diff --git a/.eslintrc.js b/.eslintrc.js
index 8cd6fd26fa..672e740d6e 100644
--- a/.eslintrc.js
+++ b/.eslintrc.js
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ module.exports = {
     {
       files: [
         "**/*.js",
+        "**/*.mjs",
       ],
       extends: [
         "eslint:recommended",
diff --git a/scripts/clear-release-pr.mjs b/scripts/clear-release-pr.mjs
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..954501c788
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/clear-release-pr.mjs
@@ -0,0 +1,210 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env node
+/**
+ * Copyright (c) OpenLens Authors. All rights reserved.
+ * Licensed under MIT License. See LICENSE in root directory for more information.
+ */
+
+// This script creates a release PR
+import { execSync, exec, spawn } from "child_process";
+import commandLineArgs from "command-line-args";
+import fse from "fs-extra";
+import { basename } from "path";
+import semver from "semver";
+import { promisify } from "util";
+
+const {
+  SemVer,
+  valid: semverValid,
+  rcompare: semverRcompare,
+  lte: semverLte,
+} = semver;
+const { readJsonSync } = fse;
+const execP = promisify(exec);
+
+const options = commandLineArgs([
+  {
+    name: "type",
+    defaultOption: true,
+  },
+  {
+    name: "preid",
+  },
+]);
+
+const validReleaseValues = [
+  "major",
+  "minor",
+  "patch",
+];
+const validPrereleaseValues = [
+  "premajor",
+  "preminor",
+  "prepatch",
+  "prerelease",
+];
+const validPreidValues = [
+  "alpha",
+  "beta",
+];
+
+const errorMessages = {
+  noReleaseType: `No release type provided. Valid options are: ${[...validReleaseValues, ...validPrereleaseValues].join(", ")}`,
+  invalidRelease: (invalid) => `Invalid release type was provided (value was "${invalid}"). Valid options are: ${[...validReleaseValues, ...validPrereleaseValues].join(", ")}`,
+  noPreid: `No preid was provided. Use '--preid' to specify. Valid options are: ${validPreidValues.join(", ")}`,
+  invalidPreid: (invalid) => `Invalid preid was provided (value was "${invalid}"). Valid options are: ${validPreidValues.join(", ")}`,
+  wrongCwd: "It looks like you are running this script from the 'scripts' directory. This script assumes it is run from the root of the git repo",
+};
+
+if (!options.type) {
+  console.error(errorMessages.noReleaseType);
+  process.exit(1);
+}
+
+if (validReleaseValues.includes(options.type)) {
+  // do nothing, is valid
+} else if (validPrereleaseValues.includes(options.type)) {
+  if (!options.preid) {
+    console.error(errorMessages.noPreid);
+    process.exit(1);
+  }
+
+  if (!validPreidValues.includes(options.preid)) {
+    console.error(errorMessages.invalidPreid(options.preid));
+    process.exit(1);
+  }
+} else {
+  console.error(errorMessages.invalidRelease(options.type));
+  process.exit(1);
+}
+
+if (basename(process.cwd()) === "scripts") {
+  console.error(errorMessages.wrongCwd);
+}
+
+
+const currentVersion = new SemVer(readJsonSync("./package.json").version);
+const currentVersionMilestone = `${currentVersion.major}.${currentVersion.minor}.${currentVersion.patch}`;
+
+console.log(`current version: ${currentVersion.format()}`);
+console.log("fetching tags...");
+execSync("git fetch --tags --force");
+
+const actualTags = execSync("git tag --list", { encoding: "utf-8" }).split(/\r?\n/).map(line => line.trim());
+const [previousReleasedVersion] = actualTags
+  .map(semverValid)
+  .filter(Boolean)
+  .sort(semverRcompare)
+  .filter(version => semverLte(version, currentVersion));
+
+const npmVersionArgs = [
+  "npm",
+  "version",
+  options.type,
+];
+
+if (options.preid) {
+  npmVersionArgs.push(`--preid=${options.preid}`);
+}
+
+npmVersionArgs.push("--git-tag-version false");
+
+execSync(npmVersionArgs.join(" "), { stdio: "ignore" });
+
+const newVersion = new SemVer(readJsonSync("./package.json").version);
+
+const getMergedPrsArgs = [
+  "gh",
+  "pr",
+  "list",
+  "--limit=500", // Should be big enough, if not we need to release more often ;)
+  "--state=merged",
+  "--base=master",
+  "--json mergeCommit,title,author,labels,number,milestone",
+];
+
+console.log("retreiving last 500 PRs to create release PR body...");
+const mergedPrs = JSON.parse(execSync(getMergedPrsArgs.join(" "), { encoding: "utf-8" }));
+const milestoneRelevantPrs = mergedPrs.filter(pr => pr.milestone && pr.milestone.title === currentVersionMilestone);
+const relaventPrsQuery = await Promise.all(
+  milestoneRelevantPrs.map(async pr => ({
+    pr,
+    stdout: (await execP(`git tag v${previousReleasedVersion} --no-contains ${pr.mergeCommit.oid}`)).stdout,
+  }))
+)
+const relaventPrs = relaventPrsQuery
+  .filter(query => query.stdout)
+  .map(query => query.pr);
+
+const enhancementPrLabelName = "enhancement";
+const bugfixPrLabelName = "bug";
+
+const enhancementPrs = relaventPrs.filter(pr => pr.labels.some(label => label.name === enhancementPrLabelName));
+const bugfixPrs = relaventPrs.filter(pr => pr.labels.some(label => label.name === bugfixPrLabelName));
+const maintenencePrs = relaventPrs.filter(pr => pr.labels.every(label => label.name !== bugfixPrLabelName && label.name !== enhancementPrLabelName));
+
+console.log("Found:");
+console.log(`${enhancementPrs.length} enhancement PRs`);
+console.log(`${bugfixPrs.length} bug fix PRs`);
+console.log(`${maintenencePrs.length} maintenence PRs`);
+
+const prBodyLines = [
+  `## Changes since ${previousReleasedVersion}`,
+  "",
+];
+
+if (enhancementPrs.length > 0) {
+  prBodyLines.push(
+    "## 🚀 Features",
+    "",
+    ...enhancementPrs.map(pr => `- ${pr.title} (**#${pr.number}**) https://github.com/${pr.author.login}`),
+    "",
+  )
+}
+
+if (bugfixPrs.length > 0) {
+  prBodyLines.push(
+    "## 🐛 Bug Fixes",
+    "",
+    ...bugfixPrs.map(pr => `- ${pr.title} (**#${pr.number}**) https://github.com/${pr.author.login}`),
+    "",
+  )
+}
+
+if (maintenencePrs.length > 0) {
+  prBodyLines.push(
+    "## 🧰 Maintenance",
+    "",
+    ...maintenencePrs.map(pr => `- ${pr.title} (**#${pr.number}**) https://github.com/${pr.author.login}`),
+    "",
+  )
+}
+
+const prBody = prBodyLines.join("\n");
+const prBase = newVersion.patch === 0
+  ? "master"
+  : `release/v${newVersion.major}.${newVersion.minor}`;
+const createPrArgs = [
+  "pr",
+  "create",
+  "--base", prBase,
+  "--title", `release ${newVersion.format()}`,
+  "--label", "skip-changelog",
+  "--body-file", "-"
+];
+
+const createPrProcess = spawn("gh", createPrArgs, { stdio: "pipe" })
+let result = "";
+
+createPrProcess.stdout.on("data", (chunk) => result += chunk);
+
+createPrProcess.stdin.write(prBody)
+createPrProcess.stdin.end();
+
+await new Promise((resolve) => {
+  createPrProcess.on('close', () => {
+    createPrProcess.stdout.removeAllListeners();
+    resolve();
+  })
+})
+
+console.log(result);
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 52e0391c41..b9ab87db8e 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -1426,6 +1426,11 @@
   dependencies:
     "@types/color-convert" "*"
 
