diff --git a/.github/workflows/lint.yaml b/.github/workflows/lint.yaml
index b9a0a69..33c96b0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/lint.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/lint.yaml
@@ -1,31 +1,12 @@
-name: Lint yaml-files
+name: Lint yaml-files (reusable)
 
 on:
   pull_request:
   workflow_dispatch:
 
 jobs:
-  pr-yaml-lint:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - name: Checkout Lint Repo
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
-        with:
-          ref: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha }} # checkout last commit of PR instead of merge commit
-        
-      - name: Checkout Yamllint Config Repo
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
-        with:
-          repository: swissfintechinnovations/.github
-          path: .github
-
-      # - name: Install yamllint
-      #   run: pip install yamllint
-
-      - name: get commit message
-        id: skip
-        run: echo "COMMIT_MESSAGE=$(git log -1 --pretty=%B | tr -d '\n')" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT # set last commit message as env file (since env var will be not supported)
-
-      - name: Lint yaml APIs
-        if: ${{ !contains(steps.skip.outputs.COMMIT_MESSAGE, '[skip-workflow]') }}  # check commit message via env var - skip step if [skip-workflow] is set
-        run: yamllint -c .github/workflows/.yamllint *.yaml
+  yaml-lint:
+    uses: swissfintechinnovations/.github/.github/workflows/reusable-yamllint-workflow.yaml@main
+    with:
+        filenames: '*.yaml'
+        fail: true
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diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yaml b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
index 818d5ef..15ecfc5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-name: Release Pipeline
+name: Release Pipeline (reusable)
 
 on:
   workflow_dispatch:
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ on:
       artifact:
         description: Add artifacts to the release. All files from /docs are added to the release.
         type: boolean
-        default: true
+        default: false
         required: false
       force:
         description: "If force is true, already published releases can be overwritten. Caution: This action deletes already published releases and can **not** be undone!"
@@ -23,281 +23,22 @@ on:
         required: false
 
 jobs:
-  release:
+  check-permissions:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-
-    permissions:
-      contents: write
-      pull-requests: write
-
     steps:
       - name: Check user permission
-        id: permission_check
-        run: |
-          if [[ "${{ github.actor }}" != "msacrea" && "${{ github.actor }}" != "micmuell" && "${{ github.actor }}" != "dkoeni" && "${{ github.actor }}" != "juergen-petry" ]]; then
-            echo "You have no permissons to start the release action."
-            exit 1
-          fi
-
-      - name: Validate input parameters
         id: param_check
         run: |
-          VERSION_REGEX="^v[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+$"
-          version=${{ github.event.inputs.version }}
-          if [[ ! "$version" =~ $VERSION_REGEX ]]; then
-            echo "Invalid version format: $version . Please provide a version matching the pattern 'v[number].[number].[number]'."
-            exit 1
-          fi
-
-      - name: Checkout repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
-
-      - name: Checkout Wiki
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
-        with:
-          repository: ${{github.repository}}.wiki
-          path: wiki
-
-      - name: Extract variables for Release  # Adjust names only here
-        id: var
-        run: |
-          version=$(echo ${{ github.event.inputs.version }} | grep -oE '[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+')  # alternative: '[[:digit:]]+\.[[:digit:]]+\.[[:digit:]]'
-          repo_name=$( echo ${{ github.repository }} | sed -E "s/^.*\///" )
-          echo "VERSION"=$version >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-          echo "RELEASE_NAME=$repo_name Release $version" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-          echo "RELEASE_TAG=v$version" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-          echo "RELEASE_BRANCH=main" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-          echo "RELEASE_NOTES=RELEASE.md" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-          echo "RELEASE_ASSETS_FOLDER=docs/" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-          echo "RELEASE_ASSETS_NAME=artifact" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-
-      - name: Get release note content from wiki
-        id: release_note_body
-        run: |
-          regex="### Release ${{ steps.var.outputs.RELEASE_TAG }}[[:space:]]*[[:print:]]*[[:cntrl:]]{2}([[:print:]]+[[:space:]])*"
-          content=$(grep -ozE "$regex" wiki/Roadmap.md | tr "\0" "\n" | tail -n +3)
-          # abort if content is empty --> wiki page must be present before release
-          if [ -z "$content" ]; then
-            echo "Found no data for ${{ steps.var.outputs.RELEASE_NAME }} at wiki/Roadmap (${{ github.repository }}). Please create a section <<Release ${{ steps.var.outputs.RELEASE_TAG }}>> and fill in details for the release by following the instructions at the .github Wiki. A template can be found at https://github.com/swissfintechinnovations/.github/wiki/Roadmap-Example."
