diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index b30c299..07b7107 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -1,133 +1,47 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 # Copyright 2024 Intel Corporation
 # Copyright 2024 Kyunghee University
-name: Publish image and tag/release code
+# Copyright 2025 Canonical Ltd.
+name: Release Pipeline
 
 on:
   push:
     branches:
       - master
+    paths:
+      - "VERSION"
 
-jobs:
-  version-check:
-    if: (github.repository_owner == 'onosproject')
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    outputs:
-      valid_version: ${{ steps.version-check-step.outputs.valid_version }}
-      dev_version: ${{ steps.dev-version-check-step.outputs.dev_version }}
-      target_version: ${{ steps.get-target-version-step.outputs.target_version }}
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-        with:
-          fetch-depth: 0
-
-      - name: check version
-        id: version-check-step
-        run: |
-          make check-version; if [[ $? == 0 ]]; then echo "valid_version=true" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT; else echo "valid_version=false" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT; fi
-          cat $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-
-      - name: check dev version
-        id: dev-version-check-step
-        run: |
-          f_dev=$(./build/bin/version_check.sh is_dev)
-          if [[ $f_dev == "true" ]]; then echo "dev_version=true" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT; else echo "dev_version=false" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT; fi
-          cat $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-
-      - name: get target version
-        id: get-target-version-step
-        run: | 
-          echo "target_version=$(cat VERSION)" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-          cat $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+permissions:
+  contents: read
 
-  tag_versions:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    needs: version-check
-    if: (github.repository_owner == 'onosproject') && (needs.version-check.outputs.valid_version == 'true') && (needs.version-check.outputs.dev_version == 'false')
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-        with:
-          fetch-depth: 0
-      - name: create release using REST API
-        run: |
-          curl -L \
-            -X POST \
-            -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \
-            -H "Authorization: Bearer ${{ secrets.GH_ONOS_PAT }}" \
-            -H "X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2022-11-28" \
-            https://api.github.com/repos/${{ github.repository }}/releases \
-            -d '{
-              "tag_name": "v${{ needs.version-check.outputs.target_version }}",
-              "target_commitish": "${{ github.event.repository.default_branch }}",
-              "name": "v${{ needs.version-check.outputs.target_version }}",
-              "draft": false,
-              "prerelease": false,
-              "generate_release_notes": true
-              }'
-
-  publish-images:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    needs: version-check
-    if: (github.repository_owner == 'onosproject') && (needs.version-check.outputs.valid_version == 'true')
-    env:
-      REGISTRY: docker.io
-      DOCKER_REPOSITORY: onosproject/
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-        with:
-          fetch-depth: 0
-      - uses: actions/setup-go@v5
-        with:
-          go-version-file: 'go.mod'
-      - uses: docker/login-action@v3.2.0
-        with:
-          registry: ${{ env.REGISTRY }}
-          username: ${{ secrets.DOCKER_USERNAME }}
-          password: ${{ secrets.DOCKER_PASSWORD }}
-          DOCKER_USERNAME: ${{ secrets.DOCKER_USERNAME }}
-          DOCKER_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.DOCKER_PASSWORD }}
-      - name: Build and push Docker image with tag latest
-        env:
-          DOCKER_TAG: latest
-        run: |
-          ONOS_CLI_VERSION=${{ env.DOCKER_TAG }} make docker-build
-          ONOS_CLI_VERSION=${{ env.DOCKER_TAG }} make docker-push
-      - name: Build and push Docker image with tag
-        if: needs.version-check.outputs.dev_version == 'false'
-        env:
-          DOCKER_TAG: v${{ needs.version-check.outputs.target_version }}
-        run: |
-          ONOS_CLI_VERSION=${{ env.DOCKER_TAG }} make docker-build
-          ONOS_CLI_VERSION=${{ env.DOCKER_TAG }} make docker-push
-
-  bump-up-version:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    needs: version-check
-    if: (github.repository_owner == 'onosproject') && (needs.version-check.outputs.valid_version == 'true') && (needs.version-check.outputs.dev_version == 'false')
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-        with:
-          fetch-depth: 0
-      - name: increment version
-        run: |
-          IFS='.' read -r major minor patch <<< ${{ needs.version-check.outputs.target_version }}
-          patch_update=$((patch+1))
-          NEW_VERSION="$major.$minor.$patch_update-dev"
-          echo $NEW_VERSION > VERSION
-          echo "Updated version: $NEW_VERSION"
-
-      - name: Create Pull Request
-        uses: peter-evans/create-pull-request@v6
-        with:
-          token: ${{ secrets.GH_ONOS_PAT }}
-          commit-message: Update version
-          committer: github-actions[bot] <41898282+github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
-          author: ${{ github.actor }} <${{ github.actor_id }}+${{ github.actor }}@users.noreply.github.com>
-          signoff: true
-          branch: version-update
-          delete-branch: true
-          title: Update version
-          body: |
-            Update VERSION file
-          add-paths: |
-            VERSION
\ No newline at end of file
+jobs:
+  # Tag GitHub Release
+  # The convention is to prefix the version with a 'v', e.g., v1.2.3
+  tag-github:
+    uses: onosproject/.github/.github/workflows/tag-github.yml@main
+    with:
+      add_v: true
+    secrets: inherit
+
+  # Build and Release Docker Image
+  # The convention is to use the same tag for the Docker image as the GitHub Release
+  release-image:
+    needs: tag-github
+    if: needs.tag-github.outputs.changed == 'true'
+    permissions:
+      contents: read
+      packages: write
+      actions: read
+      id-token: write
+      attestations: write
+    uses: onosproject/.github/.github/workflows/release-image.yml@main
+    with:
+      docker_tag: ${{ needs.tag-github.outputs.version }}
+    secrets: inherit
+
+  # Bump Version
+  update-version:
+    needs: tag-github
+    if: needs.tag-github.outputs.changed == 'true'
+    uses: onosproject/.github/.github/workflows/bump-version.yml@main
+    secrets: inherit
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index bd23dbb..464a763 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,11 @@ export GO111MODULE=on
 
 .PHONY: build license
 
-ONOS_CLI_VERSION ?= latest
+ONOS_CLI_VERSION  ?= latest
+DOCKER_TAG        ?= ${ONOS_CLI_VERSION}
+DOCKER_REPOSITORY ?= onosproject/
+DOCKER_REGISTRY   ?= ""
+DOCKER_IMAGENAME  := ${DOCKER_REGISTRY}${DOCKER_REPOSITORY}onos-cli:${DOCKER_TAG}
 
 GOLANG_CI_VERSION := v1.52.2
 
@@ -31,14 +35,14 @@ docs:
 docker-build-onos-cli: # @HELP build onos CLI Docker image
 	@go mod vendor
 	docker build . -f build/onos/Dockerfile \
-		-t onosproject/onos-cli:${ONOS_CLI_VERSION}
+		-t ${DOCKER_IMAGENAME}
 	@rm -rf vendor
 
 docker-build: # @HELP build all Docker images
 docker-build: build docker-build-onos-cli
 
 docker-push-onos-cli: # @HELP push onos-cli Docker image
-	docker push onosproject/onos-cli:${ONOS_CLI_VERSION}
+	docker push ${DOCKER_IMAGENAME}
 
 docker-push: # @HELP push docker images
 docker-push: docker-push-onos-cli
diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index ec7265f..9e283c5 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.9.39-dev
+0.9.39