diff --git a/.github/workflows/ami-release.yml b/.github/workflows/ami-release.yml
index c7449b3b0..e078af10c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ami-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ami-release.yml
@@ -20,6 +20,21 @@ jobs:
           GIT_SHA=$(git rev-parse HEAD)
           packer build -var "git-head-version=${GIT_SHA}" -var "packer-execution-id=${GITHUB_RUN_ID}" -var-file="development-arm.vars.pkr.hcl" -var-file="common.vars.pkr.hcl" amazon-arm64.pkr.hcl
 
+      - name: Grab release version
+        id: process_release_version
+        run: |
+          VERSION=$(sed -e 's/postgres-version = "\(.*\)"/\1/g' common.vars.pkr.hcl)
+          GIT_SHA=$(git rev-parse HEAD)
+          echo "version=$VERSION" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+          echo "git_sha=$GIT_SHA" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+
+      - name: Create release
+        uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v1
+        with:
+          name: ${{ steps.process_release_version.outputs.version }}
+          tag_name: ${{ steps.process_release_version.outputs.version }}
+          target_commitish: ${{ steps.process_release_vesion.outputs.git_sha }}
+
       - name: Slack Notification on Failure
         if: ${{ failure() }}
         uses: rtCamp/action-slack-notify@v2