diff --git a/.github/workflows/create-gitHub-prerelease-after-fast-forward-check.yml b/.github/workflows/create-gitHub-prerelease-after-fast-forward-check.yml
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+name: Create GitHub prerelease after fast-forward check
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    types:
+      - closed
+
+jobs:
+  check-version-change:
+    if: github.event.pull_request.merged == true
+    name: check-version-change
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    outputs:
+      output1: ${{ steps.check-version-change.outputs.result }}
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout the current repository master branch
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        with:
+          repository: amzn/ion-java
+          ref: master
+          fetch-depth: 2
+          path: ion-java-current
+
+      - name: Check whether the pull request contains version number bump
+        id: check-version-change
+        run: |
+          cd ion-java-current
+          versionNew=$(mvn help:evaluate -Dexpression=project.version -q -DforceStdout)
+          git reset --hard HEAD^
+          versionPrevious=$(mvn help:evaluate -Dexpression=project.version -q -DforceStdout)
+          if [[ $versionNew != $versionPrevious ]]; then echo "::set-output name=result::pass"; else echo "::set-output name=result::failed"; fi
+
+  prerelease:
+    name: prerelease
+    needs: check-version-change
+    if: ${{ needs.check-version-change.outputs.output1 == 'pass' }}
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Access to the incoming release
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        with:
+          repository: amzn/ion-java
+          path: current_release
+
+      - name: Build ion-java
+        run: |
+          cd current_release
+          mvn clean install -DskipTests
+
+      - name: Get the parameters of executable jar
+        run: |
+          cd current_release/target
+          echo "path=$(readlink -f $(ls *.jar))" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          echo "file_name=$(ls *.jar)" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          cd .. && echo "version_number=$(mvn help:evaluate -Dexpression=project.version -q -DforceStdout)" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+
+      - name: Create new release
+        id: create_new_release
+        uses: actions/create-release@v1
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+        with:
+          tag_name: v${{ env.version_number }}
+          release_name: v${{ env.version_number }}
+          prerelease: true
+
+      - name: Upload release asset
+        uses: actions/upload-release-asset@v1
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+        with:
+          upload_url: ${{ steps.create_new_release.outputs.upload_url }}
+          asset_path: ${{ env.path }}
+          asset_name: ${{ env.file_name }}
+          asset_content_type: application/zip
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diff --git a/.github/workflows/version-bump-and-fast-forward-check.yml b/.github/workflows/version-bump-and-fast-forward-check.yml
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+name: Version-bump-and-fast-forward-check
+on: [pull_request]
+
+jobs:
+  check-version-bump:
+    name: check-version-bump
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    outputs:
+      output1: ${{ steps.check-version-change.outputs.result }}
+    steps:
+      - name: Switch to the branch of the pull request
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        with:
+          ref: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha }}
+          path: ion-java-new
+
+      - name: Checkout the current repository master branch
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        with:
+          repository: amzn/ion-java
+          ref: master
+          path: ion-java-current
+
+      - name: Check whether the pull request contains version number bump
+        id: check-version-change
+        run: |
+          cd /home/runner/work/ion-java/ion-java/ion-java-new
+          versionNew=$(mvn help:evaluate -Dexpression=project.version -q -DforceStdout)
+          commitID=$(git rev-parse HEAD)
+          cd /home/runner/work/ion-java/ion-java/ion-java-current
+          versionCurrent=$(mvn help:evaluate -Dexpression=project.version -q -DforceStdout)
+          if [[ $versionNew != $versionCurrent ]]; then echo "::set-output name=result::pass"; else echo "::set-output name=result::failed"; fi
+
+  fast-forward-check:
+    needs: check-version-bump
+    name: fast-forward-check
+    if: ${{ needs.check-version-bump.outputs.output1 == 'pass' }}
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Access to the last release
+        uses: oprypin/find-latest-tag@v1
+        id: check_last_release
+        with:
+          repository: amzn/ion-java
+          releases-only: true
+
+      - name: Checkout the last release
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        with:
+          repository: amzn/ion-java
+          ref: ${{ steps.check_last_release.outputs.tag }}
+          path: last-release
+
+      - name: Get the commit id of the last release
+        run: |
+          cd last-release
+          echo "last_release_commit_id=$(git rev-parse HEAD)" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+
+      - name: Access to the incoming release
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        with:
+          repository: amzn/ion-java
+          ref: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha }}
+          path: ion-java-new
+
+      - name: Get the commit id of the incoming release
+        run: |
+          cd ion-java-new
+          echo "current_release_commit_id=$(git rev-parse HEAD)" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          echo $(git rev-parse HEAD)
+
+      - name: Check whether the incoming release is fast-forward compared to the last release
+        run: |
+          cd ion-java-new 
+          if git merge-base --is-ancestor ${{env.last_release_commit_id}} ${{env.current_release_commit_id}}; then echo "Trigger github release"; else exit 1; fi
+
+      - name: comment
+        if: ${{ success() }}
+        uses: peter-evans/create-or-update-comment@v2
+        with:
+          issue-number: ${{ github.event.pull_request.number }}
+          body: |
+            This PR passes version bump check and fast-forward check, please double check the version number and merge this PR. After merging this PR, "Create gitHub prerelease after fast-forward check" workflow will be automatically triggered to create prerelease.
+
+      - name: comment
+        if: ${{ failure() }}
+        uses: peter-evans/create-or-update-comment@v2
+        with:
+          issue-number: ${{ github.event.pull_request.number }}
+          body: |
+            This PR is not fast-forward compared to the last release, please check.