diff --git a/.github/workflows/bump.yml b/.github/workflows/bump.yml
index 68daa7c0c..92fa275ed 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/bump.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/bump.yml
@@ -20,15 +20,15 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Checkout repo
-        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
       - name: Check if Node.js project and has package.json
         id: packagejson
-        run: test -e ./package.json && echo "::set-output name=exists::true" || echo "::set-output name=exists::false"
+        run: test -e ./package.json && echo "exists=true" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT || echo "exists=false" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
       - if: steps.packagejson.outputs.exists == 'true'
         name: Bumping latest version of this package in other repositories
-        uses: derberg/npm-dependency-manager-for-your-github-org@v4
+        uses: derberg/npm-dependency-manager-for-your-github-org@26a4f13d740254719971325046822a169aaa7441 # using v5.-.- https://github.com/derberg/npm-dependency-manager-for-your-github-org/releases/tag/v5.0.0
         with:
           github_token: ${{ secrets.GH_TOKEN }}
           committer_username: asyncapi-bot
           committer_email: info@asyncapi.io
-          repos_to_ignore: html-template # this is temporary until react component releases 1.0, then it can be removed
+          repos_to_ignore: html-template # this is temporary until react component releases 1.0, then it can be removed
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diff --git a/.github/workflows/if-nodejs-release.yml b/.github/workflows/if-nodejs-release.yml
index 73bffb04a..4938a37da 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/if-nodejs-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/if-nodejs-release.yml
@@ -39,16 +39,20 @@ jobs:
           git config --global core.autocrlf false
           git config --global core.eol lf
       - name: Checkout repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
       - name: Check if Node.js project and has package.json
         id: packagejson
-        run: test -e ./package.json && echo "::set-output name=exists::true" || echo "::set-output name=exists::false"
+        run: test -e ./package.json && echo "exists=true" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT || echo "exists=false" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
         shell: bash
+      - if: steps.packagejson.outputs.exists == 'true'
+        name: Check package-lock version
+        uses: asyncapi/.github/.github/actions/get-node-version-from-package-lock@master
+        id: lockversion
       - if: steps.packagejson.outputs.exists == 'true'
         name: Setup Node.js
-        uses: actions/setup-node@v2
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v3
         with:
-          node-version: 14
+          node-version: "${{ steps.lockversion.outputs.version }}"
           cache: 'npm'
           cache-dependency-path: '**/package-lock.json'
       - if: steps.packagejson.outputs.exists == 'true'
@@ -56,7 +60,7 @@ jobs:
         run: npm install
       - if: steps.packagejson.outputs.exists == 'true'
         name: Run test
-        run: npm test
+        run: npm test --if-present
       - if: failure() # Only, on failure, send a message on the 94_bot-failing-ci slack channel
         name: Report workflow run status to Slack
         uses: 8398a7/action-slack@v3
@@ -69,7 +73,7 @@ jobs:
 
   release:
     needs: [test-nodejs]
-    name: Publish to any of NPM, Github, and Docker Hub
+    name: Publish to any of NPM, Github, or Docker Hub
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Set git to use LF #to once and for all finish neverending fight between Unix and Windows
@@ -77,18 +81,27 @@ jobs:
           git config --global core.autocrlf false
           git config --global core.eol lf
       - name: Checkout repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
       - name: Check if Node.js project and has package.json
         id: packagejson
-        run: test -e ./package.json && echo "::set-output name=exists::true" || echo "::set-output name=exists::false"
+        run: test -e ./package.json && echo "exists=true" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT || echo "exists=false" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+      - if: steps.packagejson.outputs.exists == 'true'
+        name: Check package-lock version
+        uses: asyncapi/.github/.github/actions/get-node-version-from-package-lock@master
+        id: lockversion
       - if: steps.packagejson.outputs.exists == 'true'
         name: Setup Node.js
-        uses: actions/setup-node@v1
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v3
         with:
-          node-version: 14
+          node-version: "${{ steps.lockversion.outputs.version }}"
+          cache: 'npm'
+          cache-dependency-path: '**/package-lock.json'
       - if: steps.packagejson.outputs.exists == 'true'
         name: Install dependencies
         run: npm install
+      - if: steps.packagejson.outputs.exists == 'true'
+        name: Add plugin for conventional commits for semantic-release
+        run: npm install --save-dev conventional-changelog-conventionalcommits@5.0.0
       - if: steps.packagejson.outputs.exists == 'true'
         name: Publish to any of NPM, Github, and Docker Hub
         id: release
@@ -101,7 +114,7 @@ jobs:
           GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL: info@asyncapi.io
           GIT_COMMITTER_NAME: asyncapi-bot
           GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL: info@asyncapi.io
