diff --git a/.github/workflows/backport.yaml b/.github/workflows/backport.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..bc0f8f7c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/backport.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+name: "Backport merged pull request"
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    types: [closed]
+  issue_comment:
+    types: [created]
+
+# Default empty permissions for all jobs
+permissions: {}
+
+jobs:
+  backport:
+    permissions:
+      contents: write
+      pull-requests: write
+      id-token: write
+    if: |
+      (
+        github.event_name == 'pull_request' &&
+        github.event.pull_request.merged
+      ) || (
+        github.event_name == 'issue_comment' &&
+        github.event.issue.pull_request &&
+        startsWith(github.event.comment.body, '/backport')
+      )
+    uses: opentdf/platform/reusable_backport.yaml@main
diff --git a/.github/workflows/create-release-branch.yaml b/.github/workflows/create-release-branch.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..def42c8e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/create-release-branch.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+name: "Create Release Branch"
+
+on:
+  release:
+    types: [released]
+
+# Default empty permissions for all jobs
+permissions: {}
+
+jobs:
+  create-release-branch:
+    if: ${{ endsWith(github.event.release.tag_name, '.0') }}
+    permissions:
+      id-token: write
+    uses: opentdf/platform/reusable_create-release-branch.yaml@main
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yaml b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
index 7352d6b1..e75d3139 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ on:
   push:
     branches:
       - main
+      - "release/**"
   release:
     types: [created]
 
@@ -13,19 +14,10 @@ permissions:
 
 jobs:
   release-please:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - name: Generate a token
-        id: generate_token
-        uses: actions/create-github-app-token@f2acddfb5195534d487896a656232b016a682f3c # v1.9.0
-        with:
-          app-id: "${{ secrets.APP_ID }}"
-          private-key: "${{ secrets.AUTOMATION_KEY }}"
-      - uses: googleapis/release-please-action@a02a34c4d625f9be7cb89156071d8567266a2445 # v4.2.0
-        with:
-          token: "${{ steps.generate_token.outputs.token }}"
-          config-file: release-please.json
-          manifest-file: .release-please-manifest.json
+    permissions:
+      contents: write
+      pull-requests: write
+    uses: opentdf/platform/reusable_release-please.yaml@main
   release:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
diff --git a/release-please.json b/release-please_main-branch.json
similarity index 91%
rename from release-please.json
rename to release-please_main-branch.json
index 78f10bf8..55a6077b 100644
--- a/release-please.json
+++ b/release-please_main-branch.json
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
   "$schema": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/googleapis/release-please/main/schemas/config.json",
   "release-type": "maven",
   "bump-minor-pre-major": true,
-  "bump-patch-for-minor-pre-major": true,
   "separate-pull-requests": false,
   "include-component-in-tag": false,
   "group-pull-request-title-pattern": "chore(${branch}): release ${version}",
diff --git a/release-please_release-branches.json b/release-please_release-branches.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6177d966
--- /dev/null
+++ b/release-please_release-branches.json
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+{
+  "$schema": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/googleapis/release-please/main/schemas/config.json",
+  "release-type": "maven",
+  "versioning": "always-bump-patch",
+  "separate-pull-requests": false,
+  "include-component-in-tag": false,
+  "group-pull-request-title-pattern": "chore(${branch}): release ${version}",
+  "packages": {
+    ".": {}
+  },
+  "extra-files": [
+    {
+      "type": "generic",
+      "path": "cmdline/src/main/java/io/opentdf/platform/Command.java"
+    }
+  ]
+}