diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-identityhub.yml b/.github/workflows/release-identityhub.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 9cecb8752..000000000
--- a/.github/workflows/release-identityhub.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,82 +0,0 @@
-name: Create IdentityHub Release
-on:
-  workflow_dispatch:
-    inputs:
-      ih_version:
-        description: 'Version string that is used for publishing (e.g. "1.0.0", NOT "v1.0.0"). Appending -SNAPSHOT will create a snapshot release.'
-        required: true
-        type: string
-
-
-env:
-  IDENTITYHUB_VERSION: ${{ github.event.inputs.ih_version || inputs.ih_version }}
-
-jobs:
-  Prepare-Release:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-
-      # create tag on the current branch using GitHub's own API
-      - name: Create tag on current branch (main)
-        uses: actions/github-script@v7
-        with:
-          script: |
-            github.rest.git.createRef({
-              owner: context.repo.owner,
-              repo: context.repo.repo,
-              ref: 'refs/tags/v${{ env.IDENTITYHUB_VERSION }}',
-              sha: context.sha
-            })
-
-      # create merge commit main -> releases encoding the version in the commit message
-      - name: Merge main -> releases
-        uses: everlytic/branch-merge@1.1.5
-        with:
-          github_token: ${{ github.token }}
-          source_ref: ${{ github.ref }}
-          target_branch: 'releases'
-          commit_message_template: 'Merge commit for release of version v${{ env.IDENTITYHUB_VERSION }}'
-
-    outputs:
-      ih-version: ${{ env.IDENTITYHUB_VERSION }}
-
-  publish-autodoc:
-    needs: Prepare-Release
-    uses: eclipse-edc/.github/.github/workflows/publish-autodoc.yml@main
-    secrets: inherit
-    with:
-      version: ${{ needs.Prepare-Release.outputs.ih-version }}
-
-  Github-Release:
-    # cannot use the workflow-level env yet as it does not yet exist, must take output from previous job
-    if: ${{ !endsWith( needs.Prepare-Release.outputs.ih-version, '-SNAPSHOT') }}
-    needs:
-      - Prepare-Release
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    permissions:
-      contents: write
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-        with:
-          ref: main
-      - name: Create GitHub Release
-        uses: ncipollo/release-action@v1
-        with:
-          generateReleaseNotes: true
-          tag: "v${{ env.IDENTITYHUB_VERSION }}"
-          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-          removeArtifacts: true
-
-  Bump-Version:
-    name: 'Update release version'
-    # cannot use the workflow-level env yet as it does not yet exist, must take output from previous job
-    if: ${{ !endsWith( needs.Prepare-Release.outputs.ih-version, '-SNAPSHOT') }}
-    needs: [ Prepare-Release, Github-Release ]
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-      - uses: eclipse-edc/.github/.github/actions/bump-version@main
-        with:
-          target_branch: "main"
-          base_version: ${{ needs.Prepare-Release.outputs.ih-version }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fa27e5302
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+name: Release
+
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+  workflow_call:
+
+jobs:
+  Release:
+    uses: eclipse-edc/.github/.github/workflows/core-release.yml@main
+    secrets: inherit
+    with:
+      publish-autodoc: true