diff --git a/.github/workflows/create-tag.yaml b/.github/workflows/create-tag.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..53ddd7f83
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/create-tag.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+name: Tag
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      version:
+        description: 'Release version (e.g. v1.7.0)'
+        required: true
+
+defaults:
+  run:
+    # reference: https://docs.github.com/en/actions/reference/workflow-syntax-for-github-actions#using-a-specific-shell
+    shell: bash --noprofile --norc -eo pipefail -x {0}
+
+jobs:
+  Create-Tag:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-18.04
+    if: {{ github.repository == 'rook/rook' }}
+    steps:
+      - name: checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+
+      - name: set env
+        run: |
+          echo "FROM_BRANCH=${GITHUB_REF##*/}" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          echo "TO_TAG=$(git describe --abbrev=0 --tags)" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          echo "GITHUB_USER=rook" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+
+      - name: Create Tag
+        uses: negz/create-tag@v1
+        with:
+          version: ${{ github.event.inputs.version }}
+          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+
+      - name: Get Release Note
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          GITHUB_USER: ${{ env.GITHUB_USER }}
+          FROM_BRANCH: ${{ env.FROM_BRANCH }}
+          TO_TAG: ${{ env.TO_TAG }}
+        run: tests/scripts/gen_release_notes.sh
diff --git a/tests/scripts/gen_release_notes.sh b/tests/scripts/gen_release_notes.sh
index 0d0b6a444..ac4ad99ac 100755
--- a/tests/scripts/gen_release_notes.sh
+++ b/tests/scripts/gen_release_notes.sh
@@ -3,32 +3,14 @@ set -e
 
 function help() {
   print="
-  suppose we want release note for v1.6.8, we'll check the list of pr merged in upstream/release-1.6 but not present in v1.6.7
-  EXAMPLE command:
-  ./tests/scripts/gen_release_notes.sh <rook/rook remote name>/release-1.6 v1.6.7
+  To run this command,
+  1. verify you are selecting right branch from GitHub UI dropdown menu
+  2. enter the tag you want to create
   "
   echo "$print"
   exit 1
 }
 
-FROM_BRANCH=$1 # example branch name, "upstream/release-1.6"
-TO_TAG=$2 # example tag, "v1.6.7"
-
-if [[ $# -ne 2 ]]; then
-  echo "requires exactly 2 arguments"
-  help
-fi
-
-REMOTE=$(git remote show $(echo $1 | cut -d / -f1)|grep -oh $(echo $1 | cut -d / -f2-)|uniq >/dev/null 2>&1)
-if ! $REMOTE ; then
-  echo "remote doesn't exist" $REMOTE
-  exit 1
-fi
-
-if ! git show-ref --tags $2 -q; then
-  echo "tag doesn't exist" $2
-fi
-
 if [ -z "${GITHUB_USER}" ] || [ -z "${GITHUB_TOKEN}" ]; then
   echo "requires both GITHUB_USER and GITHUB_TOKEN to be set as env variable"
   help