diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-nightly.yml b/.github/workflows/release-nightly.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bce5b09
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-nightly.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,128 @@
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2022 ZettaScale Technology
+#
+# This program and the accompanying materials are made available under the
+# terms of the Eclipse Public License 2.0 which is available at
+# http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-2.0, or the Apache License, Version 2.0
+# which is available at https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: EPL-2.0 OR Apache-2.0
+#
+# Contributors:
+#   ZettaScale Zenoh Team, <zenoh@zettascale.tech>
+#
+name: Release (nightly)
+
+on:
+  schedule:
+    - cron: "0 0 * * 1-5"
+
+jobs:
+  tag:
+    name: Branch, Bump & tag crates
+    uses: eclipse-zenoh/ci/.github/workflows/branch-bump-tag-crates.yml@main
+    with:
+      repo: ${{ github.repository }}
+      live-run: false
+      bump-deps-pattern: ^$
+    secrets: inherit
+
+  build-debian:
+    name: Build Debian packages
+    needs: tag
+    uses: eclipse-zenoh/ci/.github/workflows/build-crates-debian.yml@main
+    with:
+      repo: ${{ github.repository }}
+      version: ${{ needs.tag.outputs.version }}
+      branch: ${{ needs.tag.outputs.branch }}
+    secrets: inherit
+
+  build-standalone:
+    name: Build executables and libraries
+    needs: tag
+    uses: eclipse-zenoh/ci/.github/workflows/build-crates-standalone.yml@main
+    with:
+      repo: ${{ github.repository }}
+      version: ${{ needs.tag.outputs.version }}
+      branch: ${{ needs.tag.outputs.branch }}
+      artifact-patterns: |
+        ^libzenoh_backend_fs\.(dylib|so)$
+        ^zenoh_backend_fs\.dll$
+    secrets: inherit
+
+  cargo:
+    needs: tag
+    name: Publish Cargo crates
+    uses: eclipse-zenoh/ci/.github/workflows/release-crates-cargo.yml@main
+    with:
+      repo: ${{ github.repository }}
+      live-run: false
+      branch: ${{ needs.tag.outputs.branch }}
+      # - In dry-run mode, we need to publish eclipse-zenoh/zenoh before this
+      #   repository, in which case the version of zenoh dependecies are left as
+      #   is and thus point to the main branch of eclipse-zenoh/zenoh.
+      # - In live-run mode, we assume that eclipse-zenoh/zenoh is already
+      #   published as this workflow can't be responsible for publishing it
+      unpublished-deps-patterns: "zenoh.*"
+      unpublished-deps-repos: "eclipse-zenoh/zenoh"
+    secrets: inherit
+
+  debian:
+    name: Publish Debian packages
+    needs: [tag, build-debian]
+    uses: eclipse-zenoh/ci/.github/workflows/release-crates-debian.yml@main
+    with:
+      no-build: true
+      live-run: false
+      version: ${{ needs.tag.outputs.version }}
+      repo: ${{ github.repository }}
+      branch: ${{ needs.tag.outputs.branch }}
+      installation-test: false
+    secrets: inherit
+
+  homebrew:
+    needs: [tag, build-standalone]
+    name: Publish Homebrew formulae
+    uses: eclipse-zenoh/ci/.github/workflows/release-crates-homebrew.yml@main
+    with:
+      no-build: true
+      repo: ${{ github.repository }}
+      live-run: false
+      version: ${{ needs.tag.outputs.version }}
+      branch: ${{ needs.tag.outputs.branch }}
+      artifact-patterns: |
+        ^libzenoh_backend_fs\.dylib$
+      formulae: |
+        zenoh-backend-filesystem
+    secrets: inherit
+
+  eclipse:
+    name: Publish artifacts to Eclipse downloads
+    needs: [tag, build-standalone]
+    uses: eclipse-zenoh/ci/.github/workflows/release-crates-eclipse.yml@main
+    with:
+      no-build: true
+      live-run: false
+      version: ${{ needs.tag.outputs.version }}
+      repo: ${{ github.repository }}
+      branch: ${{ needs.tag.outputs.branch }}
+      artifact-patterns: |
+        ^libzenoh_backend_fs\.(dylib|so)$
+        ^zenoh_backend_fs\.dll$
+      name: zenoh-backend-filesystem
+    secrets: inherit
+
+  github:
+    name: Publish artifacts to GitHub Releases
+    needs: [tag, build-standalone]
+    uses: eclipse-zenoh/ci/.github/workflows/release-crates-github.yml@main
+    with:
+      no-build: true
+      live-run: false
+      version: ${{ needs.tag.outputs.version }}
+      repo: ${{ github.repository }}
+      branch: ${{ needs.tag.outputs.branch }}
+      artifact-patterns: |
+        ^libzenoh_backend_fs\.(dylib|so)$
+        ^zenoh_backend_fs\.dll$
+    secrets: inherit
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 433deda..e23b24a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -14,22 +14,20 @@
 name: Release
 
