diff --git a/.github/actions/get-semantic-release-version/action.yml b/.github/actions/get-semantic-release-version/action.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..89f6a8f81c1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/actions/get-semantic-release-version/action.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+name: Get semantic release version
+description: ""
+inputs:
+  custom_version: # Optional input for a custom version
+    description: "Custom version to publish (e.g., v1.2.3) -- only edit if you know what you are doing"
+    required: false
+  token:
+    description: "Personal Access Token"
+    required: true
+    default: ""
+outputs:
+  release_version:
+    description: "The release version to use (e.g., v1.2.3)"
+    value: ${{ steps.get_release_version.outputs.release_version }}
+  version_without_prefix:
+    description: "The release version to use without 'v' (e.g., 1.2.3)"
+    value: ${{ steps.get_release_version_without_prefix.outputs.version_without_prefix }}
+  highest_semver_tag:
+    description: "The highest semantic version tag without the 'v' prefix (e.g., 1.2.3)"
+    value: ${{ steps.get_highest_semver.outputs.highest_semver_tag }}
+runs:
+  using: composite
+  steps:
+    - name: Get release version
+      id: get_release_version
+      shell: bash
+      env:
+        GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ inputs.token }}
+        GIT_AUTHOR_NAME: feast-ci-bot
+        GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL: feast-ci-bot@willem.co
+        GIT_COMMITTER_NAME: feast-ci-bot
+        GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL: feast-ci-bot@willem.co
+      run: |
+        if [[ -n "${{ inputs.custom_version }}" ]]; then
+          VERSION_REGEX="^v[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+$"
+          echo "Using custom version: ${{ inputs.custom_version }}"
+          if [[ ! "${{ inputs.custom_version }}" =~ $VERSION_REGEX ]]; then
+            echo "Error: custom_version must match semantic versioning (e.g., v1.2.3)."
+            exit 1
+          fi
+          echo "::set-output name=release_version::${{ inputs.custom_version }}"
+        elif [[ "${GITHUB_REF}" == refs/tags/* ]]; then
+          echo "Using tag reference: ${GITHUB_REF#refs/tags/}"
+          echo "::set-output name=release_version::${GITHUB_REF#refs/tags/}"
+        else
+          echo "Defaulting to branch name: ${GITHUB_REF#refs/heads/}"
+          echo "::set-output name=release_version::${GITHUB_REF#refs/heads/}"
+        fi
+    - name: Get release version without prefix
+      id: get_release_version_without_prefix
+      shell: bash
+      env:
+        RELEASE_VERSION: ${{ steps.get_release_version.outputs.release_version }}
+      run: |
+        if [[ "${RELEASE_VERSION}" == v* ]]; then
+          echo "::set-output name=version_without_prefix::${RELEASE_VERSION:1}"
+        else
+          echo "::set-output name=version_without_prefix::${RELEASE_VERSION}"
+        fi
+    - name: Get highest semver
+      id: get_highest_semver
+      shell: bash
+      env:
+        RELEASE_VERSION: ${{ steps.get_release_version.outputs.release_version }}
+      run: |
+        if [[ -n "${{ inputs.custom_version }}" ]]; then
+          HIGHEST_SEMVER_TAG="${{ inputs.custom_version }}"
+          echo "::set-output name=highest_semver_tag::$HIGHEST_SEMVER_TAG"
+          echo "Using custom version as highest semantic version: $HIGHEST_SEMVER_TAG"
+        else 
+          source infra/scripts/setup-common-functions.sh
+          SEMVER_REGEX='^v[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+(-([0-9A-Za-z-]+(\.[0-9A-Za-z-]+)*))?$'
+          if echo "${RELEASE_VERSION}" | grep -P "$SEMVER_REGEX" &>/dev/null ; then
+            echo ::set-output name=highest_semver_tag::$(get_tag_release -m)
+            echo "Using infra/scripts/setup-common-functions.sh to generate highest semantic version: $HIGHEST_SEMVER_TAG"
+          fi
+        fi
+    - name: Check output
+      shell: bash
+      env:
+        RELEASE_VERSION: ${{ steps.get_release_version.outputs.release_version }}
+        VERSION_WITHOUT_PREFIX: ${{ steps.get_release_version_without_prefix.outputs.version_without_prefix }}
+        HIGHEST_SEMVER_TAG: ${{ steps.get_highest_semver.outputs.highest_semver_tag }}
+      run: |
+        echo $RELEASE_VERSION
+        echo $VERSION_WITHOUT_PREFIX
+        echo $HIGHEST_SEMVER_TAG
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build_wheels.yml b/.github/workflows/build_wheels.yml
index e56550291e6..8f71b41d08b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build_wheels.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build_wheels.yml
@@ -1,30 +1,33 @@
-name: build_wheels
+name: build wheels
 
