diff --git a/.github/workflows/maven-publish.yml b/.github/workflows/maven-publish.yml
index 647631f..262b651 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/maven-publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/maven-publish.yml
@@ -34,3 +34,22 @@ jobs:
         MAVEN_USERNAME: ${{ secrets.MAVEN_USERNAME }}   
         MAVEN_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.MAVEN_PASSWORD }}   # Central Portal token
         MAVEN_GPG_PASSPHRASE: ${{ secrets.GPG_PASSPHRASE }}
+
+    - name: Extract version and create tag
+      run: |
+        VERSION=$(sed -n 's/^[[:space:]]*<version>\([^<]*\)<\/version>/\1/p' pom.xml | head -1)
+
+        [ -n "$VERSION" ] || exit 1
+
+        git tag "$VERSION" 2>/dev/null || echo "Tag already exists"
+        git push origin "$VERSION" || true
+
+    - name: Notify slack releases channel
+      uses: slackapi/slack-github-action@v2
+      with:
+        webhook: ${{ secrets.SLACK_RELEASES_PROD_WEBHOOK_URL }}
+        webhook-type: webhook-trigger
+        payload: |
+          status: "${{ job.status }}"
+          environment: "PRODUCTION"
+          project: "LexActivator Java"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/update-version.yml b/.github/workflows/update-version.yml
index 5cadb4e..b5c0e92 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/update-version.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/update-version.yml
@@ -15,24 +15,29 @@ on:
 jobs:
   update-version:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    env:
+      LIBRARY_VERSION: ${{ github.event.inputs.libraryVersion }}
+      PACKAGE_VERSION: ${{ github.event.inputs.packageVersion }}
+
     steps:
       - name: Checkout code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v2
-
-      - name: Create new branch
-        run: git checkout -b release/${{ github.event.inputs.packageVersion }}
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
       
       - name: Update Version
         run: |
-          sed -i '/VERSION=/!b;cVERSION=\"v${{ github.event.inputs.libraryVersion }}";' ./download-libs.sh
-          sed -i '/<packaging>jar<\/packaging>/,/<name>/s/<version>[^<]*<\/version>/<version>${{ github.event.inputs.libraryVersion }}<\/version>/' pom.xml
-      - name: Commit, Tag and Push
-        run: |
-          git add ./download-libs.sh
-          git add pom.xml
-          git config user.name github-actions
-          git config user.email github-actions@github.com
-          git commit -m "chore(package version): updated version" | exit 0
-          git tag ${{ github.event.inputs.packageVersion }}
-          git push --set-upstream origin release/${{ github.event.inputs.packageVersion }} 
-          git push --tags
+          sed -i -E 's/^([[:space:]]*)VERSION="[^"]*"/\1VERSION="v${{ env.LIBRARY_VERSION }}"/' ./download-libs.sh
+          sed -i '/<packaging>jar<\/packaging>/,/<name>/s/<version>[^<]*<\/version>/<version>${{ env.LIBRARY_VERSION }}<\/version>/' pom.xml
+
+      - name: Create Pull Request
+        uses: peter-evans/create-pull-request@v5
+        with:
+          branch: ci/${{ env.PACKAGE_VERSION }}
+          title: "chore: bump package version to ${{ env.PACKAGE_VERSION }}"
+          commit-message: "chore(package version): updated version"
+          body: |
+            Automated package version bump.
+          base: master
+          add-paths: |
+            ./download-libs.sh
+            pom.xml
+