diff --git a/.github/workflows/layer-publish.yml b/.github/workflows/layer-publish.yml
index acd7ae8f1a..f0e9957438 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/layer-publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/layer-publish.yml
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ jobs:
           echo GITHUB_ENV:
           cat $GITHUB_ENV
     
-          if [[ $GITHUB_REF_NAME != *$LAYER_VERSION ]]; then
+          if [[ $GITHUB_REF_NAME != */$LAYER_VERSION ]]; then
             echo "Tag $GITHUB_REF_NAME doesn't end with $LAYER_VERSION"
             exit 1
           fi
@@ -80,10 +80,28 @@ jobs:
           mask-aws-account-id: false
 
       - name: Publish Lambda Layer
-        env:
-          LAYER_VERSION: ${{needs.build.outputs.LAYER_VERSION}}
         run: |
-          aws lambda publish-layer-version \
-          --layer-name $LAYER_NAME \
-          --license-info "Apache 2.0" \
-          --zip-file fileb://${{ inputs.artifact-name }}
+          LAYER_ARN=$(
+            aws lambda publish-layer-version \
+              --layer-name $LAYER_NAME \
+              --license-info "Apache 2.0" \
+              --zip-file fileb://${{ inputs.artifact-name }} \
+              --query 'LayerVersionArn' \
+              --output text
+          )
+          echo "::notice title=LayerARN::$LAYER_ARN"
+          echo "* $LAYER_ARN" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
+
+      - name: Make Layer Public
+        run: |
+          LAYER_VERSION=$(
+            aws lambda list-layer-versions \
+              --layer-name $LAYER_NAME \
+              --query 'max_by(LayerVersions, &Version).Version'
+          )
+          aws lambda add-layer-version-permission \
+            --layer-name $LAYER_NAME \
+            --version-number $LAYER_VERSION \
+            --principal "*" \
+            --statement-id publish \
+            --action lambda:GetLayerVersion
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-layer-collector.yml b/.github/workflows/release-layer-collector.yml
index 6a7b279bea..6527541e5b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-layer-collector.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-layer-collector.yml
@@ -1,104 +1,76 @@
-name: "Release: Collector Lambda layer"
+name: "Release Collector Lambda layer"
 
 on:
-  workflow_dispatch:
-    inputs:
-      layer_name_keyword:
-        description: 'Publish layer to keyword name by substituting architecture parameter (ie: opentelemetry-python-<ARCHITECTURE>)'
-        required: true
-      aws_region:
-        description: 'Deploy to aws region'
-        required: true
-        default: "[ \"us-east-1\", \"us-east-2\", \"us-west-1\", \"us-west-2\", \"ap-south-1\", \"ap-northeast-2\", \"ap-southeast-1\", \"ap-southeast-2\", \"ap-northeast-1\", \"ca-central-1\", \"eu-central-1\", \"eu-west-1\", \"eu-west-2\", \"eu-west-3\", \"eu-north-1\", \"sa-east-1\" ]"
-      architecture:
-        description: 'Architecture-compatible distributions of the layer to release in each region'
-        required: true
-        default: "[ \"amd64\", \"arm64\" ]"
+  # (Using tag push instead of release to allow filtering by tag prefix.)
+  push:
+    tags:
+      - layer-collector/**
 
