diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yaml b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
index 31d7723205..9c3646c2b1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ on:
   push:
     tags:
       - "v[0-9]+.[0-9]+.[0-9]+"
+      - "v[0-9]+.[0-9]+.[0-9]+-rc.[0-9]+"
 
 permissions:
   packages: write
@@ -48,8 +49,8 @@ jobs:
           VERSION: ${{ github.ref_name }}
         run: make publish-helm-chart
 
-  manifests:
-    name: Create manifests
+  artifacts:
+    name: Create artifacts
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
@@ -102,11 +103,13 @@ jobs:
       - name: Upload
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
         with:
-          name: manifests
+          name: artifacts
           path: |
             dist/*.tar.gz
             dist/*.tgz
             dist/*.sha256sum
+            dist/bicep/vmclarity.json
+            dist/bicep/vmclarity-UI.json
           if-no-files-found: error
 
   main_release:
@@ -114,41 +117,33 @@ jobs:
       - verification
       - build_and_push
       - publish_helm
-      - manifests
+      - artifacts
     name: Release
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
-        with:
-          fetch-depth: 0
 
-      - name: Set up Go
-        uses: actions/setup-go@v4
+      - name: Download artifacts
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
         with:
-          # NOTE(chrisgacsal): Use actions/cache for caching Go dependency and build caches
-          # as if provides better flexibility like setting the cache key which reduces cache misses significantly.
-          cache: false
-          go-version-file: 'go.mod'
+          name: artifacts
+          path: dist
 
-      - name: Setup Go caching
-        uses: actions/cache@v3
-        with:
-          path: |
-            ~/.cache/go-build
-            ~/go/pkg/mod
-          key: ${{ runner.os }}-go-${{ github.ref_name }}-${{ hashFiles('**/go.sum') }}
-          restore-keys: |
-            ${{ runner.os }}-go-${{ github.ref_name }}-
-            ${{ runner.os }}-go-${{ github.event.repository.default_branch }}-
+      - name: Generate changelog
+        env:
+          VERSION: ${{ github.ref_name }}
+        run: make generate-release-notes
 
-      - name: Run GoReleaser
-        uses: goreleaser/goreleaser-action@v5
+      - uses: ncipollo/release-action@v1
         with:
-          version: v1.16.0
-          args: release --clean --skip-validate
-        env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          allowUpdates: true
+          artifactErrorsFailBuild: true
+          artifacts: "dist/*.tar.gz,dist/*.sha256sum,dist/bicep/vmclarity.json,dist/bicep/vmclarity-UI.json"
+          bodyFile: "dist/CHANGELOG.md"
+          draft: true
+          name: "Release ${{ github.ref_name }}"
+          updateOnlyUnreleased: true
 
   # TODO(sambetts) We need to publish a tag in the format "api/<version>" tag
   # so that go mod is able to import the api module without overriding. We need
diff --git a/.goreleaser.yml b/.goreleaser.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 87121a4b24..0000000000
--- a/.goreleaser.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,52 +0,0 @@
-builds:
-  -
-    id: "cli"
-    dir: cli
-    binary: vmclarity-cli
-    env:
-      - CGO_ENABLED=0
-    ldflags:
-      - "-s -w"
-      - "-X github.com/openclarity/vmclarity/pkg/version.Version={{ .Version }}"
-      - "-X github.com/openclarity/vmclarity/pkg/version.CommitHash={{.Commit}}"
-      - "-X github.com/openclarity/vmclarity/pkg/version.BuildTimestamp={{.Timestamp}}"
-    goos:
-      - linux
-      - darwin
-    goarch:
-      - amd64
-      - arm64
-
-archives:
-  -
-    id: "cli"
-    name_template: "{{ .Binary }}-{{ .Version }}-{{ .Os }}-{{ .Arch }}"
-
-    # Additional files/template/globs we want to add to the archive.
-    files:
-      - LICENSE
-      - README.md
-
-checksum:
-  name_template: 'checksums.txt'
-
-# Change the default artifacts folder
-dist: goreleaser_artifacts
-
-snapshot:
-  name_template: "{{ incpatch .Version }}-next"
-
-changelog:
-  sort: asc
-  use: github-native
-  filters:
-    exclude:
-      - '^docs:'
-      - '^test:'
-      - '^workflow:'
-      - Merge pull request
-      - Merge remote-tracking branch
-
-release:
-  extra_files:
-    - glob: ./installation/aws/VmClarity.cfn