-            exit 1
-          fi
-          body="$content"$'\n\n# \n\n'
-          echo "BODY=${body//$'\n'/'\n'}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-
-      - name: Check file version
-        id: check_version
-        run: |
-          BASE_BRANCH="${{ steps.var.outputs.RELEASE_BRANCH }}"
-
-          git checkout -q origin/$BASE_BRANCH
-          release_version=${{ steps.var.outputs.VERSION }}
-          versions=$(grep -Eo 'version: [0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+' *.yaml | grep -Eo '[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+')
-          versions_outdated='false'
-          for version in $versions; do
-              if [[ $version != $release_version ]]; then
-                  versions_outdated='true'
-                  break
-              fi
-          done
-          echo "VERSIONS_OUTDATED=$versions_outdated" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-
-      - name: Switch to release branch
-        id: create_release_branch
-        if: steps.check_version.outputs.VERSIONS_OUTDATED == 'true'
-        run: |
-          BASE_BRANCH="${{ steps.var.outputs.RELEASE_BRANCH }}"
-          BRANCH_NAME="release/${{ steps.var.outputs.VERSION }}"
-
-          git config --global user.name "sfti bot"
-          git config --global user.email "github-bot@common-api.ch"
-
-          git checkout -q origin/$BASE_BRANCH
-          git checkout $BRANCH_NAME 2>/dev/null || git checkout -b $BRANCH_NAME  # checkout branch or create new one if not exists
-
-          echo "BRANCH_NAME=$BRANCH_NAME" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-
-      - name: Update version in files
-        id: update_version
-        if: steps.check_version.outputs.VERSIONS_OUTDATED == 'true'
-        run: |
-          VERSION="${{ steps.var.outputs.VERSION }}"
-          RELEASE_NAME="${{ steps.var.outputs.RELEASE_NAME }}"
-          BRANCH_NAME="${{ steps.create_release_branch.outputs.BRANCH_NAME }}"
-
-          echo "Prepare Release $RELEASE_NAME: update version number in yaml files"
-
-          sed -E -i "s/version: [0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+/version: $VERSION/" *.yaml
-
-          git add -u .
-          # commit only if there was changes in the yaml files
-          git diff --staged --quiet || git commit -m "Automated version update"
-          # git commit --quiet --allow-empty -m '[skip-workflow]'
-          git push --quiet --set-upstream origin $BRANCH_NAME
-
-      - name: "Rollback: Delete Branch"
-        if: failure() && steps.update_version.outcome == 'failure'
-        run: |
-          git checkout -q main
-          git branch -D ${{ steps.create_release_branch.outputs.BRANCH_NAME }}
-          git push origin --delete ${{ steps.create_release_branch.outputs.BRANCH_NAME }}
-
-      - name: Create and merge Pull Request
-        id: create_pr
-        if: steps.check_version.outputs.VERSIONS_OUTDATED == 'true'
-        run: |
-          BASE_BRANCH=${{ steps.var.outputs.RELEASE_BRANCH }}
-
-          response=$(gh pr create -B $BASE_BRANCH -H ${{ steps.create_release_branch.outputs.BRANCH_NAME }} --title 'Automated version update to version ${{ steps.var.outputs.VERSION }}' --body 'Created by Github action (release workflow)')
-          number=$(echo "$response" | grep -oE '[0-9]+$')  # parse GitHub PR link to extract PR number
-          echo "PR_NUMBER=$number" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-
-          sleep 2
-
-          # gh pr review $number --approve  # can not approve own PR
-          gh pr merge $number --admin --merge --delete-branch --body "Automated version update"  # force merge since PR is not approved (--admin flag)
