diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index a0bbdf05ea..e7a3b81f28 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ jobs:
   # This workflow contains a single job called "build"
   build:
     # The type of runner that the job will run on
-    runs-on: ubuntu-18.04
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
 
     # Steps represent a sequence of tasks that will be executed as part of the job
     steps:
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Set up Maven Central Repository
         uses: actions/setup-java@v1
         with:
-          java-version: 1.8
+          java-version: 11
           server-id: ossrh
           server-username: MAVEN_USERNAME
           server-password: MAVEN_PASSWORD
@@ -28,27 +28,22 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/setup-python@v2
         with:
           python-version: 3.8
-
-      # Set publish target as either of all targets, python sdk, java sdk or migration tools
+          
+      # Set publish target as either of all targets, python sdk or java sdk
       - name: Set publish target
         id: publish_target
         run: |
-          echo "::set-output name=PUBLISH_ALL_TARGET::true"
-          echo "::set-output name=TAG_NAME::${{ github.event.release.tag_name }}"
-          if [[ ${{ github.event.release.tag_name }} == *"migration-tool"* ]]; then
-            echo "::set-output name=PUBLISH_MIGRATION_TARGET::true"
-            echo "::set-output name=PUBLISH_SDK_TARGET::false"
-            echo "::set-output name=PUBLISH_ALL_TARGET::false"
-          elif [[ ${{ github.event.release.tag_name }} == *"java-sdk"* ]] || [[ ${{ github.event.release.tag_name }} == *"python-sdk"* ]]; then
-            echo "::set-output name=PUBLISH_MIGRATION_TARGET::false"
-            echo "::set-output name=PUBLISH_SDK_TARGET::true"
-            echo "::set-output name=PUBLISH_ALL_TARGET::false"
-          fi
+          echo "PUBLISH_ALL_TARGET=true" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+          echo "TAG_NAME=${{ github.event.release.tag_name }}" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+          if [[ ${{ github.event.release.tag_name }} == *"python-sdk"* ]]; then
+            echo "PUBLISH_ALL_TARGET=false" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+          elif [[ ${{ github.event.release.tag_name }} == *"java-sdk"* ]]; then
+            echo "PUBLISH_ALL_TARGET=false" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
 
       - name: Get the version
         id: get_sdk_version
         run: | 
-          echo "::set-output name=AVI_VERSION::$(python ./python/version.py)"
+          echo "AVI_VERSION=$(python ./python/version.py)" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
           JAVA_VERSION=$(echo ${GITHUB_REF##*/} | cut -d - -f 2)
           if [[ "$JAVA_VERSION" == *"post"* ]]; then
             echo "Java version post"
@@ -61,10 +56,10 @@ jobs:
             JAVA_VERSION=$JAVA_VERSION.RELEASE
           fi
           echo "Java version ${JAVA_VERSION}"
-          echo "::set-output name=JAVA_RELEASE_VERSION::${JAVA_VERSION}"
+          echo "JAVA_RELEASE_VERSION=${JAVA_VERSION}" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
 
       - if: steps.publish_target.outputs.PUBLISH_ALL_TARGET == 'true' || contains(steps.publish_target.outputs.TAG_NAME, 'java-sdk')
-        name: Publish JAVA
+        name: Publish JAVA Packages
         run: |
           echo "Publish Java Version ${{ steps.get_sdk_version.outputs.JAVA_RELEASE_VERSION }}"
           echo "Publish AVI VERSION ${{ steps.get_sdk_version.outputs.AVI_VERSION }}"
@@ -84,7 +79,7 @@ jobs:
           cp java/target/avisdk-${{ steps.get_sdk_version.outputs.JAVA_RELEASE_VERSION }}-sources.jar .
 