+"@types/command-line-args@^5.2.0":
+  version "5.2.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/command-line-args/-/command-line-args-5.2.0.tgz#adbb77980a1cc376bb208e3f4142e907410430f6"
+  integrity sha512-UuKzKpJJ/Ief6ufIaIzr3A/0XnluX7RvFgwkV89Yzvm77wCh1kFaFmqN8XEnGcN62EuHdedQjEMb8mYxFLGPyA==
+
 "@types/connect-history-api-fallback@^1.3.5":
   version "1.3.5"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/connect-history-api-fallback/-/connect-history-api-fallback-1.3.5.tgz#d1f7a8a09d0ed5a57aee5ae9c18ab9b803205dae"
@@ -2818,6 +2823,11 @@ arr-union@^3.1.0:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/arr-union/-/arr-union-3.1.0.tgz#e39b09aea9def866a8f206e288af63919bae39c4"
   integrity sha1-45sJrqne+Gao8gbiiK9jkZuuOcQ=
 
+array-back@^3.0.1, array-back@^3.1.0:
+  version "3.1.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/array-back/-/array-back-3.1.0.tgz#b8859d7a508871c9a7b2cf42f99428f65e96bfb0"
+  integrity sha512-TkuxA4UCOvxuDK6NZYXCalszEzj+TLszyASooky+i742l9TqsOdYCMJJupxRic61hwquNtppB3hgcuq9SVSH1Q==
+
 array-flatten@1.1.1:
   version "1.1.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/array-flatten/-/array-flatten-1.1.1.tgz#9a5f699051b1e7073328f2a008968b64ea2955d2"
@@ -3909,6 +3919,16 @@ combined-stream@^1.0.6, combined-stream@^1.0.8, combined-stream@~1.0.6:
   dependencies:
     delayed-stream "~1.0.0"
 
