diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c8c08f9bb4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+name: Release
+on:
+  push:
+    tags:
+      - '*'
+jobs:
+  automate:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    env:
+      RELEASE_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.RELEASE_TOKEN }}
+      FORCE_COLOR: 1
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+          submodules: true
+      - run: git fetch --depth=1 origin +refs/tags/*:refs/tags/*
+      - uses: actions/setup-node@v1
+        with:
+          node-version: 12
+          registry-url: https://registry.npmjs.org/
+      - run: yarn
+      - run: grunt automated-release
+      #- run: npm publish
+      #  env:
+      #    NODE_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/Gruntfile.js b/Gruntfile.js
index 5248ca24db..3624b020ab 100644
--- a/Gruntfile.js
+++ b/Gruntfile.js
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ const KnexMigrator = require('knex-migrator');
 const knexMigrator = new KnexMigrator({
     knexMigratorFilePath: config.get('paths:appRoot')
 });
+const releaseUtils = require('@tryghost/release-utils');
+const semver = require('semver');
 
 const path = require('path');
 const escapeChar = process.platform.match(/^win/) ? '^' : '\\';
@@ -32,6 +34,10 @@ const logBuildingClient = function (grunt) {
     }
 };
 
+const ORGNAME = 'TryGhost';
+const githubRepoPathGhost = `https://github.com/${ORGNAME}/Ghost`;
+let gistUrl, githubUploadURL;
+
 // ## Grunt configuration
 const configureGrunt = function (grunt) {
     // #### Load all grunt tasks
@@ -579,6 +585,143 @@ const configureGrunt = function (grunt) {
         ['shell:master', 'subgrunt:init']
     );
 
+    grunt.registerTask('changelog', 'Generate changelog since version (:<version>)', function (version) {
+        let ghostPackageInfo = grunt.file.readJSON(path.join(process.cwd(), 'package.json'));
+        const done = this.async();
+
+        releaseUtils
+            .releases
+            .get({
+                userAgent: 'ghost-release',
+                uri: `https://api.github.com/repos/${ORGNAME}/Ghost/releases`
+            })
+            .then((response) => {
+                const sameMajorReleaseTags = [], otherReleaseTags = [];
+
+                response.forEach((release) => {
+                    let lastVersion = release.tag_name || release.name;
+
+                    // only compare to versions smaller than the new one
+                    if (semver.gt(ghostPackageInfo.version, lastVersion)) {
+                        // check if the majors are the same
+                        if (semver.major(lastVersion) === semver.major(ghostPackageInfo.version)) {
+                            sameMajorReleaseTags.push(lastVersion);
+                        } else {
+                            otherReleaseTags.push(lastVersion);
+                        }
+                    }
+                });
+
+                return (sameMajorReleaseTags.length !== 0) ? sameMajorReleaseTags[0] : otherReleaseTags[0];
+            })
+            .then((previousVersion) => {
+                let versionToUse = version || previousVersion;
+
+                const changelog = new releaseUtils.Changelog({
+                    changelogPath: path.join(process.cwd(), '.', 'changelog.md'),
+                    folder: process.cwd()
+                });
+
+                changelog
+                    .write({
+                        githubRepoPath: githubRepoPathGhost,
+                        lastVersion: versionToUse
+                    })
+                    .write({
+                        githubRepoPath: `https://github.com/${ORGNAME}/Ghost-Admin`,
+                        lastVersion: versionToUse,
+                        append: true,
+                        folder: path.join(process.cwd(), 'core', 'client')
+                    })
+                    .sort()
+                    .clean();
+
+                grunt.log.writeln('changelog.md generated'.cyan);
+                done();
+            })
+            .catch(done);
+    });
+
+    grunt.registerTask('gist', 'Generate a gist with the changelog', function () {
+        let ghostPackageInfo = grunt.file.readJSON(path.join(process.cwd(), 'package.json'));
+        const done = this.async();
+
+        releaseUtils
+            .gist
+            .create({
+                userAgent: 'ghost-release',
+                gistName: 'changelog-' + ghostPackageInfo.version + '.md',
+                gistDescription: 'Changelog ' + ghostPackageInfo.version,
+                changelogPath: path.join(process.cwd(), 'changelog.md'),
+                github: {
+                    token: process.env.RELEASE_TOKEN
+                },
+                isPublic: true
+            }).then((response) => {
+                gistUrl = response.gistUrl;
+                grunt.log.writeln(`Gist generated: ${gistUrl}`.cyan);
+                done();
+            }).catch(done);
+    });
+
+    grunt.registerTask('draftRelease', 'Publish a draft release on GitHub', function () {
+        let ghostPackageInfo = grunt.file.readJSON(path.join(process.cwd(), 'package.json'));
+        let changelogPaths = [{changelogPath: path.join(process.cwd(), 'changelog.md')}];
+        const done = this.async();
+
+        /*if (hasCasperChanged) {
+            changelogPaths.push({
+                changelogPath: path.join(process.cwd(), releaseDir, casperDir, 'changelog.md'),
+                content: [`\n\nCasper (the default theme) has been upgraded to ${casperNewVersion}:`]
+            });
+        }*/
+
+        releaseUtils
+            .releases
+            .create({
+                draft: true,
+                preRelease: false,
+                tagName: ghostPackageInfo.version,
+                releaseName: ghostPackageInfo.version,
+                userAgent: 'ghost-release',
+                uri: `https://api.github.com/repos/${ORGNAME}/Ghost/releases`,
+                github: {
+                    token: process.env.RELEASE_TOKEN
+                },
+                changelogPath: changelogPaths,
+                gistUrl: gistUrl
+            })
+            .then((response) => {
+                githubUploadURL = response.uploadUrl;
+                grunt.log.writeln(`Release draft generated: ${response.releaseUrl}`.cyan);
+                done();
+            }).catch(done);
+    });
+
+    grunt.registerTask('uploadGitHub', 'Upload Ghost .zip to GitHub', function () {
+        const done = this.async();
+        const ghostPackageInfo = grunt.file.readJSON(path.join(process.cwd(), 'package.json'));
+        const zipName = `Ghost-${ghostPackageInfo.version}.zip`;
+
+        releaseUtils
+            .releases
+            .uploadZip({
+                github: {
+                    token: process.env.RELEASE_TOKEN
+                },
+                zipPath: path.join(process.cwd(), '.dist', 'release', zipName),
+                uri: `${githubUploadURL.substring(0, githubUploadURL.indexOf('{'))}?name=${zipName}`,
+                userAgent: 'ghost-release'
+            })
+            .then(done)
+            .catch(done);
+    });
+
+    grunt.registerTask('automated-release', function () {
+        grunt.option('skip-tests', true);
+        grunt.task.run(['release', 'changelog', 'gist', 'draftRelease', 'uploadGitHub']);
+    });
+
     // ### Release
     // Run `grunt release` to create a Ghost release zip file.
     // Uses the files specified by `.npmignore` to know what should and should not be included.
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index e0e867113e..9d23b7af70 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -135,6 +135,7 @@
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@lodder/grunt-postcss": "^2.0.1",
+    "@tryghost/release-utils": "0.5.0",
     "cssnano": "^4.1.10",
     "eslint": "6.8.0",
     "eslint-plugin-ghost": "1.0.1",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 9e6c79c008..88166b8f31 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -436,6 +436,18 @@
     chalk "^2.4.1"
     sywac "^1.2.1"
 
