diff --git a/.github/workflows/git-tag.yml b/.github/workflows/git-tag.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index d33860df22..0000000000
--- a/.github/workflows/git-tag.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,58 +0,0 @@
-name: "git-tag"
-
-on:
-  workflow_call:
-    inputs:
-      dry-run-flag:
-        description: 'enable dry-run on artifact push'
-        required: false
-        type: boolean
-        default: true
-
-  push:
-    branches:
-      - master
-      - master-patch-*
-
-env:
-  BASE_REF: ${{ github.base_ref }}
-  HEAD_REF: ${{ github.head_ref }}
-  GH_COMMIT: ${{ github.sha }}
-  GH_BUILD_NUMBER: ${{ github.run_id }}
-  LOG_LEVEL: "ERROR"
-  NODE_OPTIONS: "--max-old-space-size=5120"
-  NPM_REGISTRY_ADDRESS: ${{ secrets.NPM_REGISTRY_ADDRESS }}
-  BOT_GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.BOT_GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-
-jobs:
-
-  release:
-    uses: ./.github/workflows/release.yml
-    secrets: inherit
-    with:
-      dry-run-flag: false
-
-  setup:
-    needs: release
-    timeout-minutes: 20
-    name: "Release tag"
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    env:
-      GITHUB_TOKEN: $BOT_GITHUB_TOKEN
-    steps:
-      - name: Checkout repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@de0fac2e4500dabe0009e67214ff5f5447ce83dd # v6.0.2
-      - id: set-dryrun
-        uses: ./.github/actions/enable-dryrun
-        with:
-          dry-run-flag: ${{ inputs.dry-run-flag }}
-      - name: install NPM
-        uses: actions/setup-node@53b83947a5a98c8d113130e565377fae1a50d02f # v6.3.0
-        with:
-          node-version-file: '.nvmrc'
-      - name: "Release tag"
-        env:
-          DRYRUN_FLAG: ${{ steps.set-dryrun.outputs.dryrun }}
-        run: |
-          git fetch --all --quiet
-          BRANCH=${GITHUB_REF##*/} ./scripts/github/release/git-tag.sh $DRYRUN_FLAG
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index d7b5c34df7..6aaf968f71 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -19,9 +19,11 @@ on:
     types: [closed]
     branches:
       - develop
-      - master
       - develop-patch*
-      - master-patch*
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - master
+      - master-patch-*
 
 permissions:
   id-token: write  # Required for OIDC
diff --git a/scripts/github/release/git-tag.sh b/scripts/github/release/git-tag.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index fe474097d7..0000000000
--- a/scripts/github/release/git-tag.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-if [[  $BRANCH == "master" ]]; then
-    VERSION=$(grep -m1 version package.json | awk '{ print $2 }' | sed 's/[", ]//g')
-else
-    VERSION=$(npm view @alfresco/adf-core@beta version)
-fi;
-
-echo "git tag -a ${VERSION} -m ${VERSION}"
-git config --local user.name "alfresco-build"
-git config --local user.email "build@alfresco.com"
-git tag -a ${VERSION} -m "${VERSION} [ci skip] "
-git remote rm origin
-GITHUB_REPO=https://$GITHUB_TOKEN:x-oauth-basic@github.com/Alfresco/alfresco-ng2-components.git
-git remote add origin $GITHUB_REPO
-
-if [[ "$1" == "--dryrun" ]]; then
-    echo "dry run: Pushing new tag ${VERSION}!"
-else
-    echo "Pushing new tag ${VERSION}!"
-    git push origin --tags
-fi;