diff --git a/.ci/scripts/collect_changes.py b/.ci/scripts/collect_changes.py
index ab5d04523..d11b52874 100755
--- a/.ci/scripts/collect_changes.py
+++ b/.ci/scripts/collect_changes.py
@@ -9,16 +9,25 @@
 # Read Towncrier settings
 tc_settings = toml.load("pyproject.toml")["tool"]["towncrier"]
 
-CHANGELOG_FILE = tc_settings["filename"]
-START_STRING = tc_settings["start_string"]
-TITLE_FORMAT = tc_settings["title_format"]
+CHANGELOG_FILE = tc_settings.get("filename", "NEWS.rst")
+START_STRING = tc_settings.get(
+    "start_string",
+    "<!-- towncrier release notes start -->\n"
+    if CHANGELOG_FILE.endswith(".md")
+    else ".. towncrier release notes start\n",
+)
+TITLE_FORMAT = tc_settings.get("title_format", "{name} {version} ({project_date})")
 
 
+NAME_REGEX = r".*"
 VERSION_REGEX = r"([0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9][0-9ab]*)"
 DATE_REGEX = r"[0-9]{4}-[0-9]{2}-[0-9]{2}"
 TITLE_REGEX = (
     "("
-    + re.escape(TITLE_FORMAT.format(version="VERSION_REGEX", project_date="DATE_REGEX"))
+    + re.escape(
+        TITLE_FORMAT.format(name="NAME_REGEX", version="VERSION_REGEX", project_date="DATE_REGEX")
+    )
+    .replace("NAME_REGEX", NAME_REGEX)
     .replace("VERSION_REGEX", VERSION_REGEX)
     .replace("DATE_REGEX", DATE_REGEX)
     + ")"
diff --git a/.ci/scripts/create_release_branch.sh b/.ci/scripts/create_release_branch.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..c76bd625f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.ci/scripts/create_release_branch.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -eu -o pipefail
+
+BRANCH="$(git branch --show-current)"
+
+if ! [[ "${BRANCH}" = "main" ]]
+then
+  echo ERROR: This is not the main branch!
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+NEW_BRANCH="$(bump2version --dry-run --list release | sed -Ene 's/^new_version=([[:digit:]]+\.[[:digit:]]+)\..*$/\1/p')"
+
+if [[ -z "${NEW_BRANCH}" ]]
+then
+  echo ERROR: Could not parse new version.
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+git branch "${NEW_BRANCH}"
+
+# Clean changelog snippets.
+find CHANGES/ \( -name "*.feature" -o -name "*.bugfix" -o -name "*.doc" -o -name "*.translation" -o -name "*.devel" -o -name "*.misc" \) -exec git rm -f \{\} +
+
+bumpversion minor --commit --message $'Bump version to {new_version}\n\n[noissue]' --allow-dirty
+
+git push origin "${NEW_BRANCH}"
diff --git a/.ci/scripts/release.sh b/.ci/scripts/release.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..f81ddded6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.ci/scripts/release.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -eu -o pipefail
+
+BRANCH=$(git branch --show-current)
+
+if ! [[ "${BRANCH}" =~ ^[0-9]+\.[0-9]+$ ]]
+then
+  echo ERROR: This is not a release branch!
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+NEW_VERSION="$(bump2version --dry-run --list release | sed -ne 's/^new_version=//p')"
+echo "Release ${NEW_VERSION}"
+
+if ! [[ "${NEW_VERSION}" == "${BRANCH}"* ]]
+then
+  echo ERROR: Version does not match release branch
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+towncrier --yes
+bumpversion release --commit --message "Release {new_version}" --tag --tag-name "{new_version}" --tag-message "Release {new_version}" --allow-dirty
+bumpversion patch --commit
+
+git push upstream "${BRANCH}" "${NEW_VERSION}"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/changes.yml b/.github/workflows/changes.yml
index 146ca4023..fffb44c86 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/changes.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/changes.yml
@@ -27,5 +27,6 @@ jobs:
         with:
           token: ${{ secrets.RELEASE_TOKEN }}
           title: "Update Changelog"
+          body: ""
           branch: "update_changes"
           delete-branch: true
diff --git a/.github/workflows/codeql.yml b/.github/workflows/codeql.yml
index 17b32fb92..152694ff3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/codeql.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/codeql.yml
@@ -13,15 +13,15 @@ jobs:
       security-events: write
 
     steps:
-    - name: Checkout repository
-      uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - name: Checkout repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
 
-    - name: Initialize CodeQL
-      uses: github/codeql-action/init@v2
-      with:
-        languages: python
+      - name: Initialize CodeQL
+        uses: github/codeql-action/init@v2
+        with:
+          languages: python
 