 # Call this workflow from other workflows in the repository by specifying "uses: ./.github/workflows/build_wheels.yml"
 # Developers who are starting a new release should use this workflow to ensure wheels will be built correctly.
 # Devs should check out their fork, add a tag to the last master commit on their fork, and run the release off of their fork on the added tag to ensure wheels will be built correctly.
 on:
-  workflow_dispatch:
-    tags:
-      - 'v*.*.*'
-  workflow_call:
+  workflow_dispatch: # Allows manual trigger of the workflow
     inputs:
-      release_version:
-        description: 'The release version to use (e.g., v1.2.3)'
+      custom_version: # Optional input for a custom version
+        description: 'Custom version to publish (e.g., v1.2.3) -- only edit if you know what you are doing'
+        required: false
+        type: string
+      token:
+        description: 'Personal Access Token'
         required: true
+        default: ""
+        type: string
+  workflow_call:
+    inputs:
+      custom_version: # Optional input for a custom version
+        description: 'Custom version to publish (e.g., v1.2.3) -- only edit if you know what you are doing'
+        required: false
         type: string
-      highest_semver_tag:
-        description: 'The highest semantic version tag without the "v" prefix (e.g., 1.2.3)'
+      token:
+        description: 'Personal Access Token'
         required: true
+        default: ""
         type: string
 
 jobs:
-  get-version:
-    uses: ./.github/workflows/get_semantic_release_version.yml
-    with:
-      custom_version: ${{ github.event.inputs.custom_version }}
-      token: ${{ github.event.inputs.token }}
-
   build-python-wheel:
     name: Build wheels
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
@@ -42,10 +45,18 @@ jobs:
           registry-url: 'https://registry.npmjs.org'
       - name: Build UI
         run: make build-ui
+      - id: get-version
+        uses: ./.github/actions/get-semantic-release-version
+        with:
+          custom_version: ${{ github.event.inputs.custom_version }}
+          token: ${{ github.event.inputs.token }}
       - name: Build wheels
+        env:
+          VERSION: ${{ steps.get-version.outputs.release_version }}
+          PYPI_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.PYPI_PASSWORD }}
         run: |
           git fetch --tags
-          git checkout v0.42.0
+          git checkout ${VERSION}
           python -m pip install build
           python -m build --wheel --outdir wheelhouse/
       - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
@@ -69,11 +80,18 @@ jobs:
         with:
           node-version-file: './ui/.nvmrc'
           registry-url: 'https://registry.npmjs.org'
+      - id: get-version
+        uses: ./.github/actions/get-semantic-release-version
+        with:
+          custom_version: ${{ github.event.inputs.custom_version }}
+          token: ${{ github.event.inputs.token }}
       - name: Build and install dependencies
+        env:
+          VERSION: ${{ steps.get-version.outputs.release_version }}
         # There's a `git restore` in here because `make install-go-ci-dependencies` is actually messing up go.mod & go.sum.
         run: |
           git fetch --tags
-          git checkout v0.42.0
+          git checkout ${VERSION}
           pip install -U pip setuptools wheel twine
           make build-ui
           git status
@@ -89,11 +107,12 @@ jobs:
 
