diff --git a/.github/workflows/build_and_test.yml b/.github/workflows/build_and_test.yml
index 5a807aa9fd..bc2f7dfe24 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build_and_test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build_and_test.yml
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ on:
     branches:
       - main
       - release
+      - release-proxy
   pull_request:
 
 defaults:
@@ -67,6 +68,8 @@ jobs:
             echo "tag=$(git rev-list --count HEAD)" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
           elif [[ "$GITHUB_REF_NAME" == "release" ]]; then
             echo "tag=release-$(git rev-list --count HEAD)" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          elif [[ "$GITHUB_REF_NAME" == "release-proxy" ]]; then
+            echo "tag=release-proxy-$(git rev-list --count HEAD)" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
           else
             echo "GITHUB_REF_NAME (value '$GITHUB_REF_NAME') is not set to either 'main' or 'release'"
             echo "tag=$GITHUB_RUN_ID" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
@@ -682,7 +685,7 @@ jobs:
             })
 
   trigger-e2e-tests:
-    if: ${{ !github.event.pull_request.draft || contains( github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'run-e2e-tests-in-draft') || github.ref_name == 'main' || github.ref_name == 'release' }}
+    if: ${{ !github.event.pull_request.draft || contains( github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'run-e2e-tests-in-draft') || github.ref_name == 'main' || github.ref_name == 'release' || github.ref_name == 'release-proxy' }}
     needs: [ check-permissions, promote-images, tag ]
     uses: ./.github/workflows/trigger-e2e-tests.yml
     secrets: inherit
@@ -952,9 +955,7 @@ jobs:
           crane pull 369495373322.dkr.ecr.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/vm-compute-node-v16:${{needs.tag.outputs.build-tag}} vm-compute-node-v16
 
       - name: Add latest tag to images
-        if: |
-          (github.ref_name == 'main' || github.ref_name == 'release') &&
-           github.event_name != 'workflow_dispatch'
+        if: github.ref_name == 'main' || github.ref_name == 'release' || github.ref_name == 'release-proxy'
         run: |
           crane tag 369495373322.dkr.ecr.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/neon:${{needs.tag.outputs.build-tag}} latest
           crane tag 369495373322.dkr.ecr.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/compute-tools:${{needs.tag.outputs.build-tag}} latest
@@ -966,9 +967,7 @@ jobs:
           crane tag 369495373322.dkr.ecr.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/vm-compute-node-v16:${{needs.tag.outputs.build-tag}} latest
 
       - name: Push images to production ECR
-        if: |
-          (github.ref_name == 'main' || github.ref_name == 'release') &&
-           github.event_name != 'workflow_dispatch'
+        if: github.ref_name == 'main' || github.ref_name == 'release'|| github.ref_name == 'release-proxy'
         run: |
           crane copy 369495373322.dkr.ecr.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/neon:${{needs.tag.outputs.build-tag}} 093970136003.dkr.ecr.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/neon:latest
           crane copy 369495373322.dkr.ecr.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/compute-tools:${{needs.tag.outputs.build-tag}} 093970136003.dkr.ecr.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/compute-tools:latest
@@ -992,9 +991,7 @@ jobs:
           crane push vm-compute-node-v16 neondatabase/vm-compute-node-v16:${{needs.tag.outputs.build-tag}}
 
       - name: Push latest tags to Docker Hub
-        if: |
-          (github.ref_name == 'main' || github.ref_name == 'release') &&
-          github.event_name != 'workflow_dispatch'
+        if: github.ref_name == 'main' || github.ref_name == 'release'|| github.ref_name == 'release-proxy'
         run: |
           crane tag neondatabase/neon:${{needs.tag.outputs.build-tag}} latest
           crane tag neondatabase/compute-tools:${{needs.tag.outputs.build-tag}} latest
@@ -1084,7 +1081,7 @@ jobs:
 
   deploy:
     needs: [ check-permissions, promote-images, tag, regress-tests, trigger-custom-extensions-build-and-wait ]
-    if: ( github.ref_name == 'main' || github.ref_name == 'release' ) && github.event_name != 'workflow_dispatch'
+    if: github.ref_name == 'main' || github.ref_name == 'release'|| github.ref_name == 'release-proxy'
 
     runs-on: [ self-hosted, gen3, small ]
     container: 369495373322.dkr.ecr.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/ansible:latest
@@ -1119,14 +1116,28 @@ jobs:
             # TODO: move deployPreprodRegion to release (`"$GITHUB_REF_NAME" == "release"` block), once Staging support different compute tag prefixes for different regions
             gh workflow --repo neondatabase/aws run deploy-dev.yml --ref main -f branch=main -f dockerTag=${{needs.tag.outputs.build-tag}} -f deployPreprodRegion=true
           elif [[ "$GITHUB_REF_NAME" == "release" ]]; then
-            gh workflow --repo neondatabase/aws run deploy-prod.yml --ref main -f branch=main -f dockerTag=${{needs.tag.outputs.build-tag}}
+            gh workflow --repo neondatabase/aws run deploy-prod.yml --ref main \
+              -f deployPgSniRouter=false \
+              -f deployProxy=false \
+              -f deployStorage=true \
+              -f deployStorageBroker=true \
+              -f branch=main \
+              -f dockerTag=${{needs.tag.outputs.build-tag}}
+          elif [[ "$GITHUB_REF_NAME" == "release-proxy" ]]; then
+            gh workflow --repo neondatabase/aws run deploy-prod.yml --ref main \
+              -f deployPgSniRouter=true \
+              -f deployProxy=true \
+              -f deployStorage=false \
+              -f deployStorageBroker=false \
+              -f branch=main \
+              -f dockerTag=${{needs.tag.outputs.build-tag}}
           else
             echo "GITHUB_REF_NAME (value '$GITHUB_REF_NAME') is not set to either 'main' or 'release'"
             exit 1
           fi
 
