diff --git a/devtasks/automation/create_release/create_release.sh b/devtasks/automation/create_release/create_release.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Copyright 2024 The Kubernetes Authors.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+
+set -o errexit
+set -o nounset
+set -o pipefail
+
+set -x
+
+if [[ -z "${VERSION:-}" ]]; then
+    echo "Must specify VERSION"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+GITHUB_USER=$(gh api user | jq -r '.login')
+
+MAJOR=$(echo $VERSION | cut -d. -f1)
+MINOR=$(echo $VERSION | cut -d. -f2)
+PATCH=$(echo $VERSION | cut -d. -f3-)
+
+RELEASE_BRANCH="release-${MAJOR}.${MINOR}"
+
+PR_BRANCH_NAME=create_release_${VERSION}
+
+# If first beta (.0-beta.1)
+if [[ "${PATCH}" == "0-beta.1" ]]; then
+  RELEASE_BRANCH="master"
+fi
+
+WORKDIR=$(mktemp -d -t workflow.XXXXXXXX)
+echo "WORKDIR is ${WORKDIR}"
+
+git clone https://github.com/kubernetes/kops ${WORKDIR}/kops -b ${RELEASE_BRANCH} --depth=10
+cd ${WORKDIR}/kops
+gh repo set-default kubernetes/kops
+
+git checkout ${RELEASE_BRANCH}
+git checkout -b ${PR_BRANCH_NAME}
+
+hack/set-version ${VERSION}
+
+hack/update-expected.sh || true # Expected to fail first time because there will be updates
+find . -name "*.bak" -delete
+hack/update-expected.sh 2>&1 # Expected to succeed second time because there should be no updates
+find . -name "*.bak" -delete
+
+VERSION=$(tools/get_version.sh | grep VERSION | awk '{print $2}')
+git add . && git commit -m "Release ${VERSION}"
+
+git remote add fork https://github.com/${GITHUB_USER}/kops
+git push fork --force
+
+pwd
+gh pr create -l tide/merge-method-squash \
+  --base ${RELEASE_BRANCH} --head ${GITHUB_USER}:${PR_BRANCH_NAME} \
+  --title "Release ${VERSION}" \
+  --body "Release ${VERSION}"
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diff --git a/devtasks/automation/publish_artifacts/publish_artifacts.sh b/devtasks/automation/publish_artifacts/publish_artifacts.sh
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index 0000000000000..e61cc02080d32
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+++ b/devtasks/automation/publish_artifacts/publish_artifacts.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Copyright 2024 The Kubernetes Authors.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+set -o errexit
+set -o nounset
+set -o pipefail
+
+set -x
+
+if [[ -z "${VERSION:-}" ]]; then
+    echo "Must specify VERSION"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+GITHUB_USER=$(gh api user | jq -r '.login')
+
+kpromo="go run sigs.k8s.io/promo-tools/v4/cmd/kpromo@v4.0.4"
+
+WORKDIR=$(mktemp -d -t workflow.XXXXXXXX)
+echo "WORKDIR is ${WORKDIR}"
+
+git clone https://github.com/kubernetes/k8s.io ${WORKDIR}/k8s.io --depth=8
+cd ${WORKDIR}/k8s.io
+gh repo set-default kubernetes/k8s.io
+
+git remote add fork https://github.com/${GITHUB_USER}/k8s.io
+
+# Promote images
+cd ${WORKDIR}/k8s.io
+
+git checkout main
+git pull origin main
+git checkout -b kops_images_${VERSION}
+
+echo "" >> registry.k8s.io/images/k8s-staging-kops/images.yaml
+echo "# ${VERSION}" >> registry.k8s.io/images/k8s-staging-kops/images.yaml
+${kpromo} cip run --snapshot gcr.io/k8s-staging-kops --snapshot-tag ${VERSION} >> registry.k8s.io/images/k8s-staging-kops/images.yaml
+
+git add registry.k8s.io/images/k8s-staging-kops/images.yaml
+git commit -m "Promote kOps $VERSION images"
+
