diff --git a/.ci/jenkins/Jenkinsfile.deploy b/.ci/jenkins/Jenkinsfile.deploy
index 8e3058499b3..034cce9841a 100644
--- a/.ci/jenkins/Jenkinsfile.deploy
+++ b/.ci/jenkins/Jenkinsfile.deploy
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ pipeline {
                             'version.org.kie', getDroolsVersion()
                         )
 
-                    // Need artifacts available locally
+                        // Need artifacts available locally
                         getMavenCommand()
                             .withProperty('quickly')
                             .withSettingsXmlFile(MAVEN_SETTINGS_FILE)
@@ -152,18 +152,13 @@ pipeline {
                         if (params.SKIP_TESTS) {
                             mvnCmd.skipTests() // Conflict somehow with Python testing. If `skipTests={anyvalue}` is set, then exec plugin is not executed ...
                         }
-                        def Closure mavenRunClosure = {
-                            configFileProvider([configFile(fileId: env.MAVEN_SETTINGS_CONFIG_FILE_ID, variable: 'MAVEN_SETTINGS_FILE')]) {
-                                mavenCommand.withSettingsXmlFile(MAVEN_SETTINGS_FILE)
-                                    .run("clean $installOrDeploy")
-                            }
-                        }
                         if (isRelease()) {
                             release.gpgImportKeyFromStringWithoutPassword(getReleaseGpgSignKeyCredsId())
                             mavenCommand.withProfiles(['apache-release'])
-                            mavenRunClosure()
-                        } else {
-                            mavenRunClosure()
+                        }
+                        configFileProvider([configFile(fileId: env.MAVEN_SETTINGS_CONFIG_FILE_ID, variable: 'MAVEN_SETTINGS_FILE')]) {
+                            mavenCommand.withSettingsXmlFile(MAVEN_SETTINGS_FILE)
+                                .run("clean $installOrDeploy")
                         }
 
                     }
@@ -190,6 +185,11 @@ pipeline {
                         } else {
                             println '[WARN] no changes to commit'
                         }
+
+                        // Create a new tag
+                        githubscm.setUserConfigFromCreds(getGitAuthorPushCredsId())
+                        githubscm.tagRepository(getGitTagName())
+                        githubscm.pushRemoteTag('origin', getGitTagName(), getGitAuthorPushCredsId())
                     }
                 }
             }
@@ -324,3 +324,7 @@ String getReleaseGpgSignKeyCredsId() {
 String getReleaseGpgSignPassphraseCredsId() {
     return env.RELEASE_GPG_SIGN_PASSPHRASE_CREDS_ID
 }
+
+String getGitTagName() {
+    return params.GIT_TAG_NAME
+}
diff --git a/.ci/jenkins/dsl/jobs.groovy b/.ci/jenkins/dsl/jobs.groovy
index d0ac6d88049..6c31c8377b8 100644
--- a/.ci/jenkins/dsl/jobs.groovy
+++ b/.ci/jenkins/dsl/jobs.groovy
@@ -214,6 +214,7 @@ void setupReleaseDeployJob() {
             stringParam('PROJECT_VERSION', '', 'Set the project version')
             stringParam('DROOLS_VERSION', '', 'Drools version to set')
             stringParam('KOGITO_PR_BRANCH', '', 'PR branch name')
+            stringParam('GIT_TAG_NAME', '', 'Git tag to create. i.e.: 10.0.0-rc1')
 
             booleanParam('SEND_NOTIFICATION', false, 'In case you want the pipeline to send a notification on CI channel for this run.')
         }