diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index ad581c99..880b7a28 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -1,62 +1,15 @@
-name: Release
+name: Scheduled Testing [ placeholders]
 
 on:
-  workflow_dispatch:
-    inputs:
-      deploy-to:
-        type: choice
-        description: Choose where to publish (test/prod)
-        options:
-          - PypiProd
-          - PypiTest
-        default: PypiTest
+  workflow_dispatch: # for manual triggering
 
-permissions: read-all
-
-defaults:
-  run:
-    shell: bash
 
-# will cancel previous workflows triggered by the same event and for the same ref for PRs or same SHA otherwise
-concurrency:
-  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.event_name }}-${{ contains(github.event_name, 'pull_request') && github.event.pull_request.head.ref || github.sha }}
-  cancel-in-progress: true
+# no special access is needed
+permissions: read-all
 
 jobs:
-
-  release:
-    name: PyPI - ${{ inputs.deploy-to }}
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    environment:
-      name: ${{ inputs.deploy-to }}
-    permissions:
-      id-token: write  # IMPORTANT: this permission is mandatory for trusted publishing
-
-    steps:
-      - name: Check out repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
-        with:
-          persist-credentials: false
-
-      - name: "Set up Python & Hatch - 3.11"
-        uses: ./.github/actions/setup-python-hatch
-        with:
-          python-version: "3.11"
-
-      - name: Build artifacts
-        run: hatch build
-        shell: bash
-
-      - name: Check artifacts
-        run: hatch run build:check-all
-        shell: bash
-
-      - name: Publish artifacts to PyPI Test
-        if: inputs.deploy-to == 'PypiTest'
-        uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@release/v1
-        with:
-          repository-url: https://test.pypi.org/legacy/
-
-      - name: Publish artifacts to PyPI Prod
-        if: inputs.deploy-to == 'PypiProd'
-        uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@release/v1
+  run_tests:
+    uses: dbt-labs/actions/.github/workflows/release-branch-tests.yml@main
+    with:
+      workflows_to_run: '["ci_tests.yml", "build.yml", "ci_dbt_core_testing.yml"]'
+    secrets: inherit