diff --git a/.github/workflows/push_trigger.yml b/.github/workflows/push_trigger.yml
index 0aaaa936f43..b74dd0a216e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/push_trigger.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/push_trigger.yml
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ name: Maven Package upon a push
 on:
   push:
     branches:
+      - '!release-branch'
+      - release-1*
       - master
       - 1.*
       - develop
@@ -79,6 +81,7 @@ jobs:
 
 
   publish_to_nexus:
+    if: "!contains(github.ref, 'master')"
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v2
@@ -176,7 +179,11 @@ jobs:
           # Change all uppercase to lowercase
           IMAGE_ID=$(echo $IMAGE_ID | tr '[A-Z]' '[a-z]')
           echo "push version ${{steps.getPomVersion.outputs.info}}"
-          VERSION=$BRANCH_NAME
+          if [[ $BRANCH_NAME == master ]]; then
+            VERSION=latest
+          else
+            VERSION=$BRANCH_NAME
+          fi
           echo IMAGE_ID=$IMAGE_ID
           echo VERSION=$VERSION
           docker tag $SERVICE_NAME $IMAGE_ID:$VERSION
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release_changes.yml b/.github/workflows/release_changes.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..cc9c2956d9e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/release_changes.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+name: Release/pre-release Preparation.
+
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      message:
+        description: 'Triggered for release or pe-release'     
+        required: false
+        default: 'Release Preparation'
+      releaseTags:
+        description: 'tag to update'
+        required: true
+      snapshotTags:
+        description: 'tag to be replaced'
+        required: true
+      base:
+        description: 'base branch for PR'
+        required: true
+jobs:
+  build:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+    - name: Setup branch and env
+      run: |
+        # Strip git ref prefix from version
+        echo "BRANCH_NAME=$(echo ${{ github.ref }} | sed -e 's,.*/\(.*\),\1,')" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+        echo "GPG_TTY=$(tty)" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+
+    - name: Mannualy changing the pom versions
+      run: find . -type f -name "*pom.xml" -print0 | xargs -0 sed -i "s/${{ github.event.inputs.snapshotTags }}/${{ github.event.inputs.releaseTags }}/g"
+
+    - name: Updating the Release URL in POM 
+      run: |
+          cd .github/workflows
+          sed -i 's/OSSRH_SNAPSHOT_URL/RELEASE_URL/g' push_trigger.yml
+
+    - name: Updating libs-snapshot-local to libs-release local for artifactory URL's.
+      run: find . -type f -name "*Dockerfile" -print0 | xargs -0 sed -i "s/libs-snapshot-local/libs-release-local/g"
+
+    - name: removing -DskipTests
+      run: find . -type f -name "*push_trigger.yml" -print0 | xargs -0 sed -i "s/"-DskipTests"//g"
+
+#    - name: removing --Dgpg.skip
+#      run: find . -type f -name "*push_trigger.yml" -print0 | xargs -0 sed -i "s/"-Dgpg.skip"//g"
+      
+    - name: Create Pull Request
+      uses: peter-evans/create-pull-request@v3
+      with:
+        token: ${{ secrets.ACTION_PAT }}
+        commit-message: Updated Pom versions for release changes
+        title: Release changes
+        body: Automated PR for ${{ github.event.inputs.releaseTags }} release.
+        branch: release-branch
+        delete-branch: true
+        base: ${{ github.event.inputs.base }}