Release 1.6.0.Beta18 - attempt #2

[michalvavrik]

Summary

Retries #1432 that was reverted #1434 and an experimental changes was made to the release workflow #1435.

Please check the relevant options

• Bug fix (non-breaking change which fixes an issue)
• New feature (non-breaking change which adds functionality)
• Dependency update
• Refactoring
• Release (follows conventions described in the RELEASE.md)
• Breaking change (fix or feature that would cause existing functionality to change)
• This change requires a documentation update
• This change requires execution against OCP (use run tests phrase in comment)

Checklist:

• Example scenarios has been updated / added
• Methods and classes used in PR scenarios are meaningful
• Commits are well encapsulated and follow the best practices