diff --git a/.changeset/README.md b/.changeset/README.md
deleted file mode 100644
index e5b6d8d6a..000000000
--- a/.changeset/README.md
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-# Changesets
-
-Hello and welcome! This folder has been automatically generated by `@changesets/cli`, a build tool that works
-with multi-package repos, or single-package repos to help you version and publish your code. You can
-find the full documentation for it [in our repository](https://github.com/changesets/changesets)
-
-We have a quick list of common questions to get you started engaging with this project in
-[our documentation](https://github.com/changesets/changesets/blob/main/docs/common-questions.md)
diff --git a/.changeset/config.json b/.changeset/config.json
deleted file mode 100644
index a4c77f392..000000000
--- a/.changeset/config.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "$schema": "https://unpkg.com/@changesets/config@2.3.0/schema.json",
-  "changelog": "@changesets/cli/changelog",
-  "commit": false,
-  "fixed": [],
-  "linked": [],
-  "access": "public",
-  "baseBranch": "main",
-  "updateInternalDependencies": "minor",
-  "ignore": []
-}
diff --git a/.github/release-please/config.json b/.github/release-please/config.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6c53c2c94
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/release-please/config.json
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+{
+    "separate-pull-requests": true,
+    "group-pull-request-title-pattern": "chore(${component}): release at branch ${branch}",
+    "bootstrap-sha": "4d2086931dcebd7e7c21cad9cbd6668c2abbebbf",
+    "bump-minor-pre-major": true,
+    "bump-patch-for-minor-pre-major": false,
+    "packages": {
+        "packages/hardhat-zksync-deploy": {
+            "release-type": "node",
+            "component": "@matterlabs/hardhat-zksync-deploy"
+        },
+        "packages/hardhat-zksync-solc": {
+            "release-type": "node",
+            "component": "@matterlabs/hardhat-zksync-solc"
+        },
+        "packages/hardhat-zksync-upgradable": {
+            "release-type": "node",
+            "component": "@matterlabs/hardhat-zksync-upgradable"
+        },
+        "packages/hardhat-zksync-vyper": {
+            "release-type": "node",
+            "component": "@matterlabs/hardhat-zksync-vyper"
+        },
+        "packages/hardhat-zksync-verify": {
+            "release-type": "node",
+            "component": "@matterlabs/hardhat-zksync-verify"
+        },
+        "packages/hardhat-zksync-toolbox": {
+            "release-type": "node",
+            "component": "@matterlabs/hardhat-zksync-toolbox"
+        },
+        "packages/hardhat-zksync-node": {
+            "release-type": "node",
+            "component": "@matterlabs/hardhat-zksync-node"
+        },
+        "packages/hardhat-zksync-chai-matchers": {
+            "release-type": "node",
+            "component": "@matterlabs/hardhat-zksync-chai-matchers"
+        }
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.github/release-please/manifest.json b/.github/release-please/manifest.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ee159a8e4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/release-please/manifest.json
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+{
+    "packages/hardhat-zksync-deploy": "1.1.1",
+    "packages/hardhat-zksync-solc": "1.0.5",
+    "packages/hardhat-zksync-upgradable": "1.2.0",
+    "packages/hardhat-zksync-vyper": "1.0.4",
+    "packages/hardhat-zksync-verify": "1.2.1",
+    "packages/hardhat-zksync-toolbox": "1.2.0",
+    "packages/hardhat-zksync-node": "1.0.0",
+    "packages/hardhat-zksync-chai-matchers": "1.2.0"
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.github/workflows/create-release-pull-request.yml b/.github/workflows/create-release-pull-request.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 42cd6b86e..000000000
--- a/.github/workflows/create-release-pull-request.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-name: Create release PR
-
-on:
-  push:
-    branches:
-      - main
-
-jobs:
-  create-release-pull-request:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
-        with:
-          # This makes Actions fetch all Git history so that Changesets can generate changelogs with the correct commits
-          fetch-depth: 0
-
-      - uses: actions/setup-node@v3
-        with:
-          node-version: '16'
-          registry-url: 'https://registry.npmjs.org'
-          cache: 'yarn'
-
-      - name: Setup environment
-        run: yarn && yarn build
-
-      - name: Create release pull request
-        uses: changesets/action@v1
