint, unit-tests]
     name: "Publish Git Tag"
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
@@ -91,8 +179,11 @@ jobs:
         with:
           node-version-file: '.nvmrc'
           cache: 'npm'
-      - uses: ./.github/actions/setup
       - uses: Alfresco/alfresco-build-tools/.github/actions/configure-git-author@v8.4.0
+      - uses: ./.github/actions/setup
+        with:
+          npm_tag: ${{ inputs.npm-tag }}
+      - uses: Alfresco/alfresco-build-tools/.github/actions/configure-git-author@v1.35.0
         with:
           username: ${{ vars.BOT_GITHUB_USERNAME }}
           email: ${{ vars.BOT_GITHUB_EMAIL }}
@@ -105,6 +196,10 @@ jobs:
           dry-run: ${{ inputs.dry-run-release }}
 
   publish-libs:
+    if: |
+      always() &&
+      (${{ inputs.publish-to-npm == 'true' }} && (needs.unit-tests.result == 'success' || needs.unit-tests.result == 'skipped'))
+    needs: [lint, unit-tests]
     name: "Publish libs to NPM and GitHub registry"
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     permissions:
@@ -122,6 +217,8 @@ jobs:
           cache: 'npm'
 
       - uses: ./.github/actions/setup
+        with:
+          npm_tag: ${{ inputs.npm-tag }}
 
       - name: publish
         uses: ./.github/actions/publish-libs