diff --git a/.ci/get_test_matrix.sh b/.ci/get_test_matrix.sh
index c8ff40b3f3..feafaece18 100755
--- a/.ci/get_test_matrix.sh
+++ b/.ci/get_test_matrix.sh
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 set -e
 
 trap 'last_command=$current_command; current_command=$BASH_COMMAND' DEBUG
-trap 'echo "$0: \"${last_command}\" command failed with exit code $?, log:" && cat /tmp/log.txt' ERR
+trap 'echo "$0: \"${last_command}\" command failed with exit code $?' ERR
 
 DEBUG=false
 
diff --git a/.ci/merge_push_to_release.sh b/.ci/merge_push_to_release.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..50e56c6c82
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.ci/merge_push_to_release.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -e
+
+trap 'last_command=$current_command; current_command=$BASH_COMMAND' DEBUG
+trap 'echo "$0: \"${last_command}\" command failed with exit code $?' ERR
+
+ARCH=amd64
+LOCATION=/tmp/git
+
+REPOS=$(./.ci/parse_yaml.py mrs.yaml $ARCH)
+
+REPOS="$REPOS
+$(./.ci/parse_yaml.py thirdparty.yaml $ARCH)"
+
+REPOS="$REPOS
+$(./.ci/parse_yaml.py nonbloom.yaml $ARCH)"
+
+[ -e $LOCATION ] && rm -rf $LOCATION || echo "$0: nothing to delete"
+mkdir -p $LOCATION
+
+cd $LOCATION
+
+# clone and checkout
+echo "$REPOS" | while IFS= read -r REPO; do
+
+  echo "Cloning $REPO"
+
+  PACKAGE=$(echo "$REPO" | awk '{print $1}')
+  URL=$(echo "$REPO" | awk '{print $2}')
+
+  # strip the https from the url
+  URL=$(echo $URL | sed -r 's|https://(.+)|\1|' | head -n 1)
+
+  RELEASE_BRANCH=$(echo "$REPO" | awk '{print $3}')
+  TESTING_BRANCH=$(echo "$REPO" | awk '{print $4}')
+
+  echo "$0: cloning '$URL --branch $RELEASE_BRANCH' into '$PACKAGE'"
+  [ ! -e $PACKAGE ] && git clone https://$PUSH_TOKEN@$URL --branch $RELEASE_BRANCH $PACKAGE
+
+  echo ""
+
+done
+
+echo "$0: Done cloning"
+echo "$0: Going to merge and dry-run the push"
+
+# merge and try dry-run push
+echo "$REPOS" | while IFS= read -r REPO; do
+
+  PACKAGE=$(echo "$REPO" | awk '{print $1}')
+  TESTING_BRANCH=$(echo "$REPO" | awk '{print $4}')
+
+  echo "$0: going to merge $PACKAGE"
+
+  cd $LOCATION/$PACKAGE
+
+  git merge origin/$TESTING_BRANCH
+
+  git push --dry-run
+
+  echo ""
+
+done
+
+echo "$0: Done merging"
+echo "$0: Going to push"
+
+# merge and try dry-run push
+echo "$REPOS" | while IFS= read -r REPO; do
+
+  PACKAGE=$(echo "$REPO" | awk '{print $1}')
+  TESTING_BRANCH=$(echo "$REPO" | awk '{print $4}')
+
+  echo "$0: going to push $PACKAGE"
+
+  cd $LOCATION/$PACKAGE
+
+  git push
+
+  echo ""
+
+done
+
+echo "$0: Done pushing"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/rostest.yml b/.github/workflows/rostest_and_merge.yml
similarity index 76%
rename from .github/workflows/rostest.yml
rename to .github/workflows/rostest_and_merge.yml
index b3d5f5e6e8..63d738aad4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/rostest.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/rostest_and_merge.yml
@@ -3,11 +3,8 @@ name: rostest
 on:
   workflow_dispatch:
 
-  push:
-    branches: [ testing ]
-
-  # schedule:
-  #   - cron:  '0 20 * * *' # every day at 10pm UTC+2
+  schedule:
+    - cron:  '0 5 * * *' # every day at 7am UTC+2
 
 concurrency:
   group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
@@ -51,7 +48,7 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           .ci/test.sh "${{ matrix.job }}"
 
-  merge:
+  merge_and_push:
     runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
     needs: build-job
     env:
@@ -61,12 +58,6 @@ jobs:
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
           submodules: 'recursive'
-      - name: Checkout CI scripts
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
-        with:
-          repository: ctu-mrs/ci_scripts
-          ref: master
-          path: .ci_scripts
-          token: ${{ secrets.PUSH_TOKEN }}
-      - name: Merge
-        run: echo "Merging release_candidate to release"
+      - id: merge
+        run: |
+          .ci/merge_push_to_release.sh