diff --git a/.github/actions/version-bump-summary/action.yml b/.github/actions/version-bump-summary/action.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..85f073c2bf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/actions/version-bump-summary/action.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+name: Version Bump Summary
+description: Generates a JSON summary of all packages bumped in the current commit, with their previous and current versions.
+
+inputs:
+  ref:
+    description: Git commit SHA or ref to read tags from. Defaults to HEAD.
+    required: false
+    default: HEAD
+
+outputs:
+  json-file:
+    description: Path to the JSON summary temp file.
+    value: ${{ steps.summary.outputs.json-file }}
+  text-file:
+    description: Path to the text summary temp file.
+    value: ${{ steps.summary.outputs.text-file }}
+
+runs:
+  using: composite
+  steps:
+    - name: Generate version bump summary
+      id: summary
+      shell: bash
+      run: node ${{ github.action_path }}/index.js ${{ inputs.ref }}
diff --git a/.github/actions/version-bump-summary/index.js b/.github/actions/version-bump-summary/index.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e90218cbce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/actions/version-bump-summary/index.js
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+const { execSync, execFileSync } = require("child_process");
+const fs = require("fs");
+const tmp = require("tmp");
+
+const ref = process.argv[2] || "HEAD";
+
+const newTags = execFileSync("git", ["tag", "--points-at", ref])
+  .toString()
+  .trim()
+  .split("\n")
+  .filter(Boolean);
+
+const summary = newTags.map((tag) => {
+  const atIndex = tag.lastIndexOf("@");
+  const packageName = tag.slice(0, atIndex);
+  const currentVersion = tag.slice(atIndex + 1);
+
+  const previousTags = execSync(
+    `git tag --sort=-version:refname -l "${packageName}@*"`
+  )
+    .toString()
+    .trim()
+    .split("\n")
+    .filter(Boolean);
+
+  const previousTag = previousTags.find((t) => t !== tag);
+  const previousVersion = previousTag
+    ? previousTag.slice(previousTag.lastIndexOf("@") + 1)
+    : null;
+
+  return { package: packageName, previousVersion, currentVersion };
+});
+
+const jsonContent = JSON.stringify(summary, null, 2);
+const textContent = summary
+  .map((entry) => {
+    const prev = entry.previousVersion || "new";
+    return `${entry.package}: ${prev} -> ${entry.currentVersion}`;
+  })
+  .join("\n");
+
+console.log(textContent);
+
+const jsonTmp = tmp.fileSync({ prefix: "version-bump-summary-", postfix: ".json" });
+fs.writeFileSync(jsonTmp.name, jsonContent + "\n");
+
+const txtTmp = tmp.fileSync({ prefix: "version-bump-summary-", postfix: ".txt" });
+fs.writeFileSync(txtTmp.name, textContent + "\n");
+
+const ghOutput = process.env.GITHUB_OUTPUT;
+if (ghOutput) {
+  fs.appendFileSync(ghOutput, `json-file=${jsonTmp.name}\n`);
+  fs.appendFileSync(ghOutput, `text-file=${txtTmp.name}\n`);
+}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/npmjs-release.yml b/.github/workflows/npmjs-release.yml
index b3e915ea8c..5edd79fc1d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/npmjs-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/npmjs-release.yml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ on:
         default: false
 
 permissions:
-  contents: read
+  contents: write
   id-token: write
   pull-requests: read
 
@@ -177,6 +177,12 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           yarn lerna publish --sign-git-tag --sign-git-commit --include-merged-tags --conventional-commits --conventional-graduate --verify-access --yes
 
+      - name: Generate version bump summary
+        id: version-bump-summary
+        if: inputs.dry-run == false
+        continue-on-error: true
+        uses: ./.github/actions/version-bump-summary
+
       - name: Extract published version
         if: inputs.dry-run == false
         id: extract-version
@@ -184,3 +190,14 @@ jobs:
           NEW_VERSION=$(jq -r '.version' ./modules/bitgo/package.json)
           echo "New version: $NEW_VERSION"
           echo "new-version=$NEW_VERSION" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+
+      - name: Create GitHub release draft
+        if: inputs.dry-run == false && steps.version-bump-summary.outcome == 'success'
+        continue-on-error: true
+        env:
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.BITGOBOT_PAT_TOKEN || github.token }}
+        run: |
+          gh release create "v${{ steps.extract-version.outputs.new-version }}" \
+            --draft \
+            --title "v${{ steps.extract-version.outputs.new-version }}" \
+            --notes-file "${{ steps.version-bump-summary.outputs.text-file }}"