+command-line-args@^5.2.1:
+  version "5.2.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/command-line-args/-/command-line-args-5.2.1.tgz#c44c32e437a57d7c51157696893c5909e9cec42e"
+  integrity sha512-H4UfQhZyakIjC74I9d34fGYDwk3XpSr17QhEd0Q3I9Xq1CETHo4Hcuo87WyWHpAF1aSLjLRf5lD9ZGX2qStUvg==
+  dependencies:
+    array-back "^3.1.0"
+    find-replace "^3.0.0"
+    lodash.camelcase "^4.3.0"
+    typical "^4.0.0"
+
 commander@2.9.0:
   version "2.9.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/commander/-/commander-2.9.0.tgz#9c99094176e12240cb22d6c5146098400fe0f7d4"
@@ -4424,7 +4444,7 @@ debug@^3.1.0, debug@^3.1.1, debug@^3.2.6, debug@^3.2.7:
   dependencies:
     ms "^2.1.1"
 
-debuglog@*, debuglog@^1.0.1:
+debuglog@^1.0.1:
   version "1.0.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/debuglog/-/debuglog-1.0.1.tgz#aa24ffb9ac3df9a2351837cfb2d279360cd78492"
   integrity sha1-qiT/uaw9+aI1GDfPstJ5NgzXhJI=
@@ -5913,6 +5933,13 @@ find-npm-prefix@^1.0.2:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/find-npm-prefix/-/find-npm-prefix-1.0.2.tgz#8d8ce2c78b3b4b9e66c8acc6a37c231eb841cfdf"
   integrity sha512-KEftzJ+H90x6pcKtdXZEPsQse8/y/UnvzRKrOSQFprnrGaFuJ62fVkP34Iu2IYuMvyauCyoLTNkJZgrrGA2wkA==
 
+find-replace@^3.0.0:
+  version "3.0.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/find-replace/-/find-replace-3.0.0.tgz#3e7e23d3b05167a76f770c9fbd5258b0def68c38"
+  integrity sha512-6Tb2myMioCAgv5kfvP5/PkZZ/ntTpVK39fHY7WkWBgvbeE+VHd/tZuZ4mrC+bxh4cfOZeYKVPaJIZtZXV7GNCQ==
+  dependencies:
+    array-back "^3.0.1"
+
 find-root@^1.1.0:
   version "1.1.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/find-root/-/find-root-1.1.0.tgz#abcfc8ba76f708c42a97b3d685b7e9450bfb9ce4"
@@ -6992,7 +7019,7 @@ import-local@^3.0.2:
     pkg-dir "^4.2.0"
     resolve-cwd "^3.0.0"
 
-imurmurhash@*, imurmurhash@^0.1.4:
+imurmurhash@^0.1.4:
   version "0.1.4"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/imurmurhash/-/imurmurhash-0.1.4.tgz#9218b9b2b928a238b13dc4fb6b6d576f231453ea"
   integrity sha1-khi5srkoojixPcT7a21XbyMUU+o=
@@ -8694,11 +8721,6 @@ lodash-es@^4.17.21:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/lodash-es/-/lodash-es-4.17.21.tgz#43e626c46e6591b7750beb2b50117390c609e3ee"
   integrity sha512-mKnC+QJ9pWVzv+C4/U3rRsHapFfHvQFoFB92e52xeyGMcX6/OlIl78je1u8vePzYZSkkogMPJ2yjxxsb89cxyw==
 
-lodash._baseindexof@*:
-  version "3.1.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/lodash._baseindexof/-/lodash._baseindexof-3.1.0.tgz#fe52b53a1c6761e42618d654e4a25789ed61822c"
-  integrity sha1-/lK1OhxnYeQmGNZU5KJXie1hgiw=
-
 lodash._baseuniq@~4.6.0:
   version "4.6.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/lodash._baseuniq/-/lodash._baseuniq-4.6.0.tgz#0ebb44e456814af7905c6212fa2c9b2d51b841e8"
@@ -8707,33 +8729,11 @@ lodash._baseuniq@~4.6.0:
     lodash._createset "~4.0.0"
     lodash._root "~3.0.0"
 
