diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 56d9d3de3cc..49a8c866407 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 name: Release
+run-name: "Build release ${{ inputs.release_version}} from branch ${{ inputs.checkout_ref }} by @${{ github.actor}}"
 
 env:
   APPLICATION: "erigon"
@@ -7,7 +8,7 @@ env:
   APP_REPO: "erigontech/erigon"
   PACKAGE: "github.com/erigontech/erigon"
   DOCKERHUB_REPOSITORY: "erigontech/erigon"
-  DOCKERFILE_PATH: "./Dockerfile.release"
+  DOCKERFILE_PATH: "Dockerfile.release"
   GITHUB_AUTOMATION_EMAIL: "github-automation@erigon.tech"
   GITHUB_AUTOMATION_NAME: "Erigon Github Automation"
   LABEL_DESCRIPTION: "Erigon is an implementation of Ethereum (execution layer with embeddable consensus layer), on the efficiency frontier. Archive Node by default."
@@ -16,12 +17,6 @@ on:
   push:
     branches-ignore:
       - '**'
-    #branches:
-    #  - 'master'
-    #tags:
-      ## only trigger on release tags:
-      #- 'v*.*.*'
-      #- 'v*.*.*-*'
   workflow_dispatch:
     inputs:
       checkout_ref:
@@ -50,8 +45,13 @@ jobs:
   build-release:
     ## runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest-devops-xxlarge
-    timeout-minutes: 60
-    name: Build Artifacts and multi-platform Docker image, publish draft of the Release Notes
+    timeout-minutes: 75
+    name: Create git tag, build and publish Artifacts
+    outputs:
+      commit-id: ${{ steps.getCommitId.outputs.id }}
+      short-commit-id: ${{ steps.getCommitId.outputs.short_commit_id }}
+      application: ${{ env.APPLICATION }}
+      parsed-version: ${{ steps.getCommitId.outputs.parsed_version}}
 
     steps:
       - name: Checkout git repository ${{ env.APP_REPO }}
@@ -69,6 +69,9 @@ jobs:
             exit 1
           else
             echo "OK: tag ${{ inputs.release_version }} does not exists. Proceeding."
+            git tag ${{ inputs.release_version }}
+            git push origin ${{ inputs.release_version }}
+            echo; echo "Git TAG ${{ inputs.release_version }} created and pushed."
           fi
 
       - name: Get commit id
@@ -76,12 +79,7 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           echo "id=$(git rev-parse HEAD)" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
           echo "short_commit_id=$(git rev-parse --short=7 HEAD)" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-
-      - name: Login to Docker Hub
-        uses: docker/login-action@9780b0c442fbb1117ed29e0efdff1e18412f7567  ## v3.3.0
-        with:
-          username: ${{ secrets.ORG_DOCKERHUB_ERIGONTECH_USERNAME }}
-          password: ${{ secrets.ORG_DOCKERHUB_ERIGONTECH_TOKEN }}
+          echo "parsed_version=$(echo ${{ inputs.release_version }} | sed -e 's/^v//g')" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
 
       - name: Set up QEMU
         uses: docker/setup-qemu-action@49b3bc8e6bdd4a60e6116a5414239cba5943d3cf ## v3.2.0
@@ -110,37 +108,6 @@ jobs:
           echo "DEBUG: content of the dist/ directory"
           find dist/ -ls
 
-      - name: Build and push multi-platform docker images (${{ env.BUILD_VERSION }} and latest) in case perform_release is true
-        if: ${{ inputs.perform_release }}
-        env:
-          BUILD_VERSION: ${{ inputs.release_version }}
-          DOCKER_URL: ${{ env.DOCKERHUB_REPOSITORY }}
-          DOCKER_PUBLISH_LATEST_CONDITION: ${{ inputs.publish_latest_tag && format('--tag {0}:latest ',env.DOCKERHUB_REPOSITORY) || '' }}
-        run: |
-          docker buildx build \
-          --file ${{ env.DOCKERFILE_PATH }} \
