diff --git a/.release-it.json b/.release-it.json
deleted file mode 100644
index cb7cc1a96f09b1225acb969f79f7d47f294620fa..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/.release-it.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "npm": { "publish": false },
-  "gitlab": { "release": true },
-  "plugins": {
-    "@release-it/keep-a-changelog": {
-      "addVersionUrl": true,
-      "addUnreleased": true,
-      "head": "main"
-    },
-    "@j-ulrich/release-it-regex-bumper": {
-      "out": [
-        {
-          "file": "helm/core-ui-middleware/Chart.yaml",
-          "search": "appVersion: \"\\d+\\.\\d+\\.\\d+\"",
-          "replace": "appVersion: \"{{version}}\""
-        }
-      ]
-    }
-  }
-}
diff --git a/helm/core-ui-middleware/.release-it.json b/helm/core-ui-middleware/.release-it.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 6b083e47b43641b0c1dfee28f823c9d27e9956c2..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/helm/core-ui-middleware/.release-it.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "git": { "push": false, "tag": false, "changelog": false, "commitMessage": "Bump helm chart version ${version}" },
-  "npm": false,
-  "plugins": {
-    "@j-ulrich/release-it-regex-bumper": {
-      "in": {
-        "file": "Chart.yaml",
-        "search": "version: (\\d+\\.\\d+\\.\\d+)"
-      },
-      "out": [
-        {
-          "file": "Chart.yaml",
-          "search": "version: \\d+\\.\\d+\\.\\d+",
-          "replace": "version: {{version}}"
-        }
-      ]
-    }
-  }
-}
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index e8b816a3d436715b90da6fa7a3a09c8c17810f4f..c0f080c0da8b116413513b910e9540eb6893a83e 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -11,9 +11,7 @@
     "prepare": "husky install",
     "test": "LOG_LEVEL=error mocha --loader=testdouble --config spec/.mocharc.cjs --exit",
     "integration": "LOG_LEVEL=error mocha --loader=testdouble --config integration/.mocharc.cjs --exit",
-    "release-chart": "cd helm/core-ui-middleware/ && npx --package=@open-xchange/release-it -- release-it",
-    "release-app": "npx --package=@open-xchange/release-it@latest -- release-it-auto-keepachangelog",
-    "release": "yarn release-chart && yarn release-app"
+    "release": "yarn --no-progress -s create @open-xchange/release"
   },
   "author": "Open-Xchange",
   "license": "CC-BY-NC-SA-2.5",