diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..8d54979502430
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+# or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+# distributed with this work for additional information
+# regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+# to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+# "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+# with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+# software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+# "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+# KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+# specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+
+name: Release
+
+on:
+  push:
+    tags:
+      # Trigger workflow when a tag whose name matches the pattern
+      # pattern "apache-arrow-{MAJOR}.{MINOR}.{PATCH}" is pushed.
+      - "apache-arrow-[0-9]+.[0-9]+.[0-9]+"
+
+permissions:
+  contents: write
+
+env:
+  GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
+
+jobs:
+  publish:
+    name: Publish 
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    timeout-minutes: 5
+    steps:
+      - name: Get Tag Name of Latest Release Candidate
+        run: |
+          rc_tag=$(gh release list --repo apache/arrow | \
+                    cut -f3 | \
+                    grep -F "${GITHUB_REF_NAME}-rc" | \
+                    head -n1)
+          echo "Latest Release Candidate Tag: ${rc_tag}"
+          echo "RELEASE_CANDIDATE_TAG_NAME=${rc_tag}" >> ${GITHUB_ENV}
+      - name: Store Version and Release Candidate Number
+        run: |
+          version_with_rc=${RELEASE_CANDIDATE_TAG_NAME#apache-arrow-}
+          version=${version_with_rc%-rc*}
+          rc_num=${version_with_rc#${version}-rc}
+          echo "VERSION_WITH_RC=${version_with_rc}" >> ${GITHUB_ENV}
+          echo "VERSION=${version}" >> ${GITHUB_ENV}
+          echo "RC_NUM=${rc_num}" >> ${GITHUB_ENV}
+      - name: Download Release Candidate Artifacts 
+        run: |
+          mkdir release_candidate_artifacts
+          gh release download ${RELEASE_CANDIDATE_TAG_NAME} --repo apache/arrow --dir release_candidate_artifacts
+      - name: Create Release Title
+        run: |
+          title="Apache Arrow ${VERSION}"
+          echo "RELEASE_TITLE=${title}" >> ${GITHUB_ENV}
+      # Set the release notes to "TODO" temporarily. After the release notes page
+      # (https://arrow.apache.org/release/{VERSION}.html) is published, use 
+      # gh release edit to update the release notes to refer to the newly 
+      # pushed web page. See dev/post/post-05-update-gh-release-notes.sh
+      - name: Create GitHub Release
+        run: |
+          gh release create ${GITHUB_REF_NAME} \
+            --repo apache/arrow \
+            --verify-tag \
+            --title "${RELEASE_TITLE}" \
+            --notes "TODO" \
+            release_candidate_artifacts/*
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release_candidate.yml b/.github/workflows/release_candidate.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..ec732f0eb33e0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/release_candidate.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+# or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+# distributed with this work for additional information
+# regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+# to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+# "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+# with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+# software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+# "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+# KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+# specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+
+name: Release
+
+on:
+  push:
+    tags:
+      # Trigger workflow when a tag whose name matches the pattern
+      # "apache-arrow-{MAJOR}.{MINOR}.{PATCH}-rc{RC_NUM}" is pushed.
+      - "apache-arrow-[0-9]+.[0-9]+.[0-9]+-rc[0-9]+"
+
+permissions:
+  contents: write
+
+env:
+  GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
+
+jobs:
+  publish:
+    name: Publish 
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    timeout-minutes: 5
+    steps: 
+      - name: Checkout Arrow
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+      - name: Store Version and Release Candidate Number
+        run: |
+          version_with_rc=${GITHUB_REF_NAME#apache-arrow-}
+          version=${version_with_rc%-rc*}
+          rc_num=${version_with_rc#${version}-rc}
+          echo "VERSION_WITH_RC=${version_with_rc}" >> ${GITHUB_ENV}
+          echo "VERSION=${version}" >> ${GITHUB_ENV}
+          echo "RC_NUM=${rc_num}" >> ${GITHUB_ENV}
+      - name: Create Release Candidate Title
+        run: |
+          title="Apache Arrow ${VERSION} RC${RC_NUM}"
+          echo "RELEASE_CANDIDATE_TITLE=${title}" >> ${GITHUB_ENV}
+      - name: Create Release Candidate Notes
+        run: |
+          release_notes="Release Candidate: ${VERSION} RC${RC_NUM}"
+          echo "RELEASE_CANDIDATE_NOTES=${release_notes}" >> ${GITHUB_ENV}
+      - name: Create Release tarball
+        run: |
+          cd dev/release/ && ./utils-create-release-tarball.sh ${VERSION} ${RC_NUM}
+          echo "RELEASE_TARBALL=apache-arrow-${VERSION}.tar.gz" >> ${GITHUB_ENV}
+      - name: Create GitHub Release
+        run: |
+          gh release create ${GITHUB_REF_NAME} \
+            --verify-tag \
+            --prerelease \
+            --title "${RELEASE_CANDIDATE_TITLE}" \
+            --notes "Release Notes: ${RELEASE_CANDIDATE_NOTES}" \
+            dev/release/${RELEASE_TARBALL}
diff --git a/dev/release/01-prepare.sh b/dev/release/01-prepare.sh
index e4c62e6323c23..779348f036f02 100755
--- a/dev/release/01-prepare.sh
+++ b/dev/release/01-prepare.sh
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ next_version=$2
 next_version_snapshot="${next_version}-SNAPSHOT"
 rc_number=$3
 
