diff --git a/ci/release/Jenkinsfile b/ci/release/Jenkinsfile
index 0e57fec97c02..a3f017bf40c1 100644
--- a/ci/release/Jenkinsfile
+++ b/ci/release/Jenkinsfile
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ pipeline {
 		)
 	}
 	stages {
-		stage('Release check') {
+		stage('Check') {
 			steps {
 				script {
 					print "INFO: params.RELEASE_VERSION = ${params.RELEASE_VERSION}"
@@ -116,13 +116,6 @@ pipeline {
 					def releaseVersion
 					def developmentVersion
 
-					def lastCommitter = sh(script: 'git show -s --format=\'%an\'', returnStdout: true).trim()
-					def secondLastCommitter = sh(script: 'git show -s --format=\'%an\' HEAD~1', returnStdout: true).trim()
-					def isCiLastCommiter = lastCommitter == 'Hibernate-CI' && secondLastCommitter == 'Hibernate-CI'
-
-					echo "Last two commits were performed by '${lastCommitter}'/'${secondLastCommitter}'."
-					echo "Is 'Hibernate-CI' the last commiter: '${isCiLastCommiter}'."
-
 					if ( manualRelease ) {
 						echo "Release was requested manually"
 
@@ -140,10 +133,13 @@ pipeline {
 					else {
 						echo "Release was triggered automatically"
 
-						// Avoid doing an automatic release for commits from a release
-
-						if (isCiLastCommiter) {
-							print "INFO: Automatic release skipped because last commits were for the previous release"
+						// Avoid doing an automatic release if there are no "releasable" commits since the last release (see release scripts for determination)
+						def releasableCommitCount = sh(
+								script: ".release/scripts/count-releasable-commits.sh ${env.PROJECT}",
+								returnStdout: true
+						).trim().toInteger()
+						if ( releasableCommitCount <= 0 ) {
+							print "INFO: Automatic release skipped because no releasable commits were pushed since the previous release"
 							currentBuild.getRawBuild().getExecutor().interrupt(Result.NOT_BUILT)
 							sleep(1)   // Interrupt is not blocking and does not take effect immediately.
 							return
@@ -177,7 +173,7 @@ pipeline {
 				}
 			}
 		}
-		stage('Release prepare') {
+		stage('Prepare') {
 			steps {
 				script {
 					checkoutReleaseScripts()
@@ -203,7 +199,7 @@ pipeline {
 				}
 			}
 		}
-		stage('Publish release') {
+		stage('Publish') {
 			steps {
 				script {
 					checkoutReleaseScripts()
@@ -243,7 +239,18 @@ pipeline {
 				}
 			}
 		}
-		stage('Website release') {
+		stage('Release on Jira') {
+			steps {
+				script {
+					checkoutReleaseScripts()
+
+					withCredentials([string(credentialsId: 'release-webhook.hibernate.atlassian.net', variable: 'JIRA_WEBHOOK_SECRET')]) {
+						sh ".release/scripts/jira-release.sh ${env.SCRIPT_OPTIONS} ${env.PROJECT} ${env.RELEASE_VERSION} ${env.DEVELOPMENT_VERSION}"
+					}
+				}
+			}
+		}
+		stage('Update website') {
 			steps {
 				script {
 					checkoutReleaseScripts()
@@ -270,7 +277,7 @@ pipeline {
 				}
 			}
 		}
-		stage('GitHub release') {
+		stage('Create GitHub release') {
 			steps {
 				script {
 					checkoutReleaseScripts()