diff --git a/.github/workflows/ipa-changelog.yml b/.github/workflows/ipa-changelog.yml
index 2429cf639f..c016828dc8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ipa-changelog.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ipa-changelog.yml
@@ -32,20 +32,23 @@ jobs:
       env: 
         VERSION_BUMP: ${{ steps.version_check.outputs.version_changed }}
       run: | 
-        npm run gen-ipa-changelog
-
-        # Check for uncommitted changes specific to CHANGELOG.md  
-        uncommitted_changes=$(git status --porcelain | grep "CHANGELOG.md" || echo "")  
-
-        diff_changelog=$(git diff -- tools/spectral/ipa/CHANGELOG.md || echo "")  
+        diff_changelog=$(git diff origin/main -- CHANGELOG.md || echo "")  
+        
+        echo "Changelog diff: ${diff_changelog}"
   
-        if [[ "${VERSION_BUMP}" == "false" && -n "${uncommitted_changes}" ]]; then  
+        if [[ "${VERSION_BUMP}" == "false" && -n "${diff_changelog}" ]]; then  
           echo "Error: Changelog should only be updated alongside a version bump. Please restore the changelog."  
           exit 1  
         fi  
-  
-        if [[ "${VERSION_BUMP}" == "true" && -n "${diff_changelog}" ]]; then  
-          echo "Error: Changelog must be updated alongside a version bump. Please run 'npm run gen-ipa-changelog' from the ipa directory and commit the changes."  
+        
+        npm run gen-ipa-changelog
+
+        # Check CHANGELOG.md is the generated changelog result
+        uncommitted_changes=$(git status --porcelain | grep "CHANGELOG.md" || echo "")  
+        
+        if [[ "${VERSION_BUMP}" == "true" && -n "${uncommitted_changes}" ]]; then  
+          echo "Error: Changelog is not the same as the generated result. Please run 'npm run gen-ipa-changelog' from the ipa directory and commit the changes."  
           exit 1  
         fi 
-        exit 0
\ No newline at end of file
+        
+        exit 0
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ipa-release.yml b/.github/workflows/ipa-release.yml
index 5e4566a71f..1176f03057 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ipa-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ipa-release.yml
@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@ on:
         type: boolean
         required: false
         default: true
+      use_existing_tag:
+        description: 'Set value to `true` to use an existing tag for the release process, default is `false`'
+        default: 'false'
   push: 
     branches:
       - main
@@ -19,6 +22,7 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     outputs:
       version_changed: ${{ steps.version_check.outputs.version_changed }}
+      current_version: ${{ steps.version_check.outputs.current_version }}
 
     steps:
     - name: Checkout Repository
@@ -36,7 +40,31 @@ jobs:
         version_changed=$(./.github/scripts/ipa_version_check.sh)  
         echo "Version changed? ${version_changed}"  
         echo "version_changed=${version_changed}" >> "${GITHUB_OUTPUT}"
-  
+        echo "current_version=${jq -r '.version' tools/spectral/ipa/package.json}" >> "${GITHUB_OUTPUT}"
+
+  create-tag:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    needs: check-version
+    if: >-
+      !cancelled()
+      && inputs.use_existing_tag == 'false'
+    steps:
+      - name: Validation of version format
+        run: |
+          echo "${{ needs.check-version.outputs.current_version }}" | grep -P '^\d+\.\d+\.\d+$'
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@692973e3d937129bcbf40652eb9f2f61becf3332
+      - name: Get the latest commit SHA
+        id: get-sha
+        run: echo "sha=$(git rev-parse HEAD)" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+      - name: Create release tag
+        uses: rickstaa/action-create-tag@a1c7777fcb2fee4f19b0f283ba888afa11678b72
+        with:
+          tag: 'ipa-validation-ruleset-v${{ needs.check-version.outputs.current_version }}'
+          commit_sha: ${{ steps.get-sha.outputs.sha }}
+          gpg_private_key: ${{ secrets.GPG_PRIVATE_KEY }}
+          gpg_passphrase: ${{ secrets.PASSPHRASE }}
+
   publish:
     needs: check-version
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
diff --git a/tools/spectral/ipa/package.json b/tools/spectral/ipa/package.json
index 8fc5ff1de1..bbf8029a3b 100644
--- a/tools/spectral/ipa/package.json
+++ b/tools/spectral/ipa/package.json
@@ -36,13 +36,13 @@
     "auto-changelog": "2.5.0"
   },
   "auto-changelog" : {
-    "package" : true,
+    "package": true,
     "commitPattern": "[a-z]+\\(ipa\\):",
-    "startingVersion" : "0.0.1",
-    "hideCredit": true,  
-    "tagPattern": "none",
+    "startingVersion": "ipa-validation-ruleset-v1.0.0",
+    "hideCredit": true,
+    "tagPattern": "ipa-validation-ruleset-v\\d+\\.\\d+\\.\\d+",
+    "tagPrefix": "ipa-validation-ruleset-v",
     "hideEmptyReleases" : true,
-    "contributors": false,  
-    "changeCount": 0  
+    "contributors": false
   }
 }