diff --git a/.github/workflows/release_changes.yml b/.github/workflows/release_changes.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..976a7b6a530
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/release_changes.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+name: Release/pre-release Preparation.
+
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      message:
+        description: 'Triggered for release or pe-release'
+        required: false
+        default: 'Release Preparation'
+      releaseTags:
+        description: 'tag to update'
+        required: true
+      snapshotTags:
+        description: 'tag to be replaced'
+        required: true
+      base:
+        description: 'base branch for PR'
+        required: true
+jobs:
+  build:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - name: Setup branch and env
+        run: |
+          # Strip git ref prefix from version
+          echo "BRANCH_NAME=$(echo ${{ github.ref }} | sed -e 's,.*/\(.*\),\1,')" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          echo "GPG_TTY=$(tty)" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+      - name: Mannualy changing the pom versions
+        run: find . -type f -name "*pom.xml" -print0 | xargs -0 sed -i "s/${{ github.event.inputs.snapshotTags }}/${{ github.event.inputs.releaseTags }}/g"
+
+      - name: Updating the Release URL in POM
+        run: |
+          cd .github/workflows
+          sed -i 's/OSSRH_SNAPSHOT_URL/RELEASE_URL/g' push_trigger.yml
+      - name: Updating libs-snapshot-local to libs-release local for artifactory URL's.
+        run: find . -type f -name "*Dockerfile" -print0 | xargs -0 sed -i "s/libs-snapshot-local/libs-release-local/g"
+
+      - name: removing -DskipTests
+        run: find . -type f -name "*push_trigger.yml" -print0 | xargs -0 sed -i "s/"-DskipTests"//g"
+
+        #    - name: removing --Dgpg.skip
+        #      run: find . -type f -name "*push_trigger.yml" -print0 | xargs -0 sed -i "s/"-Dgpg.skip"//g"
+
+      - name: Create Pull Request
+        uses: peter-evans/create-pull-request@v3
+        with:
+          token: ${{ secrets.ACTION_PAT }}
+          commit-message: Updated Pom versions for release changes
+          title: Release changes
+          body: Automated PR for ${{ github.event.inputs.releaseTags }} release.
+          branch: release-branch
+          delete-branch: true
+          base: ${{ github.event.inputs.base }}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/automationtests/pom.xml b/automationtests/pom.xml
index 16a3583f8c8..65caa007356 100644
--- a/automationtests/pom.xml
+++ b/automationtests/pom.xml
@@ -355,7 +355,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>net.lingala.zip4j</groupId>
 			<artifactId>zip4j</artifactId>
-			<version>1.3.2</version>
+			<version>2.11.3</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>com.ibm.icu</groupId>
diff --git a/automationtests/src/main/java/io/mosip/dbaccess/DBManager.java b/automationtests/src/main/java/io/mosip/dbaccess/DBManager.java
index 9f2dc1ff543..9b7bd262998 100644
--- a/automationtests/src/main/java/io/mosip/dbaccess/DBManager.java
+++ b/automationtests/src/main/java/io/mosip/dbaccess/DBManager.java
@@ -211,6 +211,7 @@ public void execute(Connection connection) throws SQLException {
 					statement.addBatch("delete from master.template where template_typ_code IN(select code from master.template_type where code='Test-info-Template-auto')");
 					statement.addBatch(
 							"update master.template set is_active='true', is_deleted='false' where id='1101'");
+					statement.addBatch("delete from master.template where template_typ_code IN(select code from master.template_type where code='Test-info-Template-auto')");
 					statement.addBatch("delete from master.template_type where code='Test-info-Template-auto'");
 					statement.addBatch(
 							"update master.location set is_active='true', is_deleted='false' where code='10114'");