-          --build-arg RELEASE_DOCKER_BASE_IMAGE=${{ env.DOCKER_BASE_IMAGE }} \
-          --build-arg VERSION=${{ env.BUILD_VERSION }} \
-          --build-arg APPLICATION=${{ env.APPLICATION }} \
-          --tag ${{ env.DOCKER_URL }}:${{ env.BUILD_VERSION }} \
-          --target release \
-          --attest type=provenance,mode=max \
-          --sbom=true \
-          ${{ env.DOCKER_PUBLISH_LATEST_CONDITION }} \
-          --label org.opencontainers.image.created=$(date -u +'%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ') \
-          --label org.opencontainers.image.authors="https://github.com/erigontech/erigon/graphs/contributors" \
-          --label org.opencontainers.image.url="https://github.com/erigontech/erigon/blob/main/Dockerfile" \
-          --label org.opencontainers.image.documentation="https://github.com/erigontech/erigon/blob/main/Dockerfile" \
-          --label org.opencontainers.image.source="https://github.com/erigontech/erigon/blob/main/Dockerfile" \
-          --label org.opencontainers.image.version=${{ inputs.release_version }} \
-          --label org.opencontainers.image.revision=${{ steps.getCommitId.outputs.id }} \
-          --label org.opencontainers.image.vcs-ref-short=${{ steps.getCommitId.outputs.short_commit_id }} \
-          --label org.opencontainers.image.vendor="${{ github.repository_owner }}" \
-          --label org.opencontainers.image.description="${{ env.LABEL_DESCRIPTION }}" \
-          --label org.opencontainers.image.base.name="${{ env.DOCKER_BASE_IMAGE }}" \
-          --push \
-          --platform linux/amd64,linux/amd64/v2,linux/arm64 .
-
       - name: Upload artifact -- linux/arm64
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@834a144ee995460fba8ed112a2fc961b36a5ec5a  ## v4.3.6
         with:
@@ -186,30 +153,185 @@ jobs:
           compression-level: 0
           if-no-files-found: error
 
-## not required for now -- commented:
-#      - name: Create and push a git tag for the released version in case perform_release is set
-#        if: ${{ inputs.perform_release }}
-#        run: |
-#          git config --global user.email ${{ env.GITHUB_AUTOMATION_EMAIL }}
-#          git config --global user.name "${{ env.GITHUB_AUTOMATION_NAME }}"
-#          git tag -a ${{ inputs.release_version }} -m "Release ${{ inputs.release_version }}"
-#          git push origin ${{ inputs.release_version }}
-
-      - name: Publish draft of the Release notes with assets in case perform_release is set
-        if: ${{ inputs.perform_release }}
-        env:
-          GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
-          GH_REPO: ${{ github.repository }}
-          DOCKER_TAGS: ${{ env.DOCKERHUB_REPOSITORY }}:${{ inputs.release_version }}
-          GITHUB_RELEASE_TARGET: ${{ inputs.checkout_ref }}
+
+
+  build-debian-pkg:
+    name: Debian packages
+    needs: [ build-release ]
+    uses: erigontech/erigon/.github/workflows/reusable-release-build-debian-pkg.yml@main
+    with:
+      application: ${{ needs.build-release.outputs.application }}
+      version: ${{ needs.build-release.outputs.parsed-version }}
+
+
+
+  publish-docker-image:
+    needs: [ build-release ]
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    timeout-minutes: 30
+    name: Docker image        
+
+    steps:
+
+    - name: Fast checkout just ${{ env.DOCKERFILE_PATH }} from git repository ${{ env.APP_REPO }}
+      uses: actions/checkout@692973e3d937129bcbf40652eb9f2f61becf3332 ## 4.1.7 release
+      with:
+        repository: ${{ env.APP_REPO }}
+        sparse-checkout: ${{ env.DOCKERFILE_PATH }}