       - name: Create git tag
-        if: github.ref_name == 'release'
+        if: github.ref_name == 'release' || github.ref_name == 'release-proxy'
         uses: actions/github-script@v7
         with:
           # Retry script for 5XX server errors: https://github.com/actions/github-script#retries
@@ -1139,6 +1150,7 @@ jobs:
               sha: context.sha,
             })
 
+      # TODO: check how GitHub releases looks for proxy releases and enable it if it's ok
       - name: Create GitHub release
         if: github.ref_name == 'release'
         uses: actions/github-script@v7
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index ba37c5827a..80a718d61a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -2,12 +2,31 @@ name: Create Release Branch
 
 on:
   schedule:
-    - cron: '0 6 * * 1'
+    # It should be kept in sync with if-condition in jobs
+    - cron: '0 6 * * MON' # Storage release
+    - cron: '0 6 * * THU' # Proxy release
   workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      create-storage-release-branch:
+        type: boolean
+        description: 'Create Storage release PR'
+        required: false
+      create-proxy-release-branch:
+        type: boolean
+        description: 'Create Proxy release PR'
+        required: false
+
+# No permission for GITHUB_TOKEN by default; the **minimal required** set of permissions should be granted in each job.
+permissions: {}
+
+defaults:
+  run:
+    shell: bash -euo pipefail {0}
 
 jobs:
-  create_release_branch:
-    runs-on: [ ubuntu-latest ]
+  create-storage-release-branch:
+    if: ${{ github.event.schedule == '0 6 * * MON' || format('{0}', inputs.create-storage-release-branch) == 'true' }}
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
 
     permissions:
       contents: write # for `git push`
@@ -18,27 +37,67 @@ jobs:
       with:
         ref: main
 
-    - name: Get current date
-      id: date
-      run: echo "date=$(date +'%Y-%m-%d')" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+    - name: Set environment variables
+      run: |
+        echo "RELEASE_DATE=$(date +'%Y-%m-%d')" | tee -a $GITHUB_ENV
+        echo "RELEASE_BRANCH=rc/$(date +'%Y-%m-%d')" | tee -a $GITHUB_ENV
 
     - name: Create release branch
-      run: git checkout -b releases/${{ steps.date.outputs.date }}
+      run: git checkout -b $RELEASE_BRANCH
 
     - name: Push new branch
-      run: git push origin releases/${{ steps.date.outputs.date }}
+      run: git push origin $RELEASE_BRANCH
 
     - name: Create pull request into release
       env:
         GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.CI_ACCESS_TOKEN }}
       run: |
         cat << EOF > body.md
-          ## Release ${{ steps.date.outputs.date }}
+          ## Release ${RELEASE_DATE}
 
-          **Please merge this PR using 'Create a merge commit'!**
+          **Please merge this Pull Request using 'Create a merge commit' button**
         EOF
 
-        gh pr create --title "Release ${{ steps.date.outputs.date }}" \
+        gh pr create --title "Release ${RELEASE_DATE}" \
                      --body-file "body.md" \
-                     --head "releases/${{ steps.date.outputs.date }}" \
+                     --head "${RELEASE_BRANCH}" \
                      --base "release"
+
+  create-proxy-release-branch:
+    if: ${{ github.event.schedule == '0 6 * * THU' || format('{0}', inputs.create-proxy-release-branch) == 'true' }}
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    permissions:
+      contents: write # for `git push`
+
+    steps:
+    - name: Check out code
+      uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      with:
+        ref: main
+
+    - name: Set environment variables
+      run: |
+        echo "RELEASE_DATE=$(date +'%Y-%m-%d')" | tee -a $GITHUB_ENV
+        echo "RELEASE_BRANCH=rc/proxy/$(date +'%Y-%m-%d')" | tee -a $GITHUB_ENV
+
+    - name: Create release branch
+      run: git checkout -b $RELEASE_BRANCH
+
+    - name: Push new branch
+      run: git push origin $RELEASE_BRANCH
+
+    - name: Create pull request into release
+      env:
+        GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.CI_ACCESS_TOKEN }}
+      run: |
+        cat << EOF > body.md
+          ## Proxy release ${RELEASE_DATE}
+
+          **Please merge this Pull Request using 'Create a merge commit' button**
+        EOF
+
+        gh pr create --title "Proxy release ${RELEASE_DATE}}" \
+                     --body-file "body.md" \
+                     --head "${RELEASE_BRANCH}" \
+                     --base "release-proxy"