diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-darwin.yml b/.github/workflows/build-darwin.yml
index 5c50a5a7b..6abe2e21b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-darwin.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-darwin.yml
@@ -155,10 +155,14 @@ jobs:
       env:
         VERSION: "${{ env.version }}"
         DMG: "${{ env.prefix }}-${{ env.version }}.dmg"
+        update: "lantern_update_darwin-${{inputs.version}}.bz2"
+        update_source: lantern_update_darwin.bz2
       run: |
+        mv ${{ env.update_source }} ${{ env.update }}
         mv lantern-installer.dmg "$DMG"
         cp "$DMG" ${{ env.prefix }}.dmg
         echo ${{ env.version }} > ${{ env.version_file }}
         shasum -a 256 "$DMG" | cut -d " " -f 1 > "$DMG".sha256
+        shasum -a 256 ${{ env.update }} | cut -d " " -f 1 > ${{ env.update }}.sha256
         cp "$DMG".sha256 ${{ env.prefix }}.dmg.sha256
-        s3cmd put --acl-public "$DMG" ${{ env.version_file }} "$DMG".sha256 ${{ env.prefix }}.dmg.sha256 ${{ env.prefix }}.dmg "s3://lantern"
\ No newline at end of file
+        s3cmd put --acl-public "$DMG" "$DMG".sha256 ${{ env.update }} ${{ env.update }}.sha256 ${{ env.version_file }} ${{ env.prefix }}.dmg.sha256 ${{ env.prefix }}.dmg "s3://lantern"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 1ff993ce7..8e5b5c443 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -228,7 +228,10 @@ jobs:
           VERSION: "${{ env.version }}"
           APK: "${{ env.prefix }}-${{ env.version }}.apk"
           AAB: "${{ env.prefix }}-${{ env.version }}.aab"
+          update: "lantern_update_android_arm-${{inputs.version}}.bz2"
+          update_source: lantern_update_android_arm.bz2
         run: |
+          mv ${{ env.update_source }} ${{ env.update }}
           mv lantern-installer.apk "$APK"
           mv lantern-installer.aab "$AAB"
           cp "$APK" ${{ env.prefix }}.apk
@@ -236,9 +239,10 @@ jobs:
           echo ${{ env.version }} > ${{ env.version_file }}
           shasum -a 256 "$APK" | cut -d " " -f 1 > "$APK".sha256
           shasum -a 256 "$AAB" | cut -d " " -f 1 > "$AAB".sha256
+          shasum -a 256 ${{ env.update }} | cut -d " " -f 1 > ${{ env.update }}.sha256
           cp "$APK".sha256 ${{ env.prefix }}.apk.sha256
           cp "$AAB".sha256 ${{ env.prefix }}.aab.sha256
-          s3cmd put --acl-public "$APK" ${{ env.version_file }} "$APK".sha256 ${{ env.prefix }}.apk.sha256 ${{ env.prefix }}.apk "s3://$S3_BUCKET"
+          s3cmd put --acl-public "$APK" "$APK".sha256 ${{ env.update }} ${{ env.update }}.sha256 ${{ env.version_file }} ${{ env.prefix }}.apk.sha256 ${{ env.prefix }}.apk "s3://$S3_BUCKET"
           s3cmd put --acl-public "$AAB" "$AAB".sha256 ${{ env.prefix }}.aab.sha256 ${{ env.prefix }}.aab "s3://$S3_BUCKET"
           s3cmd modify --add-header='content-type':'application/vnd.android.package-archive' "s3://$S3_BUCKET/$APK"
           s3cmd modify --add-header='content-type':'application/vnd.android.package-archive' "s3://$S3_BUCKET/${{ env.prefix }}.apk"
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 35b443981..ad8be6567 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -43,7 +43,10 @@ TEST ?= *_test
 # integration-test:
 # 	@flutter drive --driver test_driver/integration_driver.dart --debug --flavor prod --target `ls integration_test/$(TEST).dart`
 
