diff --git a/.github/workflows/auto_release_prep.yml b/.github/workflows/auto_release_prep.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 68ab61d..0000000
--- a/.github/workflows/auto_release_prep.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-name: Automated release prep
-
-on:
-  workflow_dispatch:
-
-jobs:
-  auto_release_prep:
-    uses: puppetlabs/release-engineering-repo-standards/.github/workflows/auto_release_prep.yml@v1
-    secrets: inherit
-    with:
-      project-type: ruby
-      version-file-path: lib/beaker-puppet/version.rb
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index e2be9d1..0e79f51 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -1,94 +1,32 @@
-name: Release Gem
+name: Release
 
-on: workflow_dispatch
+on:
+  push:
+    tags:
+      - '*'
 
 jobs:
   release:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    if: github.repository == 'puppetlabs/beaker-puppet'
+    if: github.repository_owner == 'puppetlabs'
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-
-      - name: Get Current Version
-        uses: actions/github-script@v7
-        id: cv
-        with:
-          script: |
-            const { data: response } = await github.rest.repos.getLatestRelease({
-              owner: context.repo.owner,
-              repo: context.repo.repo,
-            })
-            console.log(`The latest release is ${response.tag_name}`)
-            return response.tag_name
-          result-encoding: string
-
-      - name: Get Next Version
-        id: nv
-        run: |
-          version=$(awk '/VERSION/ {print $3}' lib/beaker-puppet/version.rb | tr --delete \')
-          echo "version=$version" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-          echo "Found version $version from lib/beaker-puppet/version.rb"
-
-      - name: Generate Changelog
-        uses: docker://githubchangeloggenerator/github-changelog-generator:1.16.2
-        with:
-          args: >-
-            --future-release ${{ steps.nv.outputs.version }}
-        env:
-          CHANGELOG_GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-
-      - name: Validate Changelog
-        run : |
-          set -e
-          if [[ -n $(git status --porcelain) ]]; then
-            echo "Here is the current git status:"
-            git status
-            echo
-            echo "The following changes were detected:"
-            git --no-pager diff
-            echo "Uncommitted PRs found in the changelog. Please submit a release prep PR of changes after running `./update-changelog`"
-            exit 1
-          fi
-
-      - name: Generate Release Notes
-        uses: docker://githubchangeloggenerator/github-changelog-generator:1.16.2
-        with:
-          args: >-
-            --since-tag ${{ steps.cv.outputs.result }}
-            --future-release ${{ steps.nv.outputs.version }}
-            --output release-notes.md
-        env:
-          CHANGELOG_GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-
-      - name: Tag Release
-        uses: ncipollo/release-action@v1
-        with:
-          tag: ${{ steps.nv.outputs.version }}
-          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-          bodyfile: release-notes.md
-          draft: false
-          prerelease: false
-
       - name: Install Ruby 3.0
         uses: ruby/setup-ruby@v1
         with:
-          ruby-version: '3.0' 
-
+          ruby-version: '3.0'
+        env:
+          BUNDLE_WITHOUT: release
       - name: Build gem
         run: gem build --strict --verbose *.gemspec
-
-      - name: Configure credentials
-        run: |
-          mkdir -p $HOME/.gem
-          touch $HOME/.gem/credentials
-          chmod 0600 $HOME/.gem/credentials
-          printf -- "---\n:rubygems_api_key: ${GEM_HOST_API_KEY}\n" > $HOME/.gem/credentials
-          printf -- ":github: Bearer ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}\n" > $HOME/.gem/credentials
-        env:
-          GEM_HOST_API_KEY: '${{ secrets.RUBYGEMS_AUTH_TOKEN }}'
-
       - name: Publish gem to rubygems.org
         run: gem push *.gem
-
+        env:
+          GEM_HOST_API_KEY: '${{ secrets.RUBYGEMS_AUTH_TOKEN }}'
+      - name: Setup GitHub packages access
+        run: |
+          mkdir -p ~/.gem
+          echo ":github: Bearer ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}" >> ~/.gem/credentials
+          chmod 0600 ~/.gem/credentials
       - name: Publish gem to GitHub packages
         run: gem push --key github --host https://rubygems.pkg.github.com/voxpupuli *.gem
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index a9d611c..d639f86 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,25 @@
 
 All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 
+## [3.0.0](https://github.com/puppetlabs/beaker-puppet/tree/3.0.0) (2024-02-14)
+
+[Full Changelog](https://github.com/puppetlabs/beaker-puppet/compare/2.0.0...3.0.0)
+
+**Breaking changes:**
+
+- Beaker 5 compatibility [\#240](https://github.com/puppetlabs/beaker-puppet/pull/240) ([mhashizume](https://github.com/mhashizume))
+
+**Implemented enhancements:**
+
+- Add the ability to install puppet-agent from a local dev build [\#239](https://github.com/puppetlabs/beaker-puppet/pull/239) ([joshcooper](https://github.com/joshcooper))
+- Add Amazon linux 2023 platform support [\#228](https://github.com/puppetlabs/beaker-puppet/pull/228) ([span786](https://github.com/span786))
+
+**Fixed bugs:**
+
+- Ensure post-suite and destroy execute [\#238](https://github.com/puppetlabs/beaker-puppet/pull/238) ([joshcooper](https://github.com/joshcooper))
+- fix beaker exec when called from bundle exec [\#232](https://github.com/puppetlabs/beaker-puppet/pull/232) ([h0tw1r3](https://github.com/h0tw1r3))
+- Loosen expectations while attempting to delete puppet related files [\#225](https://github.com/puppetlabs/beaker-puppet/pull/225) ([tvpartytonight](https://github.com/tvpartytonight))
+
 ## [2.0.0](https://github.com/voxpupuli/beaker-puppet/tree/2.0.0) (2023-05-05)
 
 [Full Changelog](https://github.com/voxpupuli/beaker-puppet/compare/1.29.0...2.0.0)
diff --git a/lib/beaker-puppet/version.rb b/lib/beaker-puppet/version.rb
index 2ca7d1c..3096c79 100644
--- a/lib/beaker-puppet/version.rb
+++ b/lib/beaker-puppet/version.rb
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 module BeakerPuppet
-  VERSION = '2.0.0'
+  VERSION = '3.0.0'
 end