diff --git a/.github/actions/create-git-tag/action.yml b/.github/actions/create-git-tag/action.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..736417822b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/actions/create-git-tag/action.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+name: Git tag creation
+description: 'Creates a git tag in the specified repository for a given commit.'
+
+inputs:
+  tagName:
+    description: 'The github tag to be created'
+    required: true
+  releaseNote:
+    description: 'The github release note to be created'
+    required: false
+
+runs:
+  using: 'composite'
+  steps:
+    - uses: actions/github-script@60a0d83039c74a4aee543508d2ffcb1c3799cdea # v7.0.1
+      name: Create git tag
+      env:
+        TAG_NAME: ${{ inputs.tagName }}
+        RELEASE_NOTE: ${{ inputs.releaseNote }}
+      with:
+        script: |
+          const createGitTag = require('./.github/actions/create-git-tag/create-git-tag.js');
+          await createGitTag({ core, github, context, tagName: process.env.TAG_NAME });
diff --git a/.github/actions/create-git-tag/create-git-tag.js b/.github/actions/create-git-tag/create-git-tag.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..05812f5b6a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/actions/create-git-tag/create-git-tag.js
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+/*!
+ * @license
+ * Copyright © 2005-2023 Hyland Software, Inc. and its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+module.exports = async ({ github, context, core, tagName }) => {
+    const tagSHA = context.payload?.after ?? context.sha;
+
+    core.notice(`Creating a tag with title: ${tagName}, and SHA: ${tagSHA}`);
+
+    const createdTag = await github.rest.git.createTag({
+        owner: context.repo.owner,
+        repo: context.repo.repo,
+        tag: tagName,
+        message: 'Release note',
+        object: tagSHA,
+        type: 'commit'
+    });
+
+    const createdRef = await github.rest.git.createRef({
+        owner: context.repo.owner,
+        repo: context.repo.repo,
+        ref: 'refs/tags/' + tagName,
+        sha: createdTag.data.sha
+    });
+
+    if (createdRef.status === 201) {
+        core.notice(`Tag ${tagName} was created successfully`);
+    }
+};
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 22ffa923c2..67308a7da8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -100,6 +100,8 @@ jobs:
 
   release-npm:
     needs: [setup]
+    outputs:
+      release_version: ${{ steps.set-version.outputs.release_version }}
     timeout-minutes: 30
     if: github.event.pull_request.merged == true || github.ref_name == 'master' || github.ref_name == 'master-patch-*'
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
@@ -121,6 +123,7 @@ jobs:
           dry-run-flag: ${{ inputs.dry-run-flag }}
       - uses: ./.github/actions/download-node-modules-and-artifacts
       - name: Set libraries versions
+        id: set-version
         run: |
           set -u;
           ./scripts/github/build/bumpversion.sh
@@ -154,6 +157,21 @@ jobs:
         env:
           NODE_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_REGISTRY_TOKEN }}
 
+  create-git-tag:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    needs: [setup, release-npm]
+    name: Create github tag
+    permissions:
+      contents: write
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4.2.2
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 1
+      - uses: './.github/actions/create-git-tag'
+        with:
+          tagName: ${{ needs.release-npm.outputs.release_version }}
+
   propagate:
     needs: [release-npm]
     if: ${{ contains(toJson(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name), 'hxp-upstream') }}
diff --git a/scripts/update-version.sh b/scripts/update-version.sh
index 922b6650aa..2c5ae5fbaa 100755
--- a/scripts/update-version.sh
+++ b/scripts/update-version.sh
@@ -49,6 +49,8 @@ get_next_version() {
 VERSION=`get_next_version $DIR/..`
 JS_API_VERSION=`get_next_version $DIR/../lib/js-api`
 
+echo RELEASE_VERSION=$VERSION >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+
 echo "====== New libs version: $VERSION ====="
 echo "====== New js-api version: $JS_API_VERSION ====="