diff --git a/release.sh b/release.sh
index d76d7817d..be10e03f2 100755
--- a/release.sh
+++ b/release.sh
@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@
 ## Versioning info: [major].[minor].[patch][-RC[num]], example: 3.1.159, 3.1.159-RC1
 ##
 
+## IMPORTANT: requires gh and git-extras commands installed
+## Currently only runs on MacOS because of sed issue on lines 41 to 47 (see double quotes after -i)
+##
+
 # TODO: verificar porque só pega versões superiores (3.1.200 ao invés de 3.1.200-RC9)
 # VERSION=`git describe --tags --abbrev=0`
 
@@ -11,6 +15,11 @@ VERSION_PATTERN='([0-9]+)\.([0-9]+)\.([0-9]+)(-RC[0-9]+)?'
 
 SED_AWKWARD_PATTERN="[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+(-RC[0-9]+){0,1}"
 
+# Define colors
+green_color='\033[0;32m'
+red_color='\033[0;31m'
+reset_color='\033[0m'
+
 LATEST_VERSION=$(git tag | egrep $VERSION_PATTERN | sort --version-sort | tail -1)
 MAJOR_VERSION=$(echo $LATEST_VERSION | cut -d"-" -f1)
 MAJOR_TAG_CREATED=$(git tag | egrep $MAJOR_VERSION"$")
@@ -30,9 +39,10 @@ FINAL_VERSION=
 
 function change_files {
 
+    # TODO: figure out better way of getting latest version
     OLD_VERSION=$(grep -E 'interlegis/sapl:'$VERSION_PATTERN docker/docker-compose.yaml | cut -d':' -f3)
 
-    echo "Atualizando de "$OLD_VERSION" para "$FINAL_VERSION
+    echo "Updating from "$OLD_VERSION" to "$FINAL_VERSION""
 
     sed -E -i "" "s|$OLD_VERSION|$FINAL_VERSION|g" docker/docker-compose.yaml
 
@@ -61,38 +71,64 @@ function set_rc_version {
     fi
 
     FINAL_VERSION=$NEXT_RC_VERSION
+## DEBUG
+#    echo "OLD_VERSION: $OLD_VERSION"
+#    echo "FINAL_VERSION: $FINAL_VERSION"
+}
 
-    echo "OLD_VERSION: $OLD_VERSION"
-    echo "FINAL_VERSION: $FINAL_VERSION"
+# Function to display Yes/No prompt with colored message
+prompt_yes_no() {
+    while true; do
+        echo -e "${green_color}$1 (y/n): ${reset_color}\c"
+        read answer
+        case $answer in
+            [Yy]* ) return 0;;
+            [Nn]* ) return 1;;
+            * ) echo -e "${red_color}Please answer 'yes' or 'no'.${reset_color}";;
+        esac
+    done
 }
 
 function commit_and_push {
-   echo "committing..."
+   echo -e "${green_color}Committing new release $FINAL_VERSION...${color_reset}"
    git changelog --tag $FINAL_VERSION -x >> CHANGES.md
    git add docker/docker-compose.yaml setup.py sapl/settings.py sapl/templates/base.html CHANGES.md
-   git commit -m "Release: $FINAL_VERSION"
-   git tag $FINAL_VERSION
-
-   echo "================================================================================"
-   echo " Versão criada e gerada localmente."
-   echo "Para enviar pro github execute..."
-   echo "git push origin 3.1.x"
-   echo "git push origin "$FINAL_VERSION
-   echo "================================================================================"
 
-   echo "done."
+   if prompt_yes_no "${green_color}Do you want to commit SAPL $FINAL_VERSION release locally?${reset_color}"; then
+       git commit -m "Release: $FINAL_VERSION"
+       git tag $FINAL_VERSION
+       echo -e "${green_color}Commit and tag created locally!${color_reset}"
+   else
+       git reset --hard HEAD
+       echo -e "${red_color}Aborting release creation!${color_reset}"
+       return
+   fi
+
+   echo -e "${red_color}### BEFORE PROCEEDING, MAKE SURE THE NEW VERSION NUMBER AND CHANGES ARE CORRECT!${color_reset}"
+   echo -e "${green_color}Release: $FINAL_VERSION${reset_color}"
+   if prompt_yes_no "${green_color}Do you want to publish SAPL $FINAL_VERSION release on Github?${reset_color}"; then
+      echo -e "${green_color}Publishing $FINAL_VERSION on Github...${reset_color}"
+      current_date=$(date +%Y-%m-%d)
+      git push origin 3.1.x
+      gh release create $FINAL_VERSION --repo interlegis/sapl --title "Release: $FINAL_VERSION" --notes "Release notes for $FINAL_VERSION in CHANGES.md file. Release date: $current_date"
+      echo -e "${green_color}Done.${reset_color}"
+   else
+      echo -e "${red_color}Publishing aborted.${reset_color}"
+   fi
+   echo "${green_color}Done.${green_color}"
+   echo -e "${green_color}================================================================================${color_reset}"
 }
 
 case "$1" in
     --latest)
        git fetch
-       echo $LATEST_VERSION
+       echo -e "${green_color}$LATEST_VERSION${reset_color}"
        exit 0
        ;;
     --major)
        git fetch
        set_major_version
-       echo "generating major release: "$FINAL_VERSION
+       echo -e "${green_color}Creating MAJOR release: "$FINAL_VERSION"${reset_color}"
        # git tag $FINAL_VERSION
        change_files
        commit_and_push
@@ -101,7 +137,7 @@ case "$1" in
     --rc)
        git fetch
        set_rc_version
-       echo "generating release candidate: "$FINAL_VERSION
+       echo -e "${green_color}Creating RELEASE CANDIDATE (RC): "$FINAL_VERSION"${reset_color}"
        # git tag $FINAL_VERSION
        change_files
        commit_and_push