diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-vscode-extension.yml b/.github/workflows/build-vscode-extension.yml
index 05cbc7513..b56e79a5d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-vscode-extension.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-vscode-extension.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 name: Build VSCode Extension
 
 on:
-  workflow_dispatch:
+  workflow_call:
     inputs:
       extension-name:
         description: name of the extension, e.g. vscode-spring-cli
@@ -33,4 +33,51 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           ${{ github.workspace }}/.github/scripts/build-vscode-extension.sh ${{ inputs.extension-name }} ${{ inputs.dist }}
           ls ./vsix
+      - name: Cloudgate S3 Configuration
+        if: always()
+        uses: aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials@v4
+        with:
+          aws-access-key-id:  ${{ secrets.TOOLS_CLOUDGATE_ACCESS_KEY }}
+          aws-secret-access-key: ${{ secrets.TOOLS_CLOUDGATE_SECRET_KEY  }}
+          role-to-assume: arn:aws:iam::${{ secrets.TOOLS_CLOUDGATE_ACCOUNT_ID }}:role/${{ secrets.TOOLS_CLOUDGATE_USER }}
+          role-session-name: ${{ github.run_id }}
+          aws-region: us-east-1
+          role-duration-seconds: 900
+          role-skip-session-tagging: true
+      - name: Upload Release
+        id: upload-release
+        if: ${{ inputs.dist == 'release' }}
+        run: |
+          pwd=`pwd`
+          cd vscode-extensions/${{ inputs.extension-name }}
+          base_version=`jq -r .version package.json`
+          cd $pwd
+          vsix_file=`ls ./vsix | head -n 1`
+          echo "VSIX file to upload ${vsix_file}"
+          s3_path=vscode-extensions/${{ inputs.extension-name }}/$base_version
+          echo "S3 path: ${s3_path}"
+          aws s3 rm s3://tools-spring-io/$s3_path/ --recursive
+          aws s3 cp ./vsix/$file s3://tools-spring-io/$s3_path/$file --no-progress
+          echo "version=$base_version" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          echo "s3_url=https://cdn.spring.io/spring-tools/$s3_path/$file" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+      - id: tools-team-slack
+        if: ${{ inputs.dist == 'release' }}
+        uses: slackapi/slack-github-action@v1.26
+        env:
+          SLACK_BOT_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.VMWARE_SLACK_BOT_TOKEN }}
+        with:
+          channel-id: "C0188MENU2J"
+          payload: |
+            {
+              "text": "Release build `${{ inputs.extension-name }}-${{ steps.upload-release.outputs.version }}`",
+              "blocks": [
+                {
+                  "type": "section",
+                  "text": {
+                    "type": "mrkdwn",
+                    "text": "Release build for `${{ inputs.extension-name }}-${{ steps.upload-release.outputs.version }}` is available: ${{ steps.upload-release.outputs.s3_url }}"
+                  }
+                }
+              ]
+            }
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-vscode-extension.yml b/.github/workflows/release-vscode-extension.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d4d5a3fd7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-vscode-extension.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+name: Release VSCode Extension
+
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      extension-name:
+        description: name of the extension, e.g. vscode-spring-cli
+        required: true
+        type: string
+      postfix:
+        description: For example "RC1"
+        required: true
+        type: string
+
+permissions:
+  contents: write
+
+jobs:
+
+  tag-vscode-extension:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    name: Release VSCode Extension '${{ inputs.extension-name }}'
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout vscode-extension '${{ inputs.extension-name }}'
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          sparse-checkout: |
+            vscode-extensions/${{ inputs.extension-name }}
+      - name: Record Extension Version
+        id: version
+        run: |
+          base_version=`jq -r .version vscode-extensions/${{ inputs.extension-name }}/package.json`
+          echo "Version: ${base_version}"
+          echo "version=$base_version" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+      - name: Create tag
+        uses: actions/github-script@v7
+        with:
+          script: |
+            github.rest.git.createRef({
+              owner: context.repo.owner,
+              repo: context.repo.repo,
+              ref: 'refs/tags/${{ inputs.extension-name }}-${{ steps.version.outputs.version }}-${{ inputs.postfix }}',
+              sha: context.sha
+            })
+
+  release-build-upload:
+    needs: [ tag-vscode-extension ]
+    uses: ./.github/workflows/build-vscode-extension.yml
+    with:
+      extension-name: ${{ inputs.extension-name }}
+      dist: 'release'
+    secrets: inherit