diff --git a/.github/actions/create-github-release/action.yml b/.github/actions/create-github-release/action.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..92e0ad641771
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/actions/create-github-release/action.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+name: Create GitHub Release
+inputs:
+  milestone:
+    description: Name of the GitHub milestone for which a release will be created
+    required: true
+  token:
+    description: Token to use for authentication with GitHub
+    required: true
+runs:
+  using: composite
+  steps:
+    - name: Generate Changelog
+      uses: spring-io/github-changelog-generator@052892c62af51f8af87a9da6de55e70864b7df12
+      with:
+        milestone: ${{ inputs.milestone }}
+        token: ${{ inputs.token }}
+        config-file: ${{ github.action_path }}/changelog-generator.yml
+    - name: Create GitHub Release
+      env:
+        GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ inputs.token }}
+      run: gh release create ${{ github.ref_name }} --notes-file changelog.md
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diff --git a/.github/actions/create-github-release/changelog-generator.yml b/.github/actions/create-github-release/changelog-generator.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..67db9ca4f9d7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/actions/create-github-release/changelog-generator.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+changelog:
+  repository: spring-projects/spring-boot
+  sections:
+    - title: ":star: New Features"
+      labels:
+        - "type: enhancement"
+    - title: ":lady_beetle: Bug Fixes"
+      labels:
+        - "type: bug"
+        - "type: regression"
+    - title: ":notebook_with_decorative_cover: Documentation"
+      labels:
+        - "type: documentation"
+    - title: ":hammer: Dependency Upgrades"
+      sort: "title"
+      labels:
+        - "type: dependency-upgrade"
+  issues:
+    ports:
+      - label: "status: forward-port"
+        bodyExpression: 'Forward port of issue #(\d+).*'
+      - label: "status: back-port"
+        bodyExpression: 'Back port of issue #(\d+).*'
diff --git a/.github/actions/publish-gradle-plugin/action.yml b/.github/actions/publish-gradle-plugin/action.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..599286656813
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/actions/publish-gradle-plugin/action.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+name: Publish Gradle Plugin
+description: Publishes Spring Boot's Gradle plugin to the Plugin Portal
+inputs:
+  jfrog-cli-config-token:
+    description: 'Config token for the JFrog CLI'
+    type: string
+    required: true
+  plugin-version:
+    description: 'Version of the plugin'
+    type: string
+    required: true
+  gradle-plugin-publish-key:
+    description: 'Gradle publishing key'
+    type: string
+    required: true
+  gradle-plugin-publish-secret:
+    description: 'Gradle publishing secret'
+    type: string
+    required: true
+runs:
+  using: composite
+  steps:
+    - name: Set Up JFrog CLI
+      uses: jfrog/setup-jfrog-cli@d82fe26823e1f25529250895d5673f65b02af085 # v4.0.1
+      env:
+        JF_ENV_SPRING: ${{ inputs.jfrog-cli-config-token }}
+    - name: Download Artifacts
+      shell: bash
+      run: jf rt download --spec ${{ format('{0}/artifacts.spec', github.action_path) }} --spec-vars 'buildName=${{ format('spring-boot-{0}', inputs.plugin-version) }};buildNumber=${{ github.run_number }}'
+    - name: Publish
+      shell: bash
+      run: >
+        ./gradlew publishExisting
+          -p ${{ github.action_path }}
+          -Pgradle.publish.key=${{ inputs.gradle-plugin-publish-key }}
+          -Pgradle.publish.secret=${{ inputs.gradle-plugin-publish-secret }}
+          -PbootVersion=${{ inputs.plugin-version }}
+          -PrepositoryRoot=$(pwd)/repository
diff --git a/.github/actions/publish-gradle-plugin/artifacts.spec b/.github/actions/publish-gradle-plugin/artifacts.spec
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..464fab51ee99
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/actions/publish-gradle-plugin/artifacts.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+{
+  "files": [
+    {
+      "aql": {
+        "items.find": {
+          "$and": [
+            {
+              "@build.name": "${buildName}",
+              "@build.number": "${buildNumber}",
+              "path": {
+                "$match": "org/springframework/boot/spring-boot-gradle-plugin/*"
+              }
+            }
+          ]
+        }
+      },
+      "target": "repository/"
+    }
+  ]
+}
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diff --git a/.github/actions/publish-gradle-plugin/build.gradle b/.github/actions/publish-gradle-plugin/build.gradle
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..bff025a7e443
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/actions/publish-gradle-plugin/build.gradle
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+plugins {
