diff --git a/internal/entities/properties/constants.go b/internal/entities/properties/constants.go
index 43dc61c276..3005b76b5e 100644
--- a/internal/entities/properties/constants.go
+++ b/internal/entities/properties/constants.go
@@ -44,3 +44,13 @@ const (
 	// ArtifactPropertyType represents the type of the artifact (e.g 'container')
 	ArtifactPropertyType = "type"
 )
+
+// Release property keys
+const (
+	// ReleasePropertyTag represents the release tag name.
+	ReleasePropertyTag = "tag"
+	// ReleasePropertyBranch represents the release branch
+	ReleasePropertyBranch = "branch"
+	// ReleaseCommitSHA represents the commit SHA of the release
+	ReleaseCommitSHA = "commit_sha"
+)
diff --git a/internal/providers/github/entities.go b/internal/providers/github/entities.go
index 8be40fec26..405ca72c28 100644
--- a/internal/providers/github/entities.go
+++ b/internal/providers/github/entities.go
@@ -247,6 +247,8 @@ func (c *GitHub) PropertiesToProtoMessage(
 		return ghprop.ArtifactV1FromProperties(props)
 	case minderv1.Entity_ENTITY_PULL_REQUESTS:
 		return ghprop.PullRequestV1FromProperties(props)
+	case minderv1.Entity_ENTITY_RELEASE:
+		return ghprop.EntityInstanceV1FromReleaseProperties(props)
 	}
 
 	return nil, fmt.Errorf("conversion of entity type %s is not handled by the github provider", entType)
diff --git a/internal/providers/github/properties/fetcher.go b/internal/providers/github/properties/fetcher.go
index 169c2a84e4..c6c55a9a50 100644
--- a/internal/providers/github/properties/fetcher.go
+++ b/internal/providers/github/properties/fetcher.go
@@ -52,6 +52,8 @@ func (_ ghEntityFetcher) EntityPropertyFetcher(entType minderv1.Entity) GhProper
 		return NewRepositoryFetcher()
 	case minderv1.Entity_ENTITY_ARTIFACTS:
 		return NewArtifactFetcher()
+	case minderv1.Entity_ENTITY_RELEASE:
+		return NewReleaseFetcher()
 	}
 
 	return nil
diff --git a/internal/providers/github/properties/release.go b/internal/providers/github/properties/release.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..42486f7d43
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/providers/github/properties/release.go
@@ -0,0 +1,178 @@
+// SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright 2024 The Minder Authors
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+package properties
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"fmt"
+	"net/http"
+
+	go_github "github.com/google/go-github/v63/github"
+
+	"github.com/mindersec/minder/internal/entities/properties"
+	minderv1 "github.com/mindersec/minder/pkg/api/protobuf/go/minder/v1"
+	v1 "github.com/mindersec/minder/pkg/providers/v1"
+)
+
+// Release Properties
+const (
+	// ReleasePropertyOwner represents the github owner
+	ReleasePropertyOwner = "github/owner"
+	// ReleasePropertyRepo represents the github repo
+	ReleasePropertyRepo = "github/repo"
+)
+
+// ReleaseFetcher is a property fetcher for releases
+type ReleaseFetcher struct {
+	propertyFetcherBase
+}
+
+// NewReleaseFetcher creates a new ReleaseFetcher
+func NewReleaseFetcher() *ReleaseFetcher {
+	return &ReleaseFetcher{
+		propertyFetcherBase: propertyFetcherBase{
+			propertyOrigins: []propertyOrigin{
+				{
+					keys: []string{
+						// general entity
+						properties.PropertyName,
+						properties.PropertyUpstreamID,
+						// general release
+						properties.ReleasePropertyTag,
+						properties.ReleasePropertyBranch,
+						ReleasePropertyOwner,
+						ReleasePropertyRepo,
+					},
+					wrapper: getReleaseWrapper,
+				},
+			},
+			operationalProperties: []string{},
+		},
+	}
+}
+
+// GetName returns the name of the release
+func (_ *ReleaseFetcher) GetName(props *properties.Properties) (string, error) {
+	owner := props.GetProperty(ReleasePropertyOwner).GetString()
+	repo, err := props.GetProperty(ReleasePropertyRepo).AsString()
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("failed to get repo name: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	tag, err := props.GetProperty(properties.ReleasePropertyTag).AsString()
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("failed to get tag name: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	return getReleaseNameFromParams(owner, repo, tag), nil
+}
+
+func getReleaseNameFromParams(owner, repo, tag string) string {
+	if owner == "" {
+		return fmt.Sprintf("%s/%s", repo, tag)
+	}
+
+	return fmt.Sprintf("%s/%s/%s", owner, repo, tag)
+}
+
+func getReleaseWrapper(
+	ctx context.Context, ghCli *go_github.Client, _ bool, getByProps *properties.Properties,
