diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index cb920a080a..5e1db94fed 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -60,3 +60,16 @@ jobs:
 
     - name: Publish newrelic-infinite_tracing to rubygems.org
       run: ruby ./.github/workflows/scripts/rubygems-publish.rb infinite_tracing/newrelic-infinite_tracing
+
+    - name: Create release tags for Lambda and K8s Init Containers
+      uses: dev-hanz-ops/install-gh-cli-action@c78dbed4be2f8d6133a14a9a597ee12fd4ed5c93 # v3
+      with:
+        gh-cli-version: 2.63.2
+      run: |
+        gh auth login --with-token <<< $GH_RELEASE_TOKEN
+        echo "newrelic/newrelic-lambda-layers - Releasing New Relic Ruby Agent ${GITHUB_REF}.0 with tag ${GITHUB_REF}.0_ruby"
+        gh create release "${GITHUB_REF}.0_ruby" -t "New Relic Ruby Agent ${GITHUB_REF}.0" --repo=newrelic/newrelic-lambda-layers
+        echo "newrelic/newrelic-agent-init-container - Releasing New Relic Ruby Agent ${GITHUB_REF}.0 with tag ${GITHUB_REF}.0_ruby"
+        gh create release "${GITHUB_REF}.0_ruby" -t "New Relic Ruby Agent ${GITHUB_REF}.0" --repo=newrelic/newrelic-agent-init-container
+      env:
+        GH_RELEASE_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GH_RELEASE_TOKEN }}