-        run: npm run release
+        run: npx semantic-release@19.0.4
       - if: failure() # Only, on failure, send a message on the 94_bot-failing-ci slack channel
         name: Report workflow run status to Slack
         uses: 8398a7/action-slack@v3
@@ -110,4 +123,4 @@ jobs:
           fields: repo,action,workflow
           text: 'Release workflow failed in release job'
         env:
-          SLACK_WEBHOOK_URL: ${{ secrets.SLACK_CI_FAIL_NOTIFY }}
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+          SLACK_WEBHOOK_URL: ${{ secrets.SLACK_CI_FAIL_NOTIFY }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/if-nodejs-version-bump.yml b/.github/workflows/if-nodejs-version-bump.yml
index 5e7aa14ac..7e27f90bb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/if-nodejs-version-bump.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/if-nodejs-version-bump.yml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Checkout repository
-        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
         with:
           # target branch of release. More info https://docs.github.com/en/rest/reference/repos#releases
           # in case release is created from release branch then we need to checkout from given branch
@@ -23,12 +23,16 @@ jobs:
           ref: ${{ github.event.release.target_commitish }}
       - name: Check if Node.js project and has package.json
         id: packagejson
-        run: test -e ./package.json && echo "::set-output name=exists::true" || echo "::set-output name=exists::false"
+        run: test -e ./package.json && echo "exists=true" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT || echo "exists=false" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+      - if: steps.packagejson.outputs.exists == 'true'
+        name: Check package-lock version
+        uses: asyncapi/.github/.github/actions/get-node-version-from-package-lock@master
+        id: lockversion
       - if: steps.packagejson.outputs.exists == 'true'
         name: Setup Node.js
-        uses: actions/setup-node@v2
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v3
         with:
-          node-version: 14
+          node-version: "${{ steps.lockversion.outputs.version }}"
           cache: 'npm'
           cache-dependency-path: '**/package-lock.json'
       - if: steps.packagejson.outputs.exists == 'true'
@@ -36,7 +40,7 @@ jobs:
         run: npm install
       - if: steps.packagejson.outputs.exists == 'true'
         name: Assets generation
-        run: npm run generate:assets
+        run: npm run generate:assets --if-present
       - if: steps.packagejson.outputs.exists == 'true'  
         name: Bump version in package.json
         # There is no need to substract "v" from the tag as version script handles it
@@ -45,7 +49,7 @@ jobs:
         run: VERSION=${{github.event.release.tag_name}} npm run bump:version
       - if: steps.packagejson.outputs.exists == 'true'
         name: Create Pull Request with updated asset files including package.json
-        uses: peter-evans/create-pull-request@v3
+        uses: peter-evans/create-pull-request@38e0b6e68b4c852a5500a94740f0e535e0d7ba54 # use 4.2.4 https://github.com/peter-evans/create-pull-request/releases/tag/v4.2.4
         with:
           token: ${{ secrets.GH_TOKEN }}
           commit-message: 'chore(release): ${{github.event.release.tag_name}}'
diff --git a/.releaserc b/.releaserc
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bc27e3500
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.releaserc
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+---
+branches:
+- master
+# by default release workflow reacts on push not only to master. 
+#This is why out of the box sematic release is configured for all these branches
+- name: next-spec
+  prerelease: true
+- name: next-major
+  prerelease: true
+- name: next-major-spec
+  prerelease: true
+- name: beta
+  prerelease: true
+- name: alpha
+  prerelease: true
+plugins:
+- - "@semantic-release/commit-analyzer"
+  - preset: conventionalcommits
+- - "@semantic-release/release-notes-generator"
+  - preset: conventionalcommits
+- "@semantic-release/npm"
+- "@semantic-release/github"
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 0b121d80c..26a252ffe 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@
   "scripts": {
     "test": "rimraf test/temp && jest --modulePathIgnorePatterns='./template'",
     "lint": "echo \"No linter specified yet\"",
-    "release": "semantic-release",
     "generate:assets": "echo 'No additional assets need to be generated at the moment'",
     "bump:version": "npm --no-git-tag-version --allow-same-version version $VERSION"
   },
@@ -39,36 +38,9 @@
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@asyncapi/generator": "^1.9.6",
-    "@semantic-release/commit-analyzer": "^9.0.2",
-    "@semantic-release/github": "^8.0.7",
-    "@semantic-release/npm": "^10.0.3",
-    "@semantic-release/release-notes-generator": "^9.0.1",
-    "conventional-changelog-conventionalcommits": "^4.2.3",
     "jest": "^27.3.1",
     "node-fetch": "^2.6.1",
-    "rimraf": "^2.2.8",
-    "semantic-release": "^21.0.1"
-  },
-  "release": {
-    "branches": [
-      "master"
-    ],
-    "plugins": [
-      [
-        "@semantic-release/commit-analyzer",
-        {
-          "preset": "conventionalcommits"
-        }
-      ],
-      [
-        "@semantic-release/release-notes-generator",
-        {
-          "preset": "conventionalcommits"
-        }
-      ],
-      "@semantic-release/npm",
-      "@semantic-release/github"
-    ]
+    "rimraf": "^2.2.8"
   },
   "generator": {
     "supportedProtocols": [