-        env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/github-release.yml b/.github/workflows/github-release.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b9817dfcb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/github-release.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+name: Publish packages to github
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - main
+      - ethers-v5
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+permissions:
+  contents: write
+  pull-requests: write
+
+jobs:
+  release-please:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    outputs:
+      release_please_output: ${{ toJSON(steps.release.outputs) }}
+    steps:
+      - name: Run release-please
+        id: release
+        uses: google-github-actions/release-please-action@v4
+        with:
+            token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+            config-file: .github/release-please/config.json
+            manifest-file: .github/release-please/manifest.json
+            target-branch: ${{ github.ref_name }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish-zkvyper.yml b/.github/workflows/npm-publish.yaml
similarity index 52%
rename from .github/workflows/publish-zkvyper.yml
rename to .github/workflows/npm-publish.yaml
index 04be00704..6e2c400a2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish-zkvyper.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/npm-publish.yaml
@@ -1,9 +1,34 @@
-name: Publish zkvyper plugin
+name: Publish packages to npm
 
 on:
-  push:
-    tags:
-      - '@matterlabs/hardhat-zksync-vyper@*'
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs: 
+      tag:
+        required: true
+        type: choice
+        description: tag to publish
+        default: latest
+        options: 
+          - latest
+          - beta
+          - alpha
+
+      package:
+        required: true
+        type: choice
+        description: package to publish
+        default: hardhat-zksync-deploy
+        options: 
+          - hardhat-zksync-deploy
+          - hardhat-zksync-solc
+          - hardhat-zksync-upgradable
+          - hardhat-zksync-vyper
+          - hardhat-zksync-verify
+          - hardhat-zksync-toolbox
+          - hardhat-zksync-node
+          - hardhat-zksync-chai-matchers
+          - hardhat-zksync-ethers
+          - hardhat-zksync-verify-vyper
 
 jobs:
   publish:
@@ -24,23 +49,7 @@ jobs:
         env:
           NODE_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPMJS_NPM_MATTERLABS_AUTOMATION_TOKEN }}
         run: |
-          if [[ ${{ github.ref }} == *"beta"* ]]; then
-            echo "Publishing package with beta tag"
-            npm publish @matterlabs/hardhat-zksync-vyper --tag beta --workspace=packages/hardhat-zksync-vyper --access=public
-          else
-            echo "Publishing package with latest tag"
-            npm publish @matterlabs/hardhat-zksync-vyper --tag latest --workspace=packages/hardhat-zksync-vyper --access=public
-          fi
-
-      - name: Create github release from tags
-        env:
-          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-        run: |
-          if [[ ${{ github.ref }} != *"beta"* ]]; then
-            node scripts/create-release-from-tags/run.js --package hardhat-zksync-vyper
-          else
-            echo "Skipping github release creation for beta tag"
-          fi
+          npm publish @matterlabs/${{inputs.package}} --tag ${{ inputs.tag }} --workspace=packages/${{inputs.package}} --access=public
 
       - name: Create the MM Message
         env:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish-chai-matchers.yml b/.github/workflows/publish-chai-matchers.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 421f80520..000000000
--- a/.github/workflows/publish-chai-matchers.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,55 +0,0 @@
-name: Publish chai matchers plugin
-
-on:
-  push:
-    tags:
-      - '@matterlabs/hardhat-zksync-chai-matchers@*'
-
-jobs:
-  publish:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
-
-      - uses: actions/setup-node@v3
-        with:
-          node-version: '16'
-          registry-url: 'https://registry.npmjs.org'
-          cache: 'yarn'
-
-      - name: Setup environment
-        run: yarn && yarn build
-
-      - name: Publish
-        env:
-          NODE_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPMJS_NPM_MATTERLABS_AUTOMATION_TOKEN }}
-        run: |
-          if [[ ${{ github.ref }} == *"beta"* ]]; then
-            echo "Publishing package with beta tag"
-            npm publish @matterlabs/hardhat-zksync-chai-matchers --tag beta --workspace=packages/hardhat-zksync-chai-matchers --access=public
