diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 5a6c16f00f1..a61fa463ba0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ on:
 jobs:
   release:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    outputs:
+      version: ${{ steps.create-github-release.outputs.version }}
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
 
@@ -33,12 +35,12 @@ jobs:
             sleep 60
           done
 
-      - name: Create GitHub release
+      - id: create-github-release
+        name: Create GitHub release
         env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
         run: |
           if [[ $VERSION =~ ^[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+$ ]]; then
-          then
             opt_ga=" (GA)"
           else
             opt_prerelease="--prerelease"
@@ -52,41 +54,20 @@ jobs:
                             $VERSION \
                             applicationinsights-agent-$VERSION.jar
 
-  bump-version:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+          echo "::set-output name=version::$VERSION"
+
+  create-docs-pull-request:
     needs:
       - release
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+    uses: ./.github/workflows/reusable-create-docs-pull-request.yml
+    with:
+      version: ${{ needs.release.outputs.version }}
+    secrets:
+      AARON_MAXWELL_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.AARON_MAXWELL_TOKEN }}
 
-      - name: Set environment variables
-        run: |
-          version=$(.github/scripts/get-version.sh)
-          if [[ $version =~ ^([0-9]+\.[0-9]+)\.([0-9]+)$ ]]; then
-            major_minor="${BASH_REMATCH[1]}"
-            patch="${BASH_REMATCH[2]}"
-          else
-            echo "unexpected version: $version"
-            exit 1
-          fi
-          echo "NEXT_VERSION=$major_minor.$((patch + 1))" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-
-      - name: Update version
-        run: .github/scripts/update-version.sh $NEXT_VERSION
-
-      - name: Create pull request against main
-        env:
-          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-        run: |
-          message="Update version to $NEXT_VERSION"
-          body="Update version to \`$NEXT_VERSION\`."
-          branch="automation/update-version-to-${NEXT_VERSION}"
-
-          git config user.name "github-actions[bot]"
-          git config user.email "github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com"
-
-          git checkout -b "$branch"
-          git commit -a -m "$message"
-          git push --set-upstream origin HEAD:$branch
-          gh pr create --title "$message" \
-                       --body "$body"
+  create-version-bump-pull-request:
+    needs:
+      - release
+    uses: ./.github/workflows/reusable-create-version-bump-pull-request.yml
+    with:
+      version: ${{ needs.release.outputs.version }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/reusable-create-docs-pull-request.yml b/.github/workflows/reusable-create-docs-pull-request.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4892befc48b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/reusable-create-docs-pull-request.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+name: Reusable - Create docs pull request
+
+on:
+  workflow_call:
+    inputs:
+      version:
+        type: string
+        required: true
+    secrets:
+      AARON_MAXWELL_TOKEN:
+        required: true
+  # to help with partial release build failures
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      version:
+        description: "Version"
+        required: true
+
+jobs:
+  create-docs-pull-request:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Repo sync
+        # this step avoids having to do a deep fetch of the very large upstream repo
+        # (cannot use "git fetch --depth 1 upstream main" because that leads to an error when
+        #         pushing below to the origin repo: "shallow update not allowed")
+        env:
+          VERSION: ${{ inputs.version }}
+          # this is the personal access token used for "gh repo sync" below
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.AARON_MAXWELL_TOKEN }}
+        run: |
+          gh repo sync AaronMaxwell/azure-docs-pr \
+              --source MicrosoftDocs/azure-docs-pr
+
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        with:
+          repository: AaronMaxwell/azure-docs-pr
+          # this is the personal access token used for "git push" below
+          token: ${{ secrets.AARON_MAXWELL_TOKEN }}
+
+      - name: Update version in docs
+        env:
+          VERSION: ${{ inputs.version }}
+        run: |
+          date=$(date "+%m/%d/%Y")
+          files=$(grep -rl applicationinsights-agent-[0-9.]*.jar articles/azure-monitor/app \
+                    | grep -v java-2x-agent.md)
