diff --git a/.github/bin/make-branch.sh b/.github/bin/make-branch.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 4963148..0000000
--- a/.github/bin/make-branch.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,42 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash -xe
-# Release process automation script. 
-# Used to create a branch
-BASEBRANCH=main
-FORCENEWBRANCH=0 # unless forced, don't create a new branch if one already exists. Use with caution!
-REPO=git@github.com:eclipse/che-jwtproxy.git
-
-while [[ "$#" -gt 0 ]]; do
-  case $1 in
-    '-b'|'--branch') BRANCH="$2"; shift 1;;
-    '-bf'|'--branchfrom') BASEBRANCH="$2"; shift 1;;
-    '--force') FORCENEWBRANCH=1; shift 0;;
-  esac
-  shift 1
-done
-
-usage ()
-{
-  echo "Usage:   $0 --branch [new branch to create] --branchfrom [source branch]"
-  echo "Example: $0 --branch 7.25.x --branchfrom $BASEBRANCH"
-  echo 
-  echo "Use --force to delete + recreate an existing branch."
-  echo
-}
-
-if [[ ! ${BRANCH} ]]; then
-  usage
-  exit 1
-fi
-
-# create new branch off ${BASEBRANCH} (recreate only if --force'd)
-if [[ "${BASEBRANCH}" != "${BRANCH}" ]]; then
-  git fetch
-  git branch -D "${BRANCH}" || true
-  git checkout "${BASEBRANCH}" || true
-  # if branch exists and FORCENEWBRANCH true, delete from remote before creating new branch
-  if [[ $(git ls-remote --heads ${REPO} "refs/heads/${BRANCH}" || true) != "" ]] && [[ ${FORCENEWBRANCH} -eq 1 ]]; then
-    git push origin ":${BRANCH}"
-  fi
-  git branch "${BRANCH}"
-  git push origin "${BRANCH}"
-fi
diff --git a/.github/workflows/make-branch.yaml b/.github/workflows/make-branch.yaml
index 0fc436b..1213e7b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/make-branch.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/make-branch.yaml
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+
 name: Create branch
 on:
   # to be run once every 3 weeks for a 7.yy.0 release, so we can get a stable 7.yy.x branch for use by downstream consumers
@@ -8,7 +9,7 @@ on:
         required: true
       branchfrom:
         description: 'The source branch from which to branch, eg., main'
-        default: 'master'
+        default: 'main'
       forceflag:
         description: 'To force creation of .x branch, use --force flag here'
         default: ''
@@ -24,5 +25,8 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           git config --global user.name "Mykhailo Kuznietsov"
           git config --global user.email "mkuznets@redhat.com"
-          export GITHUB_TOKEN=${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-          .github/bin/make-branch.sh --branch ${{ github.event.inputs.branch }} --branchfrom ${{ github.event.inputs.branchfrom }} ${{ github.event.inputs.forceflag }}
+          curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/eclipse-che/che-release/main/make-branch.sh | bash -s -- \
+          --branch ${{ github.event.inputs.branch }} \
+          --branchfrom ${{ github.event.inputs.branchfrom }} \
+          --repo "${GITHUB_SERVER_URL}/${GITHUB_REPOSITORY}" \
+          ${{ github.event.inputs.forceflag }}
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