diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish-gcp-oidc-enclave-docker.yaml b/.github/workflows/publish-gcp-oidc-enclave-docker.yaml
index 253ccb420..b5f52323f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish-gcp-oidc-enclave-docker.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish-gcp-oidc-enclave-docker.yaml
@@ -117,13 +117,27 @@ jobs:
           echo "jar_version=$(mvn help:evaluate -Dexpression=project.version | grep -e '^[1-9][^\[]')" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
           echo "git_commit=$(git show --format="%h" --no-patch)" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
           cp -r target ${{ env.DOCKER_CONTEXT_PATH }}/
-          
-      - name: E2E
-        uses: ./.github/workflows/run-e2e-tests-on-operator.yaml
-        with:
-          operator_image_version: ${{ steps.updatePom.outputs.image_tag }}
-          operator_branch: ${{ github.ref }}
 
+  e2e:
+    name: E2E
+    uses: ./.github/workflows/run-e2e-tests-on-operator.yaml
+    needs: buildImage
+    with:
+      operator_type: gcp
+      operator_image_version: ${{ needs.buildImage.outputs.image_tag }}
+      operator_branch: ${{ github.ref }}
+    secrets: inherit
+  
+  release:
+    name: Create releases
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      contents: write
+      security-events: write
+      packages: write
+      pull-requests: write
+    needs: e2e
+    steps:
       - name: Commit pom.xml and version.json
         if: ${{ inputs.version_number_input == '' && steps.checkRelease.outputs.IS_RELEASE != 'true' }} 
         uses: EndBug/add-and-commit@v9