-lodash._bindcallback@*:
-  version "3.0.1"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/lodash._bindcallback/-/lodash._bindcallback-3.0.1.tgz#e531c27644cf8b57a99e17ed95b35c748789392e"
-  integrity sha1-5THCdkTPi1epnhftlbNcdIeJOS4=
-
-lodash._cacheindexof@*:
-  version "3.0.2"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/lodash._cacheindexof/-/lodash._cacheindexof-3.0.2.tgz#3dc69ac82498d2ee5e3ce56091bafd2adc7bde92"
-  integrity sha1-PcaayCSY0u5ePOVgkbr9Ktx73pI=
-
-lodash._createcache@*:
-  version "3.1.2"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/lodash._createcache/-/lodash._createcache-3.1.2.tgz#56d6a064017625e79ebca6b8018e17440bdcf093"
-  integrity sha1-VtagZAF2JeeevKa4AY4XRAvc8JM=
-  dependencies:
-    lodash._getnative "^3.0.0"
-
 lodash._createset@~4.0.0:
   version "4.0.3"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/lodash._createset/-/lodash._createset-4.0.3.tgz#0f4659fbb09d75194fa9e2b88a6644d363c9fe26"
   integrity sha1-D0ZZ+7CddRlPqeK4imZE02PJ/iY=
 
-lodash._getnative@*, lodash._getnative@^3.0.0:
-  version "3.9.1"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/lodash._getnative/-/lodash._getnative-3.9.1.tgz#570bc7dede46d61cdcde687d65d3eecbaa3aaff5"
-  integrity sha1-VwvH3t5G1hzc3mh9ZdPuy6o6r/U=
-
 lodash._root@~3.0.0:
   version "3.0.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/lodash._root/-/lodash._root-3.0.1.tgz#fba1c4524c19ee9a5f8136b4609f017cf4ded692"
@@ -8764,11 +8764,6 @@ lodash.merge@^4.6.2:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/lodash.merge/-/lodash.merge-4.6.2.tgz#558aa53b43b661e1925a0afdfa36a9a1085fe57a"
   integrity sha512-0KpjqXRVvrYyCsX1swR/XTK0va6VQkQM6MNo7PqW77ByjAhoARA8EfrP1N4+KlKj8YS0ZUCtRT/YUuhyYDujIQ==
 
-lodash.restparam@*:
-  version "3.6.1"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/lodash.restparam/-/lodash.restparam-3.6.1.tgz#936a4e309ef330a7645ed4145986c85ae5b20805"
-  integrity sha1-k2pOMJ7zMKdkXtQUWYbIWuWyCAU=
-
 lodash.union@~4.6.0:
   version "4.6.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/lodash.union/-/lodash.union-4.6.0.tgz#48bb5088409f16f1821666641c44dd1aaae3cd88"
@@ -9752,7 +9747,6 @@ npm@^6.14.17:
     cmd-shim "^3.0.3"
     columnify "~1.5.4"
     config-chain "^1.1.12"
-    debuglog "*"
     detect-indent "~5.0.0"
     detect-newline "^2.1.0"
     dezalgo "~1.0.3"
@@ -9767,7 +9761,6 @@ npm@^6.14.17:
     has-unicode "~2.0.1"
     hosted-git-info "^2.8.9"
     iferr "^1.0.2"
-    imurmurhash "*"
     infer-owner "^1.0.4"
     inflight "~1.0.6"
     inherits "^2.0.4"
@@ -9786,14 +9779,8 @@ npm@^6.14.17:
     libnpx "^10.2.4"
     lock-verify "^2.1.0"
     lockfile "^1.0.4"
-    lodash._baseindexof "*"
     lodash._baseuniq "~4.6.0"
-    lodash._bindcallback "*"
-    lodash._cacheindexof "*"
-    lodash._createcache "*"
-    lodash._getnative "*"
     lodash.clonedeep "~4.5.0"
-    lodash.restparam "*"
     lodash.union "~4.6.0"
     lodash.uniq "~4.5.0"
     lodash.without "~4.4.0"
@@ -13197,6 +13184,11 @@ typescript@^4.5.5:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/typescript/-/typescript-4.5.5.tgz#d8c953832d28924a9e3d37c73d729c846c5896f3"
   integrity sha512-TCTIul70LyWe6IJWT8QSYeA54WQe8EjQFU4wY52Fasj5UKx88LNYKCgBEHcOMOrFF1rKGbD8v/xcNWVUq9SymA==
 
+typical@^4.0.0:
+  version "4.0.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/typical/-/typical-4.0.0.tgz#cbeaff3b9d7ae1e2bbfaf5a4e6f11eccfde94fc4"
+  integrity sha512-VAH4IvQ7BDFYglMd7BPRDfLgxZZX4O4TFcRDA6EN5X7erNJJq+McIEp8np9aVtxrCJ6qx4GTYVfOWNjcqwZgRw==
+
 uglify-js@^3.1.4:
   version "3.9.4"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/uglify-js/-/uglify-js-3.9.4.tgz#867402377e043c1fc7b102253a22b64e5862401b"