diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index eace380..63a0b74 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -18,6 +18,78 @@ jobs:
   release:
     name: Package and publish Helm chart
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      contents: write
+    env:
+      CHART_VERSION: ${{ inputs.draft && format('{0}-draft', inputs.version) || inputs.version }}
+      APP_VERSION: ${{ inputs.version }}
     steps:
-      - name: Placeholder
-        run: echo "This is a scaffold. The full implementation is in PR #23."
+      - name: Checkout repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Set up Helm
+        uses: azure/setup-helm@v4
+        with:
+          version: v3.14.4
+
+      - name: Set chart version and appVersion
+        run: |
+          set -euo pipefail
+          sed -i "s/^version:.*/version: $CHART_VERSION/" chart/Chart.yaml
+          sed -i "s/^appVersion:.*/appVersion: \"$APP_VERSION\"/" chart/Chart.yaml
+          sed -i 's/^  version: .*/  version: "'"$APP_VERSION"'"/' chart/values.yaml
+          echo "### Chart.yaml" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
+          echo '```yaml' >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
+          cat chart/Chart.yaml >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
+          echo '```' >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
+
+      - name: Lint chart
+        run: helm lint chart
+
+      - name: Package chart
+        run: |
+          set -euo pipefail
+          pkg_output=$(helm package chart --version "$CHART_VERSION" --app-version "$APP_VERSION")
+          echo "$pkg_output"
+          chart_package=$(printf '%s\n' "$pkg_output" | awk '/Successfully packaged chart and saved it to:/ {print $NF}')
+          echo "CHART_PACKAGE=$chart_package" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
+
+      - name: Configure AWS credentials
+        uses: aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials@v4
+        with:
+          aws-access-key-id: ${{ secrets.ECR_ACCESS_KEY_ID }}
+          aws-secret-access-key: ${{ secrets.ECR_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY }}
+          aws-region: ${{ vars.ECR_PUBLIC_REGION }}
+
+      - name: Push chart to public ECR
+        run: |
+          set -euo pipefail
+          aws ecr-public get-login-password --region ${{ vars.ECR_PUBLIC_REGION }} \
+            | helm registry login --username AWS --password-stdin public.ecr.aws
+          helm push "$CHART_PACKAGE" oci://public.ecr.aws/openops/helm
+          echo "- ✅ Pushed \`oci://public.ecr.aws/openops/helm/openops:${CHART_VERSION}\`" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
+
+      - name: Create GitHub release
+        uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v2
+        with:
+          target_commitish: ${{ github.sha }}
+          tag_name: ${{ env.CHART_VERSION }}
+          name: openops-${{ env.CHART_VERSION }}
+          generate_release_notes: true
+          draft: ${{ inputs.draft }}
+          files: ${{ env.CHART_PACKAGE }}
+
+      - name: Write summary
+        run: |
+          echo "### Helm Chart Release" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
+          echo "" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
+          echo "| Field | Value |" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
+          echo "|-------|-------|" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
+          echo "| Chart version | \`$CHART_VERSION\` |" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
+          echo "| App version | \`$APP_VERSION\` |" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
+          echo "| Draft | \`${{ inputs.draft }}\` |" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
+          echo "" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
+          echo "Install with:" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
+          echo '```bash' >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
+          echo "helm install openops oci://public.ecr.aws/openops/helm/openops --version $CHART_VERSION" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
+          echo '```' >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
diff --git a/AGENTS.md b/AGENTS.md
index 76e0526..1e59fe0 100644
--- a/AGENTS.md
+++ b/AGENTS.md
@@ -34,6 +34,24 @@
 - **Helm tests**: Post-installation connectivity tests to validate deployment health.
 - **Validation helpers**: Runtime validation of required secrets (OPS_ENCRYPTION_KEY, OPS_JWT_SECRET, etc.) with helpful error messages at render time.
 