+        sparse-checkout-cone-mode: false
+        ref: ${{ needs.build-release.outputs.commit-id }}
+
+    - name: Download arm64 artifact
+      uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+      with:
+        name: ${{ env.APPLICATION }}_${{ inputs.release_version }}_linux_arm64.tar.gz
+        path: dist/
+
+    - name: Download amd64 artifact
+      uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+      with:
+        name: ${{ env.APPLICATION }}_${{ inputs.release_version }}_linux_amd64.tar.gz
+        path: dist/
+
+    - name: Download amd64v2 artifact
+      uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+      with:
+        name: ${{ env.APPLICATION }}_${{ inputs.release_version }}_linux_amd64v2.tar.gz
+        path: dist/
+
+    - name: Set up QEMU
+      uses: docker/setup-qemu-action@49b3bc8e6bdd4a60e6116a5414239cba5943d3cf ## v3.2.0
+
+    - name: Set up Docker Buildx
+      uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@988b5a0280414f521da01fcc63a27aeeb4b104db ## v3.6.1
+
+    - name: Login to Docker Hub
+      uses: docker/login-action@9780b0c442fbb1117ed29e0efdff1e18412f7567  ## v3.3.0
+      with:
+        username: ${{ secrets.ORG_DOCKERHUB_ERIGONTECH_USERNAME }}
+        password: ${{ secrets.ORG_DOCKERHUB_ERIGONTECH_TOKEN }}
+
+    - name: Build and push multi-platform docker images (${{ env.BUILD_VERSION }} and maybe latest) in case perform_release is true
+      if: ${{ inputs.perform_release }}
+      env:
+        BUILD_VERSION: ${{ inputs.release_version }}
+        DOCKER_URL: ${{ env.DOCKERHUB_REPOSITORY }}
+        DOCKER_PUBLISH_LATEST_CONDITION: ${{ inputs.publish_latest_tag && format('--tag {0}:latest ',env.DOCKERHUB_REPOSITORY) || '' }}
+      run: |
+        pwd
+        find . -ls
+        docker buildx build \
+        --file ${{ env.DOCKERFILE_PATH }} \
+        --build-arg RELEASE_DOCKER_BASE_IMAGE=${{ env.DOCKER_BASE_IMAGE }} \
+        --build-arg VERSION=${{ env.BUILD_VERSION }} \
+        --build-arg APPLICATION=${{ env.APPLICATION }} \
+        --tag ${{ env.DOCKER_URL }}:${{ env.BUILD_VERSION }} \
+        --target release \
+        --attest type=provenance,mode=max \
+        --sbom=true \
+        ${{ env.DOCKER_PUBLISH_LATEST_CONDITION }} \
+        --label org.opencontainers.image.created=$(date -u +'%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ') \
+        --label org.opencontainers.image.authors="https://github.com/erigontech/erigon/graphs/contributors" \
+        --label org.opencontainers.image.url="https://github.com/erigontech/erigon/blob/${{ inputs.checkout_ref }}/${{ env.DOCKERFILE_PATH }}" \
+        --label org.opencontainers.image.documentation="https://github.com/erigontech/erigon/blob/${{ inputs.checkout_ref }}/${{ env.DOCKERFILE_PATH }}" \
+        --label org.opencontainers.image.source="https://github.com/erigontech/erigon/blob/${{ inputs.checkout_ref }}/${{ env.DOCKERFILE_PATH }}" \
+        --label org.opencontainers.image.version=${{ inputs.release_version }} \
+        --label org.opencontainers.image.revision=${{ needs.build-release.outputs.commit-id }} \
+        --label org.opencontainers.image.vcs-ref-short=${{ needs.build-release.outputs.short-commit-id }} \
+        --label org.opencontainers.image.vendor="${{ github.repository_owner }}" \
+        --label org.opencontainers.image.description="${{ env.LABEL_DESCRIPTION }}" \
+        --label org.opencontainers.image.base.name="${{ env.DOCKER_BASE_IMAGE }}" \
+        --push \
+        --platform linux/amd64,linux/amd64/v2,linux/arm64 .