+) (map[string]any, error) {
+	upstreamID, err := getByProps.GetProperty(properties.PropertyUpstreamID).AsInt64()
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("upstream ID not found or invalid: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	owner, err := getByProps.GetProperty(ReleasePropertyOwner).AsString()
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("owner not found or invalid: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	repo, err := getByProps.GetProperty(ReleasePropertyRepo).AsString()
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("repo not found or invalid: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	var fetchErr error
+	var release *go_github.RepositoryRelease
+	var result *go_github.Response
+	release, result, fetchErr = ghCli.Repositories.GetRelease(ctx, owner, repo,
+		upstreamID)
+	if fetchErr != nil {
+		if result != nil && result.StatusCode == http.StatusNotFound {
+			return nil, v1.ErrEntityNotFound
+		}
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to fetch release: %w", fetchErr)
+	}
+
+	branch, commitSha, err := getBranchAndCommit(ctx, owner, repo, release.GetTargetCommitish(), ghCli)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to get branch and commit SHA: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	return map[string]any{
+		properties.PropertyUpstreamID:    properties.NumericalValueToUpstreamID(release.GetID()),
+		properties.PropertyName:          getReleaseNameFromParams(owner, repo, release.GetTagName()),
+		ReleasePropertyOwner:             owner,
+		ReleasePropertyRepo:              repo,
+		properties.ReleasePropertyTag:    release.GetTagName(),
+		properties.ReleaseCommitSHA:      commitSha,
+		properties.ReleasePropertyBranch: branch,
+	}, nil
+}
+
+func getBranchAndCommit(
+	ctx context.Context,
+	owner string,
+	repo string,
+	commitish string,
+	ghCli *go_github.Client,
+) (branch string, commitSha string, err error) {
+	if commitish == "" {
+		// We have no info, but this is not an error. We simply don't fill this
+		// information just yet. We'll get it on entity refresh.
+		return "", "", nil
+	}
+
+	// check if the target commitish is a branch
+	br, res, err := ghCli.Repositories.GetBranch(ctx, owner, repo, commitish, 1)
+	if err == nil {
+		return br.GetName(), br.GetCommit().GetSHA(), nil
+	}
+
+	if res == nil || res.StatusCode != http.StatusNotFound {
+		return "", "", fmt.Errorf("failed to fetch branch: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	// The commitish is a commit SHA without a branch
+	return "", commitish, nil
+}
+
+// EntityInstanceV1FromReleaseProperties creates a new EntityInstance from the given properties
+func EntityInstanceV1FromReleaseProperties(props *properties.Properties) (*minderv1.EntityInstance, error) {
+	_, err := props.GetProperty(properties.PropertyUpstreamID).AsString()
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("upstream ID not found or invalid: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	tag, err := props.GetProperty(properties.ReleasePropertyTag).AsString()
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("tag not found or invalid: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	owner := props.GetProperty(ReleasePropertyOwner).GetString()
+
+	repo, err := props.GetProperty(ReleasePropertyRepo).AsString()
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("repo not found or invalid: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	name := getReleaseNameFromParams(owner, repo, tag)
+
+	return &minderv1.EntityInstance{
+		Type:       minderv1.Entity_ENTITY_RELEASE,
+		Name:       name,
+		Properties: props.ToProtoStruct(),
+	}, nil
+}
diff --git a/internal/providers/github/webhook/handlers_releases.go b/internal/providers/github/webhook/handlers_releases.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..70feec9223
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/providers/github/webhook/handlers_releases.go
@@ -0,0 +1,147 @@
+// SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright 2024 The Minder Authors
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+package webhook
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"encoding/json"
+	"errors"
+	"fmt"
+
+	"github.com/mindersec/minder/internal/db"
+	entityMessage "github.com/mindersec/minder/internal/entities/handlers/message"
+	"github.com/mindersec/minder/internal/entities/properties"
+	ghprop "github.com/mindersec/minder/internal/providers/github/properties"