-          git checkout $BASE_BRANCH
-        env:
-            GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.SFTI_BOT_TOKEN }}
-
-      - name: "Rollback: Delete PR"
-        if: failure() && steps.create_pr.outcome == 'failure'
-        run: |
-          gh pr close ${{ steps.create_pr.outputs.PR_NUMBER }} -c "Couldn't merge PR automatically" --delete-branch
-        env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-
-      - name: Delete release (draft) if already exists
-        id: delete_release_draft
-        run: |
-          ACCESS_TOKEN=${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-          REPO_NAME=${{ github.repository }}
-          TAG=${{ steps.var.outputs.RELEASE_TAG }}
-          RELEASE_NAME="${{ steps.var.outputs.RELEASE_NAME }}"
-
-          # Get the release ID belonging to the release tag
-          RELEASE_ID=$(curl -sS -X GET -H "Authorization: Bearer $ACCESS_TOKEN" "https://api.github.com/repos/$REPO_NAME/releases" | jq -r ".[] | select(.name == \"$RELEASE_NAME\") | .id")
-
-          # RELEASE_ID var contains 0 or 1 IDs
-          if [[ ! $RELEASE_ID =~ ^[0-9]*$ ]]; then
-            echo "Found more than one release with name \"$RELEASE_ID\"."
-            exit 1
-          fi
-
-          is_draft=$(curl -s -H "Authorization: token ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}" https://api.github.com/repos/$REPO_NAME/releases/$RELEASE_ID | jq '.draft')
-
-          if [[ "$is_draft" == 'false' ]]; then
-            echo "Release is published."
-            if [[ ${{ github.event.inputs.force }} == true ]]; then
-              commit_id=$(git rev-list -n 1 "refs/tags/$TAG")
-              echo $commit_id
-              git tag -d $TAG
-              git push origin ":refs/tags/$TAG"
-              echo "Force Flag is set! Deleted tag $TAG at commit ID $commit_id."
-            fi
-            if [[ ${{ github.event.inputs.force }} == false ]]; then
-              echo "Release $TAG already exists. Please verify that the version entered is correct. Set the force flag to overwrite the release."
-              exit 1
-            fi
-          fi
-
-          if [[ -n "$RELEASE_ID" ]]; then
-            # Delete the existing release draft
-            curl -sS -X DELETE -H "Authorization: Bearer $ACCESS_TOKEN" "https://api.github.com/repos/$REPO_NAME/releases/$RELEASE_ID"
-            echo "Deleted release \"$RELEASE_ID\" with ID $RELEASE_ID"
-          fi
-
-      - name: Create release draft
-        id: create_release_draft
-        run: |
-          ACCESS_TOKEN=${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-          REPO_NAME=${{ github.repository }}
-
-          RESPONSE=$(curl -sS -i -X POST \
-            -H "Authorization: Bearer $ACCESS_TOKEN" \
-            -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
-            "https://api.github.com/repos/$REPO_NAME/releases" \
-            -d '{
-              "tag_name": "'"${{ steps.var.outputs.RELEASE_TAG }}"'",
-              "target_commitish": "'"${{ steps.var.outputs.RELEASE_BRANCH }}"'",
-              "name": "'"${{ steps.var.outputs.RELEASE_NAME }}"'",
-              "name": "'"${{ steps.var.outputs.RELEASE_NAME }}"'",
-              "body": "'"${{ steps.release_note_body.outputs.BODY }}"'",
-              "generate_release_notes": true,
-              "draft": true
-            }')
-
-          if [[ $(echo $RESPONSE | head -n 1 | cut -d$' ' -f2 ) -ne 201 ]]; then
-            echo "Failed to create release draft. Received response from GitHub API:"
-            echo ""
-            echo "$RESPONSE"
-            exit 1
-          fi
-
-          echo "RELEASE_ID=$(echo $RESPONSE | grep -o -z '\{.*\}' | jq -r '.id')" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