-TAG ?= $$VERSION
+APP ?= lantern
+CAPITALIZED_APP := Lantern
+
+TAG ?= $(APP)-$$VERSION
 TAG_HEAD := $(shell git rev-parse HEAD)
 INSTALLER_NAME ?= lantern-installer
 CHANGELOG_NAME ?= CHANGELOG.md
@@ -53,6 +56,11 @@ PACKAGE_MAINTAINER := Lantern Team <team@getlantern.org>
 PACKAGE_VENDOR := Brave New Software Project, Inc
 PACKAGE_URL := https://lantern.io
 
+GH_USER ?= getlantern
+GH_RELEASE_REPOSITORY ?= lantern
+BINARIES_PATH ?= ../lantern-binaries
+BINARIES_BRANCH ?= main
+
 APP_DESCRIPTION := Censorship circumvention tool
 APP_EXTENDED_DESCRIPTION := Lantern allows you to access sites blocked by internet censorship.\nWhen you run it, Lantern reroutes traffic to selected domains through servers located where such domains are uncensored.
 
@@ -63,6 +71,7 @@ NODE      := $(call get-command,node)
 NPM       := $(call get-command,npm)
 GULP      := $(call get-command,gulp)
 AWSCLI    := $(call get-command,aws)
+S3CMD     := $(call get-command,s3cmd)
 CHANGE    := $(call get-command,git-chglog)
 PIP       := $(call get-command,pip)
 WGET      := $(call get-command,wget)
@@ -105,9 +114,6 @@ LDFLAGS := -X github.com/getlantern/lantern-client/internalsdk/common.RevisionDa
 # DISABLE_OPTIMIZATION_FLAGS := -gcflags="all=-N -l"
 GOMOBILE_EXTRA_BUILD_FLAGS :=
 
-BINARIES_PATH ?= ../lantern-binaries
-BINARIES_BRANCH ?= main
-
 BETA_BASE_NAME ?= $(INSTALLER_NAME)-preview
 PROD_BASE_NAME ?= $(INSTALLER_NAME)
 
@@ -131,8 +137,6 @@ SENTRY_PROJECT_IOS=lantern-ios
 DWARF_DSYM_FOLDER_PATH=$(shell pwd)/build/ios/Release-prod-iphoneos/Runner.app.dSYM
 INFO_PLIST := ios/Runner/Info.plist
 
-APP ?= lantern
-CAPITALIZED_APP := Lantern
 DESKTOP_LIB_NAME ?= liblantern
 DARWIN_LIB_NAME ?= $(DESKTOP_LIB_NAME).dylib
 DARWIN_LIB_AMD64 ?= $(DESKTOP_LIB_NAME)_amd64.dylib
@@ -308,7 +312,10 @@ require-awscli:
 
 .PHONY: require-s3cmd
 require-s3cmd:
-	@if [[ -z "s3cmd" ]]; then echo 'Missing "s3cmd" command. Use "brew install s3cmd" or see https://github.com/s3tools/s3cmd/blob/master/INSTALL'; exit 1; fi
+	@if [[ -z "$(S3CMD)" ]]; then echo 'Missing "s3cmd" command. Use "brew install s3cmd" or see https://github.com/s3tools/s3cmd/blob/master/INSTALL.md'; exit 1; fi
+
+.PHONY: require-gh-token
+require-gh-token: guard-GH_TOKEN
 
 .PHONY: require-changelog
 require-changelog:
@@ -342,9 +349,25 @@ require-appdmg:
 require-retry:
 	@if [[ -z "$(RETRY)" ]]; then echo 'Missing retry command. Try go install github.com/joshdk/retry'; exit 1; fi
 
