diff --git a/.github/workflows/automerge_driver_main_to_dev.yml b/.github/workflows/automerge_driver_main_to_dev.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index e352b02..0000000
--- a/.github/workflows/automerge_driver_main_to_dev.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,47 +0,0 @@
-name: Auto Merge main to dev branch (with submodules)
-
-on:
-  push:
-    branches:
-      - main
-
-jobs:
-  merge:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-
-    steps:
-      - name: Checkout main branch
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
-        with:
-          fetch-depth: 0
-          submodules: true
-
-      - name: Configure Git
-        run: |
-          git config --global user.name "github-actions[bot]"
-          git config --global user.email "github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com"
-
-      - name: Ensure dev branch exists
-        run: |
-          if git ls-remote --exit-code --heads origin dev-7.0.0-a-1; then
-            echo "Branch exists on remote"
-            git fetch origin dev-7.0.0-a-1
-            git checkout dev-7.0.0-a-1
-          else
-            echo "Branch does not exist, creating it"
-            git checkout -b dev-7.0.0-a-1
-          fi    
-
-      - name: Force replace dev branch with main branch contents (including submodules)
-        run: |
-          set -e
-          git reset --hard origin/main
-          git submodule update --init --recursive
-          git add .
-          git commit -m "Force sync dev branch with main branch (including submodules)" || echo "No changes to commit"
-
-      - name: Push changes to dev
-        env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-        run: |
-          git push https://x-access-token:${GITHUB_TOKEN}@github.com/${{ github.repository }}.git dev-7.0.0-a-1 --force
diff --git a/.github/workflows/automerge_driver_release*_to_dev.yml b/.github/workflows/automerge_driver_release*_to_dev.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..775d043
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/automerge_driver_release*_to_dev.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+name: Auto Merge rel-* to dev branch (with submodules)
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - rel-7.0.0-a.1
+
+jobs:
+  merge:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout rel* branch
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        with:
+          ref: rel-7.0.0-a.1
+          fetch-depth: 0
+          submodules: true
+          persist-credentials: false
+          
+
+      - name: Configure Git
+        run: |
+          git config --global user.name "github-actions[bot]"
+          git config --global user.email "github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com"
+          
+      - name: Fetch dev-7.0.0-a-1 branch
+        run: |
+          git fetch origin dev-7.0.0-a-1 || echo "dev-7.0.0-a-1 does not exist yet"
+
+      - name: Checkout or create dev-7.0.0-a-1
+        run: |
+          if git show-ref --verify --quiet refs/remotes/origin/dev-7.0.0-a-1; then
+            git checkout -B dev-7.0.0-a-1 origin/dev-7.0.0-a-1
+          else
+            git checkout -b dev-7.0.0-a-1
+          fi      
+
+      - name: Force replace dev branch with rel-7.0.0-a.1 branch contents (including submodules)
+        run: |
+          set -e
+          git reset --hard origin/rel-7.0.0-a.1
+          git submodule update --init --recursive
+          git add .
+          git commit -m "Force sync dev branch with rel-7.0.0-a.1 branch (including submodules)" || echo "No changes to commit"
+
+      - name: Push changes to dev
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+        run: |
+          git push https://x-access-token:${GITHUB_TOKEN}@github.com/${{ github.repository }}.git dev-7.0.0-a-1 --force