-release_tag="apache-arrow-${version}"
+release_candidate_tag="apache-arrow-${version}-rc${rc_number}"
 release_branch="release-${version}"
 release_candidate_branch="release-${version}-rc${rc_number}"
 
@@ -46,9 +46,9 @@ release_candidate_branch="release-${version}-rc${rc_number}"
 : ${PREPARE_TAG:=${PREPARE_DEFAULT}}
 
 if [ ${PREPARE_TAG} -gt 0 ]; then
-  if [ $(git tag -l "${release_tag}") ]; then
-    echo "Delete existing git tag $release_tag"
-    git tag -d "${release_tag}"
+  if [ $(git tag -l "${release_candidate_tag}") ]; then
+    echo "Delete existing git tag $release_candidate_tag"
+    git tag -d "${release_candidate_tag}"
   fi
 fi
 
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ if [ ${PREPARE_LINUX_PACKAGES} -gt 0 ]; then
 fi
 
 if [ ${PREPARE_VERSION_PRE_TAG} -gt 0 ]; then
-  echo "Prepare release ${version} on tag ${release_tag} then reset to version ${next_version_snapshot}"
+  echo "Prepare release ${version} on tag ${release_candidate_tag} then reset to version ${next_version_snapshot}"
 
   update_versions "${version}" "${next_version}" "release"
   git commit -m "MINOR: [Release] Update versions for ${version}"
@@ -97,5 +97,5 @@ fi
 ############################## Tag the Release ##############################
 
 if [ ${PREPARE_TAG} -gt 0 ]; then
-  git tag -a "${release_tag}" -m "[Release] Apache Arrow Release ${version}"
+  git tag -a "${release_candidate_tag}" -m "[Release] Apache Arrow Release ${version} RC${rc_number}"
 fi
diff --git a/dev/release/02-source-test.rb b/dev/release/02-source-test.rb
index 149a2b27ac94a..eab95c798f284 100644
--- a/dev/release/02-source-test.rb
+++ b/dev/release/02-source-test.rb
@@ -22,8 +22,10 @@ class SourceTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
   def setup
     @current_commit = git_current_commit
     detect_versions
-    @tag_name = "apache-arrow-#{@release_version}"
+    @tag_name = "apache-arrow-#{@release_version}-rc0"
+    @archive_name = "apache-arrow-#{@release_version}.tar.gz"
     @script = File.expand_path("dev/release/02-source.sh")
+    @tarball_script = File.expand_path("dev/release/utils-create-release-tarball.sh")
 
     Dir.mktmpdir do |dir|
       Dir.chdir(dir) do
@@ -40,8 +42,9 @@ def source(*targets)
     targets.each do |target|
       env["SOURCE_#{target}"] = "1"
     end
+    sh(env, @tarball_script, @release_version, "0") 
     output = sh(env, @script, @release_version, "0")
-    sh("tar", "xf", "#{@tag_name}.tar.gz")
+    sh("tar", "xf", @archive_name)
     output
   end
 
diff --git a/dev/release/02-source.sh b/dev/release/02-source.sh
index 1bd3c0e19e04e..b3eae212212ab 100755
--- a/dev/release/02-source.sh
+++ b/dev/release/02-source.sh
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 set -eu
 
 : ${SOURCE_DEFAULT:=1}
+: ${SOURCE_DOWNLOAD:=${SOURCE_DEFAULT}}
 : ${SOURCE_RAT:=${SOURCE_DEFAULT}}
 : ${SOURCE_UPLOAD:=${SOURCE_DEFAULT}}
 : ${SOURCE_PR:=${SOURCE_DEFAULT}}
@@ -37,11 +38,10 @@ fi
 version=$1
 rc=$2
 
-tag=apache-arrow-${version}
+tag=apache-arrow-${version}-rc${rc}
 maint_branch=maint-${version}
 rc_branch="release-${version}-rc${rc}"
-tagrc=${tag}-rc${rc}
-rc_url="https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/arrow/${tagrc}"
+rc_url="https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/arrow/${tag}"
 
 echo "Preparing source for tag ${tag}"
 
@@ -56,35 +56,19 @@ fi
 
 echo "Using commit $release_hash"
 
