diff --git a/.github/workflows/backend.yml b/.github/workflows/backend.yml
index 79c2681816..97054ff950 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/backend.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/backend.yml
@@ -1,20 +1,19 @@
 name: backend
 on:
   push:
-    branches: [ '*' ]
-  pull_request:
-    branches: [ master ]
+    branches:
+      - "**"
+      - "!master"
 jobs:
-  mvn-all-build:
+  build:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
     - name: Cache local Maven repository
-      uses: actions/cache@v1
+      uses: actions/cache@v2
       with:
         path: ~/.m2/repository
-        key: ${{ runner.os }}-maven-all-${{ hashFiles('**/pom.xml') }}
+        key: ${{ runner.os }}-maven-${{ hashFiles('**/pom.xml') }}
         restore-keys: |
-          ${{ runner.os }}-maven-all-
           ${{ runner.os }}-maven-
     - uses: actions/checkout@v2
     - name: Set up JDK 1.13
diff --git a/.github/workflows/charts.yaml b/.github/workflows/charts.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index f52c09bf1d..0000000000
--- a/.github/workflows/charts.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,31 +0,0 @@
-name: charts
-on:
-  create:
-    tags:
-      - "v*.*.*"
-jobs:
-  release:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
-        with:
-          fetch-depth: 0
-      - run: |
-          git config user.name github-actions
-          git config user.email github-actions@github.com
-      - uses: azure/setup-helm@v1
-      - name: update appVersion
-        run: |
-          export version=${GITHUB_REF##*/}
-          sed -i "s/appVersion:.*/appVersion: ${version}/" charts/kafka-ui/Chart.yaml
-      - name:
-        run: |
-          export VERSION=${GITHUB_REF##*/}
-          MSG=$(helm package --app-version ${VERSION} charts/kafka-ui)
-          git fetch origin
-          git stash
-          git checkout -b gh-pages origin/gh-pages
-          helm repo index .
-          git add -f ${MSG##*/} index.yaml
-          git commit -m "release ${VERSION}"
-          git push
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diff --git a/.github/workflows/frontend.yaml b/.github/workflows/frontend.yaml
index 331e766154..111446b677 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/frontend.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/frontend.yaml
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 name: frontend
 on:
   push:
-    branches: [ '*' ]
-  pull_request:
-    branches: [ master ]
+    branches:
+      - "**"
+      - "!master"
 jobs:
   npm-test:
     needs: [mvn-contract-build]
diff --git a/.github/workflows/latest.yaml b/.github/workflows/latest.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f6ea7bf777
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/latest.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+name: latest
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+  push:
+    branches: [ "master" ]
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - name: Cache local Maven repository
+        uses: actions/cache@v2
+        with:
+          path: ~/.m2/repository
+          key: ${{ runner.os }}-maven-${{ hashFiles('**/pom.xml') }}
+          restore-keys: |
+            ${{ runner.os }}-maven-
+      - name: Set up JDK 1.13
+        uses: actions/setup-java@v1
+        with:
+          java-version: 1.13
+      - name: Build
+        id: build
+        run: |
+          export VERSION=$(mvn -q -Dexec.executable=echo -Dexec.args='${project.version}' --non-recursive exec:exec)
+          mvn clean package -Pprod -DskipTests
+#################
+#               #
+# Docker images #
+#               #
+#################
+      - name: Set up QEMU
+        uses: docker/setup-qemu-action@v1
+      - name: Set up Docker Buildx
+        uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v1
+      - name: Cache Docker layers
+        uses: actions/cache@v2
+        with:
+          path: /tmp/.buildx-cache
+          key: ${{ runner.os }}-buildx-${{ github.sha }}
+          restore-keys: |
+            ${{ runner.os }}-buildx-
+      - name: Login to DockerHub
+        uses: docker/login-action@v1
+        with:
+          username: ${{ secrets.DOCKERHUB_USERNAME }}
+          password: ${{ secrets.DOCKERHUB_TOKEN }}
+      - name: Build and push
+        id: docker_build_and_push
+        uses: docker/build-push-action@v2
+        with:
+          builder: ${{ steps.buildx.outputs.name }}
+          context: kafka-ui-api
+          push: true
