diff --git a/.github/actions/build-proxies/action.yml b/.github/actions/build-proxies/action.yml
index fe6f4064f..9b91369fe 100644
--- a/.github/actions/build-proxies/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/build-proxies/action.yml
@@ -8,6 +8,10 @@ inputs:
   releaseVersion:
     description: "Release, tag, branch, or commit ID to be used for deployment"
     required: true
+  isRelease:
+    description: "True if releaseVersion is a release tag (if set, downloads from release assets instead of workflow artifacts)"
+    required: false
+    default: false
   environment:
     description: "Deployment environment"
     required: true
@@ -30,12 +34,29 @@ runs:
   using: composite
 
   steps:
-    - name: Download OAS Spec artifact
+    - name: Download OAS Spec artifact from workflow
+      if: ${{ inputs.isRelease == 'false' }}
       uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
       with:
         name: api-oas-specification-${{ inputs.apimEnv }}${{ inputs.version != '' && format('-{0}', inputs.version) || '' }}
         path: ./build
 
+    - name: Download OAS Spec artifact from release
+      if: ${{ inputs.isRelease == 'true' }}
+      shell: bash
+      run: |
+        mkdir ./build
+        ASSET_PATTERN="api-oas-specification-${{ inputs.apimEnv }}-*.zip"
+        gh release download "${{ inputs.releaseVersion }}" \
+          --pattern "$ASSET_PATTERN" \
+          --dir ./build
+        # Unzip the downloaded file (there should be exactly one match)
+        ASSET_FILE=$(ls ./build/api-oas-specification-${{ inputs.apimEnv }}-*.zip)
+        unzip "$ASSET_FILE" -d ./build
+        rm "$ASSET_FILE"
+      env:
+        GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
+
     - name: Setup Proxy Name and target
       shell: bash
       run: |
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release_created.yaml b/.github/workflows/release_created.yaml
index 7960e23cc..1bb3a60ab 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release_created.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release_created.yaml
@@ -17,11 +17,6 @@ jobs:
       id-token: write
       contents: read
 
-    strategy:
-      max-parallel: 1
-      matrix:
-        component: [api]
-
     steps:
       - name: Checkout repository
         uses: actions/checkout@v5
@@ -36,5 +31,32 @@ jobs:
             --targetWorkflow "dispatch-deploy-static-notify-supplier-api-env.yaml" \
             --targetEnvironment "main" \
             --targetAccountGroup "nhs-notify-supplier-api-nonprod" \
-            --targetComponent "${{ matrix.component }}" \
+            --targetComponent "api" \
             --terraformAction "apply"
+  deploy-proxy:
+    name: "Deploy proxy"
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    timeout-minutes: 10
+
+    permissions:
+      id-token: write
+      contents: read
+      actions: read
+
+    env:
+      PROXYGEN_API_NAME: nhs-notify-supplier
+      APP_CLIENT_ID: ${{ secrets.APP_CLIENT_ID }}
+      APP_PEM_FILE: ${{ secrets.APP_PEM_FILE }}
+
+    steps:
+      - name: "Checkout code"
+        uses: actions/checkout@v5
+
+      - name: "Build proxies"
+        uses: ./.github/actions/build-proxies
+        with:
+          environment: "main"
+          apimEnv: "int"
+          runId: "${{ github.run_id }}"
+          releaseVersion: "${{ github.event.release.tag_name }}"
+          isRelease: true