-tarball=${tag}.tar.gz
-
-rm -rf ${tag}
-# be conservative and use the release hash, even though git produces the same
-# archive (identical hashes) using the scm tag
-(cd "${SOURCE_TOP_DIR}" && \
-  git archive ${release_hash} --prefix ${tag}/) | \
-  tar xf -
-
-# Resolve all hard and symbolic links.
-# If we change this, we must change ArrowSources.archive in
-# dev/archery/archery/utils/source.py too.
-rm -rf ${tag}.tmp
-mv ${tag} ${tag}.tmp
-cp -R -L ${tag}.tmp ${tag}
-rm -rf ${tag}.tmp
-
-# Create a dummy .git/ directory to download the source files from GitHub with Source Link in C#.
-dummy_git=${tag}/csharp/dummy.git
-mkdir ${dummy_git}
-pushd ${dummy_git}
-echo ${release_hash} > HEAD
-echo '[remote "origin"] url = https://github.com/apache/arrow.git' >> config
-mkdir objects refs
-popd
-
-# Create new tarball from modified source directory
-tar czf ${tarball} ${tag}
-rm -rf ${tag}
+tarball=apache-arrow-${version}.tar.gz
+
+if [ ${SOURCE_DOWNLOAD} -gt 0 ]; then
+  # Wait for the release candidate workflow to finish before attempting 
+  # to download the tarball from the GitHub Release.
+  . $SOURCE_DIR/utils-watch-gh-workflow.sh ${tag} "release_candidate.yml"
+  rm -f ${tarball}
+  gh release download \
+    ${tag} \
+    --repo apache/arrow \
+    --dir . \
+    --pattern "${tarball}"
+fi
 
 if [ ${SOURCE_RAT} -gt 0 ]; then
   "${SOURCE_DIR}/run-rat.sh" ${tarball}
@@ -105,18 +89,21 @@ if [ ${SOURCE_UPLOAD} -gt 0 ]; then
   ${sha256_generate} $tarball > ${tarball}.sha256
   ${sha512_generate} $tarball > ${tarball}.sha512
 
+  # Upload signed tarballs to GitHub Release
+  gh release upload ${tag} ${tarball}.sha256 ${tarball}.sha512
+
   # check out the arrow RC folder
   svn co --depth=empty https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/arrow tmp
 
   # add the release candidate for the tag
-  mkdir -p tmp/${tagrc}
+  mkdir -p tmp/${tag}
 
   # copy the rc tarball into the tmp dir
-  cp ${tarball}* tmp/${tagrc}
+  cp ${tarball}* tmp/${tag}
 
   # commit to svn
-  svn add tmp/${tagrc}
-  svn ci -m "Apache Arrow ${version} RC${rc}" tmp/${tagrc}
+  svn add tmp/${tag}
+  svn ci -m "Apache Arrow ${version} RC${rc}" tmp/${tag}
 
   # clean up
   rm -rf tmp
diff --git a/dev/release/03-binary-submit.sh b/dev/release/03-binary-submit.sh
index d65b4e97c5fc2..0dc63aa7089d1 100755
--- a/dev/release/03-binary-submit.sh
+++ b/dev/release/03-binary-submit.sh
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ version=$1
 rc=$2
 version_with_rc="${version}-rc${rc}"
 crossbow_job_prefix="release-${version_with_rc}"
-release_tag="apache-arrow-${version}"
+release_tag="apache-arrow-${version}-rc${rc}"
 rc_branch="release-${version_with_rc}"
 