-release-autoupdate: require-version
-	@curl https://s3.amazonaws.com/lantern/lantern-installer.apk | bzip2 > update_android_arm.bz2 && \
-	$(RUBY) ./create_or_update_release.rb getlantern lantern $$VERSION update_android_arm.bz2
+.PHONY: require-ruby
+require-ruby:
+	@if [[ -z "$(RUBY)" ]]; then echo 'Missing "ruby" command.'; exit 1; fi
+
+.PHONY: auto-updates
+auto-updates: require-version require-s3cmd require-gh-token require-ruby
+	@TAG_COMMIT=$$(git rev-list --abbrev-commit -1 $(TAG)) && \
+	if [[ -z "$$TAG_COMMIT" ]]; then \
+		echo "Could not find given tag $(TAG)."; \
+	fi && \
+	for URL in $$($(S3CMD) ls s3://$(S3_BUCKET)/ | grep -v "sha256" | grep $(APP)_update_ | grep -F "$$VERSION." | awk '{print $$4}'); do \
+		NAME=$$(basename $$URL) && \
+		STRIPPED_NAME=$$(echo "$$NAME" | cut -d - -f 1 | sed s/$(APP)_//).bz2 && \
+		$(S3CMD) get --force s3://$(S3_BUCKET)/$$NAME $$STRIPPED_NAME && \
+		ALL="$$ALL $$STRIPPED_NAME"; \
+	done && \
+	ALL=`echo $$ALL | xargs` && \
+	echo "Uploading $$ALL for auto-updates" && \
+	echo $$ALL | xargs $(RUBY) ./$(INSTALLER_RESOURCES)/tools/create_or_update_release.rb $(GH_USER) $(GH_RELEASE_REPOSITORY) $$VERSION
 
 release: require-version require-s3cmd require-wget require-lantern-binaries require-release-track release-prod copy-beta-installers-to-mirrors invalidate-getlantern-dot-org upload-aab-to-play
 
@@ -575,6 +598,8 @@ $(INSTALLER_NAME).dmg: require-version require-appdmg require-retry require-magi
 		$(call osxcodesign,$$DARWIN_APP_NAME/Contents/Frameworks/liblantern.dylib) && \
 		$(call osxcodesign,$$DARWIN_APP_NAME/Contents/MacOS/Lantern) && \
 		$(call osxcodesign,$$DARWIN_APP_NAME) && \
+		cat $(DARWIN_APP_NAME)/Contents/MacOS/$(APP) | bzip2 > $(APP)_update_darwin.bz2 && \
+		ls -l $(APP)_update_darwin.bz2 && \
 		rm -rf $(INSTALLER_NAME).dmg && \
 		sed "s/__VERSION__/$$VERSION/g" $$INSTALLER_RESOURCES/dmgbackground.svg > $$INSTALLER_RESOURCES/dmgbackground_versioned.svg && \
 		$(MAGICK) -size 600x400 $$INSTALLER_RESOURCES/dmgbackground_versioned.svg $$INSTALLER_RESOURCES/dmgbackground.png && \
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 52cb04b1d..ca9c23726 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -254,9 +254,11 @@ To publish a release on Google Play, go to the Lantern App on the [Google Play C
 Just because something's been released to prod doesn't mean clients will auto-update, there's an additional step for that. The below will release the current production version to autoupdate. Please make sure the VERSION parameter matches the current production version.
 
 ```
-GH_TOKEN=<token> VERSION=7.2.0 make release-autoupdate
+GH_TOKEN=<token> VERSION=7.2.0 make auto-updates
 ```
 
+To find the latest version that's been set for auto updates, check the [lantern](https://github.com/getlantern/lantern/releases) repo.
+
 You can obtain the GH_TOKEN for releasing auto-updates from [1Password](https://start.1password.com/open/i?a=HHU7O6L7H5E33C6UDFD6Q3SYH4&v=nupvcrpazomdrozlmemsywqfj4&i=qlxf7ffkjnhu7nqkshvwi7ocpm&h=lantern.1password.com).
 
 ### Testing Auto-Update with release builds