diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-process_feature-freeze.yml b/.github/workflows/release-process_feature-freeze.yml
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+name: Feature Freeze
+run-name: Feature freeze Cura ${{ inputs.cura_version }} by @${{ github.actor }}
+
+on:
+  workflow_call:
+    inputs:
+      cura_version:
+        description: 'Cura version major and minor, e.g. 5.7'
+        required: true
+        type: string
+
+jobs:
+  parse-version:
+    name: Parse input version string
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    outputs:
+      package_version: ${{ steps.version_parser.outputs.major }}.${{ steps.version_parser.outputs.minor }}.0
+      branch_name: ${{ steps.version_parser.outputs.major }}.${{ steps.version_parser.outputs.minor }}
+    steps:
+      - name: Parse version string
+        id: version_parser
+        uses: booxmedialtd/ws-action-parse-semver@v1.4.7
+        with:
+          input_string: ${{ inputs.cura_version }}
+
+  feature-freeze:
+    name: Process feature freeze
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    needs: [parse-version]
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        repository: [Cura, Uranium, CuraEngine, cura-binary-data, fdm_materials]
+        include:
+          - main_branch: main
+          - repository: Cura
+            main_branch: CURA-10769_automate_release_action
+          - repository: fdm_materials
+            main_branch: master
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout repo
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          repository: Ultimaker/${{ matrix.repository }}
+          ref: ${{ matrix.main_branch }}
+          token: ${{ secrets.CURA_AUTORELEASE_PAT }}
+
+      - name: Update conan package version
+        run: |
+          PACKAGE_VERSION=${{ needs.parse-version.outputs.package_version }}
+          sed -i "s/version:.*/version: \"$PACKAGE_VERSION\"/g" conandata.yml
+
+      - name: Update resources conan package version
+        if: ${{ matrix.repository == Cura }}
+        run: |
+          PACKAGE_VERSION=${{ needs.parse-version.outputs.package_version }}
+          sed -i "s/version:.*/version: \"$PACKAGE_VERSION\"/g" resources/conandata.yml
+
+      - name: Create branch and commit
+        uses: stefanzweifel/git-auto-commit-action@v5.0.1
+        with:
+          commit_message: Set conan package version ${{ needs.parse-version.outputs.package_version }}
+          file_pattern: conandata.yml
+          branch: ${{ needs.parse-version.outputs.branch_name }}
+          create_branch: true
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-process_release-candidate.yml b/.github/workflows/release-process_release-candidate.yml
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+name: Prepare Release Candidate
+run-name: Release Candidate for Cura ${{ inputs.cura_version }} by @${{ github.actor }}
+
+on:
+  workflow_call:
+    inputs:
+      cura_version:
+        description: 'Cura version number, e.g. 5.7, 5.7.2 or 5.8.0-beta.2'
+        required: true
+        type: string
+
+jobs:
+  parse-version:
+    name: Parse input version string
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    outputs:
+      version_major: ${{ steps.version_parser.outputs.major }}
+      version_minor: ${{ steps.version_parser.outputs.minor }}
+      version_patch: ${{ steps.version_parser.outputs.patch }}
+      branch_name: ${{ steps.version_parser.outputs.major }}.${{ steps.version_parser.outputs.minor }}
+    steps:
+      - name: Parse version string
+        id: version_parser
+        uses: booxmedialtd/ws-action-parse-semver@v1.4.7
+        with:
+          input_string: ${{ inputs.cura_version }}
+
+  prepare-cura-repo:
+    name: Update dependencies and find RC tag name
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    needs: [parse-version]
+    outputs:
+      tag_name: ${{ steps.find-available-tag-name.outputs.tag_name }}
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout repo
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          ref: ${{ needs.parse-version.outputs.branch_name }}
+          fetch-tags: true
+          fetch-depth: 0
+
+      - name: Update Cura dependencies
+        run: |
+          PACKAGE_VERSION=${{ inputs.cura_version }}
+          sed -i "s/\"uranium\/.*/\"uranium\/$PACKAGE_VERSION\"/g" conandata.yml
+          sed -i "s/\"cura_resources\/.*/\"cura_resources\/$PACKAGE_VERSION\"/g" conandata.yml
+          sed -i "s/\"curaengine\/.*/\"curaengine\/$PACKAGE_VERSION\"/g" conandata.yml
+          sed -i "s/\"cura_binary_data\/.*/\"cura_binary_data\/$PACKAGE_VERSION\"/g" conandata.yml
+          sed -i "s/\"fdm_materials\/.*/\"fdm_materials\/$PACKAGE_VERSION\"/g" conandata.yml
+
+      - name: Commit new dependencies versioning
+        uses: stefanzweifel/git-auto-commit-action@v5.0.1
+        with:
+          commit_message: Set dependencies version ${{ inputs.cura_version }}
+          file_pattern: conandata.yml
+
+      - name: Find available tag name
+        id: find-available-tag-name
+        run: |
+          VERSION=${{ inputs.cura_version }}
+
+          RC_INDEX=0
+          while
+            RC_INDEX=$((RC_INDEX+1))
+            TAG_NAME="$VERSION-RC$RC_INDEX"
+            [[ $(git tag -l "$TAG_NAME") ]]
+          do true; done
+
+          echo "tag_name=$TAG_NAME" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+
+  create-tags:
+    name: Create tags
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    needs: [parse-version, prepare-cura-repo]
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        repository: [Cura, Uranium, CuraEngine, cura-binary-data, fdm_materials]
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout repo
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          repository: Ultimaker/${{ matrix.repository }}
+          ref: ${{ needs.parse-version.outputs.branch_name }}
+          token: ${{ secrets.CURA_AUTORELEASE_PAT }}
+
+      - name: Create tag
+        run: |
+          git tag ${{ needs.prepare-cura-repo.outputs.tag_name }}
+          git push origin tag ${{ needs.prepare-cura-repo.outputs.tag_name }}
+
+  create-dependencies-packages:
+    name: Create conan packages for dependencies
+    uses: ultimaker/cura-workflows/.github/workflows/conan-package-release.yml@CURA-10769_automate_release_action
+    needs: [parse-version, prepare-cura-repo]
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        repository: [Cura, Uranium, CuraEngine, cura-binary-data, fdm_materials]
+        include:
+          - conan_recipe_root: "."
