diff --git a/.github/renovate.json5 b/.github/renovate.json5
index 1555a4fa..28f3379a 100644
--- a/.github/renovate.json5
+++ b/.github/renovate.json5
@@ -1,15 +1,5 @@
 {
   "extends": [
-    "config:base",
-    // Disable the creation of this issue that renovate updates with the pending issue we follow with Zenhub:
-    ":disableDependencyDashboard"
-  ],
-  // Label PRs with `dependencies`.
-  "labels": ["dependencies"],
-  "enabledManagers": [
-    // Managers for helm and helm-values. Go dependencies are managed by Dependabot.
-    "helm-values",
-    "helmv3"
-  ],
-  "ignoreDeps": ["ingress-nginx/kube-webhook-certgen"]
+    "github>newrelic/coreint-automation:renovate-base.json5"
+  ]
 }
diff --git a/.github/workflows/push_pr.yml b/.github/workflows/push_pr.yml
index f1224789..c9aa54cc 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/push_pr.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/push_pr.yml
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ on:
   push:
     branches:
       - main
+      - master
+      - renovate/**
   pull_request:
 
 jobs:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-integration.yml b/.github/workflows/release-integration.yml
index a81b4f53..c2ede0bb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-integration.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-integration.yml
@@ -1,8 +1,13 @@
-name: Release
+name: Pre-release and Release pipeline
 
 on:
   release:
     types: [prereleased, released]
+    tags:
+      - 'v*'
+
+env:
+  ORIGINAL_REPO_NAME: ${{ github.event.repository.full_name }}
 
 jobs:
   build:
@@ -44,7 +49,7 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: Generate docker image version from git tag
         run: |
-          echo "${{ github.event.release.tag_name }}" | grep -E '^v[0-9.]*[0-9]$'
+          echo "${{ github.event.release.tag_name }}" | grep -E '^[v]?[0-9.]*[0-9]$'
           DOCKER_IMAGE_TAG=$(echo "${{ github.event.release.tag_name }}" | sed 's/^v//')
           echo "DOCKER_IMAGE_TAG=$DOCKER_IMAGE_TAG" >> $GITHUB_ENV
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
@@ -88,3 +93,15 @@ jobs:
             -t $DOCKER_IMAGE_NAME:$DOCKER_IMAGE_TAG \
             -t $DOCKER_IMAGE_NAME:latest \
             .
+  
+  notify-failure:
+    if: ${{ always() && failure() }}
+    needs: [docker-integration]
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Notify failure via Slack
+        uses: archive/github-actions-slack@v2
+        with:
+          slack-bot-user-oauth-access-token: ${{ secrets.K8S_AGENTS_SLACK_TOKEN }}
+          slack-channel: ${{ secrets.K8S_AGENTS_SLACK_CHANNEL }}
+          slack-text: "❌ `${{ env.ORIGINAL_REPO_NAME }}`: [release pipeline failed](${{ github.server_url }}/${{ env.ORIGINAL_REPO_NAME }}/actions/runs/${{ github.run_id }})."
diff --git a/.github/workflows/security.yaml b/.github/workflows/security.yaml
index 320fe6fb..79d4fa22 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/security.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/security.yaml
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ on:
     branches:
       - master
       - main
+      - renovate/**
   pull_request:
   schedule:
     - cron: "0 3 * * *"
@@ -15,7 +16,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Checkout code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
 
       - name: Run Trivy vulnerability scanner in repo mode
         uses: aquasecurity/trivy-action@0.11.2
@@ -25,6 +26,7 @@ jobs:
           ignore-unfixed: true
           exit-code: 1
           severity: 'HIGH,CRITICAL'
+          skip-dirs: 'build'
 
       - name: Run Trivy vulnerability scanner sarif output
         uses: aquasecurity/trivy-action@0.11.2
@@ -36,6 +38,7 @@ jobs:
           format: 'template'
           template: '@/contrib/sarif.tpl'
           output: 'trivy-results.sarif'
+          skip-dirs: 'build'
 
       - name: Upload Trivy scan results to GitHub Security tab
         uses: github/codeql-action/upload-sarif@v2
diff --git a/.github/workflows/trigger_prerelease.yml b/.github/workflows/trigger_prerelease.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..44fdfe98
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/trigger_prerelease.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+name: Trigger prerelease creation
+
+# This workflow triggers a prerelease creation with changelog and the release notes created by the release toolkit.
+# This workflow should be triggered merely from the default branch.
+# For more details about how to release follow https://github.com/newrelic/coreint-automation/blob/main/docs/release_runbook.md
+
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+  schedule:
+    - cron: "0 12 * * 1" # Monday at 12pm UTC or 5am PT
+
+jobs:
+  prerelease:
+    uses: newrelic/coreint-automation/.github/workflows/trigger_prerelease.yaml@v1
+    with:
+      rt-included-files: go.mod,go.sum,build/Dockerfile
+    secrets:
+      bot_token: ${{ secrets.K8S_AGENTS_BOT_TOKEN }}
+      slack_channel:  ${{ secrets.K8S_AGENTS_SLACK_CHANNEL }}
+      slack_token: ${{ secrets.K8S_AGENTS_SLACK_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 2b50be5d..9c2d9fcf 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -3,3 +3,6 @@ bin
 
 # Downloaded chart dependencies
 **/charts/*.tgz
+
+# Release toolkit
+CHANGELOG.partial.md
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 41790f23..9315b9a0 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -57,3 +57,13 @@ e2e-test:
 benchmark-test:
 	@echo "[test] Running benchmark tests"
 	@go test -run=^Benchmark* -bench .
+
+# rt-update-changelog runs the release-toolkit run.sh script by piping it into bash to update the CHANGELOG.md.
+# It also passes down to the script all the flags added to the make target. To check all the accepted flags,
+# see: https://github.com/newrelic/release-toolkit/blob/main/contrib/ohi-release-notes/run.sh
+#  e.g. `make rt-update-changelog -- -v`
+rt-update-changelog:
+	curl "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/newrelic/release-toolkit/v1/contrib/ohi-release-notes/run.sh" | bash -s -- $(filter-out $@,$(MAKECMDGOALS))
+
+
+.PHONY: compile rt-update-changelog