diff --git a/.github/workflows/github-release.yml b/.github/workflows/github-release.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9f1f1fe31c5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/github-release.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+name: Create or update GitHub release
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      version:
+        required: true        
+        description: Needs to match, exactly, the name of a milestone (NO v prefix)
+jobs:
+  main:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout Actions
+        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+        with:
+          repository: "grafana/grafana-github-actions"
+          path: ./actions
+          ref: main    
+      - name: Install Actions
+        run: npm install --production --prefix ./actions
+      - name: Run github release action
+        uses: ./actions/github-release
+        with:
+          token: ${{secrets.GH_BOT_ACCESS_TOKEN}}
+          metricsWriteAPIKey: ${{secrets.GRAFANA_MISC_STATS_API_KEY}}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/update-changelog.yml b/.github/workflows/update-changelog.yml
index 4eb5d7df09a..ecc7ff92015 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/update-changelog.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/update-changelog.yml
@@ -14,10 +14,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           repository: "grafana/grafana-github-actions"
           path: ./actions
-          ref: main
-      - uses: actions/setup-node@v1
-        with:
-          node-version: '12'
+          ref: main      
       - name: Install Actions
         run: npm install --production --prefix ./actions
       - name: Run update changelog