+	pb "github.com/mindersec/minder/pkg/api/protobuf/go/minder/v1"
+	"github.com/mindersec/minder/pkg/eventer/constants"
+)
+
+type releaseEvent struct {
+	Action  *string  `json:"action,omitempty"`
+	Release *release `json:"release,omitempty"`
+	Repo    *repo    `json:"repository,omitempty"`
+}
+
+func (r *releaseEvent) GetAction() string {
+	if r.Action != nil {
+		return *r.Action
+	}
+	return ""
+}
+
+func (r *releaseEvent) GetRelease() *release {
+	return r.Release
+}
+
+func (r *releaseEvent) GetRepo() *repo {
+	return r.Repo
+}
+
+type release struct {
+	ID      *int64  `json:"id,omitempty"`
+	TagName *string `json:"tag_name,omitempty"`
+	Target  *string `json:"target_commitish,omitempty"`
+}
+
+func (r *release) GetID() int64 {
+	if r.ID != nil {
+		return *r.ID
+	}
+	return 0
+}
+
+func (r *release) GetTagName() string {
+	if r.TagName != nil {
+		return *r.TagName
+	}
+	return ""
+}
+
+func (r *release) GetTarget() string {
+	if r.Target != nil {
+		return *r.Target
+	}
+	return ""
+}
+
+func processReleaseEvent(
+	ctx context.Context,
+	payload []byte,
+) (*processingResult, error) {
+	var event *releaseEvent
+	if err := json.Unmarshal(payload, &event); err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to unmarshal release event: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	if event.GetAction() == "" {
+		return nil, errors.New("release event action not found")
+	}
+
+	if event.GetRelease() == nil {
+		return nil, errors.New("release event release not found")
+	}
+
+	if event.GetRepo() == nil {
+		return nil, errors.New("release event repository not found")
+	}
+
+	if event.GetRelease().GetTagName() == "" {
+		return nil, errors.New("release event tag name not found")
+	}
+
+	if event.GetRelease().GetTarget() == "" {
+		return nil, errors.New("release event target not found")
+	}
+
+	return sendReleaseEvent(ctx, event)
+}
+
+func sendReleaseEvent(
+	_ context.Context,
+	event *releaseEvent,
+) (*processingResult, error) {
+	lookByProps, err := properties.NewProperties(map[string]any{
+		properties.PropertyUpstreamID: properties.NumericalValueToUpstreamID(event.GetRelease().GetID()),
+		ghprop.ReleasePropertyOwner:   event.GetRepo().GetOwner(),
+		ghprop.ReleasePropertyRepo:    event.GetRepo().GetName(),
+	})
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("error creating release properties: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	originatorProps, err := properties.NewProperties(map[string]any{
+		properties.PropertyUpstreamID: properties.NumericalValueToUpstreamID(event.GetRepo().GetID()),
+	})
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("error creating repository properties for release origination: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	switch event.GetAction() {
+	case "published":
+		return &processingResult{
+			topic: constants.TopicQueueOriginatingEntityAdd,
+			wrapper: entityMessage.NewEntityRefreshAndDoMessage().
+				WithEntity(pb.Entity_ENTITY_RELEASE, lookByProps).
+				WithProviderImplementsHint(string(db.ProviderTypeGithub)).
+				WithOriginator(pb.Entity_ENTITY_REPOSITORIES, originatorProps),
+		}, nil
+	case "unpublished", "deleted":
+		return &processingResult{
+			topic: constants.TopicQueueOriginatingEntityDelete,
+			wrapper: entityMessage.NewEntityRefreshAndDoMessage().
+				WithEntity(pb.Entity_ENTITY_RELEASE, lookByProps).
+				WithProviderImplementsHint(string(db.ProviderTypeGithub)).
+				WithOriginator(pb.Entity_ENTITY_REPOSITORIES, originatorProps),
+		}, nil
+	case "edited":
+		return &processingResult{
+			topic: constants.TopicQueueRefreshEntityAndEvaluate,
+			wrapper: entityMessage.NewEntityRefreshAndDoMessage().
+				WithEntity(pb.Entity_ENTITY_RELEASE, lookByProps).
+				WithProviderImplementsHint(string(db.ProviderTypeGithub)).
+				WithOriginator(pb.Entity_ENTITY_REPOSITORIES, originatorProps),
+		}, nil
+	}
+	return nil, nil
+}
diff --git a/internal/providers/github/webhook/hook.go b/internal/providers/github/webhook/hook.go
index 14e3236ec2..a4d42d8f37 100644
--- a/internal/providers/github/webhook/hook.go
+++ b/internal/providers/github/webhook/hook.go
@@ -160,6 +160,9 @@ func HandleWebhookEvent(
 		case "pull_request":
 			wes.Accepted = true
 			res, processingErr = processPullRequestEvent(ctx, rawWBPayload)
+		case "release":
+			wes.Accepted = true
+			res, processingErr = processReleaseEvent(ctx, rawWBPayload)
 		case "ping":
 			// For ping events, we do not set wes.Accepted
 			// to true because they're not relevant