diff --git a/.ci/make.sh b/.ci/make.sh
index b67b46f8701..f3d0e6c0ff1 100755
--- a/.ci/make.sh
+++ b/.ci/make.sh
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ repo=$(realpath "$script_path/../")
 # shellcheck disable=SC1090
 CMD=$1
 TASK=$1
+TASK_ARGS=()
 VERSION=$2
 STACK_VERSION=$VERSION
 set -euo pipefail
@@ -32,8 +33,14 @@ docker build --file .ci/DockerFile --tag elastic/elasticsearch-net .
 echo -e "\033[1m>>>>> Run [elastic/elasticsearch-net container] >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>\033[0m"
 
 case $CMD in
+    clean)
+        echo -e "\033[36;1mRemoving $output_folder\033[0m"
+        TASK=clean
+        rm -rf "$output_folder"
+        ;;
     assemble)
         TASK=release
+        TASK_ARGS=("$VERSION" "$output_folder" "skiptests")
         ;;
     *)
         echo -e "\nUsage:\n\t $CMD is not supported right now\n"
@@ -47,4 +54,4 @@ docker run \
   --volume "${OUTPUT_DIR}:/sln/${output_folder}" \
   --rm \
   elastic/elasticsearch-net \
-  ./build.sh $TASK "$VERSION" "$output_folder" "skiptests"
+  ./build.sh $TASK "${TASK_ARGS[@]}"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/unified-release.yml b/.github/workflows/unified-release.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..3e1a2a0257e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/unified-release.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+name: Unified Release
+
+
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    paths-ignore:
+      - 'README.md'
+      - '.editorconfig'
+  push:
+    paths-ignore:
+      - 'README.md'
+      - '.editorconfig'
+    branches:
+      - main
+      - master
+      - '[0-9]+.[0-9]+'
+      - '[0-9]+.x'
+
+jobs:
+  assemble:
+    name: Assemble
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        stack_version: [ '8.0.0-SNAPSHOT']
+        
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - uses: actions/setup-dotnet@v1
+        with:
+          dotnet-version: '5.0.100'
+            
+      - run: "./.ci/make.sh assemble ${{ matrix.stack_version }}"
+        name: Assemble ${{ matrix.stack_version }}
+          
diff --git a/build/scripts/Targets.fs b/build/scripts/Targets.fs
index fc43a0b3a98..c36d1810b75 100644
--- a/build/scripts/Targets.fs
+++ b/build/scripts/Targets.fs
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ open System.IO
 open Bullseye
 open ProcNet
 open Fake.Core
+open Fake.IO.Globbing.Operators
 
 module Main =
 
@@ -60,7 +61,7 @@ module Main =
         let canaryChain = [ "version"; "release"; "test-nuget-package";]
         
         // the following are expected to be called as targets directly        
-        conditional "clean" parsed.ReleaseBuild  <| fun _ -> Build.Clean parsed 
+        conditional "clean" (parsed.ReleaseBuild || parsed.Target = "clean") <| fun _ -> Build.Clean parsed 
         target "version" <| fun _ -> printfn "Artifacts Version: %O" artifactsVersion
         
         target "restore" Build.Restore 
@@ -92,6 +93,10 @@ module Main =
                 printfn "Finished Release Build %O, artifacts available at: %s" artifactsVersion Paths.BuildOutput
             | Some path ->
                 Fake.IO.Shell.cp_r Paths.BuildOutput path
+                let zipName = sprintf "elasticsearch-net-%O.zip" artifactsVersion.Full
+                let outputZip = Path.Combine(path, zipName)
+                let files = !! (sprintf "%s/*.*" path) -- outputZip
+                Fake.IO.Zip.createZip "." outputZip "elastic/elasticsearch-net artifact" 9 true files
                 printfn "Finished Release Build %O, output copied to: %s" artifactsVersion path
 
         conditional "test-nuget-package" (not parsed.SkipTests) <| fun _ -> Tests.RunReleaseUnitTests artifactsVersion parsed
diff --git a/build/scripts/scripts.fsproj b/build/scripts/scripts.fsproj
index 8f5b63c4c6f..eaaa1800d1c 100644
--- a/build/scripts/scripts.fsproj
+++ b/build/scripts/scripts.fsproj
@@ -28,6 +28,9 @@
     <Content Include="..\..\.github\workflows\test-jobs.yml"><Link>test-jobs.yml</Link></Content>
     <Content Include="..\..\.github\workflows\stale-jobs.yml"><Link>stale-jobs.yml</Link></Content>
     <Content Include="..\..\.github\workflows\integration-jobs.yml"><Link>integration-jobs.yml</Link></Content>
+    <Content Include="..\..\.github\workflows\unified-release.yml">
+      <Link>unified-release.yml</Link>
+    </Content>
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <PackageReference Include="FSharp.Core" Version="5.0.0" />