-
-      - name: Upload artifacts
-        id: upload_artifact
-        # ensure assert folder exsits and not empty otherwise skip step
-        if: github.event.inputs.artifact == 'true' && (hashFiles(steps.var.outputs.RELEASE_ASSETS_FOLDER) != '')
-        run: |
-          ACCESS_TOKEN=${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-          REPO_NAME=${{ github.repository }}
-          RELEASE_ID=${{ steps.create_release_draft.outputs.RELEASE_ID }}
-          RELEASE_ASSETS_FOLDER=${{ steps.var.outputs.RELEASE_ASSETS_FOLDER }}
-          RELEASE_ASSETS_NAME=${{ steps.var.outputs.RELEASE_ASSETS_NAME }}
-
-          RELEASE_ASSETS_ZIP=$RELEASE_ASSETS_NAME.zip
-          RELEASE_ASSETS_TARGZ=$RELEASE_ASSETS_NAME.tar.gz
-
-          zip -qr $RELEASE_ASSETS_ZIP $RELEASE_ASSETS_FOLDER
-
-          RESPONSE=$(curl -sS -i -X POST \
-            -H "Authorization: Bearer $ACCESS_TOKEN" \
-            -H "Content-Type: application/octet-stream" \
-            "https://uploads.github.com/repos/$REPO_NAME/releases/$RELEASE_ID/assets?name=$RELEASE_ASSETS_ZIP" \
-            --data-binary "@$RELEASE_ASSETS_ZIP" )
-
-          if [[ $(echo $RESPONSE | head -n 1 | cut -d$' ' -f2 ) -ne 201 ]]; then
-            echo "Failed to upload release asset $RELEASE_ASSETS_ZIP. Received response from GitHub API:"
-            echo ""
-            echo "$RESPONSE"
-            exit 1
-          fi
-
-          tar -czf $RELEASE_ASSETS_TARGZ $RELEASE_ASSETS_FOLDER
-
-          RESPONSE=$(curl -sS -i -X POST -H "Authorization: Bearer $ACCESS_TOKEN" -H "Content-Type: application/octet-stream" \
-          --data-binary "@$RELEASE_ASSETS_TARGZ" \
-          "https://uploads.github.com/repos/$REPO_NAME/releases/$RELEASE_ID/assets?name=$RELEASE_ASSETS_TARGZ")
-
-          if [[ $(echo $RESPONSE | head -n 1 | cut -d$' ' -f2 ) -ne 201 ]]; then
-            echo "Failed to upload release asset $RELEASE_ASSETS_TARGZ. Received response from GitHub API:"
-            echo ""
-            echo "$RESPONSE"
+          if [[ "${{ github.actor }}" != "msacrea" && "${{ github.actor }}" != "dkoeni" && "${{ github.actor }}" != "juergen-petry" ]]; then
+            echo "You have no permissons to start the release action."
             exit 1
           fi
 
-      - name: Publish release
-        if: github.event.inputs.draft == 'false'
-        id: publish_release
-        run: |
-          ACCESS_TOKEN=${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-          REPO_NAME=${{ github.repository }}
-          RELEASE_ID=${{ steps.create_release_draft.outputs.RELEASE_ID }}
-
-          RESPONSE=$(curl -sS -i -X PATCH \
-            -H "Authorization: Bearer $ACCESS_TOKEN" \
-            -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
-            "https://api.github.com/repos/$REPO_NAME/releases/$RELEASE_ID" \
-            -d '{
-              "prerelease": false,
-              "draft": false,
-              "make_latest": "true"
-            }')
-
-          if [[ $(echo $RESPONSE | head -n 1 | cut -d$' ' -f2 ) -ne 200 ]]; then
-            echo "Failed to publish release. Received response from GitHub API:"
-            echo ""
-            echo "$RESPONSE"
-            exit 1
-          fi
+  release:
+    needs: check-permissions
+    uses: swissfintechinnovations/.github/.github/workflows/reusable-release-workflow.yaml@main
+    with:
+      version: ${{ github.event.inputs.version }}
+      draft: ${{ fromJSON(github.event.inputs.draft) }}
+      artifact: ${{ fromJSON(github.event.inputs.artifact) }}
+      force: ${{ fromJSON(github.event.inputs.force) }}
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