+
+
+
+  publish-release:
+    needs: [ build-debian-pkg, publish-docker-image, build-release ]
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    timeout-minutes: 15
+    name: Publish release notes
+
+    steps:
+    - name: Download linux/arm64 artifact
+      uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+      with:
+        name: ${{ env.APPLICATION }}_${{ inputs.release_version }}_linux_arm64.tar.gz
+        path: dist/
+
+    - name: Download linux/amd64 artifact
+      uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+      with:
+        name: ${{ env.APPLICATION }}_${{ inputs.release_version }}_linux_amd64.tar.gz
+        path: dist/
+
+    - name: Download linux/amd64v2 artifact
+      uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+      with:
+        name: ${{ env.APPLICATION }}_${{ inputs.release_version }}_linux_amd64v2.tar.gz
+        path: dist/
+
+    - name: Download darwin/amd64 artifact
+      uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+      with:
+        name: ${{ env.APPLICATION }}_${{ inputs.release_version }}_darwin_amd64.tar.gz
+        path: dist/
+
+    - name: Download darwin/arm64 artifact
+      uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+      with:
+        name: ${{ env.APPLICATION }}_${{ inputs.release_version }}_darwin_arm64.tar.gz
+        path: dist/
+
+    - name: Download arm64 debian package
+      uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+      with:
+        name: ${{ env.APPLICATION }}_${{ needs.build-release.outputs.parsed-version }}_arm64.deb
+        path: dist/
+
+    - name: Download amd64 debian package
+      uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+      with:
+        name: ${{ env.APPLICATION }}_${{ needs.build-release.outputs.parsed-version }}_amd64.deb
+        path: dist/
+
+    - name: Publish draft of the Release notes with assets in case perform_release is set
+      if: ${{ inputs.perform_release }}
+      env:
+        GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
+        GH_REPO: ${{ github.repository }}
+        DOCKER_TAGS: ${{ env.DOCKERHUB_REPOSITORY }}:${{ inputs.release_version }}
+        GITHUB_RELEASE_TARGET: ${{ inputs.checkout_ref }}
+      run: |
+        cd dist
+        sha256sum *.tar.gz *.deb > ${HOME}/${{ env.APPLICATION }}_${{ inputs.release_version }}_checksums.txt
+        gh release create \
+          --generate-notes \
+          --target ${GITHUB_RELEASE_TARGET} \
+          --draft=true \
+          --title "${{ inputs.release_version }}" \
+          --notes "**Improvements:**<br>- ...coming soon <br><br>**Bugfixes:**<br><br>- ...coming soon<br><br>**Docker images:**<br><br>Docker image released:<br> ${{ env.DOCKER_TAGS }}<br><br>... coming soon<br>" \
+          "${{ inputs.release_version }}" \
+          *.tar.gz *.deb ${HOME}/${{ env.APPLICATION }}_${{ inputs.release_version }}_checksums.txt
+
+
+  In-case-of-failure:
+    name: "In case of failure: remove remote git tag pointing to the new version."
