diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-deploy-prod.yml b/.github/workflows/build-deploy-prod.yml
index 4f14a7c..afabcd9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-deploy-prod.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-deploy-prod.yml
@@ -4,10 +4,11 @@
 name: Build & Deploy PROD
 
 on:
-  push:
-    tags:
-      - 'v*'
-  workflow_dispatch:
+  workflow_call:
+    inputs:
+      tag:
+        required: true
+        type: string
 
 env:
   AWS_REGION: ${{ secrets.AWS_REGION }}
@@ -21,9 +22,10 @@ jobs:
   build:
     name: build_deploy_prod
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
     permissions:
-          id-token: write
-          contents: write
+      contents: read
+      id-token: write
 
     steps:
       # download the source code into the runner
@@ -39,6 +41,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           role-to-assume: arn:aws:iam::${{ env.AWS_ACCOUNT_ID }}:role/github-actions-role
           aws-region: ${{ env.AWS_REGION }}
+          role-session-name: GithubActions
 
       # gather metadata from git & github actions to reference in docker
       - name: git & github metadata
@@ -70,4 +73,3 @@ jobs:
           service: ${{ env.ECS_SERVICE }}
           cluster: ${{ env.ECS_CLUSTER }}
           wait-for-service-stability: true
-          
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diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 11fc62b..6e18691 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -1,18 +1,27 @@
 # Copyright 2020 ChainSafe Systems
-# SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-3.0-only
-
-name: Release
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-3.0-only      
+name: Deploy Release
 on:
   push:
     branches:
-      - main
-
+      - main   
 jobs:
-  release-please:
+  release:
+    permissions: write-all
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    outputs:
+      release_created: ${{ steps.release.outputs.release_created }}
+      tag: ${{ steps.release.outputs.tag_name }}
     steps:
       - uses: GoogleCloudPlatform/release-please-action@v3.1
-        id: release
+        id: release                                
         with:
           release-type: go
-          
+          token: ${{secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN}}
+
+  deploy-services:
+    needs: release
+    uses: ChainSafe/nodewatch-api/.github/workflows/build-deploy-prod.yml@main
+    if: ${{ needs.release.outputs.release_created }}
+    with:   
+      tag: ${{ needs.release.outputs.tag }}