diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/release.yml b/.gitea/workflows/release.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..124da84
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/release.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+# Cuts a release: moves CHANGELOG.md's [Unreleased] section under a new
+# version heading, commits it to main, then creates and pushes the version tag.
+# Trigger manually via workflow_dispatch, entering the semver to release.
+# The pushed tag can then be built with docker-publish.yml.
+
+name: Create Release Tag
+
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      version:
+        description: "Version to release (semver, e.g. 1.2.3)"
+        required: true
+        type: string
+
+jobs:
+  tag:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      contents: write
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+
+      - name: Validate version and Unreleased section
+        run: |
+          if ! [[ "${{ inputs.version }}" =~ ^[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+$ ]]; then
+            echo "Error: '${{ inputs.version }}' is not a valid semver (e.g. 1.2.3)."
+            exit 1
+          fi
+          if git rev-parse "refs/tags/${{ inputs.version }}" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+            echo "Error: tag '${{ inputs.version }}' already exists."
+            exit 1
+          fi
+          awk '/^## \[Unreleased\]/{f=1;next}/^## \[/{f=0}f' CHANGELOG.md > /tmp/unreleased.md
+          if ! grep -q '[^[:space:]]' /tmp/unreleased.md; then
+            echo "Error: CHANGELOG.md's [Unreleased] section is empty — nothing to release."
+            exit 1
+          fi
+
+      - name: Move Unreleased entries under the new version heading
+        run: |
+          today=$(date +%Y-%m-%d)
+          awk -v ver="${{ inputs.version }}" -v date="$today" '
+            /^## \[Unreleased\]/ { print; print ""; print "## [" ver "] - " date; next }
+            { print }
+          ' CHANGELOG.md > /tmp/CHANGELOG.md
+          mv /tmp/CHANGELOG.md CHANGELOG.md
+
+      - name: Commit and tag
+        run: |
+          git config user.name "gitea-actions"
+          git config user.email "actions@noreply.git.arthurerlich.de"
+          git add CHANGELOG.md
+          git commit -m "chore(release): ${{ inputs.version }}"
+          git tag "${{ inputs.version }}"
+          git push origin HEAD:main
+          git push origin "${{ inputs.version }}"
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 37c9c86..dd98478 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -7,6 +7,10 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+### Fixed
+
+- Removed a leftover `composer dump-env prod` call in the prod Docker build stage — the command doesn't exist in this project's Composer setup and broke every image build
+
 ## [0.2.0] - 2026-07-12
 
 ### Added