-          else
-            echo "Publishing package with latest tag"
-            npm publish @matterlabs/hardhat-zksync-chai-matchers --tag latest --workspace=packages/hardhat-zksync-chai-matchers --access=public
-          fi
-
-      - name: Create github release from tags
-        env:
-          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-        run: |
-          if [[ ${{ github.ref }} != *"beta"* ]]; then
-            node scripts/create-release-from-tags/run.js --package hardhat-zksync-chai-matchers
-          else
-            echo "Skipping github release creation for beta tag"
-          fi
-
-      - name: Create the MM Message
-        env:
-          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-        run: |
-          gh -R matter-labs/hardhat-zksync release view "$GITHUB_REF_NAME" --json tagName,body --template '## {{.tagName}} {{"\n"}}{{.body}}' > ./release_info
-          jq --null-input --arg text "$(cat ./release_info)" '{"text": $text}' > mattermost.json
-
-      - uses: mattermost/action-mattermost-notify@master
-        env:
-          MATTERMOST_USERNAME: "Hardhat Release Bot"
-          MATTERMOST_WEBHOOK_URL: ${{ secrets.MATTERMOST_URL }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish-deploy.yml b/.github/workflows/publish-deploy.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 719f9981e..000000000
--- a/.github/workflows/publish-deploy.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,58 +0,0 @@
-name: Publish deploy plugin
-
-on:
-  push:
-    tags:
-      - '@matterlabs/hardhat-zksync-deploy@*'
-
-jobs:
-  publish:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
-
-      - uses: actions/setup-node@v3
-        with:
-          node-version: '16'
-          registry-url: 'https://registry.npmjs.org'
-          cache: 'yarn'
-
-      - name: Setup environment
-        run: yarn && yarn build
-
-      - name: Publish
-        env:
-          NODE_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPMJS_NPM_MATTERLABS_AUTOMATION_TOKEN }}
-        run: |
-          if [[ ${{ github.ref }} == *"beta"* ]]; then
-            echo "Publishing package with beta tag"
-            npm publish @matterlabs/hardhat-zksync-deploy --tag beta --workspace=packages/hardhat-zksync-deploy --access=public
-          elif [[ ${{ github.ref }} == *"alpha"* ]]; then
-            echo "Publishing package with alpha tag"
-            npm publish @matterlabs/hardhat-zksync-deploy --tag alpha --workspace=packages/hardhat-zksync-deploy --access=public
-          else
-            echo "Publishing package with latest tag"
-            npm publish @matterlabs/hardhat-zksync-deploy --tag latest --workspace=packages/hardhat-zksync-deploy --access=public
-          fi
-
-      - name: Create github release from tags
-        env:
-          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-        run: |
-          if [[ ${{ github.ref }} != *"beta"* ]]; then
-            node scripts/create-release-from-tags/run.js --package hardhat-zksync-deploy
-          else
-            echo "Skipping github release creation for beta tag"
-          fi
-
-      - name: Create the MM Message
-        env:
-          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-        run: |
-          gh -R matter-labs/hardhat-zksync release view "$GITHUB_REF_NAME" --json tagName,body --template '## {{.tagName}} {{"\n"}}{{.body}}' > ./release_info
-          jq --null-input --arg text "$(cat ./release_info)" '{"text": $text}' > mattermost.json
-
-      - uses: mattermost/action-mattermost-notify@master
-        env:
-          MATTERMOST_USERNAME: "Hardhat Release Bot"
-          MATTERMOST_WEBHOOK_URL: ${{ secrets.MATTERMOST_URL }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish-node.yaml b/.github/workflows/publish-node.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 0917afb08..000000000
--- a/.github/workflows/publish-node.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,59 +0,0 @@
-name: Publish Node Plugin
-
-on:
-  push:
-    tags:
-      - '@matterlabs/hardhat-zksync-node@*'
-
-jobs:
-  publish:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
-
-      - uses: actions/setup-node@v3
-        with:
-          node-version: '16'
-          registry-url: 'https://registry.npmjs.org'
-          cache: 'yarn'
-
-      - name: Setup environment
-        run: yarn && yarn build
-
-      - name: Publish
-        env:
-          NODE_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPMJS_NPM_MATTERLABS_AUTOMATION_TOKEN }}
-        run: |
-          if [[ ${{ github.ref }} == *"beta"* ]]; then
-            echo "Publishing package with beta tag"