+          echo "$files" | xargs sed -Ei "s/applicationinsights-agent-[0-9.]+.jar/applicationinsights-agent-${VERSION}.jar/g"
+          echo "$files" | xargs sed -Ei "s|microsoft/ApplicationInsights-Java/releases/download/[0-9.]*/|microsoft/ApplicationInsights-Java/releases/download/${VERSION}/|g"
+          echo "$files" | xargs sed -Ei "s|^ms.date: .*|ms.date: $date|"
+
+      - name: Create pull request against azure-docs-pr
+        env:
+          VERSION: ${{ inputs.version }}
+          # this is the personal access token used for "gh pr create" below
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.AARON_MAXWELL_TOKEN }}
+        run: |
+          message="Update the applicationinsights-java version to $VERSION"
+          body="Update the applicationinsights-java version to \`$VERSION\`.
+
+          cc @AaronMaxwell @heyams @jeanbisutti @mattmccleary @trask
+          "
+          branch="update-applicationinsights-java-to-${VERSION}"
+
+          git config user.name "github-actions[bot]"
+          git config user.email "github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com"
+
+          git checkout -b $branch
+          git commit -a -m "$message"
+          git push --set-upstream origin $branch
+
+          # gh pr create doesn't have a way to explicitly specify different head and base
+          # repositories currently, but it will implicitly pick up the head from a different
+          # repository if you set up a tracking branch
+
+          echo ========================================
+          echo To create PR, go to
+          echo https://github.com/MicrosoftDocs/azure-docs-pr/compare/main...AaronMaxwell:azure-docs-pr:${branch}?expand=1
+          echo ========================================
+
+          # TODO (trask) create PR automatically
+          # gh pr create --title "$message" \
+          #              --body "$body" \
+          #              --repo MicrosoftDocs/azure-docs-pr \
+          #              --base main
diff --git a/.github/workflows/reusable-create-version-bump-pull-request.yml b/.github/workflows/reusable-create-version-bump-pull-request.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9968b2f43d8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/reusable-create-version-bump-pull-request.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+name: Reusable - Create version bump pull request
+
+on:
+  workflow_call:
+    inputs:
+      version:
+        type: string
+        required: true
+  # to help with partial release build failures
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      version:
+        description: "Version"
+        required: true
+
+jobs:
+  bump-version:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    needs:
+      - release
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+
+      - name: Set environment variables
+        env:
+          VERSION: ${{ inputs.version }}
+        run: |
+          if [[ $VERSION =~ ^([0-9]+\.[0-9]+)\.([0-9]+)$ ]]; then
+            major_minor="${BASH_REMATCH[1]}"
+            patch="${BASH_REMATCH[2]}"
+          else
+            echo "unexpected version: $VERSION"
+            exit 1
+          fi
+          echo "NEXT_VERSION=$major_minor.$((patch + 1))" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+
+      - name: Update version
+        run: .github/scripts/update-version.sh $NEXT_VERSION
+
+      - name: Create pull request against main
+        env:
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+        run: |
+          message="Update version to $NEXT_VERSION"
+          body="Update version to \`$NEXT_VERSION\`."
+          branch="automation/update-version-to-${NEXT_VERSION}"
+
+          git config user.name "github-actions[bot]"
+          git config user.email "github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com"
+
+          git checkout -b "$branch"
+          git commit -a -m "$message"
+          git push --set-upstream origin HEAD:$branch
+          gh pr create --title "$message" \
+                       --body "$body"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/reusable-open-issue-on-failure.yml b/.github/workflows/reusable-open-issue-on-failure.yml
index 984ce7435d5..9d1e6d2d703 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/reusable-open-issue-on-failure.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/reusable-open-issue-on-failure.yml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Open issue
         env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
         run: |
           gh issue create --title "$GITHUB_WORKFLOW #$GITHUB_RUN_NUMBER failed" \
                           --body "See [$GITHUB_WORKFLOW #$GITHUB_RUN_NUMBER](https://github.com/$GITHUB_REPOSITORY/actions/runs/$GITHUB_RUN_ID)."