diff --git a/bin/aws-lambda/create_lambda_release.py b/bin/aws-lambda/create_lambda_release.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+# Script to make a new AWS Lambda Layer release on Github
+# Requires the Github CLI to be installed and configured: https://github.com/cli/cli
+
+import sys
+import json
+import distutils.spawn
+from subprocess import check_output
+
+if len(sys.argv) != 2:
+    raise ValueError('Please specify the layer version to release. e.g. "11"')
+
+# Check requirements first
+for cmd in ["gh"]:
+    if distutils.spawn.find_executable(cmd) is None:
+        print("Can't find required tool: %s" % cmd)
+        sys.exit(1)
+
+regions = ['ap-northeast-1', 'ap-northeast-2', 'ap-south-1', 'ap-southeast-1', 'ap-southeast-2', 'ca-central-1',
+           'eu-central-1', 'eu-north-1', 'eu-west-1', 'eu-west-2', 'eu-west-3', 'sa-east-1', 'us-east-1',
+           'us-east-2', 'us-west-1', 'us-west-2']
+
+version = sys.argv[1]
+semantic_version = 'v' + version
+title = "AWS Lambda Version %s" % semantic_version
+
+body = '| AWS Region | ARN |\n'
+body += '| :-- | :-- |\n'
+for region in regions:
+    body += "| %s | arn:aws:lambda:%s:410797082306:layer:instana-python:%s |\n" % (region, region, version)
+
+response = check_output(["gh", "api", "repos/:owner/:repo/releases", "--method=POST",
+                         "-F", ("tag_name=%s" % semantic_version),
+                         "-F", "name=%s" % title,
+                         "-F", "body=%s" % body])
+
+json_data = json.loads(response)
+
+print("If there weren't any failures, the release is available at:")
+print(json_data["html_url"])
diff --git a/bin/lambda_build_publish_layer.py b/bin/aws-lambda/lambda_build_publish_layer.py
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rename from bin/lambda_build_publish_layer.py
rename to bin/aws-lambda/lambda_build_publish_layer.py