 : ${ARROW_REPOSITORY:="apache/arrow"}
diff --git a/dev/release/07-matlab-upload.sh b/dev/release/07-matlab-upload.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000000..803ceadb35eaf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev/release/07-matlab-upload.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,89 @@
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+# or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+# distributed with this work for additional information
+# regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+# to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+# "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+# with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+# software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+# "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+# KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+# specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+
+set -e
+set -u
+set -o pipefail
+
+SOURCE_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)"
+
+if [ $# -ne 2 ]; then
+  echo "Usage: $0 <version> <rc-num>"
+  exit
+fi
+
+version=$1
+rc=$2
+
+: ${UPLOAD_DEFAULT=1}
+: ${UPLOAD_FORCE_SIGN=${UPLOAD_DEFAULT}}
+
+if [ ${UPLOAD_FORCE_SIGN} -gt 0 ]; then
+  pushd "${SOURCE_DIR}"
+  if [ ! -f .env ]; then
+    echo "You must create $(pwd)/.env"
+    echo "You can use $(pwd)/.env.example as template"
+    exit 1
+  fi
+  . .env
+  popd
+fi
+
+version_with_rc="${version}-rc${rc}"
+crossbow_job_prefix="release-${version_with_rc}"
+crossbow_package_dir="${SOURCE_DIR}/../../packages"
+
+: ${CROSSBOW_JOB_NUMBER:="0"}
+: ${CROSSBOW_JOB_ID:="${crossbow_job_prefix}-${CROSSBOW_JOB_NUMBER}"}
+: ${ARROW_ARTIFACTS_DIR:="${crossbow_package_dir}/${CROSSBOW_JOB_ID}/matlab"}
+
+if [ ! -e "${ARROW_ARTIFACTS_DIR}" ]; then
+  echo "${ARROW_ARTIFACTS_DIR} does not exist"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+if [ ! -d "${ARROW_ARTIFACTS_DIR}" ]; then
+  echo "${ARROW_ARTIFACTS_DIR} is not a directory"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+pushd "${ARROW_ARTIFACTS_DIR}"
+
+if [ ${UPLOAD_FORCE_SIGN} -gt 0 ]; then
+  # Upload the MATLAB MLTBX Release Candidate to the GitHub Releases
+  # area of the Apache Arrow GitHub project.
+  mltbx_file="matlab-arrow-${version}.mltbx"
+  mltbx_signature_gpg_ascii_armor="${mltbx_file}.asc"
+  mltbx_checksum_sha512="${mltbx_file}.sha512"
+
+  rm -rf ${mltbx_signature_gpg_ascii_armor}
+  rm -rf ${mltbx_checksum_sha512}
+
+  # Sign the MLTBX file and create a detached (--deatch-sign) ASCII armor (--armor) GPG signature file.
+  gpg --detach-sign --local-user "${GPG_KEY_ID}" --armor ${mltbx_file}
+
+  # Compute the SHA512 checksum of the MLTBX file.
+  shasum --algorithm 512 ${mltbx_file} > ${mltbx_checksum_sha512}
+fi
+
+tag="apache-arrow-${version_with_rc}"
+gh release upload ${tag} \
+  --clobber \
+  --repo apache/arrow \
+  *
+
+popd
diff --git a/dev/release/07-binary-verify.sh b/dev/release/08-binary-verify.sh
similarity index 100%
rename from dev/release/07-binary-verify.sh
rename to dev/release/08-binary-verify.sh
diff --git a/dev/release/post-01-tag.sh b/dev/release/post-01-tag.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000000..df0f6756c0e7c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev/release/post-01-tag.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+#
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+# or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+# distributed with this work for additional information
+# regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+# to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+# "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+# with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+# software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+# "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+# KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+# specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+
+set -e
+set -o pipefail
+
+if [ "$#" -ne 2 ]; then
+  echo "Usage: $0 <version> <rc-num>"
+  exit
+fi
+
+# Create the release tag and trigger the Publish Release workflow.
+release_candidate_tag=apache-arrow-${version}-rc${num}
+release_tag=apache-arrow-${version}
+git tag -a ${release_tag} ${release_candidate_tag}^{} -m "[Release] Apache Arrow Release ${version}"
+git push apache ${release_tag}
diff --git a/dev/release/post-01-upload.sh b/dev/release/post-02-upload.sh
similarity index 100%
rename from dev/release/post-01-upload.sh
rename to dev/release/post-02-upload.sh
diff --git a/dev/release/post-02-binary.sh b/dev/release/post-03-binary.sh
similarity index 100%
rename from dev/release/post-02-binary.sh
rename to dev/release/post-03-binary.sh
diff --git a/dev/release/post-03-website.sh b/dev/release/post-04-website.sh
similarity index 100%
rename from dev/release/post-03-website.sh
rename to dev/release/post-04-website.sh
diff --git a/dev/release/post-05-update-gh-release-notes.sh b/dev/release/post-05-update-gh-release-notes.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000000..e321c98721c17
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev/release/post-05-update-gh-release-notes.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+#
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+# or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+# distributed with this work for additional information
+# regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+# to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+# "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+# with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+# software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+# "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+# KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+# specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+
+set -e
+set -o pipefail
+
+if [ "$#" -ne 1 ]; then
+    echo "Usage: $0 <version>"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+
+VERSION=$1
+REPOSITORY="apache/arrow"
+TAG="apache-arrow-${VERSION}"
+WORKFLOW="release.yml"
+SOURCE_DIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" && pwd )"
+
+# Wait for the GitHub Workflow that creates the GitHub Release
+# to finish before updating the release notes.
+. $SOURCE_DIR/utils-watch-gh-workflow.sh ${TAG} ${WORKFLOW}
+
+# Update the Release Notes section
+RELEASE_NOTES_URL="https://arrow.apache.org/release/${VERSION}.html"
+RELEASE_NOTES="Release Notes URL: ${RELEASE_NOTES_URL}"
+gh release edit ${TAG} --repo ${REPOSITORY} --notes "${RELEASE_NOTES}" --verify-tag
diff --git a/dev/release/post-04-ruby.sh b/dev/release/post-06-ruby.sh
similarity index 100%
rename from dev/release/post-04-ruby.sh
rename to dev/release/post-06-ruby.sh
diff --git a/dev/release/post-05-js.sh b/dev/release/post-07-js.sh
similarity index 100%
rename from dev/release/post-05-js.sh
rename to dev/release/post-07-js.sh
