diff --git a/.github/scripts/assemble-release-notes.sh b/.github/scripts/assemble-release-notes.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..9d67f43
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/scripts/assemble-release-notes.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+set -euo pipefail
+
+image_tag_list="${1}"
+
+# TODO: Include tag annotation?
+# TODO: include some form of changelog?
+
+echo -e "### Published images\n"
+for tag in $(grep -ve ':latest$' "${image_tag_list}"); do
+    echo " - [${tag}](https://hub.docker.com/r/${tag%%:*})"
+done
diff --git a/.github/scripts/update-github-release.sh b/.github/scripts/update-github-release.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 7e74aa5..0000000
--- a/.github/scripts/update-github-release.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,57 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-
-source "$(dirname "${0}")/_shared_functions.sh"
-
-set -eu
-
-release_id="${1}"
-# shellcheck disable=SC2153 # false positive
-image_tag_list="${IMAGE_TAG_LIST}"
-
-# Get current values
-curl -siX GET "https://api.github.com/repos/${GITHUB_REPOSITORY}/releases/${release_id}" \
-     -H "Authorization: token ${GITHUB_TOKEN}" \
-     -o "${CURL_OUT}"
-process_curl_response || exit 1
-
-release_name="$(print_curl_response_json | jq '."name"' )"
-release_body="$(print_curl_response_json | jq '."body" // ""' )"
-
-# Remove version prefix from title
-new_name="${release_name//@(pre-|release-)/}"
-
-# Add list with new images to body
-function list_entry {
-    image_tag=${1}
-
-    echo " - [${image_tag}](https://hub.docker.com/r/${image_tag%%:*})\r\n"
-}
-export -f list_entry
-
-# TODO: Include tag annotation?
-# TODO: include some form of changelog?
-
-# shellcheck disable=SC2016 # false positive
-new_body="$(tr -d '\n' << BODY
-${release_body%\"} \\r\\n \\r\\n
-
-### Published images \\r\\n \\r\\n
-$(grep -ve ':latest$' "${image_tag_list}" | xargs -n 1 -I {} bash -c 'list_entry "${@}"' _ {})"
-
-BODY
-)"
-
-# Update release
-curl -siX PATCH "https://api.github.com/repos/${GITHUB_REPOSITORY}/releases/${release_id}" \
-     -H "Authorization: token ${GITHUB_TOKEN}" \
-     -o "${CURL_OUT}" \
-     -d @- \
-<< PAYLOAD
-{
-    "name": ${new_name},
-    "body": ${new_body},
-    "draft": false
-}
-
-PAYLOAD
-process_curl_response || exit 1
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-and-publish.yml b/.github/workflows/test-and-publish.yml
index 67008dc..31f0f1c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-and-publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-and-publish.yml
@@ -82,20 +82,32 @@ jobs:
              docker push "${tag}"
           done <"${IMAGE_TAG_LIST}"
           docker logout
+      - name: Determine version
+        id: release-version
+        run: |
+          tag="${{ github.ref }}"
+          version="${tag##*/*-}"
+          is_prerelease=false
+          title="Release ${version}"
+          if [[ "${tag}" == *"/pre-"* ]]; then
+            is_prerelease=true
+            title="Pre-${title}"
+          fi
+
+          echo "version=${version}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          echo "is_prerelease=${is_prerelease}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          echo "title=${title}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+      - name: Assemble release notes
+        id: release-notes
+        run: |
+          .github/scripts/assemble-release-notes.sh \
+            "${IMAGE_TAG_LIST}" \
+            > release-notes.md
       - name: Create Github release
         id: create-gh-release
-        uses: actions/create-release@master
-        env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+        uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v2
         with:
-          tag_name: ${{ github.ref }}
-          release_name: Release ${{ github.ref }}
-          draft: true
-          prerelease: ${{ startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/pre-') }}
-      # TODO: Compute release info before creating the release; communicate by step output
-      - name: Update Github release info
-        env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-        run: |
-          .github/scripts/update-github-release.sh \
-            "${{ steps.create-gh-release.outputs.id }}"
+          name: ${{ steps.release-version.outputs.title }}
+          body_path: release-notes.md
+          # TODO: mark as draft if created manually
+          prerelease: ${{ steps.release-version.outputs.is_prerelease }}