+    needs: [ publish-release, build-release ]
+    if: always() && !contains(needs.build-release.result, 'success')
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout git repository ${{ env.APP_REPO }} reference ${{ inputs.checkout_ref }}
+        uses: actions/checkout@692973e3d937129bcbf40652eb9f2f61becf3332 ## 4.1.7 release
+        with:
+          repository: ${{ env.APP_REPO }}
+          fetch-depth: 0
+          ref: ${{ inputs.checkout_ref }}
+          path: 'erigon'
+
+      - name: Rollback - remove git tag ${{ inputs.release_version }}
+        if: ${{ (inputs.perform_release) && (inputs.release_version != '') }}
         run: |
-          cd dist
-          sha256sum *.tar.gz > ${HOME}/${{ env.APPLICATION }}_${{ inputs.release_version }}_checksums.txt
-          gh release create \
-            --generate-notes \
-            --target ${GITHUB_RELEASE_TARGET} \
-            --draft=true \
-            --title "${{ inputs.release_version }}" \
-            --notes "**Improvements:**<br>- ...coming soon <br><br>**Bugfixes:**<br><br>- ...coming soon<br><br>**Docker images:**<br><br>Docker image released:<br> ${{ env.DOCKER_TAGS }}<br><br>... coming soon<br>" \
-            "${{ inputs.release_version }}" \
-            *.tar.gz ${HOME}/${{ env.APPLICATION }}_${{ inputs.release_version }}_checksums.txt
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+          cd erigon
+          git push -d origin ${{ inputs.release_version }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/reusable-release-build-debian-pkg.yml b/.github/workflows/reusable-release-build-debian-pkg.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4ebf47769e9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/reusable-release-build-debian-pkg.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,139 @@
+name: Build debian package (part of release process)
+
+on:
+  workflow_call:
+    inputs:
+      application:
+        required: true
+        type: string
+      version:
+        required: true
+        type: string
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    timeout-minutes: 30
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Download arm64 artifact
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: ${{ inputs.application }}_v${{ inputs.version }}_linux_arm64.tar.gz
+
+      - name: Download amd64v2 artifact
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: ${{ inputs.application }}_v${{ inputs.version }}_linux_amd64v2.tar.gz
+
+      - name: Update and install required packages, run dpkg
+        run: |
+          sudo apt-get update
+          sudo apt-get upgrade -y
+          sudo apt-get install -y dpkg-dev debhelper
+          sudo dpkg --clear-avail
+
+      - name: Extract archives and rename amd64v2 to amd64
+        run: |
+          tar xzvf ${{ inputs.application }}_v${{ inputs.version }}_linux_amd64v2.tar.gz
+          mv -v ${{ inputs.application }}_v${{ inputs.version }}_linux_amd64v2 ${{ inputs.application }}_v${{ inputs.version }}_linux_amd64
+          tar xzvf ${{ inputs.application }}_v${{ inputs.version }}_linux_arm64.tar.gz
+          cat <<-END > postinst.template
+          #!/bin/bash
+          echo "WARNING: erigon package does not install any configurations nor services."
+          echo "Use your specific way to configure and run erigon according to your needs."
+          echo "More details on how to run erigon could be found at https://erigon.gitbook.io/erigon ."
+          END
+
+      # Creating directory structure
+      # see https://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-controlfields.html#version
+      #     https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/developers-reference/best-pkging-practices.html
+      - name: Build debian package for amd64
+        env:
+          ARCH: "amd64"
+        run: |
+          mkdir -p deb-pkg/${{ inputs.application }}_${{ inputs.version }}_${ARCH}/usr/bin \
+                   deb-pkg/${{ inputs.application }}_${{ inputs.version }}_${ARCH}/DEBIAN
+          install postinst.template deb-pkg/${{ inputs.application }}_${{ inputs.version }}_${ARCH}/DEBIAN/postinst
+          cat <<-END  > deb-pkg/${{ inputs.application }}_${{ inputs.version }}_${ARCH}/DEBIAN/control
+          Package: ${{ inputs.application }}
+          Version: ${{ inputs.version }}