diff --git a/dev/release/post-06-csharp.sh b/dev/release/post-08-csharp.sh
similarity index 100%
rename from dev/release/post-06-csharp.sh
rename to dev/release/post-08-csharp.sh
diff --git a/dev/release/post-07-remove-old-artifacts.sh b/dev/release/post-09-remove-old-artifacts.sh
similarity index 100%
rename from dev/release/post-07-remove-old-artifacts.sh
rename to dev/release/post-09-remove-old-artifacts.sh
diff --git a/dev/release/post-08-docs.sh b/dev/release/post-10-docs.sh
similarity index 100%
rename from dev/release/post-08-docs.sh
rename to dev/release/post-10-docs.sh
diff --git a/dev/release/post-09-python.sh b/dev/release/post-11-python.sh
similarity index 100%
rename from dev/release/post-09-python.sh
rename to dev/release/post-11-python.sh
diff --git a/dev/release/post-11-bump-versions-test.rb b/dev/release/post-12-bump-versions-test.rb
similarity index 99%
rename from dev/release/post-11-bump-versions-test.rb
rename to dev/release/post-12-bump-versions-test.rb
index 8ad404ef33202..2bd14587461cc 100644
--- a/dev/release/post-11-bump-versions-test.rb
+++ b/dev/release/post-12-bump-versions-test.rb
@@ -63,12 +63,12 @@ def bump_versions(*targets)
         previous_version_components[2].succ!
       end
       sh(env,
-         "dev/release/post-11-bump-versions.sh",
+         "dev/release/post-12-bump-versions.sh",
          previous_version_components.join("."),
          @release_version)
     else
       sh(env,
-         "dev/release/post-11-bump-versions.sh",
+         "dev/release/post-12-bump-versions.sh",
          @release_version,
          @next_version)
     end
diff --git a/dev/release/post-11-bump-versions.sh b/dev/release/post-12-bump-versions.sh
similarity index 100%
rename from dev/release/post-11-bump-versions.sh
rename to dev/release/post-12-bump-versions.sh
diff --git a/dev/release/post-10-go.sh b/dev/release/post-13-go.sh
similarity index 100%
rename from dev/release/post-10-go.sh
rename to dev/release/post-13-go.sh
diff --git a/dev/release/post-12-msys2.sh b/dev/release/post-14-msys2.sh
similarity index 100%
rename from dev/release/post-12-msys2.sh
rename to dev/release/post-14-msys2.sh
diff --git a/dev/release/post-13-homebrew.sh b/dev/release/post-15-homebrew.sh
similarity index 100%
rename from dev/release/post-13-homebrew.sh
rename to dev/release/post-15-homebrew.sh
diff --git a/dev/release/post-14-vcpkg.sh b/dev/release/post-16-vcpkg.sh
similarity index 100%
rename from dev/release/post-14-vcpkg.sh
rename to dev/release/post-16-vcpkg.sh
diff --git a/dev/release/post-15-conan.sh b/dev/release/post-17-conan.sh
similarity index 100%
rename from dev/release/post-15-conan.sh
rename to dev/release/post-17-conan.sh
diff --git a/dev/release/utils-create-release-tarball.sh b/dev/release/utils-create-release-tarball.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000000..1a0ba83639b9a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev/release/utils-create-release-tarball.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+#
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+# or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+# distributed with this work for additional information
+# regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+# to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+# "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+# with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+# software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+# "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+# KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+# specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+#
+
+SOURCE_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)"
+SOURCE_TOP_DIR="$(cd "${SOURCE_DIR}/../../" && pwd)"
+
+if [ "$#" -ne 2 ]; then
+  echo "Usage: $0 <version> <rc-num>"
+  exit
+fi
+
+version=$1
+rc=$2
+
+tag=apache-arrow-${version}-rc${rc}
+tarball=apache-arrow-${version}.tar.gz
+
+: ${release_hash:=$(git rev-list --max-count=1 ${tag})}
+
+rm -rf ${tag}
+
+# be conservative and use the release hash, even though git produces the same
+# archive (identical hashes) using the scm tag
+(cd "${SOURCE_TOP_DIR}" && \
+  git archive ${release_hash} --prefix ${tag}/) | \
+  tar xf -
+
+# Resolve symbolic and hard links
+rm -rf ${tag}.tmp
+mv ${tag} ${tag}.tmp
+cp -R -L ${tag}.tmp ${tag}
+rm -rf ${tag}.tmp
+
+# Create a dummy .git/ directory to download the source files from GitHub with Source Link in C#.
+dummy_git=${tag}/csharp/dummy.git
+mkdir ${dummy_git}
+pushd ${dummy_git}
+echo ${release_hash} > HEAD
+echo '[remote "origin"] url = https://github.com/apache/arrow.git' >> config
+mkdir objects refs
+popd 
+
+# Create new tarball from modified source directory
+tar czf ${tarball} ${tag}
+rm -rf ${tag}
diff --git a/dev/release/utils-watch-gh-workflow.sh b/dev/release/utils-watch-gh-workflow.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000000..c0bab40df0d76
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev/release/utils-watch-gh-workflow.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+#
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+# or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+# distributed with this work for additional information
+# regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+# to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+# "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+# with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+# software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+# "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+# KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+# specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+
+set -e
+set -o pipefail
+
+if [ "$#" -ne 2 ]; then
+    echo "Usage: $0 <tag> <workflow>"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+TAG=$1
+WORKFLOW=$2
+REPOSITORY="apache/arrow"
+
+echo "Looking for GitHub Actions workflow on ${REPOSITORY}:${TAG}"
+RUN_ID=""
+while [[ -z "${RUN_ID}" ]]
+do
+    echo "Waiting for run to start..."
+    RUN_ID=$(gh run list \
+                --repo "${REPOSITORY}" \
+                --workflow="${WORKFLOW}" \
+                --json 'databaseId,event,headBranch,status' \
+                --jq ".[] | select(.event == \"push\" and .headBranch == \"${TAG}\") | .databaseId")
+      sleep 1
+  done
+
+echo "Found GitHub Actions workflow with ID: ${RUN_ID}"
+gh run watch --repo "${REPOSITORY}" --exit-status ${RUN_ID}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/docs/source/developers/release.rst b/docs/source/developers/release.rst
index d903cc71bd5c4..fae48e4d8e0f0 100644
--- a/docs/source/developers/release.rst
+++ b/docs/source/developers/release.rst
@@ -189,8 +189,8 @@ Create the Release Candidate branch from the updated maintenance branch
     # so for the first RC this would be: dev/release/01-prepare.sh 4.0.0 5.0.0 0
     dev/release/01-prepare.sh <version> <next-version> <rc-number>
 