+## Release workflow
+- **`.github/workflows/release.yml`**: Packages the Helm chart and pushes it as an OCI artifact to `public.ecr.aws/openops/helm/openops`.
+- Triggered via `workflow_dispatch` with two inputs:
+  - `version` (required): The release version (e.g., `0.6.15`). Sets both `Chart.yaml` version/appVersion and `global.version` (image tags).
+  - `draft` (boolean, default `true`): When true, appends `-draft` to the chart version (e.g., `0.6.15-draft`). Draft versions are overwritable on ECR; final versions are immutable.
+- Also triggered cross-repo by `openops-cloud/openops` release workflow.
+- Creates a GitHub release (draft or published) with the packaged `.tgz` as an asset.
+- **Do not bump versions in `Chart.yaml` or `values.yaml` manually**—the release workflow sets them at build time. The repo defaults are `version: 0.0.1-dev` and `appVersion: 0.0.1-dev`.
+- Required secrets: `ECR_ACCESS_KEY_ID`, `ECR_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY`; required vars: `ECR_PUBLIC_REGION`.
+
+## Versioning strategy
+- All *release* versions are unified: chart version = appVersion = `global.version` (image tags) = OpenOps release version. The in-repo development defaults (`0.0.1-dev`) are normalized by the release workflow.
+- Exception: draft releases use `{version}-draft` for the chart version only; `appVersion` and image tags use the clean version.
+- The chart is published to `oci://public.ecr.aws/openops/helm/openops`. Users install with:
+  ```
+  helm install openops oci://public.ecr.aws/openops/helm/openops --version <VERSION>
+  ```
+
 ## PR lint rules
 The `.github/prlint.json` ruleset runs on every pull request. To avoid CI failures:
 1. **Title requirements**
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 1d4887e..62096f8 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -24,6 +24,18 @@ This repository contains the Helm chart that deploys the OpenOps application sta
 - **redis**: Redis cache.
 
 ## Quick start
+
+### Install from OCI registry (recommended)
+
+```bash
+helm install openops oci://public.ecr.aws/openops/helm/openops \
+  --version <VERSION> \
+  -n openops --create-namespace \
+  -f values.overrides.yaml
+```
+
+### Install from source
+
 1. Copy the sample overrides file and adjust it to match your environment:
    ```bash
    cp chart/values.overrides-example.yaml chart/values.overrides.yaml
diff --git a/chart/Chart.yaml b/chart/Chart.yaml
index 7e4709d..8e773bd 100644
--- a/chart/Chart.yaml
+++ b/chart/Chart.yaml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-apiVersion: v2
-name: openops
-description: A Helm chart for the OpenOps platform
-type: application
-version: 0.4.0
-appVersion: "0.6.14"
-icon: https://openops.com/favicon.ico
+apiVersion: v2
+name: openops
+description: A Helm chart for the OpenOps platform
+type: application
+version: 0.0.1-dev
+appVersion: "0.0.1-dev"
+icon: https://openops.com/favicon.ico
diff --git a/chart/templates/NOTES.txt b/chart/templates/NOTES.txt
index 46cd106..03312f6 100644
--- a/chart/templates/NOTES.txt
+++ b/chart/templates/NOTES.txt
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ Useful commands:
   helm test {{ .Release.Name }} -n {{ .Release.Namespace }}
 
   # Upgrade deployment
-  helm upgrade {{ .Release.Name }} ./chart -f values.production.yaml
+  helm upgrade {{ .Release.Name }} oci://public.ecr.aws/openops/helm/{{ .Chart.Name }} --version {{ .Chart.Version }} -n {{ .Release.Namespace }} -f values.overrides.yaml
 
   # Uninstall
   helm uninstall {{ .Release.Name }} -n {{ .Release.Namespace }}
diff --git a/chart/values.ci.yaml b/chart/values.ci.yaml
index bc54c41..6ef1cd6 100644
--- a/chart/values.ci.yaml
+++ b/chart/values.ci.yaml
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@
 # Includes test secrets - NOT FOR PRODUCTION
 
 global:
+  # Use latest published images for CI (repo default 0.0.1-dev does not exist in ECR)
+  version: "latest"
+
   # Allow single replica for CI
   allowSingleReplica: true
   
diff --git a/chart/values.schema.json b/chart/values.schema.json
index 1c64e18..fa7f547 100644
--- a/chart/values.schema.json
+++ b/chart/values.schema.json
@@ -11,8 +11,8 @@
       "properties": {
         "version": {
           "type": "string",
-          "description": "Immutable version tag for app and engine images (semver or 8-char git hash)",
-          "pattern": "^([0-9]+\\.[0-9]+\\.[0-9]+(-[a-zA-Z0-9.-]+)?|[0-9a-fA-F]{8})$"
+          "description": "Immutable version tag for app and engine images (semver, 8-char git hash, or 'latest')",
+          "pattern": "^([0-9]+\\.[0-9]+\\.[0-9]+(-[a-zA-Z0-9.-]+)?|[0-9a-fA-F]{8}|latest)$"
         }
       }
     },
diff --git a/chart/values.yaml b/chart/values.yaml
index af5cbb7..c68b191 100644
--- a/chart/values.yaml
+++ b/chart/values.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 global:
-  version: "0.6.14"
+  version: "0.0.1-dev"
 
   # Public URL - single source of truth for domain configuration
   # This is used to derive ingress host and all *_PUBLIC_URL environment variables