+	id "com.gradle.plugin-publish" version "1.2.1"
+}
+
+tasks.register("publishExisting", com.gradle.publish.PublishExistingTask) {
+	pluginId = "org.springframework.boot"
+	fileRepositoryRoot = new File("${repositoryRoot}")
+	pluginVersion = "${bootVersion}"
+	pluginCoordinates = "org.springframework.boot:spring-boot-gradle-plugin:${bootVersion}"
+	displayName = "Spring Boot Gradle Plugin"
+	pluginDescription = "Spring Boot Gradle Plugin"
+	website = "https://spring.io/projects/spring-boot"
+	vcsUrl = "https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-boot"
+}
diff --git a/.github/actions/publish-gradle-plugin/settings.gradle b/.github/actions/publish-gradle-plugin/settings.gradle
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e69de29bb2d1
diff --git a/.github/actions/publish-to-sdkman/action.yml b/.github/actions/publish-to-sdkman/action.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..189fcdb5725d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/actions/publish-to-sdkman/action.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+name: Publish to SDKMAN!
+description: Publishes the release as a new candidate version on SDKMAN!
+inputs:
+  sdkman-consumer-key:
+    description: 'Key for publishing to SDKMAN!'
+    required: true
+  sdkman-consumer-secret:
+    description: 'Secret for publishing to SDKMAN!'
+    required: true
+  spring-boot-version:
+    description: 'The version to publish'
+    required: true
+  make-default:
+    description: 'Whether the release should be made the default version'
+    required: false
+    default: false
+runs:
+  using: composite
+  steps:
+    - shell: bash
+      run: >
+        curl -X POST \
+          -H "Consumer-Key: ${{ inputs.sdkman-consumer-key }}"
+          -H "Consumer-Token: ${{ inputs.sdkman-consumer-token }}"
+          -H "Content-Type: application/json"
+          -H "Accept: application/json"
+          -d '{"candidate": "springboot", "version": "${{ inputs.spring-boot-version }}", "url": "${{ format('https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/org/springframework/boot/spring-boot-cli/{0}/spring-boot-cli-{0}-bin.zip', inputs.spring-boot-version)"}'
+          https://vendors.sdkman.io/release
+    - shell: bash
+      if: ${{ inputs.make-default }}
+      run: >
+        curl -X POST \
+          -H "Consumer-Key: ${{ inputs.sdkman-consumer-key }}"
+          -H "Consumer-Token: ${{ inputs.sdkman-consumer-token }}"
+          -H "Content-Type: application/json"
+          -H "Accept: application/json"
+          -d '{"candidate": "springboot", "version": "${{ inputs.spring-boot-version }}"}'
+          https://vendors.sdkman.io/default
diff --git a/.github/actions/sync-to-maven-central/action.yml b/.github/actions/sync-to-maven-central/action.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..cfe61fbc70df
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/actions/sync-to-maven-central/action.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+name: Sync to Maven Central
+description: Syncs a release to Maven Central and waits for it to be available for use
+inputs:
+  jfrog-cli-config-token:
+    description: 'Config token for the JFrog CLI'
+    type: string
+    required: true
+  spring-boot-version:
+    description: 'The version of Spring Boot that is being synced to Central'
+    type: string
+    required: true
+  ossrh-s01-token-username:
+    description: 'Username for authentication with s01.oss.sonatype.org'
+    type: string
+    required: true
+  ossrh-s01-token-password:
+    description: 'Password for authentication with s01.oss.sonatype.org'
+    type: string
+    required: true
+  ossrh-s01-staging-profile:
+    description: 'Staging profile to use when syncing to Central'
+    type: string
+    required: true
+runs:
+  using: composite
+  steps:
+    - name: Set Up JFrog CLI
+      uses: jfrog/setup-jfrog-cli@d82fe26823e1f25529250895d5673f65b02af085 # v4.0.1
+      env:
+        JF_ENV_SPRING: ${{ secrets.JF_ARTIFACTORY_SPRING }}
+    - name: Download Release Artifacts
+      run: jf rt download --spec ${{ format('{0}/artifacts.spec', github.action_path) }} --spec-vars 'buildName=${{ format('spring-boot-{0}', inputs.spring-boot-version) }};buildNumber=${{ github.run_number }}'
+    - name: Sync
+      uses: spring-io/nexus-sync-action@42477a2230a2f694f9eaa4643fa9e76b99b7ab84 # v0.0.1
+      with:
+        username: ${{ inputs.ossrh-s01-token-username }}
+        password: ${{ inputs.ossrh-s01-token-password }}
+        staging-profile-name: ${{ secrets.ossrh-s01-staging-profile }}
+        create: true
+        upload: true
+        close: true
+        release: true
+        generate-checksums: true
+    - name: Await
+      shell: bash
+      run: |
+        url=${{ format('https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/org/springframework/boot/spring-boot/{0}/spring-boot-{0}.jar', inputs.spring-boot-version) }}
+        echo "Waiting for $url"
+        until curl --fail --head --silent $url > /dev/null
+        do
+          echo "."