-    # Push the release tag (for RC1 or later the --force flag is required)
-    git push -u apache apache-arrow-<version>
+    # Push the release candidate tag
+    git push -u apache apache-arrow-<version>rc<rc-number>
     # Push the release candidate branch in order to trigger verification jobs later
     git push -u apache release-<version>-rc<rc-number>
 
@@ -200,6 +200,8 @@ Build source and binaries and submit them
 .. code-block::
 
     # Build the source release tarball and create Pull Request with verification tasks
+    #
+    # NOTE: You need to have GitHub CLI installed to run this script.
     dev/release/02-source.sh <version> <rc-number>
 
     # Submit binary tasks using crossbow, the command will output the crossbow build id
@@ -225,8 +227,13 @@ Build source and binaries and submit them
     #   https://repository.apache.org/#stagingRepositories
     dev/release/06-java-upload.sh <version> <rc-number>
 
+    # Sign and upload MATLAB artifacts to the GitHub Releases area.
+    #
+    # Note that you need to have GitHub CLI installed to run this script.
+    dev/release/07-matlab-upload.sh <version> <rc-number>
+
     # Start verifications for binaries and wheels
-    dev/release/07-binary-verify.sh <version> <rc-number>
+    dev/release/08-binary-verify.sh <version> <rc-number>
 
 Verify the Release
 ------------------
@@ -257,9 +264,11 @@ Be sure to go through on the following checklist:
 #. Start the new version on JIRA for the related CPP PARQUET version
 #. Merge changes on release branch to maintenance branch for patch releases
 #. Add the new release to the Apache Reporter System
+#. Push release tag
 #. Upload source
 #. Upload binaries
 #. Update website
+#. Update GitHub Release Notes
 #. Update Homebrew packages
 #. Update MSYS2 package
 #. Upload RubyGems
@@ -325,6 +334,18 @@ Be sure to go through on the following checklist:
 
    Add relevant release data for Arrow to `Apache reporter <https://reporter.apache.org/addrelease.html?arrow>`_.
 
+.. dropdown:: Push release tag and create GitHub Release
+   :animate: fade-in-slide-down
+   :class-title: sd-fs-5
+   :class-container: sd-shadow-md
+
+   A committer must push the release tag to GitHub:
+
+   .. code-block:: Bash
+
+      # dev/release/post-01-tag.sh 0.1.0 0
+      dev/release/post-01-tag.sh <version> <rc>
+
 .. dropdown:: Upload source release artifacts to Subversion
    :animate: fade-in-slide-down
    :class-title: sd-fs-5
@@ -334,20 +355,20 @@ Be sure to go through on the following checklist:
 
    .. code-block:: Bash
 
-      # dev/release/post-01-upload.sh 0.1.0 0
-      dev/release/post-01-upload.sh <version> <rc>
+      # dev/release/post-02-upload.sh 0.1.0 0
+      dev/release/post-02-upload.sh <version> <rc>
 
 .. dropdown:: Upload binary release artifacts to Artifactory
    :animate: fade-in-slide-down
    :class-title: sd-fs-5
    :class-container: sd-shadow-md
 
-   A committer must upload the binary release artifacts to Artifactory:
+   A committer must upload the binary release artifacts to Artifactory and create the GitHub Release:
 
    .. code-block:: Bash
 
-      # dev/release/post-02-binary.sh 0.1.0 0
-      dev/release/post-02-binary.sh <version> <rc number>
+      # dev/release/post-03-binary.sh 0.1.0 0
+      dev/release/post-03-binary.sh <version> <rc number>
 
 .. dropdown:: Update website
    :animate: fade-in-slide-down
@@ -369,11 +390,23 @@ Be sure to go through on the following checklist:
 
       ## Generate a release note for the new version, update the
       ## latest release information automatically.
-      # dev/release/post-03-website.sh 9.0.0 10.0.0
-      dev/release/post-03-website.sh OLD_X.OLD_Y.OLD_Z X.Y.Z
+      # dev/release/post-04-website.sh 9.0.0 10.0.0
+      dev/release/post-04-website.sh OLD_X.OLD_Y.OLD_Z X.Y.Z
 
    This script pushes a ``release-note-X.Y.Z`` branch to your ``apache/arrow-site`` fork. You need to open a pull request from the ``release-note-X.Y.Z`` branch on your Web browser.
 
