diff --git a/.buildkite/pipeline.yml b/.buildkite/pipeline.yml
index 177cf1d63..0ad012ab1 100644
--- a/.buildkite/pipeline.yml
+++ b/.buildkite/pipeline.yml
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
 steps:
-  - label: ":java: Greetings"
-    command: "echo 'Hello, world!'"
+  - label: ":java: :elasticsearch: Elasticsearch Java API client - {{matrix.workflow}}"
+    agents:
+      provider: "gcp"
+    branches: [ "main", "8.10" ]
+    matrix:
+      setup:
+        workflow:
+          - "snapshot"
+          - "staging"
+    command: ".ci/release.sh {{matrix.workflow}}"
diff --git a/.ci/release.sh b/.ci/release.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..69bb9c469
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.ci/release.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+#
+# Licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one or more contributor
+# license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with
+# this work for additional information regarding copyright
+# ownership. Elasticsearch B.V. 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 -euo pipefail
+
+WORKFLOW=$1
+STACK_VERSION=$(cat config/version.txt)
+
+# Branch: BRANCH env var > Buildkite's BUILDKITE_BRANCH var > minor version
+BRANCH=${BRANCH:-${BUILDKITE_BRANCH:-${STACK_VERSION%.*}}}
+
+if [[ "$BRANCH" = "main" && "$WORKFLOW" = "staging" ]]; then
+  echo "No staging build for the main branch - skipping"
+  exit 0
+fi
+
+# Add snapshot suffix if needed
+BUILD_VERSION=$STACK_VERSION
+[ "$WORKFLOW" = "snapshot" ] && BUILD_VERSION="${BUILD_VERSION}-SNAPSHOT"
+
+echo "Releasing version $STACK_VERSION, branch: $BRANCH, workflow: $WORKFLOW"
+
+DRA_CREDS=$(vault kv get -field=data -format=json kv/ci-shared/release/dra-role)
+
+.ci/make.sh assemble "$BUILD_VERSION"
+
+# set required permissions on artifacts and directory
+chmod -R a+r $PWD/.ci/output/*
+chmod -R a+w $PWD/.ci/output
+# Artifacts should be generated
+docker run --rm \
+       --name release-manager \
+       -e VAULT_ADDR="$(echo "$DRA_CREDS" | jq -r '.vault_addr')" \
+       -e VAULT_ROLE_ID="$(echo "$DRA_CREDS" | jq -r '.role_id')" \
+       -e VAULT_SECRET_ID="$(echo "$DRA_CREDS" | jq -r '.secret_id')" \
+       --mount type=bind,readonly=false,src="$PWD",target=/artifacts \
+       docker.elastic.co/infra/release-manager:latest \
+       cli collect \
+       --project elasticsearch-java \
+       --branch "$BRANCH" \
+       --commit "$(git rev-parse HEAD)" \
+       --workflow "$WORKFLOW" \
+       --version "$STACK_VERSION" \
+       --artifact-set main