diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 1b13b711..0cd248e5 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -68,13 +68,11 @@ deploy:
         - master
     resource_group: production
 
-release-patch:
+.release-template: &release-template
     stage: release
     before_script:
         - apt update
         - apt install --yes jq
-    variables:
-        RELEASE_TYPE: patch
     cache:
         <<: *global_cache
     script: |
@@ -88,7 +86,7 @@ release-patch:
         RELEASE_VERSION=$(jq -r '.version' < package.json)
         git add package.json package-lock.json src/system.json
         git --no-pager diff
-        git commit -m "release version ${VERSION}"
+        git commit -m "release version ${RELEASE_VERSION}"
         git tag -f latest
         git tag -f ${RELEASE_VERSION}
         # git push origin ci-processing:${CI_BUILD_REF_NAME}
@@ -97,3 +95,18 @@ release-patch:
     # only:
     #     - master
     when: manual
+
+release-patch:
+    variables:
+        RELEASE_TYPE: patch
+    <<: *release-template
+
+release-minor:
+    variables:
+        RELEASE_TYPE: patch
+    <<: *release-template
+
+release-major:
+    variables:
+        RELEASE_TYPE: patch
+    <<: *release-template