diff --git a/.github/pull_request_template.md b/.github/pull_request_template.md
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index a9ac665e61..0000000000
--- a/.github/pull_request_template.md
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-## Description
-
-<!-- Please include a summary of the change and which issue is fixed. Please provide the motivation for why this change is necessary at this stage of the product development cycle. -->
-
-## Deployed Contract
-
-<!-- CI will attempt to deploy the nouns-contracts to Rinkeby on all Pull Requests. Locate the deployed contract address and insert it below if your changes affect the contracts. The contract address can be found by:
-
-1. Click the `Checks` tab above
-2. Click the `Contracts CI` workflow
-3. Click the `Build and Deploy` job
-4. Expand the `Look for contract info here` step -->
-
-Rinkeby contract address `ADDRESS_HERE`
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.github/workflows/contract-deployment.yaml b/.github/workflows/contract-deployment.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ea4434166b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/contract-deployment.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+name: Contracts CD
+
+on:
+  release:
+    types: 
+      - created
+
+jobs:
+  build_and_test:
+    name: Build and Test
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - name: Use Node.js 14.x
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v1
+        with:
+          node-version: 14.x
+      - run: yarn 
+      - run: yarn build
+      - name: Run contract tests
+        run: |
+          cd packages/nouns-contracts
+          yarn test
+  build_and_deploy:
+    name: Build and Deploy
+    needs: build_and_test
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - name: Use Node.js 14.x
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v1
+        with:
+          node-version: 14.x
+      - run: yarn 
+      - run: yarn build
+      - name: Deploy contract to Rinkeby
+        env:
+          INFURA_PROJECT_ID: ${{ secrets.INFURA_PROJECT_ID }}
+          MNEMONIC: ${{ secrets.MNEMONIC }}
+        run: |
+          cd packages/nouns-contracts
+          npx hardhat run --network rinkeby scripts/deploy-ci.ts
+      - name: Verify contract on Etherscan
+        env:
+          INFURA_PROJECT_ID: ${{ secrets.INFURA_PROJECT_ID }}
+          ETHERSCAN_API_KEY: ${{ secrets.ETHERSCAN_API_KEY }}
+        run: |
+          cd packages/nouns-contracts
+          echo "Giving Etherscan time to index"
+          sleep 60 # This could be replaced by polling etherscan on that address, wait for non-404
+          npx hardhat verify --network rinkeby `cat logs/deploy.json| jq -r '.contractAddress'`
+      - name: Look here for contract info
+        run: |
+          cd packages/nouns-contracts
+          echo "Contract deployed on Rinkeby to `cat logs/deploy.json| jq -r '.contractAddress'`"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/contracts.yaml b/.github/workflows/contracts.yaml
index 41ef50b2b8..e32567a3ce 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/contracts.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/contracts.yaml
@@ -24,35 +24,3 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           cd packages/nouns-contracts
           yarn test
-  build_and_deploy:
-    name: Build and Deploy
-    needs: build_and_test
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
-      - name: Use Node.js 14.x
-        uses: actions/setup-node@v1
-        with:
-          node-version: 14.x
-      - run: yarn 
-      - run: yarn build
-      - name: Deploy contract to Rinkeby
-        env:
-          INFURA_PROJECT_ID: ${{ secrets.INFURA_PROJECT_ID }}
-          MNEMONIC: ${{ secrets.MNEMONIC }}
-        run: |
-          cd packages/nouns-contracts
-          npx hardhat run --network rinkeby scripts/deploy-ci.ts
-      - name: Verify contract on Etherscan
-        env:
-          INFURA_PROJECT_ID: ${{ secrets.INFURA_PROJECT_ID }}
-          ETHERSCAN_API_KEY: ${{ secrets.ETHERSCAN_API_KEY }}
-        run: |
-          cd packages/nouns-contracts
-          echo "Giving Etherscan time to index"
-          sleep 60 # This could be replaced by polling etherscan on that address, wait for non-404
-          npx hardhat verify --network rinkeby `cat logs/deploy.json| jq -r '.contractAddress'`
-      - name: Look here for contract info
-        run: |
-          cd packages/nouns-contracts
-          echo "Contract deployed on Rinkeby to `cat logs/deploy.json| jq -r '.contractAddress'`"