-            npm publish @matterlabs/hardhat-zksync-node --tag beta --workspace=packages/hardhat-zksync-node --access=public
-          elif [[ ${{ github.ref }} == *"alpha"* ]]; then
-            echo "Publishing package with alpha tag"
-            npm publish @matterlabs/hardhat-zksync-node --tag alpha --workspace=packages/hardhat-zksync-node --access=public
-          else
-            echo "Publishing package with latest tag"
-            npm publish @matterlabs/hardhat-zksync-node --tag latest --workspace=packages/hardhat-zksync-node --access=public
-          fi
-
-      - name: Create github release from tags
-        env:
-          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-        run: |
-          if [[ ${{ github.ref }} != *"beta"* ]] && [[ ${{ github.ref }} != *"alpha"* ]]; then
-            node scripts/create-release-from-tags/run.js --package hardhat-zksync-node
-          else
-            echo "Skipping github release creation for beta and alpha tags"
-          fi
-
-      - name: Create the MM Message
-        env:
-          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-        run: |
-          gh -R matter-labs/hardhat-zksync release view "$GITHUB_REF_NAME" --json tagName,body --template '## {{.tagName}} {{"\n"}}{{.body}}' > ./release_info
-          jq --null-input --arg text "$(cat ./release_info)" '{"text": $text}' > mattermost.json
-
-      - uses: mattermost/action-mattermost-notify@master
-        env:
-          MATTERMOST_USERNAME: "Hardhat Release Bot"
-          MATTERMOST_WEBHOOK_URL: ${{ secrets.MATTERMOST_URL }}
-
diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish-toolbox.yml b/.github/workflows/publish-toolbox.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 151525900..000000000
--- a/.github/workflows/publish-toolbox.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,55 +0,0 @@
-name: Publish toolbox plugin
-
-on:
-  push:
-    tags:
-      - '@matterlabs/hardhat-zksync-toolbox@*'
-
-jobs:
-  publish:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
-
-      - uses: actions/setup-node@v3
-        with:
-          node-version: '16'
-          registry-url: 'https://registry.npmjs.org'
-          cache: 'yarn'
-
-      - name: Setup environment
-        run: yarn && yarn build
-
-      - name: Publish
-        env:
-          NODE_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPMJS_NPM_MATTERLABS_AUTOMATION_TOKEN }}
-        run: |
-          if [[ ${{ github.ref }} == *"beta"* ]]; then
-            echo "Publishing package with beta tag"
-            npm publish @matterlabs/hardhat-zksync-toolbox --tag beta --workspace=packages/hardhat-zksync-toolbox --access=public
-          else
-            echo "Publishing package with latest tag"
-            npm publish @matterlabs/hardhat-zksync-toolbox --tag latest --workspace=packages/hardhat-zksync-toolbox --access=public
-          fi
-
-      - name: Create github release from tags
-        env:
-          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-        run: |
-          if [[ ${{ github.ref }} != *"beta"* ]]; then
-            node scripts/create-release-from-tags/run.js --package hardhat-zksync-toolbox
-          else
-            echo "Skipping github release creation for beta tag"
-          fi
-
-      - name: Create the MM Message
-        env:
-          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-        run: |
-          gh -R matter-labs/hardhat-zksync release view "$GITHUB_REF_NAME" --json tagName,body --template '## {{.tagName}} {{"\n"}}{{.body}}' > ./release_info
-          jq --null-input --arg text "$(cat ./release_info)" '{"text": $text}' > mattermost.json
-
-      - uses: mattermost/action-mattermost-notify@master
-        env:
-          MATTERMOST_USERNAME: "Hardhat Release Bot"
-          MATTERMOST_WEBHOOK_URL: ${{ secrets.MATTERMOST_URL }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish-upgradable.yml b/.github/workflows/publish-upgradable.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 368f32ef7..000000000
--- a/.github/workflows/publish-upgradable.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,55 +0,0 @@
-name: Publish upgradable plugin
-
-on:
-  push:
-    tags:
-      - '@matterlabs/hardhat-zksync-upgradable@*'
-
-jobs:
-  publish:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
-
-      - uses: actions/setup-node@v3
-        with:
-          node-version: '16'
-          registry-url: 'https://registry.npmjs.org'
-          cache: 'yarn'
-
-      - name: Setup environment
-        run: yarn && yarn build
-
-      - name: Publish
-        env:
-          NODE_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPMJS_NPM_MATTERLABS_AUTOMATION_TOKEN }}
-        run: |
-          if [[ ${{ github.ref }} == *"beta"* ]]; then
-            echo "Publishing package with beta tag"
-            npm publish @matterlabs/hardhat-zksync-upgradable --tag beta --workspace=packages/hardhat-zksync-upgradable --access=public
-          else
-            echo "Publishing package with latest tag"
-            npm publish @matterlabs/hardhat-zksync-upgradable --tag latest --workspace=packages/hardhat-zksync-upgradable --access=public
-          fi
-
-      - name: Create github release from tags
-        env:
-          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-        run: |
-          if [[ ${{ github.ref }} != *"beta"* ]]; then
-            node scripts/create-release-from-tags/run.js --package hardhat-zksync-upgradable
-          else
-            echo "Skipping github release creation for beta tag"
-          fi
-
-      - name: Create the MM Message
-        env:
-          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-        run: |
-          gh -R matter-labs/hardhat-zksync release view "$GITHUB_REF_NAME" --json tagName,body --template '## {{.tagName}} {{"\n"}}{{.body}}' > ./release_info
-          jq --null-input --arg text "$(cat ./release_info)" '{"text": $text}' > mattermost.json
-
-      - uses: mattermost/action-mattermost-notify@master
-        env:
-          MATTERMOST_USERNAME: "Hardhat Release Bot"
-          MATTERMOST_WEBHOOK_URL: ${{ secrets.MATTERMOST_URL }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish-verify.yml b/.github/workflows/publish-verify.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index bcedc75dc..000000000
--- a/.github/workflows/publish-verify.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,55 +0,0 @@
-name: Publish verify plugin
-
-on:
-  push:
-    tags:
-      - '@matterlabs/hardhat-zksync-verify@*'
-
-jobs:
-  publish:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
-
-      - uses: actions/setup-node@v3
-        with:
-          node-version: '16'
-          registry-url: 'https://registry.npmjs.org'
-          cache: 'yarn'
-
-      - name: Setup environment
-        run: yarn && yarn build
-
-      - name: Publish
-        env:
-          NODE_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPMJS_NPM_MATTERLABS_AUTOMATION_TOKEN }}
-        run: |
-          if [[ ${{ github.ref }} == *"beta"* ]]; then
-            echo "Publishing package with beta tag"
-            npm publish @matterlabs/hardhat-zksync-verify --tag beta --workspace=packages/hardhat-zksync-verify --access=public
-          else
-            echo "Publishing package with latest tag"
-            npm publish @matterlabs/hardhat-zksync-verify --tag latest --workspace=packages/hardhat-zksync-verify --access=public
-          fi
-
-      - name: Create github release from tags
-        env:
-          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-        run: |
-          if [[ ${{ github.ref }} != *"beta"* ]]; then
-            node scripts/create-release-from-tags/run.js --package hardhat-zksync-verify
-          else
-            echo "Skipping github release creation for beta tag"
-          fi
-
-      - name: Create the MM Message
-        env:
-          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-        run: |
-          gh -R matter-labs/hardhat-zksync release view "$GITHUB_REF_NAME" --json tagName,body --template '## {{.tagName}} {{"\n"}}{{.body}}' > ./release_info
-          jq --null-input --arg text "$(cat ./release_info)" '{"text": $text}' > mattermost.json
-
-      - uses: mattermost/action-mattermost-notify@master
-        env:
-          MATTERMOST_USERNAME: "Hardhat Release Bot"
-          MATTERMOST_WEBHOOK_URL: ${{ secrets.MATTERMOST_URL }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish-zksolc.yml b/.github/workflows/publish-zksolc.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 933266bf9..000000000
--- a/.github/workflows/publish-zksolc.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,58 +0,0 @@
-name: Publish zksolc plugin
-
-on:
-  push:
-    tags:
-      - '@matterlabs/hardhat-zksync-solc@*'
-
-jobs:
-  publish:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
-
-      - uses: actions/setup-node@v3
-        with:
-          node-version: '16'
-          registry-url: 'https://registry.npmjs.org'
-          cache: 'yarn'
-
-      - name: Setup environment
-        run: yarn && yarn build
-
-      - name: Publish
-        env:
-          NODE_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPMJS_NPM_MATTERLABS_AUTOMATION_TOKEN }}
-        run: |
-          if [[ ${{ github.ref }} == *"beta"* ]]; then
