diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 0bcf2d5..5174ab9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
-# GitHub Actions Workflow created for handling the release process based on the draft release prepared
-# with the Build workflow. Running the publishPlugin task requires the PUBLISH_TOKEN secret provided.
+# GitHub Actions Workflow created for handling the release process based on the draft release prepared with the Build workflow.
+# Running the publishPlugin task requires all following secrets to be provided: PUBLISH_TOKEN, PRIVATE_KEY, PRIVATE_KEY_PASSWORD, CERTIFICATE_CHAIN.
+# See https://plugins.jetbrains.com/docs/intellij/plugin-signing.html for more information.
 
 name: Release
 on:
@@ -8,25 +9,31 @@ on:
 
 jobs:
 
-  # Prepare and publish the plugin to the Marketplace repository
+  # Prepare and publish the plugin to JetBrains Marketplace repository
   release:
     name: Publish Plugin
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      contents: write
+      pull-requests: write
     steps:
 
-      # Check out current repository
+      # Check out the current repository
       - name: Fetch Sources
-        uses: actions/checkout@v2.4.0
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           ref: ${{ github.event.release.tag_name }}
 
-      # Setup Java 11 environment for the next steps
+      # Set up Java environment for the next steps
       - name: Setup Java
-        uses: actions/setup-java@v2
+        uses: actions/setup-java@v4
         with:
           distribution: zulu
-          java-version: 11
-          cache: gradle
+          java-version: 17
+
+      # Setup Gradle
+      - name: Setup Gradle
+        uses: gradle/actions/setup-gradle@v4
 
       # Set environment variables
       - name: Export Properties
@@ -38,13 +45,11 @@ jobs:
           EOM
           )"
           
-          CHANGELOG="${CHANGELOG//'%'/'%25'}"
-          CHANGELOG="${CHANGELOG//$'\n'/'%0A'}"
-          CHANGELOG="${CHANGELOG//$'\r'/'%0D'}"
-
-          echo "::set-output name=changelog::$CHANGELOG"
+          echo "changelog<<EOF" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          echo "$CHANGELOG" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          echo "EOF" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
 
-      # Update Unreleased section with the current release note
+      # Update the Unreleased section with the current release note
       - name: Patch Changelog
         if: ${{ steps.properties.outputs.changelog != '' }}
         env:
@@ -52,10 +57,13 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           ./gradlew patchChangelog --release-note="$CHANGELOG"
 
-      # Publish the plugin to the Marketplace
+      # Publish the plugin to JetBrains Marketplace
       - name: Publish Plugin
         env:
           PUBLISH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.PUBLISH_TOKEN }}
+          CERTIFICATE_CHAIN: ${{ secrets.CERTIFICATE_CHAIN }}
+          PRIVATE_KEY: ${{ secrets.PRIVATE_KEY }}
+          PRIVATE_KEY_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.PRIVATE_KEY_PASSWORD }}
         run: ./gradlew publishPlugin
 
       # Upload artifact as a release asset
@@ -64,7 +72,7 @@ jobs:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
         run: gh release upload ${{ github.event.release.tag_name }} ./build/distributions/*
 
-      # Create pull request
+      # Create a pull request
       - name: Create Pull Request
         if: ${{ steps.properties.outputs.changelog != '' }}
         env:
@@ -72,6 +80,7 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           VERSION="${{ github.event.release.tag_name }}"
           BRANCH="changelog-update-$VERSION"
+          LABEL="release changelog"
 
           git config user.email "action@github.com"
           git config user.name "GitHub Action"
@@ -79,9 +88,14 @@ jobs:
           git checkout -b $BRANCH
           git commit -am "Changelog update - $VERSION"
           git push --set-upstream origin $BRANCH
+          
+          gh label create "$LABEL" \
+            --description "Pull requests with release changelog update" \
+            --force \
+            || true
 
           gh pr create \
             --title "Changelog update - \`$VERSION\`" \
             --body "Current pull request contains patched \`CHANGELOG.md\` file for the \`$VERSION\` version." \
-            --base main \
+            --label "$LABEL" \
             --head $BRANCH