diff --git a/.github/actions/create-release-pr/action.yaml b/.github/actions/create-release-pr/action.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1112889062c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/actions/create-release-pr/action.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+name: "Create release pr"
+description: "Updates get_all_manifests.sh with relavent tags and creates a pr"
+inputs:
+   pr-branch:
+     required: true
+     description: "Branch containing the changes to create pr"
+   commit-message:
+     required: true
+     description: "Commit message for the pr"
+   title:
+     required: true
+     description: "Title of the pr"
+runs:
+  using: "composite"
+  steps:
+    - name: Update branches in get_all_manifest.sh
+      uses: actions/github-script@v7
+      with:
+        script: |
+          const script = require('./.github/scripts/get-release-branches.js')
+          script({github, core})
+    - name: Update versions
+      shell: bash
+      run: ./.github/scripts/update-manifests-tags.sh ${{ env.CODEFLARE }} ${{ env.KUBERAY }} ${{ env.KUEUE }} ${{ env.DSP }} ${{ env.DASHBOARD }} ${{ env.NOTEBOOK-CONTROLLER }} ${{ env.NOTEBOOK-CONTROLLER }} ${{ env.NOTEBOOKS }} ${{ env.TRUSTYAI }} ${{ env.MODELMESH }} ${{ env.ODH-MODEL-CONTROLLER }} ${{ env.KSERVE }} ${{ env.MODEL-REGISTRY }}
+    - name: Create release pr
+      uses: peter-evans/create-pull-request@v6
+      with:
+        commit-message: ${{ inputs.commit-message }}
+        branch: ${{ inputs.pr-branch }}
+        delete-branch: true
+        title: ${{ inputs.title }}
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diff --git a/.github/actions/set-shared-env/action.yaml b/.github/actions/set-shared-env/action.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c4631dbfd3d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/actions/set-shared-env/action.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+name: "Set Shared env vars"
+description: "Gets repo env and sets in workflow env"
+inputs:
+   pat-token:
+     required: true
+     description: "A personal access token to read repo envs."
+runs:
+  using: "composite"
+  steps:
+  - name: Get and set env variables
+    uses: actions/github-script@v7
+    with:
+      github-token: ${{ inputs.pat-token }}
+      script: |
+        try{
+          async function getAndSetVariables(){
+            const { data: versionData } = await github.request('GET /repos/{owner}/{repo}/actions/variables/{name}', {
+              owner: context.repo.owner,
+              repo: context.repo.repo,
+              name: 'VERSION',
+              headers: {
+                  'X-GitHub-Api-Version': '2022-11-28'
+              }
+            })
+            const { data: trackerUrlData } = await github.request('GET /repos/{owner}/{repo}/actions/variables/{name}', {
+              owner: context.repo.owner,
+              repo: context.repo.repo,
+              name: 'TRACKER_URL',
+              headers: {
+                  'X-GitHub-Api-Version': '2022-11-28'
+              }
+            })
+            console.log(`The VERSION is ${versionData.value} and the TRACKER_URL is ${trackerUrlData.value}`)
+            core.exportVariable('VERSION', versionData.value);
+            core.exportVariable('TRACKER_URL', trackerUrlData.value);
+          }
+          getAndSetVariables()
+        }catch(e){
+          core.setFailed(`Action failed with error ${e}`);
+        }
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diff --git a/.github/scripts/get-component-release-notes.js b/.github/scripts/get-component-release-notes.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5586bfccf43
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/scripts/get-component-release-notes.js
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+module.exports = ({ github, core }) => {
+    const { TRACKER_URL } = process.env
+    console.log(`The TRACKER_URL is ${TRACKER_URL}`)
+    const arr = TRACKER_URL.split("/")
+    const owner = arr[3]
+    const repo = arr[4]
+    const issue_number = arr[6]
+
+    github.request('GET /repos/{owner}/{repo}/issues/{issue_number}/comments', {
+        owner,
+        repo,
+        issue_number,
+        headers: {
+            'X-GitHub-Api-Version': '2022-11-28',
+            'Accept': 'application/vnd.github.text+json'
+        }
+    }).then((result) => {
+        const allowedComponents = ["dashboard", "notebooks", "notebook-controller", "trustyai", "kserve", "modelmesh-serving", "model-registry", "kueue", "codeflare", "kuberay", "dsp"]
+        let outputStr = "## Component Release Notes\n"
+        result.data.forEach((issue) => {
+            issueCommentBody = issue.body_text
+            if (issueCommentBody.includes("#Release#")) {
+                let components = issueCommentBody.split("\n")
+                components = components.splice(2, components.length - 1)
+                components.forEach(component => {
+                    [componentName, branchUrl, tagUrl] = component.split("|")
+                    if (allowedComponents.includes(componentName)) {
+                        outputStr += `- **${componentName.charAt(0).toUpperCase() + componentName.slice(1)}**: ${tagUrl}\n`
+                    }
+                })
+            }
+        })
+        console.log("Created component release notes successfully...")