+          sleep 60
+        done
+        echo "$url is available"
diff --git a/.github/actions/sync-to-maven-central/artifacts.spec b/.github/actions/sync-to-maven-central/artifacts.spec
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..cec9fd913cdd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/actions/sync-to-maven-central/artifacts.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+{
+  "files": [
+    {
+      "aql": {
+        "items.find": {
+          "$and": [
+            {
+              "@build.name": "${buildName}",
+              "@build.number": "${buildNumber}",
+              "path": {
+                "$nmatch": "org/springframework/boot/spring-boot-docs/*"
+              }
+            }
+          ]
+        }
+      },
+      "target": "nexus/"
+    }
+  ]
+}
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diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..51844cd3bdaa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,121 @@
+name: Release
+on:
+  push:
+    tags:
+      - v3.1.[0-9]+
+concurrency:
+  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
+jobs:
+  build-and-stage-release:
+    if: ${{ github.repository == 'spring-projects/spring-boot' }}
+    name: Build and Stage Release
+    needs: get-version
+    runs-on: ubuntu22-8-32
+    steps:
+      - name: Check Out Code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: Build and Publish
+        uses: ./.github/actions/build
+        with:
+          gradle-enterprise-access-key: ${{ secrets.GRADLE_ENTERPRISE_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY }}
+          gradle-enterprise-cache-password: ${{ secrets.GRADLE_ENTERPRISE_CACHE_PASSWORD }}
+          gradle-enterprise-cache-user: ${{ secrets.GRADLE_ENTERPRISE_CACHE_USER }}
+          publish: true
+      - name: Stage Release
+        uses: spring-io/artifactory-deploy-action@26bbe925a75f4f863e1e529e85be2d0093cac116 # v0.0.1
+        with:
+          build-name: ${{ format('spring-boot-{0}', github.ref_name)}}
+          folder: 'deployment-repository'
+          password: ${{ secrets.ARTIFACTORY_PASSWORD }}
+          repository: 'libs-staging-local'
+          signing-key: ${{ secrets.GPG_PRIVATE_KEY }}
+          signing-passphrase: ${{ secrets.GPG_PASSPHRASE }}
+          uri: 'https://repo.spring.io'
+          username: ${{ secrets.ARTIFACTORY_USERNAME }}
+    outputs:
+      version: ${{ steps.build.outputs.version }}
+  verify:
+    name: Verify
+    needs: build-and-stage-release
+    uses: ./.github/workflows/verify.yml
+    with:
+      repository-username: ${{ secrets.ARTIFACTORY_USERNAME }}
+      repository-password: ${{ secrets.ARTIFACTORY_PASSWORD }}
+      staging: true
+      version: ${{ needs.build-and-stage-release.outputs.version }}
+  sync-to-maven-central:
+    name: Sync to Maven Central
+    needs:
+      - get-version
+      - verify
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Check Out Code
+        uses: actions/checkout@b4ffde65f46336ab88eb53be808477a3936bae11 # v4.1.1
+      - name: Sync to Maven Central
+        uses: ./.github/actions/sync-to-maven-central
+        with:
+          jfrog-cli-config-token: ${{ secrets.JF_ARTIFACTORY_SPRING }}
+          ossrh-s01-staging-profile: ${{ secrets.OSSRH_S01_STAGING_PROFILE }}
+          ossrh-s01-token-password: ${{ secrets.OSSRH_S01_TOKEN_PASSWORD }}