   # We add this step so the docker images can be built as part of the pre-release verification steps.
   build-docker-images:
+    name: Build Docker images
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    needs: get-version
+    needs: [ build-python-wheel, build-source-distribution ]
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        component: [ feature-server, feature-server-java, feature-transformation-server, feast-operator ]
+        component: [ feature-server-dev, feature-server-java, feature-transformation-server, feast-operator ]
     env:
       REGISTRY: feastdev
     steps:
@@ -102,15 +121,23 @@ jobs:
         uses: docker/setup-qemu-action@v1
       - name: Set up Docker Buildx
         uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v1
+      - id: get-version
+        uses: ./.github/actions/get-semantic-release-version
+        with:
+          custom_version: ${{ github.event.inputs.custom_version }}
+          token: ${{ github.event.inputs.token }}
       - name: Build image
+        env:
+          VERSION_WITHOUT_PREFIX: ${{ steps.get-version.outputs.version_without_prefix }}
+          RELEASE_VERSION: ${{ steps.get-version.outputs.release_version }}
         run: |
+          echo "Building docker image for ${{ matrix.component }} with version $VERSION_WITHOUT_PREFIX and release version $RELEASE_VERSION"
           make build-${{ matrix.component }}-docker REGISTRY=${REGISTRY} VERSION=${VERSION_WITHOUT_PREFIX}
-        env:
-          VERSION_WITHOUT_PREFIX: ${{ needs.get-version.outputs.version_without_prefix }}
 