+"@tryghost/release-utils@0.5.0":
+  version "0.5.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@tryghost/release-utils/-/release-utils-0.5.0.tgz#39ec5d0095bc26f7aba7fa461047a393a196f3f8"
+  integrity sha512-HJoXlaTDFfem6ivnHMRhdpdXat9DLl4gQ22/OwseZ0ItrTDb4BNb0wes/hCafktfACPeqB5IOT0tmy6rAystgA==
+  dependencies:
+    bluebird "^3.5.3"
+    emoji-regex "^8.0.0"
+    execa "^1.0.0"
+    lodash "^4.17.11"
+    request "^2.88.0"
+    request-promise "^4.2.4"
+
 "@tryghost/social-urls@0.1.7":
   version "0.1.7"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@tryghost/social-urls/-/social-urls-0.1.7.tgz#a62b008c16e2e1f6d7519a9f36f3b2966be2bad8"
@@ -2022,7 +2034,7 @@ cross-spawn@^5.0.1:
     shebang-command "^1.2.0"
     which "^1.2.9"
 
-cross-spawn@^6.0.5:
+cross-spawn@^6.0.0, cross-spawn@^6.0.5:
   version "6.0.5"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/cross-spawn/-/cross-spawn-6.0.5.tgz#4a5ec7c64dfae22c3a14124dbacdee846d80cbc4"
   integrity sha512-eTVLrBSt7fjbDygz805pMnstIs2VTBNkRm0qxZd+M7A5XDdxVRWO5MxGBXZhjY4cqLYLdtrGqRf8mBPmzwSpWQ==
@@ -2941,6 +2953,19 @@ execa@^0.8.0:
     signal-exit "^3.0.0"
     strip-eof "^1.0.0"
 
+execa@^1.0.0:
+  version "1.0.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/execa/-/execa-1.0.0.tgz#c6236a5bb4df6d6f15e88e7f017798216749ddd8"
+  integrity sha512-adbxcyWV46qiHyvSp50TKt05tB4tK3HcmF7/nxfAdhnox83seTDbwnaqKO4sXRy7roHAIFqJP/Rw/AuEbX61LA==
+  dependencies:
+    cross-spawn "^6.0.0"
+    get-stream "^4.0.0"
+    is-stream "^1.1.0"
+    npm-run-path "^2.0.0"
+    p-finally "^1.0.0"
+    signal-exit "^3.0.0"
+    strip-eof "^1.0.0"
+
 exit@~0.1.1:
   version "0.1.2"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/exit/-/exit-0.1.2.tgz#0632638f8d877cc82107d30a0fff1a17cba1cd0c"
@@ -3515,7 +3540,7 @@ get-stream@^3.0.0:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/get-stream/-/get-stream-3.0.0.tgz#8e943d1358dc37555054ecbe2edb05aa174ede14"
   integrity sha1-jpQ9E1jcN1VQVOy+LtsFqhdO3hQ=
 
-get-stream@^4.1.0:
+get-stream@^4.0.0, get-stream@^4.1.0:
   version "4.1.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/get-stream/-/get-stream-4.1.0.tgz#c1b255575f3dc21d59bfc79cd3d2b46b1c3a54b5"
   integrity sha512-GMat4EJ5161kIy2HevLlr4luNjBgvmj413KaQA7jt4V8B4RDsfpHk7WQ9GVqfYyyx8OS/L66Kox+rJRNklLK7w==