diff --git a/obs-packaging/kata-containers-image/build_image.sh b/obs-packaging/kata-containers-image/build_image.sh
index 1975a46742..81c38229b6 100755
--- a/obs-packaging/kata-containers-image/build_image.sh
+++ b/obs-packaging/kata-containers-image/build_image.sh
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 #
 
+[ -z "${DEBUG}" ]  || set -x
+
 set -o errexit
 set -o nounset
 set -o pipefail
diff --git a/release/tag_repos.sh b/release/tag_repos.sh
index fa4e875c25..8193b03688 100755
--- a/release/tag_repos.sh
+++ b/release/tag_repos.sh
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ readonly URL_RAW_FILE="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/${OWNER}"
 #The runtime version is used as reference of latest release
 readonly kata_version=$(curl -Ls "${URL_RAW_FILE}/runtime/${commit}/VERSION" | grep -v -P "^#")
 
+source "${script_dir}/../scripts/lib.sh"
+
 function usage() {
 
 	cat <<EOT
@@ -103,16 +105,31 @@ tag_repos() {
 
 push_tags() {
 	info "Pushing tags to repos"
+	build_hub
 	for repo in "${repos[@]}"; do
 		pushd "${repo}" >> /dev/null
 		tag="$kata_version"
 		[[ "packaging" == "${repo}" ]] && tag="${tag}-kernel-config"
-		info "Creating tag ${tag} for ${repo}"
+		info "Push tag ${tag} for ${repo}"
 		git push origin "${tag}"
+		create_github_release "${PWD}" "${tag}"
 		popd >> /dev/null
 	done
 }
 
+create_github_release(){
+	repo_dir=${1:-}
+	tag=${2:-}
+	[  -d "${repo_dir}" ] || die "No repository directory"
+	[  -n "${tag}" ] || die "No repository directory"
+	if ! "${hub_bin}" release | grep "${tag}"; then
+		info "Creating Github release"
+		"${hub_bin }" -C "${repo_dir}" release create -m "${PROJECT} ${tag}" "${tag}"
+	else
+		info "Github release already created"
+	fi
+}
+
 while getopts "hp" opt; do
 	case $opt in
 	h) usage && exit 0 ;;
diff --git a/release/update-repository-version.sh b/release/update-repository-version.sh
index bec22e597a..6506529b4f 100755
--- a/release/update-repository-version.sh
+++ b/release/update-repository-version.sh
@@ -13,42 +13,18 @@ readonly script_dir="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" && pwd )"
 readonly script_name="$(basename "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")"
 
 readonly tmp_dir=$(mktemp -t -d pr-bump.XXXX)
-readonly hub_bin="${tmp_dir}/hub-bin"
 readonly organization="kata-containers"
 PUSH="false"
 GOPATH=${GOPATH:-${HOME}/go}
 
+source "${script_dir}/../scripts/lib.sh"
+
 cleanup (){
 	[ -d "${tmp_dir}" ] && rm -rf "${tmp_dir}"
 }
 
 trap cleanup EXIT
 
-die()
-{
-	msg="$*"
-	echo "ERROR: ${msg}" >&2
-	exit 1
-}
-
-info()
-{
-	msg="$*"
-	echo "INFO: ${msg}" >&2
-}
-
-build_hub() {
-	info "Get hub"
-	local hub_repo="github.com/github/hub"
-	local hub_repo_dir="${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
-}
-
 get_changes() {
 	local current_version=$1
 	[ -n "${current_version}" ] || die "current version not provided"
diff --git a/scripts/lib.sh b/scripts/lib.sh
index 864706e0d5..b1a02e82d6 100644
--- a/scripts/lib.sh
+++ b/scripts/lib.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
+export GOPATH=${GOPATH:-${HOME}/go}
 readonly kata_arch_sh="${GOPATH}/src/github.com/kata-containers/tests/.ci/kata-arch.sh"
+hub_bin="${tmp_dir}/hub-bin"
 
 get_kata_arch(){
 	go get -u github.com/kata-containers/tests || true
@@ -61,3 +63,21 @@ get_repo_hash(){
 	popd >> /dev/null
 }
 
+build_hub() {
+	info "Get hub"
+
+	if cmd=$(command -v hub); then
+		hub_bin="${cmd}"
+		return 
+	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
+}
+