   verify-python-wheels:
+    name: Verify Python wheels
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
-    needs: [ build-python-wheel, build-source-distribution, get-version ]
+    needs: [ build-python-wheel, build-source-distribution ]
     strategy:
       matrix:
         os: [ ubuntu-latest,  macos-13 ]
@@ -129,8 +156,8 @@ jobs:
         else
            echo "Succeeded!"
         fi
-      VERSION_WITHOUT_PREFIX: ${{ needs.get-version.outputs.version_without_prefix }}
     steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: Setup Python
         id: setup-python
         uses: actions/setup-python@v5
@@ -160,7 +187,14 @@ jobs:
         if: ${{ matrix.from-source }}
         run: pip install dist/*tar.gz
       # Validate that the feast version installed is not development and is the correct version of the tag we ran it off of.
+      - id: get-version
+        uses: ./.github/actions/get-semantic-release-version
+        with:
+          custom_version: ${{ github.event.inputs.custom_version }}
+          token: ${{ github.event.inputs.token }}
       - name: Validate Feast Version
+        env:
+          VERSION_WITHOUT_PREFIX: ${{ steps.get-version.outputs.version_without_prefix }}
         run: |
           feast version
           if ! VERSION_OUTPUT=$(feast version); then
diff --git a/.github/workflows/get_semantic_release_version.yml b/.github/workflows/get_semantic_release_version.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index c800810dced..00000000000
--- a/.github/workflows/get_semantic_release_version.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,84 +0,0 @@
-name: Get semantic release version
-
-on:
-  workflow_dispatch: # Allows manual trigger of the workflow
-    inputs:
-      custom_version: # Optional input for a custom version
-        description: 'Custom version to publish (e.g., v1.2.3) -- only edit if you know what you are doing'
-        required: false
-      token:
-        description: 'Personal Access Token'
-        required: true
-        default: ""
-        type: string
-
-jobs:
-  get-version:
-    if: github.repository == 'feast-dev/feast'
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    env:
-      GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ github.event.inputs.token }}
-      GIT_AUTHOR_NAME: feast-ci-bot
-      GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL: feast-ci-bot@willem.co
-      GIT_COMMITTER_NAME: feast-ci-bot
-      GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL: feast-ci-bot@willem.co
-    outputs:
-      release_version: ${{ steps.get_release_version.outputs.release_version }}
-      version_without_prefix: ${{ steps.get_release_version_without_prefix.outputs.version_without_prefix }}
-      highest_semver_tag: ${{ steps.get_highest_semver.outputs.highest_semver_tag }}
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-      - name: Get release version
-        id: get_release_version
-        run: |
-          if [[ -n "${{ github.event.inputs.custom_version }}" ]]; then
-            VERSION_REGEX="^v[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+$"
-            echo "Using custom version: ${{ github.event.inputs.custom_version }}"
-            if [[ ! "${{ github.event.inputs.custom_version }}" =~ $VERSION_REGEX ]]; then
-              echo "Error: custom_version must match semantic versioning (e.g., v1.2.3)."
-              exit 1
-            fi
-            echo "::set-output name=release_version::${{ github.event.inputs.custom_version }}"
-          elif [[ "${GITHUB_REF}" == refs/tags/* ]]; then
-            echo "Using tag reference: ${GITHUB_REF#refs/tags/}"
-            echo "::set-output name=release_version::${GITHUB_REF#refs/tags/}"
-          else
-            echo "Defaulting to branch name: ${GITHUB_REF#refs/heads/}"
-            echo "::set-output name=release_version::${GITHUB_REF#refs/heads/}"
-          fi
-      - name: Get release version without prefix
-        id: get_release_version_without_prefix
-        env:
-          RELEASE_VERSION: ${{ steps.get_release_version.outputs.release_version }}
-        run: |
-          if [[ "${RELEASE_VERSION}" == v* ]]; then
-            echo "::set-output name=version_without_prefix::${RELEASE_VERSION:1}"
-          else
-            echo "::set-output name=version_without_prefix::${RELEASE_VERSION}"
-          fi
-      - name: Get highest semver
-        id: get_highest_semver
-        env:
-          RELEASE_VERSION: ${{ steps.get_release_version.outputs.release_version }}
-        run: |
-          if [[ -n "${{ github.event.inputs.custom_version }}" ]]; then
-            HIGHEST_SEMVER_TAG="${{ github.event.inputs.custom_version }}"
-            echo "::set-output name=highest_semver_tag::$HIGHEST_SEMVER_TAG"
-            echo "Using custom version as highest semantic version: $HIGHEST_SEMVER_TAG"
-          else 
-            source infra/scripts/setup-common-functions.sh
-            SEMVER_REGEX='^v[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+(-([0-9A-Za-z-]+(\.[0-9A-Za-z-]+)*))?$'
-            if echo "${RELEASE_VERSION}" | grep -P "$SEMVER_REGEX" &>/dev/null ; then
-              echo ::set-output name=highest_semver_tag::$(get_tag_release -m)
-              echo "Using infra/scripts/setup-common-functions.sh to generate highest semantic version: $HIGHEST_SEMVER_TAG"
-            fi
-          fi
-      - name: Check output
-        env:
-          RELEASE_VERSION: ${{ steps.get_release_version.outputs.release_version }}
-          VERSION_WITHOUT_PREFIX: ${{ steps.get_release_version_without_prefix.outputs.version_without_prefix }}
-          HIGHEST_SEMVER_TAG: ${{ steps.get_highest_semver.outputs.highest_semver_tag }}
-        run: |
-          echo $RELEASE_VERSION
-          echo $VERSION_WITHOUT_PREFIX
-          echo $HIGHEST_SEMVER_TAG
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish.yml b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
index 7afb648771a..85c7c0e9141 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
@@ -9,6 +9,18 @@ on:
       custom_version: # Optional input for a custom version
         description: 'Custom version to publish (e.g., v1.2.3) -- only edit if you know what you are doing'
         required: false
+        type: string
+      token:
+        description: 'Personal Access Token'
+        required: true
+        default: ""
+        type: string
+  workflow_call: # Allows trigger the workflow from other workflow
+    inputs:
+      custom_version: # Optional input for a custom version
+        description: 'Custom version to publish (e.g., v1.2.3) -- only edit if you know what you are doing'
+        required: false
+        type: string
       token:
         description: 'Personal Access Token'
         required: true
@@ -16,35 +28,33 @@ on:
         type: string
 
 jobs:
-  get-version:
-    uses: ./.github/workflows/get_semantic_release_version.yml
-    with:
-      custom_version: ${{ github.event.inputs.custom_version }}
-      token: ${{ github.event.inputs.token }}
-
   publish-python-sdk:
     uses: ./.github/workflows/publish_python_sdk.yml
+    secrets: inherit
     with:
       custom_version: ${{ github.event.inputs.custom_version }}
       token: ${{ github.event.inputs.token }}
 