+.. dropdown:: Update Release Notes in apache/arrow GitHub Release
+   :animate: fade-in-slide-down
+   :class-title: sd-fs-5
+   :class-container: sd-shadow-md
+
+   A committer must run the following script:
+
+   .. code-block:: Bash
+
+      # dev/release/post-05-update-gh-release-notes.sh 17.0.0
+      dev/release/post-05-update-gh-release-notes.sh apache-arrow-X.Y.Z
+
 .. dropdown:: Update Homebrew packages
    :animate: fade-in-slide-down
    :class-title: sd-fs-5
@@ -395,8 +428,8 @@ Be sure to go through on the following checklist:
       git remote add <YOUR_GITHUB_ID> git@github.com:<YOUR_GITHUB_ID>/homebrew-core.git
       cd -
 
-      # dev/release/post-13-homebrew.sh 10.0.0 kou
-      dev/release/post-13-homebrew.sh X.Y.Z <YOUR_GITHUB_ID>
+      # dev/release/post-15-homebrew.sh 10.0.0 kou
+      dev/release/post-15-homebrew.sh X.Y.Z <YOUR_GITHUB_ID>
 
    This script pushes a ``apache-arrow-X.Y.Z`` branch to your ``Homebrew/homebrew-core`` fork. You need to create a pull request from the ``apache-arrow-X.Y.Z`` branch with ``apache-arrow, apache-arrow-glib: X.Y.Z`` title on your Web browser.
 
@@ -421,8 +454,8 @@ Be sure to go through on the following checklist:
       git remote add upstream https://github.com/msys2/MINGW-packages.git
       cd -
 
-      # dev/release/post-12-msys2.sh 10.0.0 ../MINGW-packages
-      dev/release/post-12-msys2.sh X.Y.Z <YOUR_MINGW_PACKAGES_FORK>
+      # dev/release/post-14-msys2.sh 10.0.0 ../MINGW-packages
+      dev/release/post-14-msys2.sh X.Y.Z <YOUR_MINGW_PACKAGES_FORK>
 
    This script pushes a ``arrow-X.Y.Z`` branch to your ``msys2/MINGW-packages`` fork. You need to create a pull request from the ``arrow-X.Y.Z`` branch with ``arrow: Update to X.Y.Z`` title on your Web browser.
 
@@ -446,8 +479,8 @@ Be sure to go through on the following checklist:
 
    .. code-block:: Bash
 
-      # dev/release/post-04-ruby.sh 10.0.0
-      dev/release/post-04-ruby.sh X.Y.Z
+      # dev/release/post-06-ruby.sh 10.0.0
+      dev/release/post-06-ruby.sh X.Y.Z
 
 .. dropdown:: Update JavaScript packages
    :animate: fade-in-slide-down
@@ -465,8 +498,8 @@ Be sure to go through on the following checklist:
       # Login to npmjs.com (You need to do this only for the first time)
       npm login --registry=https://registry.yarnpkg.com/
 
-      # dev/release/post-05-js.sh 10.0.0
-      dev/release/post-05-js.sh X.Y.Z
+      # dev/release/post-07-js.sh 10.0.0
+      dev/release/post-07-js.sh X.Y.Z
 
 .. dropdown:: Update C# packages
    :animate: fade-in-slide-down
@@ -481,8 +514,8 @@ Be sure to go through on the following checklist:
 
    .. code-block:: Bash
 
-      # NUGET_API_KEY=YOUR_NUGET_API_KEY dev/release/post-06-csharp.sh 10.0.0
-      NUGET_API_KEY=<your NuGet API key> dev/release/post-06-csharp.sh X.Y.Z
+      # NUGET_API_KEY=YOUR_NUGET_API_KEY dev/release/post-08-csharp.sh 10.0.0
+      NUGET_API_KEY=<your NuGet API key> dev/release/post-08-csharp.sh X.Y.Z
 
 .. dropdown:: Upload wheels/sdist to PyPI
    :animate: fade-in-slide-down
@@ -495,8 +528,8 @@ Be sure to go through on the following checklist:
 
    .. code-block:: Bash
 
-      # dev/release/post-09-python.sh 10.0.0
-      dev/release/post-09-python.sh <version>
+      # dev/release/post-11-python.sh 10.0.0
+      dev/release/post-11-python.sh <version>
 
 .. dropdown:: Publish Maven packages
    :animate: fade-in-slide-down
@@ -568,8 +601,8 @@ Be sure to go through on the following checklist:
       git remote add upstream https://github.com/microsoft/vcpkg.git
       cd -
 
-      # dev/release/post-14-vcpkg.sh 10.0.0 ../vcpkg
-      dev/release/post-14-vcpkg.sh X.Y.Z <YOUR_VCPKG_FORK>
+      # dev/release/post-16-vcpkg.sh 10.0.0 ../vcpkg
+      dev/release/post-16-vcpkg.sh X.Y.Z <YOUR_VCPKG_FORK>
 
    This script pushes a ``arrow-X.Y.Z`` branch to your ``microsoft/vcpkg`` fork. You need to create a pull request from the ``arrow-X.Y.Z`` branch with ``[arrow] Update to X.Y.Z`` title on your Web browser.
 
