diff --git a/.github/workflows/build_and_upload_on_push_to_dev.yaml b/.github/workflows/build_and_upload_on_push_to_dev.yaml
index 5c93f8636..66e209915 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build_and_upload_on_push_to_dev.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build_and_upload_on_push_to_dev.yaml
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ on:
     branches:
       - dev
       - release
+      - devops/FAIRSPC-23_deployment
 
 jobs:
   # A job to generate one shared unique version tag per build cycle for all built artifacts
@@ -194,7 +195,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: docker/login-action@v3
         with:
           registry: ${{ env.DOCKER_REGISTRY }}
-          username: ${{ github.actor }}
+          username: ${{ github.repository_owner }}
           password: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
 
       - name: Extract metadata (tags, labels) for Docker
diff --git a/.github/workflows/deploy_helm_chart.yaml b/.github/workflows/deploy_helm_chart.yaml
index 48b53944b..fb7527812 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/deploy_helm_chart.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/deploy_helm_chart.yaml
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 name: Deploy Helm Chart to FNS GKE
 
 on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - devops/FAIRSPC-23_deployment
   workflow_dispatch:
     inputs:
       name:
@@ -47,9 +50,6 @@ jobs:
       - name: Define Helm Chart version (taken from input or latest snapshot)
         run: |
           VERSION=$(cat ./VERSION)-SNAPSHOT
-          if [ -n "${{ github.event.inputs.version }}" ]; then
-            VERSION=${{ github.event.inputs.version }}
-          fi
           echo "Helm charts version to be deployed: $VERSION"
           echo "VERSION=$VERSION" >> $GITHUB_ENV
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/package_and_push_helm_chart.yaml b/.github/workflows/package_and_push_helm_chart.yaml
index eab06a9de..0ecac041b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/package_and_push_helm_chart.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/package_and_push_helm_chart.yaml
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ on:
     branches:
       - dev
       - release
+      - devops/FAIRSPC-23_deployment
   workflow_dispatch:
     inputs:
       name:
@@ -32,14 +33,11 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Login with Helm
         run: |
-          echo ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }} | helm registry login ${{ vars.HELM_REGISTRY }} --username ${{ github.repository_owner }} --password-stdin
+          echo ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }} | helm registry login ${{ vars.HELM_REGISTRY }} --username ${{ github.actor }} --password-stdin
 
       - name: Prepare version
         run: |
           VERSION=$(cat ./VERSION)
-          if [[ ${{ github.event.inputs.release_type }} = "SNAPSHOT" ]] || [[ $BRANCH = "dev" ]]; then
-            VERSION=$VERSION-SNAPSHOT
-          fi
           echo "VERSION=$VERSION" >> $GITHUB_ENV
 
       - name: Push Helm chart to repository
@@ -48,7 +46,3 @@ jobs:
           helm package "charts/fairspace" --version ${{ env.VERSION }}
           helm push "fairspace-${{ env.VERSION }}.tgz" "oci://${{ vars.HELM_REGISTRY }}"
           echo "Pushed package to repository"
-
-      - name: Clean up
-        run: |
-          rm -rf "fairspace*.tgz"