diff --git a/.ci/release b/.ci/release
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..37a4c962f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.ci/release
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+csource="${BASH_SOURCE[0]}"
+while [ -h "$csource" ] ; do csource="$(readlink "$csource")"; done
+root="$( cd -P "$( dirname "$csource" )/../" && pwd )"
+
+. "${root}/.ci/load-ci.sh"
+
+if [ -z "${tag}" ]; then
+  failure "Tag variable is unset (will be automatically set on tag push)"
+fi
+if [ -z "${full_sha}" ]; then
+  failure "The full_sha variable is unexpectedly missing, cannot trigger release"
+fi
+
+info "Triggering release %s (%s)" "${tag}" "${full_sha}"
+github_repository_dispatch "vagrant-builders" "hashicorp-release" "commit_id=${full_sha}" "tag=${tag}"
diff --git a/.ci/release.sh b/.ci/release.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 531eb09b8..000000000
--- a/.ci/release.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,106 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-
-# NOTE: This release will generate a new release on the installers
-# repository which in turn triggers a full package build
-target_owner="hashicorp"
-target_repository="vagrant-builders"
-
-csource="${BASH_SOURCE[0]}"
-while [ -h "$csource" ] ; do csource="$(readlink "$csource")"; done
-root="$( cd -P "$( dirname "$csource" )/../" && pwd )"
-
-. "${root}/.ci/init.sh"
-
-pushd "${root}"
-
-# Install ghr
-install_ghr
-
-# Build our gem
-wrap gem build ./*.gemspec \
-     "Failed to build Vagrant RubyGem"
-
-# Get the path of our new gem
-g=(vagrant*.gem)
-gem=$(printf "%s" "${g[0]}")
-
-# Determine the version of the release
-vagrant_version="$(gem specification "${gem}" version)"
-vagrant_version="${vagrant_version##*version: }"
-
-# Install submodules
-wrap git submodule update --init --recursive \
-     "Failed to install git submodules"
-
-# Build our binaries
-
-# Build linux amd64 binary
-wrap make bin/linux \
-     "Failed to build the Vagrant go linux amd64 binary"
-
-# Rename our binary
-wrap mv vagrant vagrant-go_linux_amd64 \
-     "Failed to rename vagrant linux amd64 binary"
-
-# Zip the binary
-wrap zip "vagrant-go_${vagrant_version}_linux_amd64.zip" vagrant-go_linux_amd64 \
-     "Failed to compress go linux amd64 binary"
-
-# Build linux 386 binary
-wrap make bin/linux-386 \
-     "Failed to build the Vagrant go linux 386 binary"
-
-# Rename our binary
-wrap mv vagrant vagrant-go_linux_386 \
-     "Failed to rename vagrant linux 386 binary"
-
-# Zip the binary
-wrap zip "vagrant-go_${vagrant_version}_linux_386.zip" vagrant-go_linux_386 \
-     "Failed to compress go linux 386 binary"
-
-# Build darwin binary
-wrap make bin/darwin \
-     "Failed to build the Vagrant go darwin amd64 binary"
-
-# Rename our binary
-wrap mv vagrant vagrant-go_darwin_amd64 \
-     "Failed to rename vagrant darwin amd64 binary"
-
-# Zip the binary
-wrap zip "vagrant-go_${vagrant_version}_darwin_amd64.zip" vagrant-go_darwin_amd64 \
-     "Failed to compress go darwin amd64 binary"
-
-wrap mkdir release-assets \
-    "Failed to create release assets directory"
-
-wrap mv vagrant*.gem release-assets \
-    "Failed to move Vagrant RubyGem asset to release asset directory"
-wrap mv vagrant-go*.zip release-assets \
-    "Failed to move Vagrant go assets to release asset directory"
-
-# We want to release into the builders repository so
-# update the repository variable with the desired destination
-repo_owner="${target_owner}"
-repo_name="${target_repository}"
-full_sha="main"
-
-# Use the hashibot token since we are creating the (pre)release
-# in a different repository.
-export GITHUB_TOKEN="${HASHIBOT_TOKEN}"
-
-if [ -z "${tag}" ]; then
-    echo "Generating Vagrant RubyGem pre-release... "
-    version="v${vagrant_version}+${short_sha}"
-    prerelease "${version}" ./release-assets
-else
-    # Validate this is a proper release version
-    if ! valid_release_version "${vagrant_version}"; then
-        fail "Invalid version format for Vagrant release: ${vagrant_version}"
-    fi
-
-    echo "Generating Vagrant RubyGem release... "
-    version="v${vagrant_version}"
-    release "${version}" ./release-assets
-fi
-
-slack -m "New Vagrant installers release triggered: *${version}*"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 9fa1f4dba..f939e4af6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -1,11 +1,6 @@
 on:
   push:
-    branches:
-      - 'build-*'
-    tags: '*'
-    paths-ignore:
-      - 'CHANGELOG.md'
-      - 'website/**'
+    tags: 'v*'
 
 jobs:
   trigger-release:
@@ -15,19 +10,7 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: Code Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v3
-      - name: Setup Ruby
-        uses: ruby/setup-ruby@v1
-        with:
-          ruby-version: '3.1'
-      - name: Setup Go
-        uses: actions/setup-go@v3
-        with:
-          go-version-file: go.mod
-      - name: Create Builders Release
-        run: ./.ci/release.sh
-        working-directory: ${{github.workspace}}
+      - name: Trigger Build
+        run: ./.ci/release
         env:
-          HASHIBOT_EMAIL: ${{ secrets.HASHIBOT_EMAIL }}
           HASHIBOT_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.HASHIBOT_TOKEN }}
-          HASHIBOT_USERNAME: ${{ secrets.HASHIBOT_USERNAME }}
-          SLACK_WEBHOOK: ${{ secrets.SLACK_WEBHOOK }}