+          tags: provectuslabs/kafka-ui:latest
+          build-args: |
+            JAR_FILE=kafka-ui-api-${{ steps.build.outputs.version }}.jar
+          cache-from: type=local,src=/tmp/.buildx-cache
+          cache-to: type=local,dest=/tmp/.buildx-cache
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yaml b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
index 6a95f1ca21..8b1877e477 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
@@ -59,19 +59,32 @@ jobs:
             ${{ runner.os }}-buildx-
       - name: Login to DockerHub
         if: github.ref == 'refs/heads/master'
-        uses: docker/login-action@v1 
+        uses: docker/login-action@v1
         with:
           username: ${{ secrets.DOCKERHUB_USERNAME }}
           password: ${{ secrets.DOCKERHUB_TOKEN }}
-      - name: Build and push
+      - name: Build
+        if: github.ref != 'refs/heads/master'
         id: docker_build
         uses: docker/build-push-action@v2
         with:
           builder: ${{ steps.buildx.outputs.name }}
           context: kafka-ui-api
-          push: github.ref == 'refs/heads/master'
-          tags: provectuslabs/kafka-ui:${{ steps.prep.outputs.version }}
+          push: false
           build-args: |
             JAR_FILE=kafka-ui-api-${{ steps.prep.outputs.version }}.jar
           cache-from: type=local,src=/tmp/.buildx-cache
           cache-to: type=local,dest=/tmp/.buildx-cache
+      - name: Build and push
+        if: github.ref == 'refs/heads/master'
+        id: docker_build_and_push
+        uses: docker/build-push-action@v2
+        with:
+          builder: ${{ steps.buildx.outputs.name }}
+          context: kafka-ui-api
+          push: true
+          tags: provectuslabs/kafka-ui:${{ steps.prep.outputs.version }}
+          build-args: |
+            JAR_FILE=kafka-ui-api-${{ steps.prep.outputs.version }}.jar
+          cache-from: type=local,src=/tmp/.buildx-cache
+          cache-to: type=local,dest=/tmp/.buildx-cache
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diff --git a/.github/workflows/tags.yaml b/.github/workflows/tags.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..562d0f5214
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/tags.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+name: after_release
+on:
+  push:
+    tags:
+      - "v**"
+jobs:
+  charts:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 1
+      - run: |
+          git config user.name github-actions
+          git config user.email github-actions@github.com
+      - uses: azure/setup-helm@v1
+      - name: update appVersion
+        run: |
+          export version=${GITHUB_REF##*/}
+          sed -i "s/appVersion:.*/appVersion: ${version}/" charts/kafka-ui/Chart.yaml
+      - name:
+        run: |
+          export VERSION=${GITHUB_REF##*/}
+          MSG=$(helm package --app-version ${VERSION} charts/kafka-ui)
+          git fetch origin
+          git stash
+          git checkout -b gh-pages origin/gh-pages
+          helm repo index .
+          git add -f ${MSG##*/} index.yaml
+          git commit -m "release ${VERSION}"
+          git push
+  gh-release:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+      - run: |
+          git config user.name github-actions
+          git config user.email github-actions@github.com
+      - id: generate
+        shell: /usr/bin/bash -x -e {0}
+        run: |
+          VERSION=${GITHUB_REF##*/}
+          CHANGELOG=$(git --no-pager log --oneline --pretty=format:"- %s" `git tag --sort=-creatordate | grep '^v.*' | head -n2 | tail -n1`.. | uniq | grep -v '^- Merge\|^- skip')
+          CHANGELOG="${CHANGELOG//'%'/'%25'}"
+          CHANGELOG="${CHANGELOG//$'\n'/'%0A'}"
+          CHANGELOG="${CHANGELOG//$'\r'/'%0D'}"
+          echo ${CHANGELOG}
+          echo "::set-output name=changelog::${CHANGELOG}"
+          echo "::set-output name=version::${VERSION}"
+      - id: create_release
+        uses: actions/github-script@v3
+        env:
+          CHANGELOG: ${{steps.generate.outputs.changelog}}
+          VERSION:  ${{steps.generate.outputs.version}}
+        with:
+          github-token: ${{secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN}}
+          script: |
+            github.repos.createRelease({
+              owner: context.repo.owner,
+              repo: context.repo.repo,
+              tag_name: context.ref,
+              name: "Release "+process.env.VERSION,
+              body: process.env.CHANGELOG,
+              draft: false,
+              prerelease: false
+            });