diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yaml b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
index 44a875eb2b..b45cc6dadb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
@@ -167,9 +167,6 @@ jobs:
           asc="${tarball}.asc"
           curl -sSLO "${download_url}/${tarball}"
           curl -sSLO "${download_url}/${asc}"
-          # "-m" option should be empty to re-use the existing release title
-          # without opening a text editor.
-          # For the details, check https://hub.github.com/hub-release.1.html.
           gh release upload "${tag}" "${tarball}"
           gh release upload "${tag}" "${asc}"
           popd
diff --git a/tools/packaging/release/README.md b/tools/packaging/release/README.md
index 3f17f238d6..f564bd6d38 100644
--- a/tools/packaging/release/README.md
+++ b/tools/packaging/release/README.md
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ See [the release documentation](../../../docs/Release-Process.md).
 ### `update-repository-version.sh`
 
 This script creates a GitHub pull request (a.k.a PR) to change the version in
-all the Kata repositories.
+the Kata repository.
 
 For more information on using the script, run the following:
 
@@ -43,7 +43,4 @@ After Kata Containers repository is updated with a new version, it needs to be
 tagged.
 
 The `tag_repos.sh` script is used to create tags for the Kata Containers repository.
-The script creates an **annotated tag** for the new release version for the
-following repositories:
-
-- kata-containers
+The script creates an **annotated tag** for the new release version.
diff --git a/tools/packaging/release/tag_repos.sh b/tools/packaging/release/tag_repos.sh
index e2e104a65b..ece0cd561d 100755
--- a/tools/packaging/release/tag_repos.sh
+++ b/tools/packaging/release/tag_repos.sh
@@ -115,7 +115,6 @@ tag_repos() {
 	for repo in "${repos[@]}"; do
 		git clone --quiet "https://github.com/${OWNER}/${repo}.git"
 		pushd "${repo}" >>/dev/null
-		git remote set-url --push origin "git@github.com:${OWNER}/${repo}.git"
 		git fetch origin
 		git checkout "${branch}"
 		version_from_file=$(cat ./VERSION)
@@ -150,9 +149,13 @@ tag_repos() {
 
 push_tags() {
 	info "Pushing tags to repos"
-	build_hub
+	get_gh
 	for repo in "${repos[@]}"; do
 		pushd "${repo}" >>/dev/null
+		${gh_cli} repo set-default "${OWNER}/${repo}"
+		if [ $(${gh_cli} config get git_protocol) = ssh ]; then
+			git remote set-url --push origin "git@github.com:${OWNER}/${repo}.git"
+		fi
 		tag="$kata_version"
 		if [[ "packaging" == "${repo}" ]];then
 			ktag="${tag}-kernel-config"
@@ -175,13 +178,15 @@ create_github_release() {
 	tag=${2:-}
 	[ -d "${repo_dir}" ] || die "No repository directory"
 	[ -n "${tag}" ] || die "No tag specified"
-	if ! "${hub_bin}" release show "${tag}"; then
+	if ! "${gh_cli}" release view "${tag}"; then
 		info "Creating Github release"
 		if [[ "$tag" =~ "-rc" ]]; then
 			rc_args="-p"
 		fi
 		rc_args=${rc_args:-}
-		"${hub_bin}" -C "${repo_dir}" release create ${rc_args} -m "${PROJECT} ${tag}" "${tag}"
+		pushd "${repo_dir}"
+		"${gh_cli}" release create ${rc_args} --title "${PROJECT} ${tag}" "${tag}" --notes ""
+		popd
 	else
 		info "Github release already created"
 	fi
diff --git a/tools/packaging/release/update-repository-version.sh b/tools/packaging/release/update-repository-version.sh
index e9aa29fa73..d9509dca1a 100755
--- a/tools/packaging/release/update-repository-version.sh
+++ b/tools/packaging/release/update-repository-version.sh
@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@ readonly script_dir="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)"
 readonly script_name="$(basename "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")"
 
 readonly tmp_dir=$(mktemp -t -d pr-bump.XXXX)
-readonly organization="kata-containers"
+OWNER="${OWNER:-kata-containers}"
+readonly organization="$OWNER"
 PUSH="false"
 GOPATH=${GOPATH:-${HOME}/go}
 
@@ -108,7 +109,8 @@ bump_repo() {
 	[ -n "${repo}" ] || die "repository not provided"
 	[ -n "${new_version}" ] || die "no new version"
 	[ -n "${target_branch}" ] || die "no target branch"
-	local remote_github="https://github.com/${organization}/${repo}.git"
+	local remote_repo="${organization}/${repo}"
+	local remote_github="https://github.com/${remote_repo}.git"
 	info "Update $repo to version $new_version"
 
 	info "remote: ${remote_github}"
@@ -229,13 +231,13 @@ bump_repo() {
 	fi
 
 	info "Creating PR message"
-	notes_file=notes.md
+	local pr_title="# Kata Containers ${new_version}"
+	local notes_file="${tmp_dir}/notes.md"
 	cat <<EOF >"${notes_file}"
-# Kata Containers ${new_version}
-
 $(get_changes "$current_version")
 
