diff --git a/.github/changelog.json b/.github/changelog.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6f5e672b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/changelog.json
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+{
+  "categories": [
+    {
+      "title": "## Breaking",
+      "labels": ["breaking"]
+    },
+    {
+      "title": "## Features",
+      "labels": ["feature", "enhancement"]
+    },
+    {
+      "title": "## Fixes",
+      "labels": ["fix", "bugfix"]
+    },
+    {
+      "title": "## Documentation",
+      "labels": ["documentation", "docs"]
+    },
+    {
+      "title": "## Infrastructure",
+      "labels": ["dependencies", "maintenance", "ci"]
+    },
+    {
+      "title": "## Uncategorized",
+      "labels": []
+    }
+  ],
+  "ignore_labels": ["ignore", "ci-ignore"],
+  "template": "#{{CHANGELOG}}",
+  "pr_template": "- #{{TITLE}} (##{{NUMBER}} by @#{{AUTHOR}})"
+}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index c57ac2ad..ad84de46 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -10,15 +10,16 @@ jobs:
   ci:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
     - run: |
         docker pull ghcr.io/osgeo/gdal:ubuntu-small-latest ;
         docker run -i --rm -v `pwd`/test/data:/data ghcr.io/osgeo/gdal:ubuntu-small-latest bash -c "apt-get update && apt-get -y install imagemagick libtiff-tools wget && cd /data && ./setup_data.sh"
     - name: Use Node.js ${{ matrix.node-version }}
-      uses: actions/setup-node@v1
+      uses: actions/setup-node@v4
       with:
-        node-version: 20.x
-    - run: npm ci
+        node-version: 22.x
+    - run: npm ci --ignore-scripts
+    - run: npm rebuild
     - run: npm run build
     - run: npm test
     - name: action-slack
diff --git a/.github/workflows/docs.yml b/.github/workflows/docs.yml
index 2fa60f7b..c310d88e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/docs.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/docs.yml
@@ -10,11 +10,11 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Checkout code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v2
-      - name: Use Node.js ${{ matrix.node-version }}
-        uses: actions/setup-node@v1
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: Use Node.js 22.x
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v4
         with:
-          node-version: ${{ matrix.node-version }}
+          node-version: 22.x
       - run: npm ci
       - run: npm run docs
       - name: Deploy pages
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 36ea6787..ba49ed96 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -7,27 +7,49 @@ on:
 
 jobs:
   release:
-    name: Create Release
+    name: Create release
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    permissions:
+      # required for softprops/action-gh-release
+      contents: write
+      # required for mikepenz/release-changelog-builder-action
+      pull-requests: read
+
     steps:
       - name: Checkout code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v2
-      - run: npm install
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - run: npm ci --ignore-scripts
+        # npm run prepare runs the build step for publish and pack
+      - run: npm rebuild && npm run prepare
       - run: npm run docs
-      - uses: JS-DevTools/npm-publish@v1
+      - uses: JS-DevTools/npm-publish@v3
+        id: publish
         with:
           token: ${{ secrets.NPM_TOKEN }}
-      - name: Create Release
+      - name: Create release notes
+        id: build_changelog
+        uses: mikepenz/release-changelog-builder-action@v5
+        with:
+          configuration: '.github/changelog.json'
+          ignorePreReleases: ${{ ! contains(github.ref_name, '-') }}
+      - name: Create tarball
+        run: npm pack --ignore-scripts
+      - name: Create release
         id: create_release
-        uses: actions/create-release@v1
-        env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+        uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v2
         with:
           tag_name: ${{ github.ref }}
-          release_name: Release ${{ github.ref }}
-          body: ""
+          name: Release ${{ github.ref_name }}
+          body: |
+            ${{ steps.build_changelog.outputs.changelog }}
+
+            **${{ contains(github.ref_name, '-') && 'Prerelease' || 'Full' }} changelog:** ${{ github.server_url }}/${{ github.repository }}/compare/${{ steps.build_changelog.outputs.fromTag }}...${{ steps.build_changelog.outputs.toTag }}
+            **NPM release:** https://npmjs.com/package/${{ steps.publish.outputs.name }}/v/${{ steps.publish.outputs.version }}
           draft: true
-          prerelease: false
+          prerelease: ${{ contains(github.ref_name, '-') }}
+          files: |
+            *.tgz
       - name: action-slack
         uses: 8398a7/action-slack@v3.8.0
         with:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/version.yml b/.github/workflows/version.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f9d2e462
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/version.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+# Create and push the commit and tag created from npm version <version>
+# 
+# From the Actions page on GitHub, users (with write permissions) can select
+# the desired release <version> and this action will handle running npm version
+# and pushing the tag to the repository.
+#
+# Due to the VERSION_TOKEN, the tag push will trigger release.yml, which handles
+# releasing to npm and GitHub releases.
+#
+# With pre* versions (prerelease, prepatch, etc.), the tag will be created with
+# --preid beta. Currently, they are released normally, to --tag latest on npm.
+
+name: Push new version
+
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      version:
+        description: 'npm version semver level'
+        required: true
+        default: 'patch'
+        type: choice
+        options:
+        - patch
+        - minor
+        - major
+        - prerelease
+        - prepatch
+        - preminor
+        - premajor
+
+jobs:
+  version:
+    name: Push ${{ inputs.version }} tag
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+    - name: Checkout branch
+      uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      with:
+        # see https://github.com/orgs/community/discussions/25617#discussioncomment-3248494
+        token: ${{ secrets.VERSION_TOKEN }}
+        # requires contents: write permission for this repo
+        # used by `git push` at the end
+    - uses: actions/setup-node@v4
+      with:
+        node-version: 22.x
+    - name: Configure git user
+      # this step is necessary for `npm version` to succeed
+      run: |
+        git config --global user.name "${{ github.actor }}"
+        git config --global user.email "${{ github.actor }}@users.noreply.github.com"
+    - name: npm version ${{ inputs.version }}
+      run: echo "version=$(npm version ${{ inputs.version }}${{ startsWith(inputs.version, 'pre') && '--preid beta' || '' }})" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
+    - name: git push
+      run: git push && git push origin ${{ env.version }}