+          ossrh-s01-token-username: ${{ secrets.OSSRH_S01_TOKEN_USERNAME }}
+          spring-boot-version: ${{ needs.get-version.outputs.version }}
+  promote-release:
+    name: Promote Release
+    needs:
+      - get-version
+      - sync-to-maven-central
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Set up JFrog CLI
+        uses: jfrog/setup-jfrog-cli@d82fe26823e1f25529250895d5673f65b02af085 # v4.0.1
+        env:
+          JF_ENV_SPRING: ${{ secrets.JF_ARTIFACTORY_SPRING }}
+      - name: Promote build
+        run: jfrog rt build-promote ${{ format('spring-boot-{0}', needs.get-version.outputs.version)}} ${{ github.run_number }} libs-release-local
+  publish-gradle-plugin:
+    name: Publish Gradle Plugin
+    needs:
+      - get-version
+      - sync-to-maven-central
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Check Out Code
+        uses: actions/checkout@b4ffde65f46336ab88eb53be808477a3936bae11 # v4.1.1
+      - name: Publish
+        uses: ./.github/actions/publish-gradle-plugin
+        with:
+          gradle-plugin-publish-key: ${{ secrets.GRADLE_PLUGIN_PUBLISH_KEY }}
+          gradle-plugin-publish-secret: ${{ secrets.GRADLE_PLUGIN_PUBLISH_SECRET }}
+          jfrog-cli-config-token: ${{ secrets.JF_ARTIFACTORY_SPRING }}
+          plugin-version: ${{ needs.get-version.outputs.version }}
+  publish-to-sdkman:
+    name: Publish to SDKMAN!
+    needs:
+      - get-version
+      - sync-to-maven-central
+    steps:
+      - name: Check Out Code
+        uses: actions/checkout@b4ffde65f46336ab88eb53be808477a3936bae11 # v4.1.1
+      - name: Publish to SDKMAN!
+        uses: ./.github/actions/publish-to-sdkman
+        with:
+          sdkman-consumer-key: ${{ secrets.SDKMAN_CONSUMER_KEY }}
+          sdkman-consumer-token: ${{ secrets.SDKMAN_CONSUMER_TOKEN }}
+          version: ${{ needs.get-version.outputs.version }}
+  create-github-release:
+    name: Create GitHub Release
+    needs:
+      - get-version
+      - promote-release
+      - publish-gradle-plugin
+      - publish-to-sdkman
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Check Out Code
+        uses: actions/checkout@b4ffde65f46336ab88eb53be808477a3936bae11 # v4.1.1
+      - name: Create GitHub Release
+        uses: ./.github/actions/create-github-release
+        with:
+          milestone: ${{ needs.get-version.outputs.version }}
+          token: ${{ secrets.GH_ACTIONS_REPO_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/verify.yml b/.github/workflows/verify.yml
index 507241271f8e..5ec242002df3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/verify.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/verify.yml
@@ -5,6 +5,11 @@ on:
       version:
         required: true
         type: string
+    inputs:
+      staging:
+        required: false
+        type: boolean
+        default: false
 jobs:
   verify:
     name: Verify
@@ -41,6 +46,9 @@ jobs:
         env:
           RVT_VERSION: ${{ inputs.version }}
           RVT_RELEASE_TYPE: oss
+          RVT_STAGING: ${{ inputs.staging }}
+          RVT_OSS_REPOSITORY_USERNAME: ${{ inputs.repository-username }}
+          RVT_OSS_REPOSITORY_PASSWORD: ${{ inputs.repository-password }}
         run: ./gradlew spring-boot-release-verification-tests:test
       - name: Upload Build Reports on Failure
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4