diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/release.yml b/.gitea/workflows/release.yml
index 088ac13..59dbbd7 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/release.yml
@@ -33,41 +33,6 @@ jobs:
             echo "PRERELEASE=false" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
           fi
 
-      - name: Extract matching CHANGELOG section
-        shell: bash
-        run: |
-          python3 - <<'PY'
-          import os
-          import re
-          from pathlib import Path
-
-          version = os.environ["VERSION"]
-          changelog_path = Path("CHANGELOG.md")
-
-          if not changelog_path.exists():
-              body = f"# {version}\n\nNo CHANGELOG.md found."
-              Path("release_body.md").write_text(body, encoding="utf-8")
-              raise SystemExit(0)
-
-          text = changelog_path.read_text(encoding="utf-8")
-
-          pattern = re.compile(
-              rf"^##\s+\[?{re.escape(version)}\]?[^\n]*\n(.*?)(?=^##\s+\[?[0-9]|\Z)",
-              re.MULTILINE | re.DOTALL,
-          )
-
-          match = pattern.search(text)
-          if match:
-              body = match.group(1).strip()
-          else:
-              body = f"Release {version}"
-
-          if not body:
-              body = f"Release {version}"
-
-          Path("release_body.md").write_text(body + "\n", encoding="utf-8")
-          PY
-
       - name: Log in to Gitea container registry
         shell: bash
         env:
@@ -137,4 +102,56 @@ jobs:
 
           Path("release_body.md").write_text(body + "\n", encoding="utf-8")
           print(body)
+          PY
+
+      - name: Create Gitea release
+        env:
+          RELEASE_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.RELEASE_TOKEN }}
+          GITEA_SERVER_URL: ${{ gitea.server_url }}
+          GITEA_REPOSITORY: ${{ gitea.repository }}
+        shell: bash
+        run: |
+          python3 - <<'PY'
+          import json
+          import os
+          import urllib.request
+          import urllib.error
+          from pathlib import Path
+
+          tag = os.environ["TAG"]
+          prerelease = os.environ["PRERELEASE"].lower() == "true"
+          server_url = os.environ["GITEA_SERVER_URL"].rstrip("/")
+          repo = os.environ["GITEA_REPOSITORY"]
+          token = os.environ["RELEASE_TOKEN"]
+
+          body = Path("release_body.md").read_text(encoding="utf-8").strip()
+
+          url = f"{server_url}/api/v1/repos/{repo}/releases"
+          payload = {
+              "tag_name": tag,
+              "name": tag,
+              "body": body,
+              "draft": False,
+              "prerelease": prerelease,
+          }
+
+          data = json.dumps(payload).encode("utf-8")
+          req = urllib.request.Request(
+              url,
+              data=data,
+              method="POST",
+              headers={
+                  "Authorization": f"token {token}",
+                  "Content-Type": "application/json",
+                  "Accept": "application/json",
+              },
+          )
+
+          try:
+              with urllib.request.urlopen(req) as resp:
+                  print(resp.read().decode("utf-8"))
+          except urllib.error.HTTPError as e:
+              details = e.read().decode("utf-8", errors="replace")
+              print(details)
+              raise
           PY
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