-            echo "Publishing package with beta tag"
-            npm publish @matterlabs/hardhat-zksync-solc --tag beta --workspace=packages/hardhat-zksync-solc --access=public
-          elif [[ ${{ github.ref }} == *"alpha"* ]]; then
-            echo "Publishing package with alpha tag"
-            npm publish @matterlabs/hardhat-zksync-solc --tag alpha --workspace=packages/hardhat-zksync-solc --access=public
-          else
-            echo "Publishing package with latest tag"
-            npm publish @matterlabs/hardhat-zksync-solc --tag latest --workspace=packages/hardhat-zksync-solc --access=public
-          fi
-
-      - name: Create github release from tags
-        env:
-          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-        run: |
-          if [[ ${{ github.ref }} != *"beta"* ]]; then
-            node scripts/create-release-from-tags/run.js --package hardhat-zksync-solc
-          else
-            echo "Skipping github release creation for beta tag"
-          fi
-
-      - name: Create the MM Message
-        env:
-          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-        run: |
-          gh -R matter-labs/hardhat-zksync release view "$GITHUB_REF_NAME" --json tagName,body --template '## {{.tagName}} {{"\n"}}{{.body}}' > ./release_info
-          jq --null-input --arg text "$(cat ./release_info)" '{"text": $text}' > mattermost.json
-
-      - uses: mattermost/action-mattermost-notify@master
-        env:
-          MATTERMOST_USERNAME: "Hardhat Release Bot"
-          MATTERMOST_WEBHOOK_URL: ${{ secrets.MATTERMOST_URL }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish-zksync-ethers.yaml b/.github/workflows/publish-zksync-ethers.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 764756312..000000000
--- a/.github/workflows/publish-zksync-ethers.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,59 +0,0 @@
-name: Publish zksync-ethers plugin
-
-on:
-  push:
-    tags:
-      - '@matterlabs/hardhat-zksync-ethers@*'
-
-jobs:
-  publish:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
-
-      - uses: actions/setup-node@v3
-        with:
-          node-version: '16'
-          registry-url: 'https://registry.npmjs.org'
-          cache: 'yarn'
-
-      - name: Setup environment
-        run: yarn && yarn build
-
-      - name: Publish
-        env:
-          NODE_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPMJS_NPM_MATTERLABS_AUTOMATION_TOKEN }}
-        run: |
-          if [[ ${{ github.ref }} == *"beta"* ]]; then
-            echo "Publishing package with beta tag"
-            npm publish @matterlabs/hardhat-zksync-ethers --tag beta --workspace=packages/hardhat-zksync-ethers --access=public
-          elif [[ ${{ github.ref }} == *"alpha"* ]]; then
-            echo "Publishing package with alpha tag"
-            npm publish @matterlabs/hardhat-zksync-ethers --tag alpha --workspace=packages/hardhat-zksync-ethers --access=public
-          else
-            echo "Publishing package with latest tag"
-            npm publish @matterlabs/hardhat-zksync-ethers --tag latest --workspace=packages/hardhat-zksync-ethers --access=public
-          fi
-
-      - name: Create github release from tags
-        env:
-          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-        run: |
-          if [[ ${{ github.ref }} != *"beta"* ]] && [[ ${{ github.ref }} != *"alpha"* ]]; then
-            node scripts/create-release-from-tags/run.js --package hardhat-zksync-ethers
-          else
-            echo "Skipping github release creation for beta and alpha tags"
-          fi
-
-      - name: Create the MM Message
-        env:
-          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-        run: |
-          gh -R matter-labs/hardhat-zksync release view "$GITHUB_REF_NAME" --json tagName,body --template '## {{.tagName}} {{"\n"}}{{.body}}' > ./release_info
-          jq --null-input --arg text "$(cat ./release_info)" '{"text": $text}' > mattermost.json
-
-      - uses: mattermost/action-mattermost-notify@master
-        env:
-          MATTERMOST_USERNAME: "Hardhat Release Bot"
-          MATTERMOST_WEBHOOK_URL: ${{ secrets.MATTERMOST_URL }}
-
diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish-zkvyper-verify.yml b/.github/workflows/publish-zkvyper-verify.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 9d4ab8f89..000000000
--- a/.github/workflows/publish-zkvyper-verify.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,58 +0,0 @@
-name: Publish zkvyper verify plugin
-
-on:
-  push:
-    tags:
-      - '@matterlabs/hardhat-zksync-verify-vyper@*'
-
-jobs:
-  publish:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
