diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index 8e96c7d3c..a938faf78 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -2,8 +2,6 @@ on:
   push:
     branches:
       - master
-  repository_dispatch:
-    types: [release_event]
   
 jobs:
   build-and-push-base:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/scorpio_auto_update.yml b/.github/workflows/scorpio_auto_update.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..96286b90d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/scorpio_auto_update.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+on:
+  repository_dispatch:
+    types: [release_event]
+
+jobs:
+  validate-webhook-signature:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Set up Node.js
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v3
+        with:
+          node-version: '16'
+
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: npm install @octokit/webhooks
+
+      - name: Validate Webhook Signature
+        id: validate_signature
+        env:
+          WEBHOOK_SECRET: ${{ secrets.SCORPIO_WEBHOOOK_RELEASE_KEY }}  # Your secret key for webhook
+        run: |
+          echo "const { Webhooks } = require('@octokit/webhooks');" > verify-webhook.js
+          echo "const webhooks = new Webhooks({ secret: process.env.WEBHOOK_SECRET });" >> verify-webhook.js
+          echo "const signature = process.env.GITHUB_SIGNATURE;" >> verify-webhook.js
+          echo "const body = process.env.GITHUB_EVENT_PAYLOAD;" >> verify-webhook.js
+          echo "webhooks.verify(body, signature).then(isValid => {" >> verify-webhook.js
+          echo "  if (!isValid) { console.error('Webhook validation failed'); process.exit(1); }" >> verify-webhook.js
+          echo "  else { console.log('Webhook validation successful'); }" >> verify-webhook.js
+          echo "}).catch(err => { console.error('Error in webhook validation', err); process.exit(1); });" >> verify-webhook.js
+          
+          # Export necessary environment variables for the Node.js script
+          echo "GITHUB_SIGNATURE=${{ github.event.client_payload.headers['x-hub-signature-256'] }}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          echo "GITHUB_EVENT_PAYLOAD=$(cat $GITHUB_EVENT_PATH)" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          
+          # Run the validation script
+          node verify-webhook.js
+  
+  update-scorpio-version-with-pr:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    needs: validate-webhook-signature  # Ensure this job only runs if validation passes
+    steps:
+      - name: Check out repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+
+      - name: Extract release version from webhook
+        id: extract_release_version
+        run: |
+          RELEASE_VERSION=$(echo ${{ github.event.client_payload.release.tag_name }})
+          echo "Release version: $RELEASE_VERSION"
+          echo "RELEASE_VERSION=$RELEASE_VERSION" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+
+      - name: Replace number in file with release version
+        run: |
+          FILE_PATH="images/base-ide/package.json"
+          OLD_VERSION=$(grep -oP '(?<=https://open-vsx.org/api/tum-aet/artemis-scorpio/)[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+' $FILE_PATH)
+          sed -i "s|https://open-vsx.org/api/tum-aet/artemis-scorpio/${OLD_VERSION}/file/tum-aet.artemis-scorpio-${OLD_VERSION}.vsix|https://open-vsx.org/api/tum-aet/artemis-scorpio/${{ env.RELEASE_VERSION }}/file/tum-aet.artemis-scorpio-${{ env.RELEASE_VERSION }}.vsix|g" $FILE_PATH
+
+          
+          cat $FILE_PATH
+      
+      - name: Create a new branch
+        run: |
+          BRANCH_NAME="update-scorpio-release-version-${{ env.RELEASE_VERSION }}"
+          git checkout -b $BRANCH_NAME
+  
+      - name: Commit changes
+        run: |
+          git config --local user.name "github-actions"
+          git config --local user.email "github-actions@github.com"
+          git add images/base-ide/package.json
+          git commit -m "Update file with release version ${{ env.RELEASE_VERSION }}"
+
+      - name: Push changes to new branch
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+        run: |
+          BRANCH_NAME="update-scorpio-release-version-${{ env.RELEASE_VERSION }}"
+          git push origin $BRANCH_NAME
+      
+      - name: Create Pull Request
+        uses: peter-evans/create-pull-request@v5
+        with:
+          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          branch: update-scorpio-release-version-${{ env.RELEASE_VERSION }}
+          title: "Update scorpio with release version ${{ env.RELEASE_VERSION }}"
+          body: "This PR updates the verion of the scorpio plugin to the new release version ${{ env.RELEASE_VERSION }}."
+          base: master  # Change this if your target branch is different
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