diff --git a/.github/release.yml b/.github/release.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d0bd3361b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/release.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+---
+# https://docs.github.com/en/repositories/releasing-projects-on-github/automatically-generated-release-notes
+
+changelog:
+  exclude:
+    labels:
+      - duplicate
+      - invalid
+      - modulesync
+      - question
+      - skip-changelog
+      - wont-fix
+      - wontfix
+      - github_actions
+
+  categories:
+    - title: Breaking Changes 🛠
+      labels:
+        - backwards-incompatible
+
+    - title: New Features 🎉
+      labels:
+        - enhancement
+
+    - title: Bug Fixes 🐛
+      labels:
+        - bug
+
+    - title: Documentation Updates 📚
+      labels:
+        - documentation
+        - docs
+
+    - title: Dependency Updates ⬆️
+      labels:
+        - dependencies
+
+    - title: Other Changes
+      labels:
+        - "*"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 26a6762a9..6ebeece39 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -1,26 +1,18 @@
 ---
-name: Release
+name: Release and publish package to clojars.org
+
+permissions:
+  contents: write
+  packages: write
 
 on:
-  push:
-    tags:
-      - '*'
+  workflow_dispatch:
 
 jobs:
   release:
-    name: Release
-    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
-    # Optional but recommended to use a specific environment
-    environment: release
-    # Prevent releases from forked repositories
-    if: github.repository_owner == 'OpenVoxProject'
-
-    permissions:
-      contents: write
-
-    steps:
-      - name: Create Release Page
-        shell: bash
-        env:
-          GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
-        run: gh release create  --repo ${{ github.repository }} ${{ github.ref_name }} --generate-notes
+    uses: 'openvoxproject/shared-actions/.github/workflows/clojure_release.yml@main'
+    secrets:
+      github_pat: ${{ secrets.OPENVOXBOT_COMMIT_AND_PRS }}
+      ssh_private_key: ${{ secrets.OPENVOXBOT_SSH_PRIVATE_KEY }}
+      clojars_username: ${{ secrets.CLOJARS_USERNAME }}
+      clojars_password: ${{ secrets.CLOJARS_PASSWORD }}