diff --git a/.github/workflows/if-nodejs-pr-testing.yml b/.github/workflows/if-nodejs-pr-testing.yml
index ad7b99359..462e61316 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/if-nodejs-pr-testing.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/if-nodejs-pr-testing.yml
@@ -46,31 +46,36 @@ jobs:
         name: Checkout repository
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - if: steps.should_run.outputs.shouldrun == 'true' 
+        name: Check if Node.js project and has package.json
+        id: packagejson
+        run: test -e ./package.json && echo "exists=true" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT || echo "exists=false" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+        shell: bash
+      - if: steps.packagejson.outputs.exists == 'true'
+        name: Check package-lock version
+        uses: asyncapi/.github/.github/actions/get-node-version-from-package-lock@master
+        id: lockversion
+      - if: steps.packagejson.outputs.exists == 'true'
         name: Setup Node.js
         uses: actions/setup-node@v4
         with:
-          node-version: 20
-      - if: steps.should_run.outputs.shouldrun == 'true' 
-        uses: pnpm/action-setup@v3
-        with:
-          run_install: false
-      - if: steps.should_run.outputs.shouldrun == 'true' 
-        name: Get pnpm store directory
+          node-version: "${{ steps.lockversion.outputs.version }}"
+      - if: steps.lockversion.outputs.version == '18' && matrix.os == 'windows-latest'
+        #npm cli 10 is buggy because of some cache issue
+        name: Install npm cli 8
         shell: bash
-        run: |
-          echo "STORE_PATH=$(pnpm store path --silent)" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-      - if: steps.should_run.outputs.shouldrun == 'true' 
-        uses: actions/cache@v4
-        name: Setup pnpm cache
-        with:
-          path: ${{ env.STORE_PATH }}
-          key: ${{ runner.os }}-pnpm-store-${{ hashFiles('**/pnpm-lock.yaml') }}
-          restore-keys: |
-            ${{ runner.os }}-pnpm-store-
-      - if: steps.should_run.outputs.shouldrun == 'true' 
+        run: npm install -g npm@8.19.4
+      - if: steps.packagejson.outputs.exists == 'true'
         name: Install dependencies
         shell: bash
-        run: pnpm install
-      - if: steps.should_run.outputs.shouldrun == 'true' 
+        run: npm ci
+      - if: steps.packagejson.outputs.exists == 'true'
         name: Test
-        run: pnpm test
+        run: npm test --if-present
+      - if: steps.packagejson.outputs.exists == 'true' && matrix.os == 'ubuntu-latest'
+        #linting should run just one and not on all possible operating systems
+        name: Run linter
+        run: npm run lint --if-present
+      - if: steps.packagejson.outputs.exists == 'true'
+        name: Run release assets generation to make sure PR does not break it
+        shell: bash
+        run: npm run generate:assets --if-present
diff --git a/.github/workflows/update-maintainers-trigger.yaml b/.github/workflows/update-maintainers-trigger.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..12fc4abe4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/update-maintainers-trigger.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+# This action is centrally managed in https://github.com/asyncapi/.github/
+# Don't make changes to this file in this repo as they will be overwritten with changes made to the same file in above mentioned repo
+
+name: Trigger MAINTAINERS.yaml file update
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [ master ]
+    paths:
+      # Check all valid CODEOWNERS locations: 
+      # https://docs.github.com/en/repositories/managing-your-repositorys-settings-and-features/customizing-your-repository/about-code-owners#codeowners-file-location
+      - 'CODEOWNERS'
+      - '.github/CODEOWNERS'
+      - '.docs/CODEOWNERS'
+
+jobs:
+  trigger-maintainers-update:
+    name: Trigger updating MAINTAINERS.yaml because of CODEOWNERS change
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    
+    steps:
+      - name: Repository Dispatch
+        uses: peter-evans/repository-dispatch@ff45666b9427631e3450c54a1bcbee4d9ff4d7c0 # https://github.com/peter-evans/repository-dispatch/releases/tag/v3.0.0
+        with:
+          # The PAT with the 'public_repo' scope is required
+          token: ${{ secrets.GH_TOKEN }}
+          repository: ${{ github.repository_owner }}/community
+          event-type: trigger-maintainers-update
diff --git a/.releaserc b/.releaserc
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1ac05cb15
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.releaserc
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+---
+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
+- name: next
+  prerelease: true
+plugins:
+- - "@semantic-release/commit-analyzer"
+  - preset: conventionalcommits
+- - "@semantic-release/release-notes-generator"
+  - preset: conventionalcommits
+- "@semantic-release/npm"
+- "@semantic-release/github"