diff --git a/.github/scripts/githelper.sh b/.github/scripts/githelper.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..26524949d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/scripts/githelper.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+#debugger
+set -x
+
+source ./.github/scripts/variables.env
+
+############################
+function setup_git {
+############################
+  echo "###############"
+  echo "set git config"
+  echo "###############"
+
+  git config --global user.email "$GIT_USER_MAIL"
+  git config --global user.name "$GIT_USER_NAME"
+}
+
+############################
+function checkout_project {
+############################
+  echo "###############"
+  echo "clone repository $GIT_URL"
+  echo "###############"
+
+  # clone opsrepo
+  git clone $GIT_URL $LOCAL_TMP_DIR/$GIT_OPSREPO
+}
+
+############################
+function change_image_version {
+############################
+  echo "###############"
+  echo "checkout master"
+  echo "###############"
+
+  cd $LOCAL_TMP_DIR/$GIT_OPSREPO/$GIT_OPSREPO_APPFOLDER/$GIT_OPSREPO_APPLICATION_NAME/overlay/$TARGET_ENVIRONMENT
+  git checkout master
+  git pull
+  echo "###############"
+  echo "change image version and commit"
+  echo "###############"
+  sed -i "s#image: $REGISTRY_IMAGE:.*#image: $REGISTRY_IMAGE:$CAOS_NEXT_VERSION#g" $GIT_OPSREPO_IMAGEFILE
+  git add $GIT_OPSREPO_IMAGEFILE
+  git commit --message "Github Workflow: $GITHUB_WORKFLOW"
+}
+
+############################
+function upload_files {
+############################
+  echo "###############"
+  echo "git push"
+  echo "###############"
+  git push --quiet --set-upstream origin
+}
diff --git a/.github/scripts/variables.env b/.github/scripts/variables.env
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8f496a7c8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/scripts/variables.env
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+### local vars
+export LOCAL_TMP_DIR="/tmp"
+
+### git settings for cloning operations repository
+export GIT_USER_MAIL="hi@caos.ch"
+export GIT_USER_NAME="zitadel-pipeline"
+
+#path of opsrepository
+export GIT_URL="https://$GIT_OPSREPO_DEPLOYTOKEN@github.com/caos/zitadel-ops.git"
+export GIT_OPSREPO="citadel-ops"
+
+### application settings
+export GIT_OPSREPO_APPFOLDER="k8s/workload"
+export GIT_OPSREPO_APPLICATION_NAME="zitadel"
+export GIT_OPSREPO_IMAGEFILE="imageversion.yaml"
+export REGISTRY_IMAGE="$REGISTRY/$GITHUB_REPOSITORY/$IMAGE"
+
+### environment settings
+#export TARGET_ENVIRONMENT="dev"
+
+
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index debde81b9..80fe07876 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -213,3 +213,14 @@ jobs:
     - name: Docker Push Latest
       run: docker push $REGISTRY/$GITHUB_REPOSITORY/$IMAGE:latest
       if: env.CAOS_NEXT_VERSION !=  ''
+    - name: Deploy DEV environment
+      env:
+        TARGET_ENVIRONMENT: "dev"
+        GIT_OPSREPO_DEPLOYTOKEN: ${{secrets.GIT_OPSREPO_DEPLOYTOKEN}}
+      run: |
+        source ./.github/scripts/githelper.sh
+        setup_git
+        checkout_project
+        change_image_version
+        upload_files
+      if: env.CAOS_NEXT_VERSION !=  ''