diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 18f8791..5891a5d 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ stages:
     - test
     - build
     - deploy
+    - release
 
 cache: &global_cache
     key:
@@ -66,3 +67,33 @@ deploy:
     only:
         - master
     resource_group: production
+
+release-patch:
+    stage: release
+    before_script:
+        - apt update
+        - apt install jq
+    variables:
+        RELEASE_TYPE: patch
+    cache:
+        <<: *global_cache
+    script: |
+        REPOSITORY_URL=$(echo "${CI_REPOSITORY_URL}" | sed -e "s|gitlab-ci-token:.*@|${RELEASE_TOKEN}:${RELEASE_TOKEN_SECRET}@|g")
+        git remote set-url origin $REPOSITORY_URL
+        git config user.name $GITLAB_USER_LOGIN
+        git config user.email $GITLAB_USER_EMAIL
+        git branch -D ci-processing || true
+        git checkout -b ci-processing
+        npm run updateManifest --update=${RELEASE_TYPE}
+        npm install
+        RELEASE_VERSION=$(jq -r '.version' < package.json)
+        git add package.json package-lock.json src/system.json
+        git commit -m "release version ${VERSION}"
+        git tag -f latest
+        git tag ${RELEASE_VERSION}
+        # git push origin ci-processing:${CI_BUILD_REF_NAME}
+        # git push latest -f
+        # git push ${RELEASE_VERSION}
+    # only:
+    #     - master
+    when: manual