diff --git a/.github/workflows/prepare-release.yml b/.github/workflows/prepare-release.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5198d26d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/prepare-release.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+name: prepare-release
+
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      release-tag:
+        description: "New release tag to create"
+        required: true
+        type: string
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - philippsauter/sc-101978/csi-automate-manifest-release
+
+jobs:
+  prepare-release:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - run: make go.mk
+      # - run: "make prepare-release NEW_VERSION=${{ inputs.release-tag }}"
+      - run: make prepare-release NEW_VERSION=vX.Y.Z
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 90ed25d5..4c207daa 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ EXTRA_ARGS := -parallel 3 -count=1 -failfast
 # Dependencies
 
 # Requires: https://github.com/exoscale/go.mk
-GO_MK_REF := v2.0.3
+GO_MK_REF := philippsauter/sc-100477/ci-automate-changelog-md-on-release-process
 
 # make go.mk a dependency for all targets
 .EXTRA_PREREQS = go.mk