+          Section: misc
+          Priority: optional
+          Architecture: ${ARCH}
+          Maintainer: Erigon DevOps [https://github.com/erigontech/erigon/issues]
+          Description: Erigon - Ethereum implementation on the efficiency frontier
+          Vcs-Git: https://github.com/erigontech/erigon.git
+          Vcs-Browser: https://github.com/erigontech/erigon 
+          END
+          install -v -p ${{ inputs.application }}_v${{ inputs.version }}_linux_${ARCH}/* \
+                      deb-pkg/${{ inputs.application }}_${{ inputs.version }}_${ARCH}/usr/bin
+          dpkg-deb --build --root-owner-group deb-pkg/${{ inputs.application }}_${{ inputs.version }}_${ARCH}
+
+      - name: Build debian package for arm64
+        env:
+          ARCH: "arm64"
+        run: |
+          mkdir -p deb-pkg/${{ inputs.application }}_${{ inputs.version }}_${ARCH}/usr/bin \
+                    deb-pkg/${{ inputs.application }}_${{ inputs.version }}_${ARCH}/DEBIAN
+          install postinst.template deb-pkg/${{ inputs.application }}_${{ inputs.version }}_${ARCH}/DEBIAN/postinst
+          cat <<-END  > deb-pkg/${{ inputs.application }}_${{ inputs.version }}_${ARCH}/DEBIAN/control
+          Package: ${{ inputs.application }}
+          Version: ${{ inputs.version }}
+          Section: misc
+          Priority: optional
+          Architecture: ${ARCH}
+          Maintainer: Erigon DevOps [https://github.com/erigontech/erigon/issues]
+          Description: Erigon - Ethereum implementation on the efficiency frontier
+          Vcs-Git: https://github.com/erigontech/erigon.git
+          Vcs-Browser: https://github.com/erigontech/erigon 
+          END
+          echo "debug start"
+          cat deb-pkg/${{ inputs.application }}_${{ inputs.version }}_${ARCH}/DEBIAN/control
+          echo "debug end"
+          install -v -p ${{ inputs.application }}_v${{ inputs.version }}_linux_${ARCH}/* \
+                      deb-pkg/${{ inputs.application }}_${{ inputs.version }}_${ARCH}/usr/bin
+          dpkg-deb --build --root-owner-group deb-pkg/${{ inputs.application }}_${{ inputs.version }}_${ARCH}
+
+      - name: Debug output
+        run: |
+          cd ./deb-pkg
+          sha256sum ${{ inputs.application }}_${{ inputs.version }}_amd64.deb > ${{ inputs.application }}_${{ inputs.version }}_amd64.deb.checksum
+          sha256sum ${{ inputs.application }}_${{ inputs.version }}_arm64.deb > ${{ inputs.application }}_${{ inputs.version }}_arm64.deb.checksum
+          ls -l *deb *.checksum
+
+      - name: Apload artifact amd64.deb
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@834a144ee995460fba8ed112a2fc961b36a5ec5a  ## v4.3.6
+        with:
+          name: ${{ inputs.application }}_${{ inputs.version }}_amd64.deb
+          path: ./deb-pkg/${{ inputs.application }}_${{ inputs.version }}_amd64.deb
+          retention-days: 5
+          compression-level: 0
+          if-no-files-found: error
+
+      - name: Apload artifact amd64.deb.checksum
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@834a144ee995460fba8ed112a2fc961b36a5ec5a  ## v4.3.6
+        with:
+          name: ${{ inputs.application }}_${{ inputs.version }}_amd64.deb.checksum
+          path: ./deb-pkg/${{ inputs.application }}_${{ inputs.version }}_amd64.deb.checksum
+          retention-days: 5
+          compression-level: 0
+          if-no-files-found: error
+
+      - name: Apload artifact arm64.deb
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@834a144ee995460fba8ed112a2fc961b36a5ec5a  ## v4.3.6
+        with:
+          name: ${{ inputs.application }}_${{ inputs.version }}_arm64.deb
+          path: ./deb-pkg/${{ inputs.application }}_${{ inputs.version }}_arm64.deb
+          retention-days: 5
+          compression-level: 0
+          if-no-files-found: error
+  
+      - name: Apload artifact arm64.deb.checksum
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@834a144ee995460fba8ed112a2fc961b36a5ec5a  ## v4.3.6
+        with:
+          name: ${{ inputs.application }}_${{ inputs.version }}_arm64.deb.checksum
+          path: ./deb-pkg/${{ inputs.application }}_${{ inputs.version }}_arm64.deb.checksum
+          retention-days: 5
+          compression-level: 0
+          if-no-files-found: error
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