   build-publish-docker-images:
     uses: ./.github/workflows/publish_images.yml
-    needs: [ get-version, publish-python-sdk ]
+    needs: [ publish-python-sdk ]
+    secrets: inherit
     with:
       custom_version: ${{ github.event.inputs.custom_version }}
       token: ${{ github.event.inputs.token }}
 
   publish-helm-charts:
     uses: ./.github/workflows/publish_helm_charts.yml
-    needs: [ get-version, publish-python-sdk ]
+    needs: [ publish-python-sdk ]
+    secrets: inherit
     with:
       custom_version: ${{ github.event.inputs.custom_version }}
       token: ${{ github.event.inputs.token }}
 
   publish-java-sdk:
     uses: ./.github/workflows/publish_java_sdk.yml
-    needs: [ get-version, publish-python-sdk ]
+    needs: [ publish-python-sdk ]
+    secrets: inherit
     with:
       custom_version: ${{ github.event.inputs.custom_version }}
       token: ${{ github.event.inputs.token }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish_helm_charts.yml b/.github/workflows/publish_helm_charts.yml
index 185caaced22..9d28e2efd2f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish_helm_charts.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish_helm_charts.yml
@@ -6,6 +6,18 @@ on:
       custom_version: # Optional input for a custom version
         description: 'Custom version to publish (e.g., v1.2.3) -- only edit if you know what you are doing'
         required: false
+        type: string
+      token:
+        description: 'Personal Access Token'
+        required: true
+        default: ""
+        type: string
+  workflow_call: # Allows trigger of the workflow from another workflow
+    inputs:
+      custom_version: # Optional input for a custom version
+        description: 'Custom version to publish (e.g., v1.2.3) -- only edit if you know what you are doing'
+        required: false
+        type: string
       token:
         description: 'Personal Access Token'
         required: true
@@ -13,21 +25,20 @@ on:
         type: string
 
 jobs:
-  get-version:
-    uses: ./.github/workflows/get_semantic_release_version.yml
-    with:
-      custom_version: ${{ github.event.inputs.custom_version }}
-      token: ${{ github.event.inputs.token }}
-
   publish-helm-charts:
     if: github.repository == 'feast-dev/feast'
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    needs: get-version
     env:
       HELM_VERSION: v3.8.0
-      VERSION_WITHOUT_PREFIX: ${{ needs.get-version.outputs.version_without_prefix }}
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          submodules: 'true'
+      - id: get-version
+        uses: ./.github/actions/get-semantic-release-version
+        with:
+          custom_version: ${{ github.event.inputs.custom_version }}
+          token: ${{ github.event.inputs.token }}
       - name: Authenticate to Google Cloud
         uses: 'google-github-actions/auth@v1'
         with:
@@ -44,7 +55,11 @@ jobs:
       - name: Validate Helm chart prior to publishing
         run: ./infra/scripts/helm/validate-helm-chart-publish.sh
       - name: Validate all version consistency
+        env:
+          VERSION_WITHOUT_PREFIX: ${{ steps.get-version.outputs.version_without_prefix }}
         run: ./infra/scripts/helm/validate-helm-chart-versions.sh $VERSION_WITHOUT_PREFIX
       - name: Publish Helm charts
+        env:
+          VERSION_WITHOUT_PREFIX: ${{ steps.get-version.outputs.version_without_prefix }}
         run: ./infra/scripts/helm/push-helm-charts.sh $VERSION_WITHOUT_PREFIX
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish_images.yml b/.github/workflows/publish_images.yml
index 91a36efa75e..f605fb20df1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish_images.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish_images.yml
@@ -11,18 +11,22 @@ on:
         required: true
         default: ""
         type: string
+  workflow_call: # Allows trigger of the workflow from another workflow
+    inputs:
+      custom_version: # Optional input for a custom version
+        description: 'Custom version to publish (e.g., v1.2.3) -- only edit if you know what you are doing'
+        required: false
+        type: string
+      token:
+        description: 'Personal Access Token'
+        required: true
+        default: ""
+        type: string
 
