diff --git a/.github/workflows/controlplane-release.yaml b/.github/workflows/controlplane-release.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9204c3c9bc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/controlplane-release.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+name: Controlplane release
+
+on:
+  push:
+    tags:
+      - 'controlplane@*'
+
+env:
+  REGISTRY: ghcr.io
+  IMAGE_NAME: ${{ github.repository }}
+  CONTAINER_NAME: controlplane
+
+jobs:
+  build-and-push-image:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      contents: read
+      packages: write
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+
+      - name: Log in to Github Container registry
+        uses: docker/login-action@v2
+        with:
+          registry: ${{ env.REGISTRY }}
+          username: ${{ github.actor }}
+          password: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+
+      - name: Extract metadata (tags, labels) for Docker
+        id: meta
+        uses: docker/metadata-action@v4
+        with:
+          images: |
+            ${{ env.REGISTRY }}/${{ github.repository }}/${{ env.CONTAINER_NAME }}
+          tags: |
+            type=ref,event=branch
+            type=sha
+            # set latest tag for default branch
+            type=raw,value=latest,enable={{is_default_branch}}
+            # use custom value instead of git tag
+            type=match,pattern=[a-zA-Z-_]+@(.*),group=1
+
+      - name: Install Docker Buildx
+        uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v2
+
+      - name: Build and push Docker image
+        uses: docker/build-push-action@v4
+        with:
+          push: true
+          file: controlplane/Dockerfile
+          context: .
+          tags: ${{ steps.meta.outputs.tags }}
+          labels: ${{ steps.meta.outputs.labels }}
+          cache-from: type=registry,ref=${{ env.REGISTRY }}/${{ github.repository }}/${{ env.container_name }}:buildcache
+          cache-to: type=registry,ref=${{ env.REGISTRY }}/${{ github.repository }}/${{ env.container_name }}:buildcache,mode=max
diff --git a/.github/workflows/images.yaml b/.github/workflows/images.yaml
index 02a6188f5e..354058cc44 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/images.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/images.yaml
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
----
 name: Build and publish Docker images
 
 on:
   push:
     branches:
       - 'main'
-  pull_request:
+    tags-ignore:
+      - '**'
 
 env:
   REGISTRY: ghcr.io
diff --git a/.github/workflows/otelcollector-release.yaml b/.github/workflows/otelcollector-release.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a3163068e4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/otelcollector-release.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+name: Otelcollector release
+
+on:
+  push:
+    tags:
+      - 'otelcollector@*'
+
+env:
+  REGISTRY: ghcr.io
+  IMAGE_NAME: ${{ github.repository }}
+  CONTAINER_NAME: otelcollector
+
+jobs:
+  build-and-push-image:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      contents: read
+      packages: write
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+
+      - name: Log in to Github Container registry
+        uses: docker/login-action@v2
+        with:
+          registry: ${{ env.REGISTRY }}
+          username: ${{ github.actor }}
+          password: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+
+      - name: Extract metadata (tags, labels) for Docker
+        id: meta
+        uses: docker/metadata-action@v4
+        with:
+          images: |
+            ${{ env.REGISTRY }}/${{ github.repository }}/${{ env.CONTAINER_NAME }}
+          tags: |
+            type=ref,event=branch
+            type=sha
+            # set latest tag for default branch
+            type=raw,value=latest,enable={{is_default_branch}}
+            # use custom value instead of git tag
+            type=match,pattern=[a-zA-Z-_]+@(.*),group=1
+
+      - name: Install Docker Buildx
+        uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v2
+
+      - name: Build and push Docker image
+        uses: docker/build-push-action@v4
+        with:
+          push: true
+          file: controlplane/Dockerfile
+          context: .
+          tags: ${{ steps.meta.outputs.tags }}
+          labels: ${{ steps.meta.outputs.labels }}
+          cache-from: type=registry,ref=${{ env.REGISTRY }}/${{ github.repository }}/${{ env.container_name }}:buildcache
+          cache-to: type=registry,ref=${{ env.REGISTRY }}/${{ github.repository }}/${{ env.container_name }}:buildcache,mode=max
diff --git a/.github/workflows/studio-release.yaml b/.github/workflows/studio-release.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..28c59ceeb2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/studio-release.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+name: Studio release
+
+on:
+  push:
+    tags:
+      - 'studio@*'
+
+env:
+  REGISTRY: ghcr.io
+  IMAGE_NAME: ${{ github.repository }}
+  CONTAINER_NAME: controlplane
+
+jobs:
+  build-and-push-image:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      contents: read
+      packages: write
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+
+      - name: Log in to Github Container registry
+        uses: docker/login-action@v2
+        with:
+          registry: ${{ env.REGISTRY }}
+          username: ${{ github.actor }}
+          password: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+
+      - name: Extract metadata (tags, labels) for Docker
+        id: meta
+        uses: docker/metadata-action@v4
+        with:
+          images: |
+            ${{ env.REGISTRY }}/${{ github.repository }}/${{ env.CONTAINER_NAME }}
+          tags: |
+            type=ref,event=branch
+            type=sha
+            # set latest tag for default branch
+            type=raw,value=latest,enable={{is_default_branch}}
+            # use custom value instead of git tag
+            type=match,pattern=[a-zA-Z-_]+@(.*),group=1
+
+      - name: Install Docker Buildx
+        uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v2
+
+      - name: Build and push Docker image
+        uses: docker/build-push-action@v4
+        with:
+          push: true
+          file: controlplane/Dockerfile
+          context: .
+          tags: ${{ steps.meta.outputs.tags }}
+          labels: ${{ steps.meta.outputs.labels }}
+          cache-from: type=registry,ref=${{ env.REGISTRY }}/${{ github.repository }}/${{ env.container_name }}:buildcache
+          cache-to: type=registry,ref=${{ env.REGISTRY }}/${{ github.repository }}/${{ env.container_name }}:buildcache,mode=max
diff --git a/connect/package.json b/connect/package.json
index ef0a6ca7b0..963dc87819 100644
--- a/connect/package.json
+++ b/connect/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@wundergraph/cosmo-connect",
-  "version": "0.0.1",
+  "version": "0.0.0",
   "description": "TypeScript Connect client for WunderGraph Cosmo",
   "scripts": {
     "build": "del dist && tsc"
diff --git a/otelcollector/package.json b/otelcollector/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c81ab7723f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/otelcollector/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+{
+  "name": "otelcollector",
+  "version": "0.0.0",
+  "private": true,
+  "description": "Placeholder package to simplify versioning and releasing with lerna.",
+  "keywords": ["wundergraph", "otelcollector", "cosmo"],
+  "author": {
+    "name": "WunderGraph Maintainers",
+    "email": "info@wundergraph.com"
+  },
+  "license": "Apache-2.0"
+}
diff --git a/router/package.json b/router/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..54932fbef3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/router/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+{
+  "name": "router",
+  "version": "0.0.0",
+  "private": true,
+  "description": "Placeholder package to simplify versioning and releasing with lerna.",
+  "keywords": ["wundergraph", "router", "cosmo"],
+  "author": {
+    "name": "WunderGraph Maintainers",
+    "email": "info@wundergraph.com"
+  },
+  "license": "Apache-2.0"
+}
diff --git a/shared/package.json b/shared/package.json
index e76508da48..b08e3df491 100644
--- a/shared/package.json
+++ b/shared/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@wundergraph/cosmo-shared",
-  "version": "0.1.0",
+  "version": "0.0.0",
   "description": "Shared code between WunderGraph Cosmo packages",
   "main": "./dist/index.js",
   "type": "module",