 permissions:
   id-token: write
   contents: read
 
 jobs:
-  validate-inputs:
+  build-layer:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - name: Validate `layer_name_keyword` (${{ github.event.inputs.layer_name_keyword }})
-        run: |
-          grep -Eq "opentelemetry-(collector|java-agent|java-wrapper|nodejs|python)(-dev)*-<ARCHITECTURE>" <<< "${{ github.event.inputs.layer_name_keyword }}"
-  build-archive:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    needs: validate-inputs
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        architecture: ${{ fromJson(github.event.inputs.architecture) }}
+        architecture:
+          - amd64
+          - arm64
+    outputs:
+      COLLECTOR_VERSION: ${{ steps.save-collector-version.outputs.COLLECTOR_VERSION }}
     steps:
-      - name: Get layer kind by parsing `${{ github.event.inputs.layer_name_keyword }}`
-        run: |
-          echo LAYER_KIND=$(echo "${{ github.event.inputs.layer_name_keyword }}" | cut -d - -f 2) | tee --append $GITHUB_ENV
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
       - uses: actions/setup-go@v4
         with:
           go-version: '^1.19.4'
       - name: build
-        run: |
-          make -C ${{ env.LAYER_KIND }} package GOARCH=${{ matrix.architecture }}
+        run: make -C collector package GOARCH=${{ matrix.architecture }}
       - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
         with:
-          name: dist
-          path: |
-            ${{ github.workspace }}/${{ env.LAYER_KIND }}/build/*.zip
-  publish-prod:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    needs: build-archive
+          name: opentelemetry-collector-layer-${{ matrix.architecture }}.zip
+          path: ${{ github.workspace }}/collector/build/*.zip
+
+      - name: Save Collector Version
+        id: save-collector-version
+        shell: bash
+        # `./collector -v` output is in the form `otelcol-contrib version 0.75.0`
+        run: |
+          unzip ${{ github.workspace }}/collector/build/*.zip
+          COLLECTOR_VERSION=$(./extensions/otelcol-contrib -v | sed 's/^.* version //')
+          echo "COLLECTOR_VERSION=$COLLECTOR_VERSION" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+
+  publish-layer:
+    uses: ./.github/workflows/layer-publish.yml
+    needs: build-layer
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        architecture: ${{ fromJson(github.event.inputs.architecture) }}
-        aws_region: ${{ fromJson(github.event.inputs.aws_region) }}
-    steps:
-      - name: Get layer name by substituting `${{ matrix.architecture }}` into Workflow Input name keyword
-        run: |
-          echo LAYER_NAME=$(echo "${{ github.event.inputs.layer_name_keyword }}" | sed 's/<ARCHITECTURE>/${{ matrix.architecture }}/') | tee --append $GITHUB_ENV
-      - name: Get layer kind by parsing `${{ github.event.inputs.layer_name_keyword }}`
-        run: |
-          echo LAYER_KIND=$(echo "${{ github.event.inputs.layer_name_keyword }}" | cut -d - -f 2) | tee --append $GITHUB_ENV
-      - name: Get bucket name for release run
-        run: |
-          echo BUCKET_NAME=lambda-artifacts-${{ env.LAYER_KIND }}-${{ matrix.architecture }}-${{ github.run_id }} | tee --append $GITHUB_ENV
-      - uses: aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials@v2
-        with:
-          role-to-assume: ${{ secrets.PROD_LAMBDA_ROLE_ARN }}
-          role-duration-seconds: 1200
-          aws-region: ${{ matrix.aws_region }}
-          mask-aws-account-id: false
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
-      - name: add build directory
-        run: |
-          mkdir -p ${{ github.workspace }}/${{ env.LAYER_KIND }}/build
-      - uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
-        with:
-          name: dist
-          path: ${{ github.workspace }}/${{ env.LAYER_KIND }}/build/
-      - name: publish
-        run: |
-          mkdir -p ${{ env.LAYER_NAME }}
-          make -C ${{ env.LAYER_KIND }} publish LAYER_NAME=${{ env.LAYER_NAME }} GOARCH=${{ matrix.architecture }} >> ${{ env.LAYER_NAME }}/${{ matrix.aws_region }}
-      - name: public layer
-        run: |
-          layerVersion=$(
-            aws lambda list-layer-versions \
-              --layer-name ${{ env.LAYER_NAME }} \
-              --query 'max_by(LayerVersions, &Version).Version'
-          )
-          aws lambda add-layer-version-permission \
-            --layer-name ${{ env.LAYER_NAME }} \
-            --version-number $layerVersion \
-            --principal "*" \
-            --statement-id publish \
-            --action lambda:GetLayerVersion
-      - name: upload layer arn artifact
-        if: ${{ success() }}
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
-        with:
-          name: ${{ env.LAYER_NAME }}
-          path: ${{ env.LAYER_NAME }}/${{ matrix.aws_region }}
+        architecture:
+          - amd64
+          - arm64
+        aws_region:
+#          - ap-northeast-1
+#          - ap-northeast-2
+#          - ap-south-1
+#          - ap-southeast-1
+#          - ap-southeast-2
+#          - ca-central-1
+#          - eu-central-1
+#          - eu-north-1
+#          - eu-west-1
+#          - eu-west-2
+#          - eu-west-3
+#          - sa-east-1
+#          - us-east-1
+#          - us-east-2
+          - us-west-1
+          - us-west-2
+    with:
+      artifact-name: opentelemetry-collector-layer-${{ matrix.architecture }}.zip
+      layer-name: opentelemetry-collector
+      layer-version: ${{needs.build-layer.outputs.COLLECTOR_VERSION}}
+      architecture: ${{ matrix.architecture }}
+      release-group: dev
+      aws_region: ${{ matrix.aws_region }}
+    secrets: inherit
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-layer-java.yml b/.github/workflows/release-layer-java.yml
index a4db2f27ec..9d940faeac 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-layer-java.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-layer-java.yml
@@ -4,14 +4,14 @@ on:
   # (Using tag push instead of release to allow filtering by tag prefix.)
   push:
     tags:
-      - release/layer-javaagent/**
+      - layer-javaagent/**
 
 permissions:
   id-token: write
   contents: read
 
 jobs:
-  build:
+  build-layer:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     outputs:
       JAVAAGENT_VERSION: ${{ steps.save-javaagent-version.outputs.JAVAAGENT_VERSION }}
@@ -44,17 +44,32 @@ jobs:
           JAVAAGENT_VERSION=$(java -jar ./opentelemetry-javaagent.jar)
           echo "JAVAAGENT_VERSION=$JAVAAGENT_VERSION" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
 
-  publish:
+  publish-layer:
     uses: ./.github/workflows/layer-publish.yml
-    needs: build
+    needs: build-layer
     strategy:
       matrix:
-        aws_region: [ us-east-1, us-east-2 ]
-        # aws_region: "[ \"us-east-1\", \"us-east-2\", \"us-west-1\", \"us-west-2\", \"ap-south-1\", \"ap-northeast-2\", \"ap-southeast-1\", \"ap-southeast-2\", \"ap-northeast-1\", \"ca-central-1\", \"eu-central-1\", \"eu-west-1\", \"eu-west-2\", \"eu-west-3\", \"eu-north-1\", \"sa-east-1\" ]"
+        aws_region: 
+#          - ap-northeast-1
+#          - ap-northeast-2
+#          - ap-south-1
+#          - ap-southeast-1
+#          - ap-southeast-2
+#          - ca-central-1
+#          - eu-central-1
+#          - eu-north-1
+#          - eu-west-1
+#          - eu-west-2
+#          - eu-west-3
+#          - sa-east-1
+#          - us-east-1
+#          - us-east-2
+          - us-west-1
+          - us-west-2
     with:
       artifact-name: opentelemetry-javaagent-layer.zip
       layer-name: opentelemetry-javaagent
-      layer-version: ${{needs.build.outputs.JAVAAGENT_VERSION}}
+      layer-version: ${{needs.build-layer.outputs.JAVAAGENT_VERSION}}
       # architecture:
       release-group: dev
       aws_region: ${{ matrix.aws_region }}