+        core.setOutput('release-notes-body', outputStr);
+    }).catch(e => {
+        core.setFailed(`Action failed with error ${e}`);
+    })
+}
+
diff --git a/.github/scripts/get-release-branches.js b/.github/scripts/get-release-branches.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5a29f1b38fc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/scripts/get-release-branches.js
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+module.exports = ({ github, core }) => {
+    const { TRACKER_URL } = process.env
+    console.log(`The tracker url is: ${TRACKER_URL}`)
+
+    const arr = TRACKER_URL.split("/")
+    const owner = arr[3]
+    const repo = arr[4]
+    const issue_number = arr[6]
+
+    github.request('GET /repos/{owner}/{repo}/issues/{issue_number}/comments', {
+        owner,
+        repo,
+        issue_number,
+        headers: {
+            'X-GitHub-Api-Version': '2022-11-28',
+            'Accept': 'application/vnd.github.text+json'
+        }
+    }).then((result) => {
+        result.data.forEach((issue) => {
+            issueCommentBody = issue.body_text
+            if (issueCommentBody.includes("#Release#")) {
+                let components = issueCommentBody.split("\n")
+                components = components.splice(2, components.length - 1)
+                components.forEach(component => {
+                    [componentName, branchUrl] = component.split("|")
+                    const splitArr = branchUrl.split("/")
+                    const idx = splitArr.indexOf("tree")
+                    const branchName = splitArr.slice(idx + 1).join("/")
+                    core.exportVariable(componentName.toUpperCase(), branchName);
+                })
+            }
+        })
+        console.log("Read release/tag from tracker issue successfully...")
+    }).catch(e => {
+        core.setFailed(`Action failed with error ${e}`);
+    })
+}
+
diff --git a/.github/scripts/update-manifests-tags.sh b/.github/scripts/update-manifests-tags.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000..87cfbf91243
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/scripts/update-manifests-tags.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -euo pipefail
+
+update_tags(){
+MANIFEST_STR=$(cat get_all_manifests.sh | grep $1 | sed 's/ //g')
+    readarray -d ":" -t STR_ARR <<< "$MANIFEST_STR"
+    RES=""
+    for i in "${!STR_ARR[@]}"; do
+        if [ $i == 2 ]; then
+            RES+=$2":"
+        else
+            RES+=${STR_ARR[$i]}":"
+        fi
+    done
+    echo "${RES::-2}"
+    sed -i -r "s|.*$1.*|    ${RES::-2}|" get_all_manifests.sh
+}
+
+declare -A COMPONENT_VERSION_MAP=(
+    ["\"codeflare\""]=$1
+    ["\"ray\""]=$2
+    ["\"kueue\""]=$3
+    ["\"data-science-pipelines-operator\""]=$4
+    ["\"odh-dashboard\""]=$5
+    ["\"kf-notebook-controller\""]=$6
+    ["\"odh-notebook-controller\""]=$7
+    ["\"notebooks\""]=$8
+    ["\"trustyai\""]=$9
+    ["\"model-mesh\""]=$10
+    ["\"odh-model-controller\""]=$11
+    ["\"kserve\""]=$12
+    ["\"modelregistry\""]=$13
+)
+
+for key in ${!COMPONENT_VERSION_MAP[@]}; do
+    update_tags ${key} ${COMPONENT_VERSION_MAP[${key}]}
+done
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diff --git a/.github/scripts/update-variables.js b/.github/scripts/update-variables.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2e8624489ef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/scripts/update-variables.js
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+module.exports = ({ github, context, core }) => {
+    const { VERSION, TRACKER_URL } = process.env
+    try {
+        console.log(`Variables to update are: VERSION: ${VERSION} and TRACKER_URL:${TRACKER_URL}`)
+        async function updateVariables() {
+            await github.request('PATCH /repos/{owner}/{repo}/actions/variables/{name}', {
+                owner: context.repo.owner,
+                repo: context.repo.repo,
+                name: 'VERSION',
+                value: VERSION,
+                headers: {
+                    'X-GitHub-Api-Version': '2022-11-28'
+                }
+            })
+
+            await github.request('PATCH /repos/{owner}/{repo}/actions/variables/{name}', {
+                owner: context.repo.owner,
+                repo: context.repo.repo,
+                name: 'TRACKER_URL',
+                value: TRACKER_URL,
+                headers: {
+                    'X-GitHub-Api-Version': '2022-11-28'
+                }
+            })
+        }
+        updateVariables()
+        console.log("Updated variables successfully...")
+    } catch (e) {
+        core.setFailed(`Action failed with error ${e}`);
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/.github/scripts/validate-semver.sh b/.github/scripts/validate-semver.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000..c02740b10a5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/scripts/validate-semver.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -euo pipefail
+
+sem_ver_pattern="^[vV](0|[1-9][0-9]*)\\.(0|[1-9][0-9]*)\\.(0|[1-9][0-9]*)(\\-[0-9A-Za-z-]+(\\.[0-9A-Za-z-]+)*)?(\\+[0-9A-Za-z-]+(\\.[0-9A-Za-z-]+)*)?$"
+
+die () {
+    echo >&2 "$@"
+    exit 1
+}
+
+validate_semantic_versioning() {
+  version=$1
+
+  if [[ ${version} == "" ]]; then
+    die "Undefined version. Please use semantic versioning https://semver.org/."
+  fi
+
+  # Ensure defined version matches semver rules
+  if [[ ! "${version}" =~ $sem_ver_pattern ]]; then
+    die "\`${version}\` you defined as a version does not match semantic versioning. Please make sure it conforms with https://semver.org/ and make sure it starts with v prefix."
+  fi
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.github/scripts/wait-for-checks.sh b/.github/scripts/wait-for-checks.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000..e3f01b2d47c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/scripts/wait-for-checks.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+#
+# @param $1 - PR number or URL
+# wait for a bit until pr is created, otherwise it throws an error "no checks reported on the 'odh-release/e2e-test' branch"
+set -euo pipefail
+
+sleep 10
+
+while $(gh pr checks "$1" | grep -q -v 'tide' | grep -q 'pending'); do
+  printf ":stopwatch: PR checks still pending, retrying in 10 seconds...\n"
+  sleep 10
+done
+
+if $(gh pr checks "$1" | grep -q 'fail'); then
+  printf "!!PR checks failed!!\n"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+if $(gh pr checks "$1" | grep  -q 'pass'); then
+  printf "!!PR checks passed!!\n"
+  exit 0
+fi
+
+printf "!!An unknown error occurred!!\n"
+exit 1
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-branch.yaml b/.github/workflows/release-branch.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..cdcdb2c237d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-branch.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+name: "Release: Create release branch"
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    types:
+      - closed
+jobs:
+  create-release-branch:
+    if: github.event.pull_request.merged && startsWith(github.event.pull_request.title, 'ODH Release') && endsWith(github.event.pull_request.title, 'Version Update')
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: tibdex/github-app-token@v1
+        id: generate-token
+        with:
+          app_id: ${{ secrets.APP_ID }}
+          private_key: ${{ secrets.APP_PRIVATE_KEY }}
+      - name: Set env variables
+        uses: ./.github/actions/set-shared-env
+        with:
+          pat-token: ${{ steps.generate-token.outputs.token }}
+      - name: Create release branch
+        run: |
+          git checkout -b odh-${{ env.VERSION }}
+          git push -f origin odh-${{ env.VERSION }}
+      - name: Create release pr to release branch
+        uses: ./.github/actions/create-release-pr
+        with:
+          pr-branch: "odh-release/branch-update"
+          title: "ODH ${{ env.VERSION }} Release"
+          commit-message: "ODH ${{ env.VERSION }} Release"
+          # reviewers: "VaishnaviHire,zdtsw,AjayJagan,ykaliuta" TODO
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diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-gh-publish.yaml b/.github/workflows/release-gh-publish.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e2bee576cb7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-gh-publish.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,88 @@
+name: "Release: GH and operatorhub publish"
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    types:
+      - closed
+jobs:
+  gh-release:
+    if: github.event.pull_request.merged && startsWith(github.event.pull_request.title, 'ODH') && endsWith(github.event.pull_request.title, 'Release')
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: tibdex/github-app-token@v1
+        id: generate-token
+        with:
+          app_id: ${{ secrets.APP_ID }}
+          private_key: ${{ secrets.APP_PRIVATE_KEY }}
+      - name: Set env variables
+        uses: ./.github/actions/set-shared-env
+        with:
+          pat-token: ${{ steps.generate-token.outputs.token }}
+      - name: Create and push version tags
+        run: |
+          git config --global user.email 41898282+github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com
+          git config --global user.name github-actions[bot]
+          git checkout odh-${{ env.VERSION }}
+          git tag -a -m v${{ env.VERSION }} v${{ env.VERSION }}
+          git push origin v${{ env.VERSION }}
+      - name: Get component release notes
+        id: release-notes
+        uses: actions/github-script@v7
+        with:
+          script: |
+            const script = require('./.github/scripts/get-component-release-notes.js')
+            script({github, core})
+      - name: Create GH release
+        uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v2
+        with:
+          body: ${{ steps.release-notes.outputs.release-notes-body }}
+          tag_name: v${{ env.VERSION }}
+          generate_release_notes: true
+          append_body: true
+          make_latest: true
+  create-community-operators-pr:
+    needs: [gh-release]
+    name: Create community operators prod pr # https://github.com/redhat-openshift-ecosystem/community-operators-prod
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: tibdex/github-app-token@v1
+        id: generate-token
+        with:
+          app_id: ${{ secrets.APP_ID }}
+          private_key: ${{ secrets.APP_PRIVATE_KEY }}
+      - name: Set env variables
+        uses: opendatahub-io/opendatahub-operator/.github/actions/set-shared-env@incubation
+        with:
+          pat-token: ${{ steps.generate-token.outputs.token }}
+      - name: Checkout opendatahub-operator
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          path: ./opendatahub-operator
+          ref: v${{ env.VERSION }}
+      - name: Checkout redhat-openshift-ecosystem/community-operators-prod
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          token: <PAT> # We need a token with repo rights
+          repository: redhat-openshift-ecosystem/community-operators-prod # replaced with redhat-openshift-ecosystem/community-operators-prod
+          path: ./community-operators-prod
+      - name: Copy bundle files and add annotation
+        run : |
+          ls -la
+          # cd community-operators-prod
+          # mkdir -p community-operators-prod/operators/opendatahub-operator/${{ env.VERSION }}
+          # ls -la
+          # cp -a ../opendatahub-operator/bundle/. operators/opendatahub-operator/${{ env.VERSION }}/
+          # echo "
+          #   # OpenShift specific version
+          #   com.redhat.openshift.versions: v4.9" >> operators/opendatahub-operator/${{ env.VERSION }}/metadata/annotations.yaml
+          # sed -i -e "s|image: REPLACE_IMAGE:latest.*|image: quay.io/opendatahub/opendatahub-operator:v${{ env.VERSION }}|g"  operators/opendatahub-operator/${{ env.VERSION }}/manifests/opendatahub-operator.clusterserviceversion.yaml
+          # git status
+      - name: Create community operators prod pr
+        uses: peter-evans/create-pull-request@v6
+        with:
+          path: ./community-operators-prod
+          token: <PAT> # We need a token with repo rights
+          push-to-fork: opendatahub-io/community-operators-prod # Here we can fork community-operators-prod into opendatahub-io and use opendatahub-io/community-operators-prod. eg:https://github.com/maistra/community-operators-prod
+          commit-message: ODH Release v${{ env.VERSION }}
+          delete-branch: true
+          title: operator opendatahub-operator (${{ env.VERSION }})
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diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-test-e2e.yaml b/.github/workflows/release-test-e2e.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9537e9bd3e5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-test-e2e.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+name: "Release: Test e2e"
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      version:
+        type: string
+        description: The version to update.
+        required: true
+      tracker-url:
+        type: string
+        description: The URL to tracker issue.
+        required: true
+env:
+  VERSION: ${{ inputs.version }}
+  TRACKER_URL: ${{ inputs.tracker-url }}
+jobs:
+  create-e2e-test-pr:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    name: Create e2e test pr and update image tags
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: tibdex/github-app-token@v1
+        id: generate-token
+        with:
+          app_id: ${{ secrets.APP_ID }}
+          private_key: ${{ secrets.APP_PRIVATE_KEY }}
+      - name: Validate semver
+        run: ./.github/scripts/validate-semver.sh v${{ env.VERSION }}
+      - name: Update repo variables
+        uses: actions/github-script@v7
+        with:
+          github-token: ${{ steps.generate-token.outputs.token }} # A personal access token with workflow+repo permissions or token created at runtime from a github app
+          script: |
+            const script = require('./.github/scripts/update-variables.js')
+            script({github, context, core})
+      - name: Create test release pr
+        uses: ./.github/actions/create-release-pr
+        with:
+          pr-branch: "odh-release/e2e-test"
+          title: "[DO NOT MERGE] Test ${{ env.VERSION }} Release"
+          commit-message: "Test ${{ env.VERSION }} Release"
+      - name: Wait for checks to pass
+        env:
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ steps.generate-token.outputs.token }}
+        run: ./.github/scripts/wait-for-checks.sh ${{ env.PULL_REQUEST_NUMBER }}
+      - name: Close PR
+        uses: peter-evans/close-pull@v3
+        with:
+          token: ${{ steps.generate-token.outputs.token }}
+          pull-request-number: ${{ env.PULL_REQUEST_NUMBER }}
+          comment: Auto-closing pull request after success checks
+          delete-branch: true
+      - name: Push version tag to quay.io
+        run: |
+          podman login -u <username> -p ${{ secrets.PODMAN_PASSWORD }} quay.io/opendatahub # Store PODMAN_PASSWORD of opendatahub-io here as a secret.
+          podman pull quay.io/opendatahub/opendatahub-operator:pr-${{ env.PULL_REQUEST_NUMBER }}
+          podman push quay.io/opendatahub/opendatahub-operator:pr-${{ env.PULL_REQUEST_NUMBER }} quay.io/opendatahub/opendatahub-operator:${{ env.VERSION }}
+          echo "Successfully push tags to podman with version: ${{ env.VERSION }}"
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diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-update-versions.yaml b/.github/workflows/release-update-versions.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d9f7bbc8590
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-update-versions.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+name: "Release: Update versions"
+on:
+  workflow_run:
+    workflows: ["Release: Test e2e"]
+    types: [completed]
+jobs:
+  update-versions:
+    if: ${{ github.event.workflow_run.conclusion == 'success' }}
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: tibdex/github-app-token@v1
+        id: generate-token
+        with:
+          app_id: ${{ secrets.APP_ID }}
+          private_key: ${{ secrets.APP_PRIVATE_KEY }}
+      - name: Set env variables for actions
+        uses: ./.github/actions/set-shared-env
+        with:
+          pat-token: ${{ steps.generate-token.outputs.token }}
+      - name: Update versions in relevant files
+        run: |
+          NEW_VERSION=${{ env.VERSION }}
+          CURRENT_VERSION=$(cat Makefile | grep -w "VERSION ?=" | cut -d ' ' -f 3)
+          sed -i -e "s/^VERSION ?=.*/VERSION ?= $NEW_VERSION/g" Makefile
+          sed -i -e "s|containerImage.*|containerImage: quay.io/opendatahub/opendatahub-operator:v$NEW_VERSION|g" config/manifests/bases/opendatahub-operator.clusterserviceversion.yaml
+          sed -i -e "s|createdAt.*|createdAt: \"$(date +"%Y-%-m-%dT00:00:00Z")\"|g" config/manifests/bases/opendatahub-operator.clusterserviceversion.yaml
+          sed -i -e "s|name: opendatahub-operator.v.*|name: opendatahub-operator.v$NEW_VERSION|g" config/manifests/bases/opendatahub-operator.clusterserviceversion.yaml
+          sed -i -e "s|version: $CURRENT_VERSION.*|version: $NEW_VERSION|g" config/manifests/bases/opendatahub-operator.clusterserviceversion.yaml
+          sed -i -e "s|replaces.*|replaces: opendatahub-operator.v$CURRENT_VERSION|g" config/manifests/bases/opendatahub-operator.clusterserviceversion.yaml
+          sed -i -e "s|olm.skipRange:.*|olm.skipRange: \'>=$CURRENT_VERSION <$NEW_VERSION\'|g" config/manifests/bases/opendatahub-operator.clusterserviceversion.yaml
+      - name: Run make bundle
+        run: make bundle
+      - name: Clean up
+        run: |
+          sed -i -e "s|image: quay.io/opendatahub/opendatahub-operator:latest.*|image: REPLACE_IMAGE:latest|g" bundle/manifests/opendatahub-operator.clusterserviceversion.yaml
+          rm ./config/manager/kustomization.yaml
+      - name: Create version update pr
+        uses: peter-evans/create-pull-request@v6
+        with:
+          token: ${{ steps.generate-token.outputs.token }}
+          commit-message: "ODH Release ${{ env.VERSION }}"
+          branch: odh-release/version-update
+          delete-branch: true
+          title: "ODH Release ${{ env.VERSION }}: Version Update"
+          # reviewers: "VaishnaviHire,zdtsw,AjayJagan,ykaliuta" TODO
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index b3b5b678673..30114d3137b 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ KUSTOMIZE_INSTALL_SCRIPT ?= "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kubernetes-sigs/k
 .PHONY: kustomize
 kustomize: $(KUSTOMIZE) ## Download kustomize locally if necessary.
 $(KUSTOMIZE): $(LOCALBIN)
-	test -s $(KUSTOMIZE) || { curl -s $(KUSTOMIZE_INSTALL_SCRIPT) | sh -s -- $(subst v,,$(KUSTOMIZE_VERSION)) $(LOCALBIN); }
+	test -s $(KUSTOMIZE) || { curl -s $(KUSTOMIZE_INSTALL_SCRIPT) | bash -s -- $(subst v,,$(KUSTOMIZE_VERSION)) $(LOCALBIN); }
 
 .PHONY: controller-gen
 controller-gen: $(CONTROLLER_GEN) ## Download controller-gen locally if necessary.
diff --git a/config/manager/kustomization.yaml.in b/config/manager/kustomization.yaml.in
deleted file mode 100644
index f956c36fbe6..00000000000
--- a/config/manager/kustomization.yaml.in
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-resources:
-- manager.yaml
-
-generatorOptions:
-  disableNameSuffixHash: true
-
-configMapGenerator:
-- files:
-  - controller_manager_config.yaml
-  name: manager-config
-apiVersion: kustomize.config.k8s.io/v1beta1
-kind: Kustomization
-images:
-- name: controller
-  newName: REPLACE_IMAGE