       # Installs and upgrades pip, installs other dependencies and installs the package from setup.py
-      - if: steps.publish_target.outputs.PUBLISH_ALL_TARGET == 'true' || contains(steps.publish_target.outputs.TAG_NAME, 'python-sdk') || steps.publish_target.outputs.PUBLISH_MIGRATION_TARGET == 'true'
+      - if: steps.publish_target.outputs.PUBLISH_ALL_TARGET == 'true' || contains(steps.publish_target.outputs.TAG_NAME, 'python-sdk')
         name: "Installs and upgrades pip, installs other dependencies and installs the package from setup.py"
         run: |
           AVI_VERSION=`python ./python/version.py`
@@ -98,27 +93,19 @@ jobs:
           # If requirements.txt exists, install from it
           cd python
           mkdir dist
-          if [[ ${{ steps.publish_target.outputs.PUBLISH_ALL_TARGET }} == true ]] || [[ ${{ steps.publish_target.outputs.PUBLISH_SDK_TARGET }} == true ]]; then
-            ./create_sdk_pip_packages.sh sdk
-          elif [[ ${{ steps.publish_target.outputs.PUBLISH_ALL_TARGET }} == true ]] || [[ ${{ steps.publish_target.outputs.PUBLISH_MIGRATION_TARGET }} == true ]]; then
-            ./create_sdk_pip_packages.sh migrationtools
-          fi
+          ./create_sdk_pkgs.sh
+          ./create_sdk_pip_packages.sh sdk
           if [[ ${{ steps.publish_target.outputs.TAG_NAME }} == "test-"* ]]; then
             echo "Test tag found. Skipping python assets upload to public repo."
           else
             echo "Normal tag found. Uploading python assets to public repo."
             ./create_sdk_pypi.sh sdk
           fi
-          ./create_sdk_pkgs.sh
           echo "AVI VERSION=== $AVI_VERSION"
           ls dist/
-          if [[ ${{ steps.publish_target.outputs.PUBLISH_ALL_TARGET }} == true ]] || [[ ${{ steps.publish_target.outputs.PUBLISH_MIGRATION_TARGET }} == true ]]; then
-            mv dist/avimigrationtools-$AVI_VERSION.tar.gz ../avimigrationtools-$AVI_VERSION.tar.gz
-          elif [[ ${{ steps.publish_target.outputs.PUBLISH_ALL_TARGET }} == true ]] || [[ ${{ steps.publish_target.outputs.PUBLISH_SDK_TARGET }} == true ]]; then
-            mv dist/avisdk-$AVI_VERSION.tar.gz ../avisdk-$AVI_VERSION.tar.gz
-            #mv dist/python-avisdk_0_all.deb ../avisdk-$AVI_VERSION.deb
-            mv dist/avisdk-$AVI_VERSION-1.noarch.rpm ../avisdk-$AVI_VERSION.rpm
-          fi
+          mv dist/avisdk-$AVI_VERSION.tar.gz ../avisdk-$AVI_VERSION.tar.gz
+          #mv dist/python-avisdk_0_all.deb ../avisdk-$AVI_VERSION.deb
+          mv dist/avisdk-$AVI_VERSION-1.noarch.rpm ../avisdk-$AVI_VERSION.rpm
         env:
           TWINE_USERNAME: __token__
           TWINE_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.TWINE_TOKEN }}
@@ -141,17 +128,6 @@ jobs:
           asset_name: pip-package-avisdk-${{ steps.get_sdk_version.outputs.AVI_VERSION }}.tar.gz
           asset_content_type: application/gzip
 
-      - if: steps.publish_target.outputs.PUBLISH_ALL_TARGET == 'true' || steps.publish_target.outputs.PUBLISH_MIGRATION_TARGET == 'true'
-        name: Upload Avi Migration Tools pip package
-        uses: actions/upload-release-asset@v1
-        env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.github_token }}
-        with:
-          upload_url: ${{ steps.update_release.outputs.upload_url }}
-          asset_path: avimigrationtools-${{ steps.get_sdk_version.outputs.AVI_VERSION }}.tar.gz
-          asset_name: pip-package-avimigrationtools-${{ steps.get_sdk_version.outputs.AVI_VERSION }}.tar.gz
-          asset_content_type: application/gzip
-
       #- name: Upload Avi API SDK debian package
       #  uses: actions/upload-release-asset@v1
       #  env: