diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yaml b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
index 761123d4e9..78343e17cd 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
@@ -18,37 +18,50 @@ jobs:
           app-id: "${{ secrets.BOT_APP_ID }}"
           private-key: "${{ secrets.BOT_APP_PRIVATE_KEY }}"
 
-      - name: Checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: Get Previous Release Tag and Determine Next Tag
+        id: determine-next-tag
+        uses: actions/github-script@v7
         with:
-          token: "${{ steps.app-token.outputs.token }}"
+          github-token: "${{ steps.app-token.outputs.token }}"
+          result-encoding: string
+          script: |
+            const { data: releases } = await github.rest.repos.listReleases({
+              owner: context.repo.owner,
+              repo: context.repo.repo,
+              per_page: 1,
+            });
+
+            let previousTag = "0.0.0"; // Default if no previous release exists
+            if (releases.length > 0) {
+              previousTag = releases[0].tag_name;
+            }
+
+            const [previousMajor, previousMinor, previousPatch] = previousTag.split('.').map(Number);
+            const currentYear = new Date().getFullYear();
+            const currentMonth = new Date().getMonth() + 1; // Months are 0-indexed in JavaScript
+
+            const nextMajorMinor = `${currentYear}.${currentMonth}`;
+            let nextPatch;
+
+            if (`${previousMajor}.${previousMinor}` === nextMajorMinor) {
+              console.log("Month release already exists for the year. Incrementing patch number by 1.");
+              nextPatch = previousPatch + 1;
+            } else {
+              console.log("Month release does not exist for the year. Starting with patch number 0.");
+              nextPatch = 0;
+            }
+
+            return `${nextMajorMinor}.${nextPatch}`;
 
       - name: Create Release
-        env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: "${{ steps.app-token.outputs.token }}"
-        run: |
-          # Retrieve previous release tag
-          previous_tag="$(gh release list --limit 1 --json tagName --jq '.[0].tagName')"
-          if [[ -z "${previous_tag}" ]]; then
-              echo "No previous release found. Starting with the first release of the year and month."
-              previous_tag="0.0.0"
-          fi
-          # Parse previous release tag into components
-          previous_major=$(cut -d. -f1 <<<"${previous_tag}")
-          previous_minor=$(cut -d. -f2 <<<"${previous_tag}")
-          previous_patch=$(cut -d. -f3 <<<"${previous_tag}")
-          # Determine next release tag components
-          next_major_minor="$(date +'%Y').$(date +'%-m')"
-          if [[ "${previous_major}.${previous_minor}" == "${next_major_minor}" ]]; then
-              echo "Month release already exists for year, incrementing patch number by 1"
-              next_patch="$((previous_patch + 1))"
-          else
-              echo "Month release does not exist for year, setting patch number to 0"
-              next_patch="0"
-          fi
-          # Create release
-          release_tag="${next_major_minor}.${next_patch}"
-          gh release create "${release_tag}" \
-              --repo="${GITHUB_REPOSITORY}" \
-              --title="${release_tag}" \
-              --generate-notes
+        uses: actions/github-script@v7
+        with:
+          github-token: "${{ steps.app-token.outputs.token }}"
+          script: |
+            await github.rest.repos.createRelease({
+              owner: context.repo.owner,
+              repo: context.repo.repo,
+              tag_name: "${{ steps.determine-next-tag.outputs.result }}",
+              name: "${{ steps.determine-next-tag.outputs.result }}",
+              generate_release_notes: true,
+            });