diff --git a/.github/workflows/bump-version.yml b/.github/workflows/bump-version.yml
index 9214e4c5241..3e5f74e47a7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/bump-version.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/bump-version.yml
@@ -5,6 +5,12 @@ on:
       version:
         required: true
         default: '7.x.x'
+  workflow_call:
+    inputs:
+      version_call:
+        description: Needs to match, exactly, the name of a version
+        required: true
+        type: string
 jobs:
   main:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
@@ -34,13 +40,13 @@ jobs:
           echo "::set-output name=branch_exist::$(git ls-remote --heads https://github.com/grafana/grafana.git v${{ steps.regex-match.outputs.group1 }}.x | wc -l)"
 
       - name: Check input version is aligned with branch(not main)
-        if: steps.intermedia.outputs.branch_exist != '0' && !contains(steps.intermedia.outputs.short_ref, steps.intermedia.outputs.branch_name)
+        if: ${{ github.event.inputs.version != '' }} && steps.intermedia.outputs.branch_exist != '0' && !contains(steps.intermedia.outputs.short_ref, steps.intermedia.outputs.branch_name)
         run: |
           echo " You need to run the workflow on branch v${{steps.regex-match.outputs.group1}}.x
           exit 1
 
       - name: Check input version is aligned with branch(main)
-        if: steps.intermedia.outputs.branch_exist == '0' && !contains(steps.intermedia.outputs.short_ref, 'main')
+        if: ${{ github.event.inputs.version != '' }} && steps.intermedia.outputs.branch_exist == '0' && !contains(steps.intermedia.outputs.short_ref, 'main')
         run: |
           echo "When you want to deliver a new new minor version, you might want to create a new branch first \
           with naming convention v[major].[minor].x, and just run the workflow on that branch. \
@@ -58,8 +64,17 @@ jobs:
           node-version: '14'
       - name: Install Actions
         run: npm install --production --prefix ./actions
-      - name: Run bump version
+      - name: Run bump version (manually invoked)
+        if: ${{ github.event.inputs.version != '' }}
         uses: ./actions/bump-version
         with:
+          version: ${{ github.event.inputs.version }}
+          token: ${{secrets.GH_BOT_ACCESS_TOKEN}}
+          metricsWriteAPIKey: ${{secrets.GRAFANA_MISC_STATS_API_KEY}}
+      - name: Run bump version (workflow invoked)
+        if: ${{ inputs.version_call != '' }}
+        uses: ./actions/bump-version
+        with:
+          version: ${{ inputs.version_call }}
           token: ${{secrets.GH_BOT_ACCESS_TOKEN}}
           metricsWriteAPIKey: ${{secrets.GRAFANA_MISC_STATS_API_KEY}}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/close-milestone.yml b/.github/workflows/close-milestone.yml
index 98ce372db3d..b8fadcb4555 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/close-milestone.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/close-milestone.yml
@@ -5,6 +5,12 @@ on:
       version:
         required: true
         description: Needs to match, exactly, the name of a milestone
+  workflow_call:
+    inputs:
+      version_call:
+        description: Needs to match, exactly, the name of a milestone
+        required: true
+        type: string        
 jobs:
   main:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
@@ -17,7 +23,15 @@ jobs:
           ref: main
       - name: Install Actions
         run: npm install --production --prefix ./actions
-      - name: Close milestone
+      - name: Close milestone (manually invoked)
+        if: ${{ github.event.inputs.version != '' }}
         uses: ./actions/close-milestone
         with:
+          version: ${{ github.event.inputs.version }}
+          token: ${{secrets.GH_BOT_ACCESS_TOKEN}}
+      - name: Close milestone (workflow invoked)
+        if: ${{ inputs.version_call != '' }}
+        uses: ./actions/close-milestone
+        with:
+          version: ${{ inputs.version_call }}
           token: ${{secrets.GH_BOT_ACCESS_TOKEN}}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/prepare-release.yml b/.github/workflows/prepare-release.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b53d58ee518
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/prepare-release.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+name: Prepare release
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      version_input:
+        description: 'The version to be released please respect: major.minor.patch or major.minor.patch-beta.number format. example: 7.4.3 or 7.4.3-beta.1'
+        required: true
+
+jobs:
+  call-remove-milestone:
+    uses: grafana/grafana/.github/workflows/remove-milestone.yml@main
+    with:
+      version_call: ${{ github.event.inputs.version_input }}
+  call-close-milestone:
+    uses: grafana/grafana/.github/workflows/close-milestone.yml@main
+    with:
+      version_call: ${{ github.event.inputs.version_input }}
+    needs: call-remove-milestone
+  call-bump-version:
+    uses: grafana/grafana/.github/workflows/bump-version.yml@main
+    with:
+      version_call: ${{ github.event.inputs.version_input }}
+    needs: call-close-milestone
+  call-update-changelog:
+    uses: grafana/grafana/.github/workflows/update-changelog.yml@main
+    with:
+      version_call: ${{ github.event.inputs.version_input }}
+    needs: call-bump-version
diff --git a/.github/workflows/remove-milestone.yml b/.github/workflows/remove-milestone.yml
index dfede7708d7..88078f581e8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/remove-milestone.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/remove-milestone.yml
@@ -5,6 +5,12 @@ on:
       version:
         required: true
         description: Needs to match, exactly, the name of a milestone
+  workflow_call:
+    inputs:
+      version_call:
+        description: Needs to match, exactly, the name of a milestone
+        required: true
+        type: string
 jobs:
   main:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
@@ -17,7 +23,15 @@ jobs:
           ref: main
       - name: Install Actions
         run: npm install --production --prefix ./actions
-      - name: Remove milestone from open issues
+      - name: Remove milestone from open issues (manually invoked)
+        if: ${{ github.event.inputs.version != '' }}
         uses: ./actions/remove-milestone
         with:
+          version: ${{ github.event.inputs.version }}
+          token: ${{secrets.GH_BOT_ACCESS_TOKEN}}
+      - name: Remove milestone from open issues (workflow invoked)
+        if: ${{ inputs.version_call != '' }}
+        uses: ./actions/remove-milestone
+        with:
+          version: ${{ inputs.version_call }}
           token: ${{secrets.GH_BOT_ACCESS_TOKEN}}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/update-changelog.yml b/.github/workflows/update-changelog.yml
index ecc7ff92015..53182429583 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/update-changelog.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/update-changelog.yml
@@ -5,6 +5,12 @@ on:
       version:
         required: true        
         description: Needs to match, exactly, the name of a milestone
+  workflow_call:
+    inputs:
+      version_call:
+        description: Needs to match, exactly, the name of a milestone
+        required: true
+        type: string        
 jobs:
   main:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
@@ -17,8 +23,17 @@ jobs:
           ref: main      
       - name: Install Actions
         run: npm install --production --prefix ./actions
-      - name: Run update changelog
+      - name: Run update changelog (manually invoked)
+        if: ${{ github.event.inputs.version != '' }}
         uses: ./actions/update-changelog
         with:
+          version: ${{ github.event.inputs.version }}
+          token: ${{secrets.GH_BOT_ACCESS_TOKEN}}
+          metricsWriteAPIKey: ${{secrets.GRAFANA_MISC_STATS_API_KEY}}
+      - name: Run update changelog (workflow invoked)
+        if: ${{ inputs.version_call != '' }}
+        uses: ./actions/update-changelog
+        with:
+          version: ${{ inputs.version_call }}
           token: ${{secrets.GH_BOT_ACCESS_TOKEN}}
           metricsWriteAPIKey: ${{secrets.GRAFANA_MISC_STATS_API_KEY}}