diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 73939d1..3f12fc7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -1,8 +1,21 @@
 # yamllint disable rule:line-length
 ---
-name: Release
+name: Release TEST
 
 on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      tag:
+        description: Release tag (vX.Y.Z)
+        required: true
+      draft:
+        description: Dry run mode (true/false)
+        required: false
+        default: !!str true
+      prerelease:
+        description: Mark the release as a prerelease (true/false)
+        required: false
+        default: !!str true
   push:
     tags:
       - v*.*.*
@@ -12,16 +25,70 @@ permissions:
 
 concurrency:
   group: release
+  cancel-in-progress: true
 
 jobs:
-  create-release:
+  release:
     permissions:
       contents: write
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
     steps:
       - name: Clone the repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4.2.2
+        uses: actions/checkout@2e5b7cfdf3b7c29bfa124b5f44ea66c2ba98d1a30eae32b2d6e74c23f44ef3d4 # v4.1.0
+
+      - id: version_source
+        name: Determine version source
+        run: |
+          if [[ '${{ github.event_name }}' == workflow_dispatch ]]; then
+            echo 'release_tag=${{ github.event.inputs.tag }}' >>"${GITHUB_OUTPUT}"
+          else
+            echo "release_tag=${GITHUB_REF_NAME}" >>"${GITHUB_OUTPUT}"
+          fi
+
+      - id: extract_version
+        name: Extract version from tag
+        run: |
+          version='${{ steps.version_source.outputs.release_tag }}'
+          version="${version#v}"
+          major_version="${version%%.*}"
+          echo "version=${version}" >>"${GITHUB_OUTPUT}"
+          echo "major_version=${major_version}" >>"${GITHUB_OUTPUT}"
+
+      - name: Update README.md version string
+        run: |
+          sed -i -E "s@(uses: .*/github-action-markdown-cli@)v[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+@\1v${{ steps.extract_version.outputs.version }}@" README.md
+
+      - name: Update package.json version field
+        run: |
+          jq --arg v '${{ steps.extract_version.outputs.version }}' '.version = $v' package.json >package.json.tmp &&
+            mv package.json.tmp package.json
+
+      - name: Commit files if changed
+        run: |
+          git config user.name '${{ github.actor }}'
+          git config user.email '${{ github.actor }}@users.noreply.github.com'
+          git add README.md package.json
+          git commit -m 'Update version to v${{ steps.extract_version.outputs.version }}' || echo 'No changes to commit'
+          git push origin '${{ github.event.repository.default_branch }}'
+
+      - if: github.event_name != 'workflow_dispatch' || github.event.inputs.draft != 'true'
+        name: Conditionally move version tag forward
+        run: |
+          git tag --force '${{ steps.version_source.outputs.release_tag }}' HEAD
+          git push origin '${{ steps.version_source.outputs.release_tag }}' --force
+
       - name: Create the release
-        uses: softprops/action-gh-release@72f2c25fcb47643c292f7107632f7a47c1df5cd8 # v2.3.2
+        run: |
+          args=(--fail-on-no-commits --notes-from-tag) # TODO: --verify-tag
+          [[ '${{ github.event.inputs.draft }}' == true ]] && args+=(--draft)
+          [[ '${{ github.event.inputs.prerelease }}' == true ]] && args+=(--prerelease)
+          gh release create '${{ steps.version_source.outputs.release_tag }}' "${args[@]}"
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+
+      - if: github.event_name != 'workflow_dispatch' || github.event.inputs.draft != 'true'
+        name: Conditionally move major version tag
+        run: |-
+          git tag --force 'v${{ steps.extract_version.outputs.major_version }}' "${GITHUB_SHA}"
+          git push origin 'v${{ steps.extract_version.outputs.major_version }}' --force
diff --git a/.github/workflows/versioning.yml b/.github/workflows/versioning.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index f02461b..0000000
--- a/.github/workflows/versioning.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-# yamllint disable rule:line-length
----
-name: Tag Versioning
-
-on:
-  release:
-    types:
-      - published
-      - edited
-
-permissions:
-  contents: read
-
-concurrency:
-  group: versioning
-
-jobs:
-  actions-tagger:
-    permissions:
-      contents: write
-      pull-requests: write
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - uses: Actions-R-Us/actions-tagger@330ddfac760021349fef7ff62b372f2f691c20fb # v2.0.3