diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 911e911..c9242d9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -159,6 +159,19 @@ jobs:
           popd
           pwd
           plugincheck2 -config ./plugin-validator/config/default.yaml  /home/runner/work/Grafana.Plugin.CostManagement/Grafana.Plugin.CostManagement/dfe-azurecostbackend-datasource/${{ steps.metadata.outputs.archive }}
+          # Copy the zip file to the releases folder in github.workspace
+          cp -f ./${{ steps.metadata.outputs.archive }} ${{ github.workspace }}/releases/
+          cp -f ./${{ steps.metadata.outputs.archive-checksum }} ${{ github.workspace }}/releases/
+
+      - name: Commit Zip to Repo
+        run: |
+          # Commit the changes to the repository
+          git config --local user.email "action@github.com"
+          git config --local user.name "GitHub Action"
+          git add ${{ github.workspace }}/releases/${{ steps.metadata.outputs.archive }}
+          git add ${{ github.workspace }}/releases/${{ steps.metadata.outputs.archive-checksum }}
+          git commit -m "Add plugin zip file"
+          git push
 
       - name: Create Github release
         uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v1