+          - repository: Cura
+            conan_recipe_root: "resources"
+    with:
+      repository: ${{ matrix.repository }}
+      ref_name: ${{ needs.parse-version.outputs.branch_name }}
+      version: ${{ inputs.cura_version }}
+      conan_release: true
+      conan_user_channel: ultimaker/stable
+      conan_internal: false
+      conan_latest: true
+      conan_recipe_root: ${{ matrix.conan_recipe_root }}
+    secrets: inherit
+
+  create-cura-package:
+    name: Create conan package for Cura
+    uses: ultimaker/cura-workflows/.github/workflows/conan-package-release.yml@CURA-10769_automate_release_action
+    needs: [parse-version, create-dependencies-packages]
+    with:
+      repository: Cura
+      ref_name: ${{ needs.parse-version.outputs.branch_name }}
+      version: ${{ inputs.cura_version }}
+      conan_release: true
+      conan_user_channel: ultimaker/stable
+      conan_internal: false
+      conan_latest: true
+    secrets: inherit
+
+  create-installers:
+    name: Create installers
+    uses: ./.github/workflows/installers.yml@CURA-10769_automate_release_action
+    needs: [parse-version, create-cura-package]
+    with:
+      cura_conan_version: cura/${{ inputs.cura_version }}@/
+      enterprise: false
+      staging: false
+      nightly: false
+    secrets: inherit
+
+  create-release-draft:
+    name: Create the release draft
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    needs: [create-installers, parse-version]
+    steps:
+      - name: Download artifacts
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v4.1.7
+          with:
+            path: artifacts
+            merge-multiple: true
+
+      - name: Checkout Cura repo
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          ref: ${{ needs.parse-version.outputs.branch_name }}
+
+      - name: Extract changelog
+        run: python ./scripts/extract_changelog.py --version ${{ needs.parse-version.outputs.version_major }}.${{ needs.parse-version.outputs.version_minor }}.${{ needs.parse-version.outputs.version_patch }} --changelog ./resources/texts/change_log.txt > formatted_changelog.txt
+
+      - name: Get commit id for release
+        id: get-commit-id
+        uses: iawia002/get-tag-or-commit-id@v1.0.1
+        with:
+          length: 40
+
+      - name: Create release
+        uses: notpeelz/action-gh-create-release@v5.0.1
+        with:
+          target: ${{ steps.get-commit-id.outputs.id }}
+          tag: ${{ inputs.cura_version }}
+          strategy: replace
+          title: UltiMaker Cura ${{ inputs.cura_version }}
+          draft: true
+          body-source: file
+          body: formatted_changelog.txt
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-process_tester.yml b/.github/workflows/release-process_tester.yml
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+name: Test release actions
+run-name: Test
+
+on:
+  push
+
+jobs:
+  test-feature-freeze:
+    uses: ultimaker/cura-workflows/.github/workflows/release-process_feature-freeze.yml@CURA-10769_automate_release_action
+    with:
+      cura_version: 255.124
+    secrets: inherit
+
+  test-release-candidate:
+    uses: ultimaker/cura-workflows/.github/workflows/release-process_release-candidate.yml@CURA-10769_automate_release_action
+    needs: [test-feature-freeze]
+    with:
+      cura_version: 255.124.0-beta.1
+    secrets: inherit
diff --git a/scripts/extract_changelog.py b/scripts/extract_changelog.py
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+import argparse
+import re
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description = 'Extract the changelog to be inserted to the release description')
+    parser.add_argument('--changelog', type = str, help = 'Path to the changelog file', required = True)
+    parser.add_argument('--version', type = str, help = 'Cura version to be extracted', required = True)
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+
+    start_token = f"[{args.version}]"
+    pattern_stop_log = "\[\d+(\.\d+){1,2}\]"
+    log_line = False
+    first_chapter = True
+
+    with open(args.changelog, "r") as changelog_file:
+        for line in changelog_file.readlines():
+            line = line.strip()
+
+            if log_line:
+                if re.match(pattern_stop_log, line):
+                    log_line = False
+                elif len(line) > 0:
+                    if line.startswith('*'):
+                        if not first_chapter:
+                            print("")
+                        first_chapter = False
+
+                        line = line[1:].strip()
+                        print(f"<H2>{line}</H2>\n")
+                    else:
+                        print(line)
+            elif line == start_token:
+                log_line = True