+git push fork --force
+gh pr create --fill --base main --head ${GITHUB_USER}:kops_images_${VERSION}
+
+
+# Promote binary artifacts
+cd ${WORKDIR}/k8s.io
+
+git checkout main
+git pull origin main
+git checkout -b kops_artifacts_${VERSION}
+
+rm -rf ./k8s-staging-kops/kops/releases
+mkdir -p ./k8s-staging-kops/kops/releases/${VERSION}/
+gsutil rsync -r  gs://k8s-staging-kops/kops/releases/${VERSION}/ ./k8s-staging-kops/kops/releases/${VERSION}/
+
+${kpromo} manifest files --src k8s-staging-kops/kops/releases/ >> artifacts/manifests/k8s-staging-kops/${VERSION}.yaml
+
+git add artifacts/manifests/k8s-staging-kops/${VERSION}.yaml
+git commit -m "Promote kOps $VERSION binary artifacts"
+
+git push fork --force
+gh pr create --fill --base main --head ${GITHUB_USER}:kops_artifacts_${VERSION}
diff --git a/devtasks/automation/smoke_test_release/smoke_test_release.sh b/devtasks/automation/smoke_test_release/smoke_test_release.sh
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index 0000000000000..2433a61a07602
--- /dev/null
+++ b/devtasks/automation/smoke_test_release/smoke_test_release.sh
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+# Copyright 2024 The Kubernetes Authors.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -o errexit
+set -o nounset
+set -o pipefail
+
+set -x
+
+if [[ -z "${VERSION:-}" ]]; then
+    echo "Must specify VERSION"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+WORKDIR=$(mktemp -d -t workflow.XXXXXXXX)
+echo "WORKDIR is ${WORKDIR}"
+
+cd "${WORKDIR}"
+wget https://artifacts.k8s.io/binaries/kops/${VERSION}/linux/amd64/kops
+
+chmod +x kops
+
+# Verify version works
+./kops version
+
+# Verify version matches the version we expect
+./kops version | grep ${VERSION}
+
+GCP_PROJECT=$(gcloud config get project)
+export KOPS_STATE_STORE="gs://kops-state-${GCP_PROJECT}/"
+
+./kops get cluster || true # ignore error if cluster doesn't exist
+
+# TEMP HACK
+./kops delete cluster smoketest.k8s.local --yes || true
+
+./kops create cluster smoketest.k8s.local --zones us-east4-a
+./kops update cluster smoketest.k8s.local --yes --admin
+./kops validate cluster --wait=10m
+
+./kops delete cluster smoketest.k8s.local --yes
diff --git a/devtasks/automation/stage_github_release/stage_github_release.sh b/devtasks/automation/stage_github_release/stage_github_release.sh
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index 0000000000000..54cf6f8c1ed6a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/devtasks/automation/stage_github_release/stage_github_release.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+# Copyright 2024 The Kubernetes Authors.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -o errexit
+set -o nounset
+set -o pipefail
+
+set -x
+
+if [[ -z "${VERSION:-}" ]]; then
+    echo "Must specify VERSION"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+shipbot="go run github.com/kopeio/shipbot/cmd/shipbot@master"
+
+WORKDIR=$(mktemp -d -t workflow.XXXXXXXX)
+echo "WORKDIR is ${WORKDIR}"
+
+git clone https://github.com/kubernetes/kops ${WORKDIR}/kops
+cd ${WORKDIR}/kops
+gh repo set-default kubernetes/kops
+
+rm -rf ${WORKDIR}/releases
+mkdir -p ${WORKDIR}/releases/${VERSION}/
+gsutil rsync -r  gs://k8s-staging-kops/kops/releases/${VERSION}/ ${WORKDIR}/releases/${VERSION}/
+
+git checkout v$VERSION
+${shipbot} -tag v${VERSION} -config .shipbot.yaml -src ${WORKDIR}/releases/${VERSION}/