 on:
-  schedule:
-    - cron: "0 0 * * 1-5"
   workflow_dispatch:
     inputs:
       live-run:
         type: boolean
-        description: If false (or undefined) the workflow runs in dry-run mode (i.e. with no side-effects)
+        description: Whether to run with side-effects
         required: false
         default: false
       version:
         type: string
-        description: Release number. If undefined, the workflow auto-generates a version using git-describe
-        required: false
+        description: Release number
+        required: true
       zenoh-version:
         type: string
-        description: Release number of Zenoh. Required in live-run mode and ignored in dry-run mode
+        description: Zenoh Release number
         required: false
 
 jobs:
@@ -40,9 +38,9 @@ jobs:
       repo: ${{ github.repository }}
       live-run: ${{ inputs.live-run }}
       version: ${{ inputs.version }}
-      bump-deps-pattern: ${{ inputs.live-run && 'zenoh.*' || '^$' }}
-      bump-deps-version: ${{ inputs.live-run && inputs.zenoh-version || '' }}
-      bump-deps-branch: ${{ inputs.live-run && format('release/{0}', inputs.zenoh-version) || '' }}
+      bump-deps-version: ${{ inputs.zenoh-version }}
+      bump-deps-pattern: ${{ inputs.zenoh-version && 'zenoh.*' || '^$' }}
+      bump-deps-branch: ${{ inputs.zenoh-version && format('release/{0}', inputs.zenoh-version) || '' }}
     secrets: inherit
 
   build-debian:
@@ -69,8 +67,8 @@ jobs:
     secrets: inherit
 
   cargo:
-    name: Publish Cargo crates
     needs: tag
+    name: Publish Cargo crates
     uses: eclipse-zenoh/ci/.github/workflows/release-crates-cargo.yml@main
     with:
       repo: ${{ github.repository }}
@@ -81,8 +79,8 @@ jobs:
       #   is and thus point to the main branch of eclipse-zenoh/zenoh.
       # - In live-run mode, we assume that eclipse-zenoh/zenoh is already
       #   published as this workflow can't be responsible for publishing it
-      unpublished-deps-patterns: ${{ inputs.live-run && '' || 'zenoh.*' }}
-      unpublished-deps-repos: ${{ inputs.live-run && '' || 'eclipse-zenoh/zenoh' }}
+      unpublished-deps-patterns: ${{ !inputs.live-run && 'zenoh.*' || '' }}
+      unpublished-deps-repos: ${{ !inputs.live-run && 'eclipse-zenoh/zenoh' || '' }}
     secrets: inherit
 
   debian:
@@ -99,8 +97,8 @@ jobs:
     secrets: inherit
 
   homebrew:
-    name: Publish Homebrew formulae
     needs: [tag, build-standalone]
+    name: Publish Homebrew formulae
     uses: eclipse-zenoh/ci/.github/workflows/release-crates-homebrew.yml@main
     with:
       no-build: true