diff --git a/.github/workflows/chart-push-release.yaml b/.github/workflows/chart-push-release.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a5db450
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/chart-push-release.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+name: "Push helm chart on release"
+
+env:
+  IMAGE_NAME: ghcr.io/${{ github.repository }}
+
+on:
+  push:
+    tags:
+      - v*
+jobs:
+  package-and-push-helm-chart:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
+    steps:
+      - name: install helm
+        uses: azure/setup-helm@v4.2.0
+        with:
+          version: latest
+
+      - name: Check out the repo
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      
+      - name: update chart
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TAG: ${{ github.ref_name }}
+          GITHUB_REPO_OWNER: ${{ github.repository_owner }}
+        run: make chart-prepare-release
+    
+      - name: push chart
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TAG: ${{ github.ref_name }}
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          GITHUB_REPO_OWNER: ${{ github.repository_owner }}
+        run: make chart-push-release
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 3197654..978e822 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -273,6 +273,14 @@ catalog-build: opm ## Build a catalog image.
 catalog-push: ## Push a catalog image.
 	$(MAKE) docker-push IMG=$(CATALOG_IMG)
 
+.PHONY: chart-prepare-release
+chart-prepare-release: | $(YQ) ; ## prepare helm chart for release
+	@GITHUB_TAG=$(GITHUB_TAG) GITHUB_REPO_OWNER=$(GITHUB_REPO_OWNER) hack/release/chart-update.sh
+
+.PHONY: chart-push-release
+chart-push-release: | $(HELM) ## push release helm chart
+	@GITHUB_TAG=$(GITHUB_TAG) GITHUB_TOKEN=$(GITHUB_TOKEN) GITHUB_REPO_OWNER=$(GITHUB_REPO_OWNER) hack/release/chart-push.sh
+
 ##@ Binary Dependencies download
 
 MOCKERY ?= $(LOCALBIN)/mockery
@@ -378,6 +386,13 @@ $(HELM): | $(LOCALBIN)
 		rm -f $(LOCALBIN)/get_helm.sh; \
 	}
 
+YQ := $(abspath $(LOCALBIN)/yq)
+YQ_VERSION=v4.44.1
+.PHONY: yq
+yq: $(YQ) ## Download yq locally if necessary.
+$(YQ): | $(LOCALBIN)
+	@curl -fsSL -o $(YQ) https://github.com/mikefarah/yq/releases/download/$(YQ_VERSION)/yq_linux_amd64 && chmod +x $(YQ)
+
 ##@ Dev
 
 TEST_CLUSTER_NAME = mn-op
diff --git a/hack/release/chart-push.sh b/hack/release/chart-push.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9eb3105
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hack/release/chart-push.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+set -ex
+
+# github repo owner: e.g mellanox
+GITHUB_REPO_OWNER=${GITHUB_REPO_OWNER:-}
+# github api token with package:write permissions
+GITHUB_TOKEN=${GITHUB_TOKEN:-}
+# github tag e.g v1.2.3
+GITHUB_TAG=${GITHUB_TAG:-}
+
+BASE=${PWD}
+HELM_CMD="${BASE}/bin/helm"
+HELM_CHART=${BASE}/deployment/maintenance-operator-chart
+HELM_CHART_VERSION=${GITHUB_TAG#"v"}
+HELM_CHART_TARBALL="maintenance-operator-chart-${HELM_CHART_VERSION}.tgz"
+
+if [ -z "$GITHUB_REPO_OWNER" ]; then
+    echo "ERROR: GITHUB_REPO_OWNER must be provided as env var"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+if [ -z "$GITHUB_TOKEN" ]; then
+    echo "ERROR: GITHUB_TOKEN must be provided as env var"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+if [ -z "$GITHUB_TAG" ]; then
+    echo "ERROR: GITHUB_TAG must be provided as env var"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+$HELM_CMD package ${HELM_CHART}
+$HELM_CMD registry login ghcr.io -u ${GITHUB_REPO_OWNER} -p ${GITHUB_TOKEN}
+$HELM_CMD push ${HELM_CHART_TARBALL} oci://ghcr.io/${GITHUB_REPO_OWNER}
diff --git a/hack/release/chart-update.sh b/hack/release/chart-update.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..20d266e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hack/release/chart-update.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+set -ex
+
+# github tag e.g v1.2.3
+GITHUB_TAG=${GITHUB_TAG:-}
+# github repo owner e.g mellanox
+GITHUB_REPO_OWNER=${GITHUB_REPO_OWNER:-}
+
+BASE=${PWD}
+YQ_CMD="${BASE}/bin/yq"
+HELM_VALUES=${BASE}/deployment/maintenance-opeator-chart/values.yaml
+HELM_CHART=${BASE}/deployment/maintenance-opeator-chart/Chart.yaml
+
+
+if [ -z "$GITHUB_TAG" ]; then
+    echo "ERROR: GITHUB_TAG must be provided as env var"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+if [ -z "$GITHUB_REPO_OWNER" ]; then
+    echo "ERROR: GITHUB_REPO_OWNER must be provided as env var"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+# tag provided via env var
+OPERATOR_TAG=${GITHUB_TAG}
+
+# patch values.yaml in-place
+
+# maintenance-operator image:
+OPERATOR_REPO=${GITHUB_REPO_OWNER} # this is used to allow to release maintenance-operator from forks
+$YQ_CMD -i ".operator.image.repository = \"ghcr.io/${OPERATOR_REPO}/maintenance-operator\"" ${HELM_VALUES}
+$YQ_CMD -i ".operator.image.tag = \"${OPERATOR_TAG}\"" ${HELM_VALUES}
+
+# patch Chart.yaml in-place
+$YQ_CMD -i ".version = \"${OPERATOR_TAG#"v"}\"" ${HELM_CHART}
+$YQ_CMD -i ".appVersion = \"${OPERATOR_TAG}\"" ${HELM_CHART}