-    - name: Perform CodeQL Analysis
-      uses: github/codeql-action/analyze@v2
-      with:
-        category: "/language:python"
+      - name: Perform CodeQL Analysis
+        uses: github/codeql-action/analyze@v2
+        with:
+          category: "/language:python"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/lint.yml b/.github/workflows/lint.yml
index f82a15341..786fb0f65 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/lint.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/lint.yml
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ jobs:
         with:
           python-version: ${{ matrix.python }}
       - name: Install python dependencies
-        run: |
-          pip install -r lint_requirements.txt
+        run: pip install -r lint_requirements.txt
       - name: Lint code
         run: make lint
diff --git a/.github/workflows/nightly.yml b/.github/workflows/nightly.yml
index ffbc67731..6aafe12d0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/nightly.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/nightly.yml
@@ -11,5 +11,5 @@ jobs:
   codeql:
     uses: "./.github/workflows/codeql.yml"
   collect_changes:
-    uses: "./.github/workflows/changes.yml"
+    uses: "./.github/workflows/collect_changes.yml"
     secrets: inherit
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pr.yml b/.github/workflows/pr.yml
index 14524f743..29f534389 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pr.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pr.yml
@@ -22,15 +22,13 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
-      - run: |
-          git fetch --prune --unshallow
+      - run: git fetch --prune --unshallow
       - name: Set up Python
         uses: actions/setup-python@v4
         with:
           python-version: "3.11"
       - name: Install python dependencies
-        run: |
-          pip install toml pygithub
+        run: pip install toml pygithub
       - name: Check commit message
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish.yml b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e1554f24d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+name: pulp-cli Publish
+
+on:
+  push:
+    tags:
+      - "[0-9]+.[0-9]+.[0-9]"
+
+jobs:
+  publish-pypi:
+    name: Publish to PyPI
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - name: Set up Python
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+        with:
+          python-version: '3.x'
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: |
+          python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+          pip install setuptools wheel twine
+      - name: Build and publish
+        env:
+          TWINE_USERNAME: pulp
+          TWINE_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.PYPI_PASSWORD }}
+        run: |
+          cd pulp-glue
+          python setup.py sdist bdist_wheel
+          twine upload dist/*
+          cd ..
+          python setup.py sdist bdist_wheel
+          twine upload dist/*
+
+  publish-docs:
+    name: Publish docs
+    needs: publish-pypi
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - name: Run publish docs script
+        env:
+          PULP_DOCS_KEY: ${{ secrets.PULP_DOCS_KEY }}
+        run: |
+          .ci/scripts/publish_docs.sh "${GITHUB_REF##*/}"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 4f0eb2d1f..6937c98db 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -1,43 +1,25 @@
 name: pulp-cli Release
 
 on:
-  push:
-    tags:
-      - "[0-9]+.[0-9]+.[0-9]"
+  workflow_dispatch
 
 jobs:
-  publish-pypi:
-    name: Publish to PyPI
+  release:
+    name: Release
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
-    - name: Set up Python
-      uses: actions/setup-python@v4
-      with:
-        python-version: '3.x'
-    - name: Install dependencies
-      run: |
-        python -m pip install --upgrade pip
-        pip install setuptools wheel twine
-    - name: Build and publish
-      env:
-        TWINE_USERNAME: pulp
-        TWINE_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.PYPI_PASSWORD }}
-      run: |
-        cd pulp-glue
-        python setup.py sdist bdist_wheel
-        twine upload dist/*
-        cd ..
-        python setup.py sdist bdist_wheel
-        twine upload dist/*
-
-  publish-docs:
-    name: Publish docs
-    needs: publish-pypi
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
-    - name: Run publish docs script
-      env:
-        PULP_DOCS_KEY: ${{ secrets.PULP_DOCS_KEY }}
-      run: .ci/scripts/publish_docs.sh "${GITHUB_REF##*/}"
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - name: Set up Python
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+        with:
+          python-version: '3.x'
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: |
+          python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+          pip install bump2version towncrier
+      - name: Setup git
+        run: |
+          git config user.name pulpbot
+          git config user.email pulp-infra@redhat.com
+      - name: Release
+        run: .ci/scripts/release.sh
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release_branch.yml b/.github/workflows/release_branch.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b090301a1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/release_branch.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+---
+name: Create Release Branch
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+jobs:
+  create-release-branch:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - name: Set up Python
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+        with:
+          python-version: "3.11"
+      - name: Setup git
+        run: |
+          git config user.name pulpbot
+          git config user.email pulp-infra@redhat.com
+      - name: Install python dependencies
+        run: pip install bump2version
+      - name: Create Release Branch
+        run: .ci/scripts/create_release_branch.sh
+      - name: Create Pull Request
+        uses: peter-evans/create-pull-request@v5
+        with:
+          token: ${{ secrets.RELEASE_TOKEN }}
+          title: "Bump dev-version"
+          body: ""
+          branch: "bump_version"
+          delete-branch: true
diff --git a/releasing.md b/releasing.md
index 855a3f1d6..271384770 100644
--- a/releasing.md
+++ b/releasing.md
@@ -1,4 +1,22 @@
 # Releasing (for internal use)
+## New method (experimental)
+### Create a new Y-Release Branch
+
+  1. Trigger the "Create Release Branch" workflow on the "main" branch.
+  1. Watch for the "Bump Version" PR, approve and merge it.
+
+    - Verify that it deletes all the changes snippets present on the new release branch.
+
+### Release from a Release Branch
+  1. Trigger the "pulp-cli Release" workflow on the corresponding release branch.
+  1. Lean back and see the magic happen.
+  1. Wait for the "pulp-cli Publish" workflow to succeed.
+  1. Verify that a new version appeared on PyPI.
+  1. Verify that the docs have been updated.
+  1. [only Y-releases] Announce the release at https://discourse.pulpproject.org/c/announcements/6.
+  1. Look for the "Update Changelog" PR, approve and merge it.
+
+## Manual method
 
 1. Install `bumpversion` and `towncrier` into a virtualenv or select one if it exists.
 1. Run `bumpversion release`.