diff --git a/.ci/jenkins/Jenkinsfile.promote b/.ci/jenkins/Jenkinsfile.promote
index ed8078c23..ded4957e7 100644
--- a/.ci/jenkins/Jenkinsfile.promote
+++ b/.ci/jenkins/Jenkinsfile.promote
@@ -29,8 +29,6 @@ pipeline {
         OPENSHIFT_CREDS_KEY = 'OPENSHIFT_CREDS'
 
         PR_BRANCH_HASH = "${util.generateHash(10)}"
-
-        GITHUB_REPO = "${REPO_NAME}" // for github-release cli
     }
 
     stages {
@@ -45,11 +43,8 @@ pipeline {
 
                     readDeployProperties()
 
-                    if (isRelease()) {
-                        // Verify version is set and if on right release branch
-                        assert getProjectVersion()
-                        assert getBuildBranch() == util.getReleaseBranchFromVersion(getProjectVersion())
-                    }
+                    assert getProjectVersion()
+                    assert getBuildBranch() == util.getReleaseBranchFromVersion(getProjectVersion())
 
                     // Login old registry
                     if (isOldImageInOpenshiftRegistry()) {
@@ -69,11 +64,11 @@ pipeline {
                         checkoutRepo()
                     }
 
-                    installGitHubReleaseCLI()
                     cloud.installSkopeo()
                 }
             }
         }
+
         stage('Promote images') {
             steps {
                 script {
@@ -83,10 +78,8 @@ pipeline {
                 }
             }
         }
+
         stage('Merge PR and tag') {
-            when {
-                expression { return isRelease() }
-            }
             steps {
                 script {
                     dir(getRepoName()) {
@@ -96,47 +89,19 @@ pipeline {
                             githubscm.mergePR(prLink, getGitAuthorCredsID())
                             githubscm.pushObject('origin', getBuildBranch(), getGitAuthorCredsID())
                         }
-
-                        if (getGitTag()) {
-                            createRelease()
-                        }
                     }
                 }
             }
         }
-        stage('Set next version')
-        {
-            when {
-                expression { return isRelease() }
-            }
+
+        stage('Create release') {
             steps {
                 script {
-                    String prLink = ''
-                    String nextVersion = getNextVersion()
-                    dir('pr') { // Use different folder from `Update PR with released Maven artifacts` to avoid conflicts
-                        // Prepare PR
-                        checkoutRepo()
-                        githubscm.createBranch(getSnapshotBranch())
-
-                        // Update version to next snapshot
-                        versionCmd = "python3 scripts/manage-kogito-version.py --bump-to ${nextVersion} --artifacts-version ${getKogitoArtifactsNextVersion()} --confirm"
-                        if (getBuildBranch() != 'main') {
-                            versionCmd += " --examples-ref ${getBuildBranch()}"
-                        }
-                        runPythonCommand(versionCmd)
-
-                        def commitMsg = "[${getBuildBranch()}] Update snapshot version to ${nextVersion}"
-                        def prBody = "Generated by build ${BUILD_TAG}: ${BUILD_URL}"
-                        githubscm.commitChanges(commitMsg)
-                        githubscm.pushObject('origin', getSnapshotBranch(), getGitAuthorCredsID())
-                        prLink = githubscm.createPR(commitMsg, prBody, getBuildBranch(), getGitAuthorCredsID())
-                    }
-                    dir(getRepoName()) {
-                        if (prLink) {
-                            githubscm.mergePR(prLink, getGitAuthorCredsID())
-                            githubscm.pushObject('origin', getBuildBranch(), getGitAuthorCredsID())
-                        }
+                    if (githubscm.isReleaseExist(getGitTag(), getGitAuthorCredsID())) {
+                        githubscm.deleteReleaseAndTag(getGitTag(), getGitAuthorCredsID())
                     }
+                    githubscm.createReleaseWithGeneratedReleaseNotes(getGitTag(), getBuildBranch(), githubscm.getPreviousTag(getGitTag()), getGitAuthorCredsID())
+                    githubscm.updateReleaseBody(getGitTag(), getGitAuthorCredsID())
                 }
             }
         }
@@ -169,10 +134,6 @@ String getNotificationSubject() {
     return "[${getBuildBranch()}] Kogito Images"
 }
 
-void installGitHubReleaseCLI() {
-    sh 'go install github.com/github-release/github-release@latest'
-}
-
 void checkoutRepo() {
     deleteDir()
     checkout(githubscm.resolveRepository(getRepoName(), getGitAuthor(), getBuildBranch(), false))
@@ -217,14 +178,6 @@ void makeQuayNewImagesPublic() {
     }
 }
 
-void createRelease() {
-    if(githubscm.isReleaseExist(getGitTag(), getGitAuthorCredsID())) {
-        githubscm.deleteReleaseAndTag(getGitTag(), getGitAuthorCredsID())
-    }
-    githubscm.createReleaseWithGeneratedReleaseNotes(getGitTag(), getBuildBranch(), githubscm.getPreviousTag(getGitTag()), getGitAuthorCredsID())
-    githubscm.updateReleaseBody(getGitTag(), getGitAuthorCredsID())
-}
-
 String getOldImageFullTag(String imageName) {
     return "${getOldImageRegistry()}/${getOldImageNamespace()}/${getFinalImageName(imageName, getOldImageNameSuffix())}:${getOldImageTag()}"
 }
@@ -269,6 +222,7 @@ void loginContainerRegistry(String registry, String credsId) {
         sh "${env.CONTAINER_ENGINE} login -u ${REGISTRY_USER} -p ${REGISTRY_PWD} ${env.CONTAINER_ENGINE_TLS_OPTIONS ?: ''} ${registry}"
     }
 }
+
 void readDeployProperties() {
     String deployUrl = params.DEPLOY_BUILD_URL
     if (deployUrl != '') {
@@ -300,10 +254,6 @@ String getParamOrDeployProperty(String paramKey, String deployPropertyKey) {
 // Utils
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 
-boolean isRelease() {
-    return env.RELEASE ? env.RELEASE.toBoolean() : false
-}
-
 String getRepoName() {
     return env.REPO_NAME
 }
@@ -325,10 +275,6 @@ String getBuildBranch() {
     return params.BUILD_BRANCH_NAME
 }
 
-String getPRSourceBranch() {
-    return getDeployProperty("${getRepoName()}.pr.source.ref")
-}
-
 String getGitAuthor() {
     return env.GIT_AUTHOR
 }
@@ -337,23 +283,6 @@ String getGitAuthorCredsID() {
     return env.AUTHOR_CREDS_ID
 }
 
-String getMavenArtifactRepository() {
-    return env.MAVEN_ARTIFACT_REPOSITORY ?: ''
-}
-
-String getNextVersion() {
-    return util.getNextVersion(getProjectVersion(), 'micro', 'snapshot')
-}
-
-// To be later changed by artifacts version parameter
-String getKogitoArtifactsNextVersion() {
-    return util.getNextVersion(getKogitoArtifactsVersion(), 'micro', 'SNAPSHOT')
-}
-
-String getSnapshotBranch() {
-    return "${getNextVersion()}-${env.PR_BRANCH_HASH}"
-}
-
 boolean isQuayRegistry(String registry) {
     return registry == 'quay.io'
 }