diff --git a/Jenkinsfile b/Jenkinsfile
index ccaf9723..58e4fb2a 100644
--- a/Jenkinsfile
+++ b/Jenkinsfile
@@ -100,6 +100,9 @@ pipeline {
                 sh 'poetry run ingest release --kghub'
             }
         }
+        stage('create github release') {
+            steps {
+                sh 'python scripts/create_github_release.py --kg-version ${RELEASE}'
         stage('update dev deployment') {
             steps {
                 sh 'poetry run python scripts/update-dev-solr.py'
diff --git a/scripts/create_github_release.py b/scripts/create_github_release.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..abcd10a1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/create_github_release.py
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+import argparse
+import os
+import requests
+from pathlib import Path
+
+
+DIR = Path(__file__).parent.parent / "output"
+GH_TOKEN = os.environ["GH_RELEASE_TOKEN"]
+UPLOAD_FILES = [
+    "monarch-kg.tar.gz",
+    "merged_graph_stats.yaml",
+    "monarch-kg-denormalized-edges.tsv.gz",
+    "qc_report.yaml",
+    # "versioning metadata file eventually",
+]
+
+
+def create_release(kg_version: str):
+    print(f"Creating release for {kg_version}")
+    response = requests.post(
+        url="https://api.github.com/repos/monarch-initiative/monarch-ingest/releases",
+        headers={
+            "Accept": "application/vnd.github+json",
+            "Authorization": f"Bearer {GH_TOKEN}",
+            "X-GitHub-Api-Version": "2022-11-28",
+        },
+        json={
+            "tag_name": kg_version,
+            "target_commitish": "main",
+            "name": kg_version,
+            # "body": "body",
+            "draft": True,
+            "prerelease": False,
+            "generate_release_notes": True,
+        },
+    )
+    if response.status_code != 201:
+        raise Exception(f"Failed to create release: {response.text}")
+    release_id = response.json()["id"]
+    print(f"Release {kg_version} created with id {release_id}")
+    return release_id
+
+
+def upload_assets(kg_version: str, release_id: str, files: list):
+    print(f"\nUploading assets for {kg_version}")
+    for file in files:
+        upload_name = file.split("/")[-1]
+        print(f"Uploading {file} as {upload_name}...")
+        with open(f"{DIR}/{file}", "rb") as f:
+            response = requests.post(
+                url=f"https://uploads.github.com/repos/monarch-initiative/monarch-ingest/releases/{release_id}/assets?name={upload_name}",
+                headers={
+                    "Accept": "application/vnd.github+json",
+                    "Authorization": f"Bearer {GH_TOKEN}",
+                    "X-GitHub-Api-Version": "2022-11-28",
+                    "Content-Type": "application/octet-stream",
+                },
+                data=f,
+            )
+            if response.status_code != 201:
+                raise Exception(f"Failed to upload asset {file}: {response.text}")
+            print(f"{file} uploaded successfully")
+
+
+def main(kg_version: str):
+    release_id = create_release(kg_version)
+    upload_assets(kg_version, release_id, UPLOAD_FILES)
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
+    parser.add_argument("--kg-version", type=str, help="KG Version to create tag and release for, ex. 2022-11-28")
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+    main(args.kg_version)