diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-build.yml b/.github/workflows/release-build.yml
index 3dd52d48afe..7f439a175fb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-build.yml
@@ -114,3 +114,15 @@ jobs:
           asset_path: keda-${{ steps.get_version.outputs.VERSION }}-core.yaml
           asset_name: keda-${{ steps.get_version.outputs.VERSION }}-core.yaml
           asset_content_type: application/x-yaml
+
+      # Upload CRD deployment YAML file to GitHub release
+      - name: Upload Deployment YAML file
+        id: upload-crd-deployment-yaml
+        uses: actions/upload-release-asset@v1
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+        with:
+          upload_url: https://uploads.github.com/repos/kedacore/keda/releases/${{ steps.get-release-info.outputs.id }}/assets?name=keda-${{ steps.get_version.outputs.VERSION }}-crds.yaml
+          asset_path: keda-${{ steps.get_version.outputs.VERSION }}-crds.yaml
+          asset_name: keda-${{ steps.get_version.outputs.VERSION }}-crds.yaml
+          asset_content_type: application/x-yaml
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index a9f5d0cd399..5b252965c1c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ To learn more about active deprecations, we recommend checking [GitHub Discussio
 ### Improvements
 
 - **General:**: Add ScaledObject/ScaledJob names to output of `kubectl get triggerauthentication/clustertriggerauthentication` ([#796](https://github.com/kedacore/keda/issues/796))
+- **General:**: Add standalone CRD generation to release workflow ([#2726](https://github.com/kedacore/keda/issues/2726))
 
 ### Fixes
 
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 061320f541a..291a94b9444 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -234,6 +234,7 @@ release: manifests kustomize set-version ## Produce new KEDA release in keda-$(V
 	rm -rf config/default/kustomize-config/metadataLabelTransformer.yaml.out
 	$(KUSTOMIZE) build config/default > keda-$(VERSION).yaml
 	$(KUSTOMIZE) build config/minimal > keda-$(VERSION)-core.yaml
+	$(KUSTOMIZE) build config/crd     > keda-$(VERSION)-crds.yaml
 
 sign-images: ## Sign KEDA images published on GitHub Container Registry
 	COSIGN_EXPERIMENTAL=1 cosign sign ${COSIGN_FLAGS} $(IMAGE_CONTROLLER)