 EOF
+	printf "%s\n\n" "${pr_title}"
 	cat "${notes_file}"
 
 	if (echo "${current_version}" | grep "alpha") && (echo "${new_version}" | grep -v "alpha");then
@@ -252,14 +254,16 @@ EOF
 	git commit -s -m "${commit_msg}"
 
 	if [[ ${PUSH} == "true" ]]; then
-		build_hub
+		get_gh
+		gh_id=$(${gh_cli} auth status --hostname github.com | awk 'match($0, /Logged in to github.com as ([^ ]+)/, line) { print substr($0, line[1, "start"], line[1, "length"]) }')
 		info "Forking remote"
-		${hub_bin} fork --remote-name=fork
+		${gh_cli} repo set-default "${remote_repo}"
+		${gh_cli} repo fork --remote --remote-name=fork
 		info "Push to fork"
-		${hub_bin} push fork -f "${branch}"
+		git push fork -f "${branch}"
 		info "Create PR"
 		out=""
-		out=$(LC_ALL=C LANG=C "${hub_bin}" pull-request -b "${target_branch}" -F "${notes_file}" 2>&1) || echo "$out" | grep "A pull request already exists"
+		out=$(LC_ALL=C LANG=C "${gh_cli}" pr create --base "${target_branch}" --title "${pr_title}" --body-file "${notes_file}" --head "${gh_id}:${branch}" 2>&1) || echo "$out" | grep "already exists"
 	fi
 
 	if [ "${repo}" == "kata-containers" ] && [ "${target_branch}" == "main" ] && [[ "${new_version}" =~ "rc" ]]; then
@@ -271,16 +275,17 @@ EOF
 		info "Creating the commit message reverting the kata-deploy changes"
 		git commit --amend -s -m "${commit_msg}"
 
-		echo "${commit_msg}" >"${notes_file}"
+		pr_title=$(echo "${commit_msg}" | head -1)
+		echo "${commit_msg}" | tail -n +3 >"${notes_file}"
 		echo "" >>"${notes_file}"
 		echo "Only merge this commit after ${new_version} release is successfully tagged!" >>"${notes_file}"
 
 		if [[ ${PUSH} == "true" ]]; then
 			info "Push \"${reverting_kata_deploy_changes_branch}\" to fork"
-			${hub_bin} push fork -f "${reverting_kata_deploy_changes_branch}"
+			git push fork -f "${reverting_kata_deploy_changes_branch}"
 			info "Create \"${reverting_kata_deploy_changes_branch}\" PR"
 			out=""
-			out=$(LC_ALL=C LANG=C "${hub_bin}" pull-request -b "${target_branch}" -F "${notes_file}" 2>&1) || echo "$out" | grep "A pull request already exists"
+			out=$(LC_ALL=C LANG=C "${gh_cli}" pr create --base "${target_branch}" --title "${pr_title}" --body-file "${notes_file}" --head "${gh_id}:${reverting_kata_deploy_changes_branch}" 2>&1) || echo "$out" | grep "already exists"
 		fi
 	fi
 
diff --git a/tools/packaging/scripts/lib.sh b/tools/packaging/scripts/lib.sh
index 0bd873721f..7e8fe05275 100644
--- a/tools/packaging/scripts/lib.sh
+++ b/tools/packaging/scripts/lib.sh
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ export repo_root_dir="$(cd "${this_script_dir}/../../../" && pwd)"
 
 short_commit_length=10
 
-hub_bin="hub-bin"
+gh_cli="gh-cli"
 
 #for cross build
 CROSS_BUILD=${CROSS_BUILD-:}
@@ -60,26 +60,6 @@ get_repo_hash() {
 	popd >>/dev/null
 }
 
-build_hub() {
-	info "Get hub"
-
-	if cmd=$(command -v hub); then
-		hub_bin="${cmd}"
-		return
-	else
-		hub_bin="${tmp_dir:-/tmp}/hub-bin"
-	fi
-
-	local hub_repo="github.com/github/hub"
-	local hub_repo_dir="${GOPATH}/src/${hub_repo}"
-	[ -d "${hub_repo_dir}" ] || git clone --quiet --depth 1 "https://${hub_repo}.git" "${hub_repo_dir}"
-	pushd "${hub_repo_dir}" >>/dev/null
-	git checkout master
-	git pull
-	./script/build -o "${hub_bin}"
-	popd >>/dev/null
-}
-
 arch_to_golang()
 {
 	local -r arch="$1"
@@ -93,6 +73,22 @@ arch_to_golang()
 	esac
 }
 
+get_gh() {
+	info "Get gh"
+
+	if cmd=$(command -v gh); then
+		gh_cli="${cmd}"
+		return
+	else
+		gh_cli="${tmp_dir:-/tmp}/gh-cli"
+	fi
+
+	local goarch=$(arch_to_golang $(uname -m))
+	curl -sSL https://github.com/cli/cli/releases/download/v2.37.0/gh_2.37.0_linux_${goarch}.tar.gz | tar -xz
+	mv gh_2.37.0_linux_${goarch}/bin/gh "${gh_cli}"
+	rm -rf gh_2.37.0_linux_amd64
+}
+
 get_kata_hash() {
 	repo=$1
 	ref=$2