diff --git a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/---release.md b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/---release.md
index 96c5f48da5..41099acc36 100644
--- a/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/---release.md
+++ b/.github/ISSUE_TEMPLATE/---release.md
@@ -29,14 +29,7 @@ If the troubleshooting section does not contain the answer to the problem you en
   - [ ] Check the [releases][releases] page. The release has to be marked manually as `latest` if this is the case.
   - [ ] Check the `release/N.M.x` release branch exists.
 - [ ] Update the official documentation at [https://github.com/Kong/developer.konghq.com/][docs_repo]
-  - [ ] Run post processing script for `${KUBERNETES_CONFIGURATION_REPO}/docs/gateway-operator-api-reference.md`, providing a tagged version of CRD reference from docs repo as an argument, e.g. `app/_src/gateway-operator/reference/custom-resources/1.2.x.md`.
-    This will add the necessary skaffolding so that the reference is rendered correctly on docs.konghq.com.
-
-    Example:
-
-    ```sh
-    ${KUBERNETES_CONFIGURATION_REPO}/scripts/apidocs-gen/post-process-for-konghq.sh ${KUBERNETES_CONFIGURATION_REPO}/docs/gateway-operator-api-reference.md ${KONGHQ_DOCS_REPO}/app/_src/gateway-operator/reference/custom-resources/1.2.x.md
-    ```
+  - **CLI configuration options** and **CRD reference**: Automatically synced by the release workflow. A PR will be created in the docs repo. Review and merge it when ready.
 
 ## Conformance tests report
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/__release-workflow.yaml b/.github/workflows/__release-workflow.yaml
index 88d32c8792..4e74f69e82 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/__release-workflow.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/__release-workflow.yaml
@@ -37,7 +37,12 @@ on:
         default: 'main'
         required: false
       latest:
-        description: Whether to mark this release latest
+        description: |
+          Whether to mark this release latest.
+          Only set to true if this release is the current maximum version.
+          If a newer major or minor version has been released (e.g., 2.2 is released),
+          do NOT set this to true when releasing an older branch (e.g., 2.1.1),
+          otherwise the docs will be overwritten.
         type: boolean
         default: false
       release-type:
@@ -362,6 +367,7 @@ jobs:
     env:
       DOCS_REPO: developer.konghq.com
       DOCS_REPO_PATH_CLI_ARGS_DOC: app/operator/reference/configuration-options.md
+      DOCS_REPO_PATH_CRD_DOC: app/operator/reference/custom-resources.md
     needs:
       - semver
       - create-release-pr
@@ -385,6 +391,14 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           cp ./docs/cli-arguments-for-developer-konghq-com.md ${{ env.DOCS_REPO }}/${{ env.DOCS_REPO_PATH_CLI_ARGS_DOC }}
 
+      - name: update CRD reference docs
+        run: |
+          mkdir -p "$(dirname "${{ env.DOCS_REPO }}/${{ env.DOCS_REPO_PATH_CRD_DOC }}")"
+          ./scripts/apidocs-gen/post-process-for-konghq.sh \
+            ./docs/gateway-operator-api-reference.md \
+            "${{ env.DOCS_REPO }}/${{ env.DOCS_REPO_PATH_CRD_DOC }}" \
+            "${{ env.DOCS_REPO }}"
+
       - name: Detect changes
         id: detect-changes
         run: |