diff --git a/.drone.yml b/.drone.yml
index 284ef69296..6c7a242929 100644
--- a/.drone.yml
+++ b/.drone.yml
@@ -286,3 +286,37 @@ depends_on:
 - amd64
 - arm64
 - arm
+
+---
+kind: pipeline
+name: dispatch
+
+platform:
+  os: linux
+  arch: amd64
+
+steps:
+  - name: dispatch
+    image: rancher/dapper:v0.4.2
+    environment:
+      PAT_USERNAME:
+        from_secret: pat_username
+      PAT_TOKEN:
+        from_secret: pat_token
+    commands:
+      - dapper dispatch
+    volumes:
+      - name: docker
+        path: /var/run/docker.sock
+    when:
+      instance:
+        - drone-publish.rancher.io
+      ref:
+        - refs/head/master
+        - refs/tags/*
+      event:
+        - tag
+volumes:
+  - name: docker
+    host:
+      path: /var/run/docker.sock
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diff --git a/scripts/dispatch b/scripts/dispatch
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..e9a5622eaa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/dispatch
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+set -e
+set -x
+
+REPO="https://api.github.com/repos/rancher/k3s-upgrade/dispatches"
+
+# send dispatch event to REPO
+curl -XPOST -u "${PAT_USERNAME}:${PAT_TOKEN}" \
+        -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.everest-preview+json"  \
+        -H "Content-Type: application/json" $REPO \
+        --data '{"event_type": "create_tag", "client_payload": {"tag":"'"$DRONE_TAG"'"}}'
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