 jobs:
-  get-version:
-    uses: ./.github/workflows/get_semantic_release_version.yml
-    with:
-      custom_version: ${{ github.event.inputs.custom_version }}
-      token: ${{ github.event.inputs.token }}
-
   build-publish-docker-images:
     if: github.repository == 'feast-dev/feast'
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    needs: [ get-version ]
     strategy:
       matrix:
         component: [ feature-server, feature-server-java, feature-transformation-server, feast-helm-operator, feast-operator ]
@@ -31,6 +35,13 @@ jobs:
       REGISTRY: feastdev
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          submodules: 'true'
+      - id: get-version
+        uses: ./.github/actions/get-semantic-release-version
+        with:
+          custom_version: ${{ github.event.inputs.custom_version }}
+          token: ${{ github.event.inputs.token }}
       - name: Set up QEMU
         uses: docker/setup-qemu-action@v1
       - name: Set up Docker Buildx
@@ -52,17 +63,14 @@ jobs:
         run: gcloud info
       - run: gcloud auth configure-docker --quiet
       - name: Build image
+        env:
+          VERSION_WITHOUT_PREFIX: ${{ steps.get-version.outputs.version_without_prefix }}
         run: |
           make build-${{ matrix.component }}-docker REGISTRY=${REGISTRY} VERSION=${VERSION_WITHOUT_PREFIX}
-        env:
-          RELEASE_VERSION: ${{ needs.get-version.outputs.release_version }}
-          VERSION_WITHOUT_PREFIX: ${{ needs.get-version.outputs.version_without_prefix }}
-          HIGHEST_SEMVER_TAG: ${{ needs.get-version.outputs.highest_semver_tag }}
       - name: Push versioned images
         env:
-          RELEASE_VERSION: ${{ needs.get-version.outputs.release_version }}
-          VERSION_WITHOUT_PREFIX: ${{ needs.get-version.outputs.version_without_prefix }}
-          HIGHEST_SEMVER_TAG: ${{ needs.get-version.outputs.highest_semver_tag }}
+          VERSION_WITHOUT_PREFIX: ${{ steps.get-version.outputs.version_without_prefix }}
+          HIGHEST_SEMVER_TAG: ${{ steps.get-version.outputs.highest_semver_tag }}
         run: |
           make push-${{ matrix.component }}-docker REGISTRY=${REGISTRY} VERSION=${VERSION_WITHOUT_PREFIX}
 
@@ -72,4 +80,3 @@ jobs:
             docker tag feastdev/${{ matrix.component }}:${VERSION_WITHOUT_PREFIX} feastdev/${{ matrix.component }}:latest
             docker push feastdev/${{ matrix.component }}:latest
           fi
-
diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish_java_sdk.yml b/.github/workflows/publish_java_sdk.yml
index 0e287698693..f89c384b126 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish_java_sdk.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish_java_sdk.yml
@@ -6,28 +6,39 @@ on:
       custom_version: # Optional input for a custom version
         description: 'Custom version to publish (e.g., v1.2.3) -- only edit if you know what you are doing'
         required: false
+        type: string
+      token:
+        description: 'Personal Access Token'
+        required: true
+        default: ""
+        type: string
+  workflow_call: # Allows trigger of the workflow from another workflow
+    inputs:
+      custom_version: # Optional input for a custom version
+        description: 'Custom version to publish (e.g., v1.2.3) -- only edit if you know what you are doing'
+        required: false
+        type: string
       token:
         description: 'Personal Access Token'
         required: true
         default: ""
         type: string
 
-jobs:
-  get-version:
-    uses: ./.github/workflows/get_semantic_release_version.yml
-    with:
-      custom_version: ${{ github.event.inputs.custom_version }}
-      token: ${{ github.event.inputs.token }}
 
