diff --git a/.github/workflows/draft-release.yml b/.github/workflows/prepare-release-mongosh.yml
similarity index 58%
rename from .github/workflows/draft-release.yml
rename to .github/workflows/prepare-release-mongosh.yml
index 1b33a906c..a7702cbf8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/draft-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/prepare-release-mongosh.yml
@@ -1,8 +1,12 @@
-name: Draft release
+name: Prepare mongosh release
 
 on:
   workflow_dispatch:
     inputs:
+      jiraTicket:
+        description: 'Jira ticket for the release, e.g. MONGOSH-1234'
+        required: true
+
       versionBump:
         description: 'Version bump'
         type: choice
@@ -22,6 +26,13 @@ jobs:
   prepare-release:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
+      - name: Create Github App Token
+        uses: mongodb-js/devtools-shared/actions/setup-bot-token@main
+        id: app-token
+        with:
+          app-id: ${{ vars.DEVTOOLS_BOT_APP_ID }}
+          private-key: ${{ secrets.DEVTOOLS_BOT_PRIVATE_KEY }}
+      
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
@@ -36,8 +47,6 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Determine Next Version
         shell: bash
-        env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
         run: |
           set -e
 
@@ -51,6 +60,9 @@ jobs:
           else
             NEXT_VERSION=${{ github.event.inputs.exactVersion }}
           fi
+          
+          # Remove the 'v' prefix from NEXT_VERSION if it exists
+          NEXT_VERSION="${NEXT_VERSION#v}"
 
           # Validates the version before using it
           npx semver v"${NEXT_VERSION}"
@@ -74,21 +86,26 @@ jobs:
           fi
 
       - name: Bump mongosh and package versions
+        shell: bash
+        env:
+          LAST_BUMP_COMMIT_MESSAGE: "chore(release): prepare for mongosh v${NEXT_VERSION} ${{ github.event.inputs.jiraTicket }}"
         run: |
           set -e
-          echo Bumping mongosh versions to ${RELEASE_TAG} and packages
-
-          MONGOSH_RELEASE_VERSION=${RELEASE_TAG} npm run bump
-
-      - name: Create Draft Release
-        run: |
-          set -e
-          echo Creating draft release for: "${RELEASE_TAG}"
+          echo Bumping mongosh versions to ${NEXT_VERSION} and packages
 
-          git tag ${RELEASE_TAG}
-          git push origin ${RELEASE_TAG}
-
-        shell: bash
-        env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          MONGOSH_RELEASE_VERSION=${NEXT_VERSION} npm run bump
+            
+          git add .
+          git commit --no-allow-empty -m "$LAST_BUMP_COMMIT_MESSAGE" || true
 
+      - name: Create Pull Request
+        uses: peter-evans/create-pull-request@5e914681df9dc83aa4e4905692ca88beb2f9e91f # 7.0.5
+        with:
+          token: ${{ steps.app-token.outputs.token }}
+          commit-message: "chore(release): prepare for mongosh v${NEXT_VERSION} ${{ github.event.inputs.jiraTicket }}"
+          branch: release/${NEXT_VERSION}
+          title: "chore(release): prepare for mongosh v${NEXT_VERSION} ${{ github.event.inputs.jiraTicket }}"
+          body: |
+            - [${{ github.event.inputs.jiraTicket }}](https://jira.mongodb.org/browse/${{ github.event.inputs.jiraTicket }})
+            - This PR is for the release of mongosh v${NEXT_VERSION}. 
+            - **Do not merge manually, use the Release mongosh action instead.**
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-mongosh.yml b/.github/workflows/release-mongosh.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0b1ae2292
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-mongosh.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+name: Release mongosh 
+on:
+  workflow_run:
+    workflows: ["CheckQL", "Run Smoke Tests", "evergreen"]
+    types: ["completed"]
+    branches: ["release/**"]
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+jobs:
+  publish:
+    if: |
+        startsWith(github.head_ref, 'refs/heads/release/')
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+    - name: Create Github App Token
+      uses: mongodb-js/devtools-shared/actions/setup-bot-token@main
+      id: app-token
+      with:
+        app-id: ${{ vars.DEVTOOLS_BOT_APP_ID }}
+        private-key: ${{ secrets.DEVTOOLS_BOT_PRIVATE_KEY }}
+
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      with:
+        # don't checkout a detatched HEAD
+        ref: ${{ github.head_ref }}
+
+    - name: Extract version from the branch
+      run: |
+        set -e
+        export NEXT_VERSION=$(echo "${GITHUB_REF}" | sed -n 's/refs\/heads\/release\/\(.*\)/\1/p')
+
+        echo "NEXT_VERSION=${NEXT_VERSION}" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
+        echo "RELEASE_TAG=v${NEXT_VERSION}" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
+
+    - name: Validate release tag
+      shell: bash
+      run: |
+        if [ -z "${RELEASE_TAG}" ]; then
+          echo "RELEASE_TAG is not set or is empty"
+          exit 1
+        fi
+
+        if git rev-parse "$RELEASE_TAG" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+          echo "Error: Tag $RELEASE_TAG already exists"
+          echo "If you are trying to re-create a draft release with this version, please delete the release and the tag first."
+          echo "If this version has already been released consider using a different one."
+          exit 1
+        fi
+
+    - name: "Publish what is not already in NPM"
+      env:
+        NPM_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.DEVTOOLSBOT_NPM_TOKEN }}
+      run: |
+        echo "//registry.npmjs.org/:_authToken=${NPM_TOKEN}" >> .npmrc
+        npm config list
+        echo "Publishing packages as $(npm whoami)"
+        git update-index --assume-unchanged .npmrc
+        npm run publish-packages
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 36585872d..ea58691bf 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@
     "precommit": "precommit",
     "preinstall": "node scripts/sort-workspaces.js",
     "bump": "npm run bump --workspace @mongosh/build",
+    "publish": "npm run publish --workspace @mongosh/build",
     "bump-auxiliary": "npm run bump-auxiliary --workspace @mongosh/build",
     "publish-auxiliary": "npm run publish-auxiliary --workspace @mongosh/build"
   },
diff --git a/packages/build/src/index.ts b/packages/build/src/index.ts
index 4066089b8..665e90d94 100644
--- a/packages/build/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/build/src/index.ts
@@ -10,8 +10,7 @@ import type { Config, PackageVariant } from './config';
 export { getArtifactUrl, downloadMongoDb };
 
 const validCommands: (ReleaseCommand | 'trigger-release')[] = [
-  'bump-mongosh',
-  'bump-packages',
+  'bump',
   'compile',
   'package',
   'upload',