diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 701f65a9..5ee51571 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 name: Continuous Integration
 on: pull_request
+
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+
 jobs:
 
   module:
@@ -13,6 +17,8 @@ jobs:
     steps:
     - name: Check out code
       uses: actions/checkout@34e114876b0b11c390a56381ad16ebd13914f8d5 # v4.3.1
+      with:
+        persist-credentials: false
 
     - name: Set up Go ${{ matrix.go }}
       uses: actions/setup-go@d35c59abb061a4a6fb18e82ac0862c26744d6ab5 # v5.5.0
diff --git a/.github/workflows/nightly.yml b/.github/workflows/nightly.yml
index 78bb3ba7..78490fb6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/nightly.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/nightly.yml
@@ -22,6 +22,9 @@ on:
   repository_dispatch:
     types: [firebase_nightly_build]
 
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+
 jobs:
   nightly:
 
@@ -32,6 +35,7 @@ jobs:
       uses: actions/checkout@34e114876b0b11c390a56381ad16ebd13914f8d5 # v4.3.1
       with:
         ref: ${{ github.event.client_payload.ref || github.ref }}
+        persist-credentials: false
         
     - name: Set up Go
       uses: actions/setup-go@d35c59abb061a4a6fb18e82ac0862c26744d6ab5 # v5.5.0
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 4994bec6..a2e83f1b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -32,6 +32,9 @@ on:
     types:
       - firebase_build
 
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+
 jobs:
   stage_release:
     # To publish a release, merge a PR with the title prefix '[chore] Release ' to dev
@@ -47,6 +50,8 @@ jobs:
     steps:
     - name: Check out code
       uses: actions/checkout@34e114876b0b11c390a56381ad16ebd13914f8d5 # v4.3.1
+      with:
+        persist-credentials: false
 
     - name: Set up Go
       uses: actions/setup-go@d35c59abb061a4a6fb18e82ac0862c26744d6ab5 # v5.5.0
@@ -81,11 +86,13 @@ jobs:
     environment: Release
     permissions:
       contents: write
+      pull-requests: write
 
     steps:
     - name: Checkout source for publish
       uses: actions/checkout@34e114876b0b11c390a56381ad16ebd13914f8d5 # v4.3.1
       with:
+        ref: dev
         persist-credentials: false
 
     - name: Publish preflight check
diff --git a/.github/workflows/tag_release.yml b/.github/workflows/tag_release.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5d3dc738
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/tag_release.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+# Copyright 2026 Google LLC
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+name: Tag Release
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - master
+    paths:
+      - 'firebase.go'
+
+jobs:
+  tag_release:
+    if: startsWith(github.event.head_commit.message, '[chore] Release ')
+
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    environment: Release
+    permissions:
+      contents: write
+
+    steps:
+    - name: Checkout code
+      uses: actions/checkout@34e114876b0b11c390a56381ad16ebd13914f8d5 # v4.3.1
+      with:
+        persist-credentials: false
+
+    - name: Publish preflight check
+      id: preflight
+      run: ./.github/scripts/publish_preflight_check.sh
+
+    - name: Create release tag
+      env:
+        GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+        RELEASE_VER: ${{ steps.preflight.outputs.version }}
+        RELEASE_NOTES: ${{ steps.preflight.outputs.changelog }}
+      run: gh release create "$RELEASE_VER" \
+            --title "Firebase Admin Go SDK $RELEASE_VER" \
+            --notes "$RELEASE_NOTES" \
+            --target "master"