-
-      - uses: actions/setup-node@v3
-        with:
-          node-version: '16'
-          registry-url: 'https://registry.npmjs.org'
-          cache: 'yarn'
-
-      - name: Setup environment
-        run: yarn && yarn build
-
-      - name: Publish
-        env:
-          NODE_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPMJS_NPM_MATTERLABS_AUTOMATION_TOKEN }}
-        run: |
-          if [[ ${{ github.ref }} == *"beta"* ]]; then
-            echo "Publishing package with beta tag"
-            npm publish @matterlabs/hardhat-zksync-verify-vyper --tag beta --workspace=packages/hardhat-zksync-verify-vyper --access=public
-          elif [[ ${{ github.ref }} == *"alpha"* ]]; then
-            echo "Publishing package with alpha tag"
-            npm publish @matterlabs/hardhat-zksync-verify-vyper --tag alpha --workspace=packages/hardhat-zksync-verify-vyper --access=public
-          else
-            echo "Publishing package with latest tag"
-            npm publish @matterlabs/hardhat-zksync-verify-vyper --tag latest --workspace=packages/hardhat-zksync-verify-vyper --access=public
-          fi
-
-      - name: Create github release from tags
-        env:
-          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-        run: |
-          if [[ ${{ github.ref }} != *"beta"* ]]; then
-            node scripts/create-release-from-tags/run.js --package hardhat-zksync-verify-vyper
-          else
-            echo "Skipping github release creation for beta tag"
-          fi
-
-      - name: Create the MM Message
-        env:
-          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-        run: |
-          gh -R matter-labs/hardhat-zksync release view "$GITHUB_REF_NAME" --json tagName,body --template '## {{.tagName}} {{"\n"}}{{.body}}' > ./release_info
-          jq --null-input --arg text "$(cat ./release_info)" '{"text": $text}' > mattermost.json
-
-      - uses: mattermost/action-mattermost-notify@master
-        env:
-          MATTERMOST_USERNAME: "Hardhat Release Bot"
-          MATTERMOST_WEBHOOK_URL: ${{ secrets.MATTERMOST_URL }}
diff --git a/scripts/create-release-from-tags/index.js b/scripts/create-release-from-tags/index.js
deleted file mode 100644
index e357abe3c..000000000
--- a/scripts/create-release-from-tags/index.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,187 +0,0 @@
-import { Command } from 'commander';
-import spawn from '@npmcli/promise-spawn';
-import getPackages from 'get-monorepo-packages';
-import path from 'path';
-import fs from 'fs';
-
-/**
- *
- * @returns list of tags based on package name
- * @example ["@matterlabs/hardhat-zksync-solc@0.3.15", "@matterlabs/hardhat-zksync-solc@0.3.16"]
- */
-const getCurrentGitTagsForPackage = async (packageName) => {
-    const { stdout, stderr, code } = await spawn('git', [
-        'tag',
-        '--points-at',
-        'HEAD',
-        '--column',
-    ]);
-
-    if (code !== 0) {
-        throw new Error(stderr.toString());
-    }
-
-    return parseRawTags(stdout.toString(), packageName);
-};
-
-const getChangelogPath = (packageName) => {
-    const result = getPackages('.').find((p) => p.package.name.includes(packageName));
-    if (!result) {
-        throw new Error(`could not find package with name: ${packageName}.`);
-    }
-
-    let changelogPath;
-    for (const fileName of ['CHANGELOG.MD', 'CHANGELOG.md']) {
-        const myPath = path.join(result.location, fileName);
-        const pathExists = fs.existsSync(myPath);
-        if (pathExists) {
-            changelogPath = myPath;
-            break;
-        }
-    }
-
-    if (!changelogPath) {
-        console.log(`could not find changelog path for ${result.location}`);
-    }
-
-    return changelogPath;
-};
-
-/**
- *
- * @returns list of tags
- * @example ["@matterlabs/hardhat-zksync-solc@0.3.16", "@matterlabs/hardhat-zksync-deploy@0.6.3"]
- */
-const createGithubRelease = async (tag, releaseNotes) => {
-    let args = ['release', 'create', tag, '--title', tag, '--notes', releaseNotes || ''];
-
-    if(tag.includes("alpha") || tag.includes("beta")) {
-        args.push('--prerelease');
-    }
-    
-    const { stderr, code } = await spawn('gh', args);
-
-    if (code !== 0) {
-        throw new Error(stderr.toString());
-    }
-};
-
-/**
- *
- * @param rawTag - ex. "@matterlabs/hardhat-zksync-solc@0.3.16"
- */
-const extractPartsFromTag = (rawTag) => {
-    const [name, version] = rawTag.split(/@(\d.*)/);
-    if (!name || !version) {
-        return undefined;
-    }
-
-    return {
-        name,
-        versionNumber: version?.replace('\n', ''),
-        raw: rawTag,
-    };
-};
-
-/**
- * Removes nullish values.
