diff --git a/.github/scripts/trigger-workflow.js b/.github/scripts/trigger-workflow.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5fa52e4b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/scripts/trigger-workflow.js
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+const core = require('@actions/core');
+const { Octokit } = require('@octokit/rest');
+
+/**
+ * Functionality from benc-uk/workflow-dispatch.
+ * Link: https://github.com/benc-uk/workflow-dispatch
+ */
+const triggerWorkflow = async () => {
+  try {
+    const octokit = new Octokit({
+      auth: process.env.REPO_WORKFLOW_TOKEN
+    });
+    const workflowRef = process.env.WORKFLOW_NAME;
+    const ref = process.env.BRANCH_NAME;
+    const [owner, repo] = process.env.REPO_NAME
+      ? process.env.REPO_NAME.split('/')
+      : [null, null];
+
+    // Decode inputs, this MUST be a valid JSON string
+    let inputs = {}
+    const inputsJson = process.env.INPUTS;
+    if(inputsJson) {
+      inputs = JSON.parse(inputsJson)
+    }
+
+    const workflow = await octokit.rest.actions.getWorkflow({
+      owner,
+      repo,
+      workflow_id: workflowRef
+    });
+
+    core.info(`Workflow id is: ${workflow.data.id}`)
+
+    const dispatchResp = await octokit.rest.actions.createWorkflowDispatch({
+      owner,
+      repo,
+      workflow_id: workflow.data.id,
+      ref,
+      inputs
+    });
+    core.info(`API response status: ${dispatchResp.status} 🚀`)
+  } catch (error) {
+    core.setFailed(error.message)
+  }
+}
+
+(async () => {
+  await triggerWorkflow();
+})();
+
+module.exports = {
+  triggerWorkflow,
+};
diff --git a/.github/scripts/update-release.js b/.github/scripts/update-release.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4c09b960
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/scripts/update-release.js
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+const core = require('@actions/core');
+const { GitHub } = require('@actions/github');
+
+/**
+ * Functionality from tubone24/update_release.
+ * Link: https://github.com/tubone24/update_release
+ */
+const updateRelease = async () => {
+  try {
+    const github = new GitHub(process.env.GITHUB_TOKEN);
+    const [owner, repo] = process.env.REPO_NAME
+      ? process.env.REPO_NAME.split('/')
+      : [null, null];
+    const tag = process.env.TAG_NAME;
+    const getReleaseResponse = await github.repos.getReleaseByTag({
+      owner,
+      repo,
+      tag
+    });
+
+    const {
+      data: {
+        id: oldReleaseId,
+        html_url: oldHtmlUrl,
+        upload_url: oldUploadUrl,
+        body: oldBody,
+        draft: oldDraft,
+        name: oldName,
+        prerelease: oldPrerelease
+      }
+    } = getReleaseResponse;
+
+    core.info(
+      `Got release info: '${oldReleaseId}', ${oldName}, '${oldHtmlUrl}', '${oldUploadUrl},'`
+    )
+    core.info(`Body: ${oldBody}`)
+    core.info(`Draft: ${oldDraft}, Prerelease: ${oldPrerelease}`)
+
+    const newBody = process.env.RELEASE_BODY;
+    const newPrerelease = process.env.PRE_RELEASE;
+
+    let body
+    if (newBody === '') {
+      body = oldBody
+    } else {
+      body = `${oldBody}\n${newBody}`;
+    }
+
+    let prerelease
+    if (newPrerelease !== '' && !!newPrerelease) {
+      prerelease = newPrerelease === 'true'
+    } else {
+      prerelease = oldPrerelease
+    }
+
+    await github.repos.updateRelease({
+      owner,
+      release_id: oldReleaseId,
+      repo,
+      body,
+      name: oldName,
+      draft: oldDraft,
+      prerelease
+    })
+
+    core.info(`Updated release with body: ${body}`)
+  } catch (error) {
+    core.setFailed(error.message)
+  }
+}
+(async () => {
+  await updateRelease();
+})();
+
+module.exports = {
+  updateRelease,
+};
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 25ba4a46..21ce9268 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -76,31 +76,27 @@ jobs:
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.REPO_ACCESS_TOKEN }}
           NPM_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}
-  update-release:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    needs: [update-api-specs, release]
-    steps:
-      - name: Checkout cli-core repo
-        uses: actions/checkout@v2
       - name: Update release
-        if: ${{needs.release.outputs.tag-name != ''}}
-        uses: tubone24/update_release@v1.2.0
+        run: node .github/scripts/update-release.js
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
-          TAG_NAME: ${{needs.release.outputs.tag-name}}
-        with:
-          is_append_body: true
-          body: ${{needs.update-api-specs.outputs.change-log}}
+          TAG_NAME: ${{ steps.semantic-release.outputs.TAG_NAME }}
+          RELEASE_BODY: ${{needs.update-api-specs.outputs.change-log}}
+          REPO_NAME: twilio/twilio-cli-core
   triggerCliWorkflow:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    needs: [ update-api-specs, update-release]
+    needs: [ update-api-specs, release]
     steps:
+      - name: Checkout cli-core repo
+        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - run: |
+          git pull
+          npm install
       - name: Invoke CLI workflow with changelog and version-type
-        if: ${{toJSON(needs.update-api-specs.outputs.change-log) != null && needs.update-api-specs.outputs.version-type != -1}}
-        uses: benc-uk/workflow-dispatch@v1
-        with:
-          workflow: Cli Release
-          token: ${{ secrets.REPO_ACCESS_TOKEN }}
-          repo: twilio/twilio-cli
-          ref: ${{ github.event.inputs.cli-branch }}
-          inputs: '{ "change-log": ${{ toJSON(needs.update-api-specs.outputs.change-log) }}, "version-type": "${{needs.update-api-specs.outputs.version-type}}", "homebrew-branch": "${{github.event.inputs.homebrew-branch}}", "homebrew-prerelease": "${{github.event.inputs.homebrew-prerelease}}" }'
+        run: node .github/scripts/trigger-workflow.js
+        env:
+          REPO_ACCESS_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.REPO_ACCESS_TOKEN }}
+          WORKFLOW_NAME: 'release.yml'
+          BRANCH_NAME: ${{github.event.inputs.cli-branch}}
+          REPO_NAME: twilio/twilio-cli
+          INPUTS: '{ "change-log": ${{ toJSON(needs.update-api-specs.outputs.change-log) }}, "version-type": "${{needs.update-api-specs.outputs.version-type}}", "homebrew-branch": "${{github.event.inputs.homebrew-branch}}", "homebrew-prerelease": "${{github.event.inputs.homebrew-prerelease}}" }'
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index f92c64eb..6943180b 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -42,7 +42,10 @@
     "twilio": "^3.54.2"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
+    "@actions/core": "^1.0.0",
+    "@actions/github": "^2.2.0",
     "@oclif/test": "^1.2.6",
+    "@octokit/rest": "^18.10.0",
     "@semantic-release/changelog": "^5.0.1",
     "@semantic-release/exec": "^5.0.0",
     "@semantic-release/git": "^9.0.0",
diff --git a/src/index.js b/src/index.js
index b5057670..21804397 100644
--- a/src/index.js
+++ b/src/index.js
@@ -16,4 +16,8 @@ module.exports = {
     secureStorage: require('./services/secure-storage'),
   },
   configureEnv: require('./services/env'),
+  releaseScripts: {
+    UpdateRelease: require('../.github/scripts/update-release'),
+    TriggerWorkflow: require('../.github/scripts/trigger-workflow'),
+  },
 };