+jobs:
   publish-java-sdk:
     if: github.repository == 'feast-dev/feast'
     container: maven:3.6-jdk-11
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    needs: [ get-version ]
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           submodules: 'true'
+      - id: get-version
+        uses: ./.github/actions/get-semantic-release-version
+        with:
+          custom_version: ${{ github.event.inputs.custom_version }}
+          token: ${{ github.event.inputs.token }}
       - name: Set up JDK 11
         uses: actions/setup-java@v1
         with:
@@ -46,7 +57,7 @@ jobs:
             ${{ runner.os }}-it-maven-
       - name: Publish java sdk
         env:
-          VERSION_WITHOUT_PREFIX: ${{ needs.get-version.outputs.version_without_prefix }}
+          VERSION_WITHOUT_PREFIX: ${{ steps.get-version.outputs.version_without_prefix }}
           GPG_PUBLIC_KEY: ${{ secrets.GPG_PUBLIC_KEY }}
           GPG_PRIVATE_KEY: ${{ secrets.GPG_PRIVATE_KEY }}
           MAVEN_SETTINGS: ${{ secrets.MAVEN_SETTINGS }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish_python_sdk.yml b/.github/workflows/publish_python_sdk.yml
index d6b526791d9..03d0e989b49 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish_python_sdk.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish_python_sdk.yml
@@ -6,6 +6,19 @@ on:
       custom_version: # Optional input for a custom version
         description: 'Custom version to publish (e.g., v1.2.3) -- only edit if you know what you are doing'
         required: false
+        type: string
+      token:
+        description: 'Personal Access Token'
+        required: true
+        default: ""
+        type: string
+
+  workflow_call: # Allows trigger of the workflow from another workflow
+    inputs:
+      custom_version: # Optional input for a custom version
+        description: 'Custom version to publish (e.g., v1.2.3) -- only edit if you know what you are doing'
+        required: false
+        type: string
       token:
         description: 'Personal Access Token'
         required: true
@@ -13,29 +26,24 @@ on:
         type: string
 
 jobs:
-  get-version:
-    uses: ./.github/workflows/get_semantic_release_version.yml
+  build-wheels:
+    uses: ./.github/workflows/build_wheels.yml
+    secrets: inherit
     with:
       custom_version: ${{ github.event.inputs.custom_version }}
       token: ${{ github.event.inputs.token }}
 
-  build_wheels:
-    uses: ./.github/workflows/build_wheels.yml
-    needs: get-version
-    with:
-      release_version: ${{ needs.get-version.outputs.release_version }}
-      highest_semver_tag: ${{ needs.get-version.outputs.highest_semver_tag }}
-
   publish-python-sdk:
     if: github.repository == 'feast-dev/feast'
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    needs: [ get-version, build_wheels ]
+    needs: [ build-wheels ]
     steps:
       - uses: actions/download-artifact@v4.1.7
         with:
           name: python-wheels
           path: dist
-      - uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@v1.4.2
+      - name: Publish package to PyPI
+        uses: pypa/gh-action-pypi-publish@v1.4.2
         with:
           user: __token__
-          password: ${{ secrets.PYPI_PASSWORD }}
+          password: ${{ secrets.PYPI_PASSWORD }}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 00f65929265..5e95950cbeb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -18,6 +18,23 @@ on:
         required: true
         default: true
         type: boolean
+  workflow_call:
+    inputs:
+      dry_run:
+        description: 'Dry Run'
+        required: true
+        default: true
+        type: boolean
+      token:
+        description: 'Personal Access Token'
+        required: true
+        default: ""
+        type: string
+      publish_ui:
+        description: 'Publish to NPM?'
+        required: true
+        default: true
+        type: boolean
 
 jobs:
   get_dry_release_versions:
@@ -93,9 +110,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           go-version: 1.22.9
       - name: Build & version operator-specific release files
-        run: |
-          cd infra/feast-operator/
-          make build-installer bundle
+        run: make -C infra/feast-operator build-installer bundle
 
   publish-web-ui-npm:
     needs: [ validate_version_bumps, get_dry_release_versions ]
@@ -152,6 +167,10 @@ jobs:
       - name: Setup Helm-docs
         run: |
           brew install norwoodj/tap/helm-docs
+      - name: Install Go
+        uses: actions/setup-go@v2
+        with:
+          go-version: 1.22.9
       - name: Release (Dry Run)
         if: github.event.inputs.dry_run == 'true'
         run: |