@@ -594,8 +627,8 @@ Be sure to go through on the following checklist:
       git remote add upstream https://github.com/conan-io/conan-center-index.git
       cd -
 
-      # dev/release/post-15-conan.sh 10.0.1 ../conan-center-index
-      dev/release/post-15-conan.sh X.Y.Z <YOUR_CONAN_CENTER_INDEX_FORK>
+      # dev/release/post-17-conan.sh 10.0.1 ../conan-center-index
+      dev/release/post-17-conan.sh X.Y.Z <YOUR_CONAN_CENTER_INDEX_FORK>
 
    This script pushes a ``arrow-X.Y.Z`` branch to your ``conan-io/conan-center-index`` fork. You need to create a pull request from the ``arrow-X.Y.Z`` branch on your Web browser.
 
@@ -609,8 +642,8 @@ Be sure to go through on the following checklist:
       # You can run the script with BUMP_TAG=0 and BUMP_PUSH=0
       # this will avoid default pushing to main and pushing the tag
       # but you will require to push manually after reviewing the commits.
-      # dev/release/post-11-bump-versions.sh 10.0.0 11.0.0
-      dev/release/post-11-bump-versions.sh X.Y.Z NEXT_X.NEXT_Y.NEXT_Z
+      # dev/release/post-12-bump-versions.sh 10.0.0 11.0.0
+      dev/release/post-12-bump-versions.sh X.Y.Z NEXT_X.NEXT_Y.NEXT_Z
 
 .. dropdown:: Update tags for Go modules
    :animate: fade-in-slide-down
@@ -619,8 +652,8 @@ Be sure to go through on the following checklist:
 
    .. code-block:: Bash
 
-      # dev/release/post-10-go.sh 10.0.0
-      dev/release/post-10-go.sh X.Y.Z
+      # dev/release/post-13-go.sh 10.0.0
+      dev/release/post-13-go.sh X.Y.Z
 
 .. dropdown:: Update docs
    :animate: fade-in-slide-down
@@ -640,8 +673,8 @@ Be sure to go through on the following checklist:
       git remote add apache git@github.com:apache/arrow-site.git
       cd -
 
-      # dev/release/post-08-docs.sh 10.0.0 9.0.0
-      dev/release/post-08-docs.sh X.Y.Z PREVIOUS_X.PREVIOUS_Y.PREVIOUS_Z
+      # dev/release/post-10-docs.sh 10.0.0 9.0.0
+      dev/release/post-10-docs.sh X.Y.Z PREVIOUS_X.PREVIOUS_Y.PREVIOUS_Z
 
    This script pushes a ``release-docs-X.Y.Z`` branch to your ``arrow-site`` fork. You need to create a Pull Request and use the ``asf-site`` branch as base for it.
 
@@ -686,4 +719,4 @@ Be sure to go through on the following checklist:
 
    .. code-block:: Bash
 
-      dev/release/post-07-remove-old-artifacts.sh
+      dev/release/post-09-remove-old-artifacts.sh
diff --git a/matlab/tools/packageMatlabInterface.m b/matlab/tools/packageMatlabInterface.m
index 3d970002614ab..5c82763b25f8a 100644
--- a/matlab/tools/packageMatlabInterface.m
+++ b/matlab/tools/packageMatlabInterface.m
@@ -29,15 +29,10 @@
 disp("Output Folder: " + outputFolder);
 disp("Toolbox Version Raw: " + toolboxVersionRaw);
 
-
-% Note: This string processing heuristic may not be robust to future
-% changes in the Arrow versioning scheme.
-dotIdx = strfind(toolboxVersionRaw, ".");
-numDots = numel(dotIdx);
-if numDots >= 3
-    toolboxVersion = extractBefore(toolboxVersionRaw, dotIdx(3));
-else
-    toolboxVersion = toolboxVersionRaw;
+versionPattern = regexpPattern("^[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+");
+toolboxVersion = extract(toolboxVersionRaw, versionPattern);
+if isempty(toolboxVersion)
+    error("Unable to extract MAJOR.MINOR.PATCH version string from " + toolboxVersionRaw);
 end
 
 disp("Toolbox Version:" + toolboxVersion);
@@ -68,7 +63,7 @@
 opts.MinimumMatlabRelease = currentRelease;
 opts.MaximumMatlabRelease = currentRelease;
 
-opts.OutputFile = fullfile(outputFolder, compose("matlab-arrow-%s.mltbx", toolboxVersionRaw));
+opts.OutputFile = fullfile(outputFolder, compose("matlab-arrow-%s.mltbx", toolboxVersion));
 disp("Output File: " + opts.OutputFile);
 matlab.addons.toolbox.packageToolbox(opts);