- */
-const exists = (value) => {
-    return value != null && value !== undefined;
-};
-
-/**
- *
- * @param rawTags - string delimited list of tags (e.g. `@matterlabs/hardhat-zksync-solc@0.3.16 @matterlabs/hardhat-zksync-deploy@0.6.3`)
- */
-const parseRawTags = (rawTags, packageName) => {
-    let tags = rawTags.trim().split(' ').map(extractPartsFromTag).filter(exists);
-
-    if (packageName) {
-        tags = tags.filter((tag) => tag.name.includes(packageName));
-    }
-
-    return tags;
-};
-
-/**
- *
- * @returns the release notes that correspond to a given tag.
- */
-export const parseReleaseNotes = (
-    changelogText,
-    versionNumber
-) => {
-    const h2tag = /(##\s.*\d.*)/gi;
-    let begin;
-    let end;
-
-    changelogText.split('\n').forEach((line, idx) => {
-        if (begin && end) {
-            return;
-        }
-        if (line.includes(versionNumber)) {
-            begin = idx + 1;
-        } else if (begin && h2tag.test(line)) {
-            end = idx - 1;
-        }
-    });
-
-    const result = changelogText.split('\n').filter((_, idx) => {
-        return idx >= begin && idx <= (end ?? Infinity);
-    });
-
-    return result.join('\n');
-};
-
-const getReleaseNotes = (tag) => {
-    const { name, versionNumber } = tag;
-    const changelogPath = getChangelogPath(name);
-    if (!changelogPath) {
-        console.log(`no changelog path for ${name}... skipping.`);
-        return;
-    }
-
-    const changelogText = fs.readFileSync(changelogPath, { encoding: 'utf8' });
-    const releaseNotes = parseReleaseNotes(changelogText, versionNumber);
-    if (!releaseNotes) {
-        console.log(
-            `Could not find release notes for tags ${tag.raw} in ${changelogPath}.`
-        );
-    };
-
-    return releaseNotes;
-};
-
-const createGithubReleaseFromTag = async (tag) => {
-    const notes = getReleaseNotes(tag);
-    if (notes) {
-        console.log(
-            `\n ---> Outputting release titled: ${tag.raw} with notes: \n ${notes}`
-        )
-    }
-
-    await createGithubRelease(tag.raw, notes);
-};
-
-const createReleaseFromTags = async (tags) => {
-    console.log('Processing tags:', tags, '\n');
-
-    for (const tag of tags) {
-        await createGithubReleaseFromTag(tag);
-    }
-};
-
-export async function main() {
-    const program = new Command();
-
-    program
-        .name('create-github-release-from-tags')
-        .option('-p, --package <package>', 'Package name to create release for')
-        .action(async (cmd) => {
-            const tags = await getCurrentGitTagsForPackage(cmd.package);
-            return createReleaseFromTags(tags);
-        });
-
-    await program.parseAsync(process.argv);
-}
diff --git a/scripts/create-release-from-tags/run.js b/scripts/create-release-from-tags/run.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 24501cb9e..000000000
--- a/scripts/create-release-from-tags/run.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-import { main } from './index.js';
-
-main()
-    .then(() => process.exit(0))
-    .catch((err) => {
-        console.error('Error: ', err);
-        process.exit(1);
-    });