diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish-new-release.yml b/.github/workflows/publish-new-release.yml
index 9ab9964fb..3d42b4eb2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish-new-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish-new-release.yml
@@ -59,6 +59,8 @@ jobs:
   maven-release:
     name: Publish extension's release version to maven repository
     needs: [ release-version ]
+    # TODO: remove
+    continue-on-error: true
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     permissions:
       contents: read
@@ -91,6 +93,8 @@ jobs:
   docker-release:
     name: Publish Docker images
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    # TODO: remove
+    continue-on-error: true
     needs: [ release-version ]
     permissions:
       contents: write
@@ -126,6 +130,8 @@ jobs:
     name: Publish new helm release
     needs: [ release-version ]
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    # TODO: remove
+    continue-on-error: true
     permissions:
       contents: write
       packages: write
@@ -197,17 +203,14 @@ jobs:
           # Create & push tag
           git tag --force ${{ env.RELEASE_VERSION }}
           git push --force origin ${{ env.RELEASE_VERSION }}
-      - name: Create Github Release
-        id: create_release
-        uses: thomaseizinger/create-release@1.0.0
-        env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+      - name: Create GitHub Release
+        uses: ncipollo/release-action@v1
         with:
-          target_commitish: ${{ github.event.pull_request.merge_commit_sha }}
-          tag_name: ${{ env.RELEASE_VERSION }}
-          name: ${{ env.RELEASE_VERSION }}
-          draft: false
-          prerelease: false
+          generateReleaseNotes: true
+          tag: ${{ env.RELEASE_VERSION }}
+          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          makeLatest: true
+          removeArtifacts: true
       - uses: ./.github/actions/setup-java
       - name: Merge releases back into main and set new snapshot version
         if: github.event.pull_request.base.ref == 'releases'