diff --git a/.github/workflows/candidate.yml b/.github/workflows/candidate.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..209995c8fd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/candidate.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+name: "Mongoid Release Candidate"
+run-name: "Mongoid Release Candidate for ${{ github.ref }}"
+
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      dry_run:
+        description: Whether this is a dry run or not
+        required: true
+        default: true
+        type: boolean
+
+jobs:
+  candidate:
+    name: "Mongoid Release Candidate"
+    environment: release
+    runs-on: 'ubuntu-latest'
+
+    permissions:
+      # required for all workflows
+      security-events: write
+
+      # required to fetch internal or private CodeQL packs
+      packages: read
+
+      # only required for workflows in private repositories
+      actions: read
+      contents: write
+
+      # required by the mongodb-labs/drivers-github-tools/setup@v2 step
+      # also required by `rubygems/release-gem`
+      id-token: write
+
+    steps:
+      - name: "Run the candidate action"
+        uses: jamis/drivers-github-tools/ruby/candidate@ruby-3643-new-release-process
+        with:
+          app_id: ${{ vars.APP_ID }}
+          app_private_key: ${{ secrets.APP_PRIVATE_KEY }}
+          dry_run: ${{ inputs.dry_run }}
diff --git a/lib/mongoid/version.rb b/lib/mongoid/version.rb
index f7cad2fb03..98baa8f6c8 100644
--- a/lib/mongoid/version.rb
+++ b/lib/mongoid/version.rb
@@ -2,5 +2,5 @@
 # rubocop:todo all
 
 module Mongoid
-  VERSION = "9.0.2"
+  VERSION = "9.1.0"
 end
diff --git a/product.yml b/product.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cd30755e4b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/product.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+name: Mongoid
+package: mongoid
+version:
+  number: 9.1.0
+  file: lib/mongoid/version.rb