diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ceb9982..fbe0107 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -4,12 +4,17 @@ Reusable GitHub Actions workflows forming the CI baseline for every BruzIT repos
 
 ## Features
 
+- [Semantic Release Action](#semantic-release-composite-action)
 - [Semantic Release Workflow](#reusable-semantic-release-workflow)
 - [MegaLinter Workflow](#reusable-megalinter-workflow)
 
+### Semantic Release Composite Action
+
+[Semantic Release composite action](semantic-release/action.yaml) using the Conventional Commits preset to automate versioning, tags with SemVer and major tag, generates [GitHub releases](https://github.com/bruzit/github-actions-and-workflows/releases), and updates the [CHANGELOG](CHANGELOG.md). It checks out the repository with the GitHub App token, so the changelog commit and the major tags are pushed as the GitHub App; without `app-id` it uses `GITHUB_TOKEN`.
+
 ### Reusable Semantic Release Workflow
 
-Reusable [Semantic Release workflow](.github/workflows/semantic-release.yaml) using the Conventional Commits preset to automate versioning, tags with SemVer and major tag, generates [GitHub releases](https://github.com/bruzit/github-actions-and-workflows/releases), and updates the [CHANGELOG](CHANGELOG.md).
+Reusable [Semantic Release workflow](.github/workflows/semantic-release.yaml), similar to the [Semantic Release Action](#semantic-release-composite-action).
 
 ### Reusable MegaLinter Workflow
 
@@ -17,7 +22,7 @@ Reusable [MegaLinter workflow](.github/workflows/megalinter.yaml) linting pull r
 
 ## Usage
 
-### Use Semantic Release Workflow
+### Use Semantic Release Action
 
 Create a workflow, for example, `.github/workflows/semantic-release.yaml`:
 
@@ -33,18 +38,22 @@ on:
 jobs:
   release:
     name: Release
-    uses: bruzit/github-actions-and-workflows/.github/workflows/semantic-release.yaml@v0
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     permissions:
       contents: write
       issues: write
       pull-requests: write
-    with:
-      GH_SEM_REL_APP_ID: ${{ vars.GH_SEM_REL_APP_ID }}
-      semantic_release_plugins: "@semantic-release/exec" # OPTIONAL Space-separated list of additional semantic-release plugins to install.
-    secrets:
-      GH_SEM_REL_APP_PEM_FILE: ${{ secrets.GH_SEM_REL_APP_PEM_FILE }}
+    steps:
+      - name: Semantic Release
+        uses: bruzit/github-actions-and-workflows/semantic-release@v0
+        with:
+          app-id: ${{ vars.GH_SEM_REL_APP_ID }}
+          app-private-key: ${{ secrets.GH_SEM_REL_APP_PEM_FILE }}
+          plugins: "@semantic-release/exec" # OPTIONAL Space-separated list of additional semantic-release plugins to install.
 ```
 
+The action checks out the repository itself. A local `uses: ./semantic-release` needs a prior `actions/checkout` with `persist-credentials: false`.
+
 To create a GitHub App and a GitHub App Installation:
 
 - GitHub
@@ -82,6 +91,34 @@ To create a GitHub App and a GitHub App Installation:
 
 Configure Semantic Release in the repository, for example like this repository's [`.releaserc.yaml`](.releaserc.yaml).
 
+### Use Semantic Release Workflow
+
+Similar to [Use Semantic Release Action](#use-semantic-release-action), with the reusable workflow:
+
+```yaml
+---
+name: Semantic Release
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - main
+
+jobs:
+  release:
+    name: Release
+    uses: bruzit/github-actions-and-workflows/.github/workflows/semantic-release.yaml@v0
+    permissions:
+      contents: write
+      issues: write
+      pull-requests: write
+    with:
+      GH_SEM_REL_APP_ID: ${{ vars.GH_SEM_REL_APP_ID }}
+      semantic_release_plugins: "@semantic-release/exec" # OPTIONAL Space-separated list of additional semantic-release plugins to install.
+    secrets:
+      GH_SEM_REL_APP_PEM_FILE: ${{ secrets.GH_SEM_REL_APP_PEM_FILE }}
+```
+
 ### Use MegaLinter Workflow
 
 Create `.github/workflows/megalinter.yaml`:
diff --git a/semantic-release/action.yaml b/semantic-release/action.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fa7cf10
--- /dev/null
+++ b/semantic-release/action.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+---
+name: Semantic Release
+description: Run semantic-release with the Conventional Commits preset and move the major tags.
+inputs:
+  app-id:
+    required: false
+    default: ''
+    description: GitHub App ID used to create the GitHub App token.
+  app-private-key:
+    required: false
+    default: ''
+    description: GitHub App private key used to create the GitHub App token.
+  plugins:
+    required: false
+    default: ''
+    description: Space-separated list of additional semantic-release plugins to install.
+runs:
+  using: composite
+  steps:
+    - name: Create GitHub App token
+      uses: actions/create-github-app-token@v3
+      id: gh-app-token
+      if: inputs.app-id != ''
+      with:
+        app-id: ${{ inputs.app-id }}
+        private-key: ${{ inputs.app-private-key }}
+        repositories: ${{ github.repository }}
+        permission-contents: write
+        permission-issues: write
+        permission-pull-requests: write
+    - name: Checkout repository
+      uses: actions/checkout@v7
+      with:
+        token: ${{ steps.gh-app-token.outputs.token || github.token }}
+        fetch-depth: 0
+        persist-credentials: true
+    - name: Set up Node.js
+      uses: actions/setup-node@v7
+      with:
+        node-version: 'lts/*'
+    - name: Install Semantic Release  # zizmor: ignore[adhoc-packages] lockfiles are not committed by design
+      shell: bash
+      env:
+        SEMANTIC_RELEASE_PLUGINS: ${{ inputs.plugins }}
+      run: |
+        mapfile -t plugins <<< "$SEMANTIC_RELEASE_PLUGINS"
+        npm install --ignore-scripts semantic-release conventional-changelog-conventionalcommits@9 @semantic-release/changelog @semantic-release/git "${plugins[@]}"
+    - name: Verify Semantic Release
+      shell: bash
+      run: npm audit signatures
+    - name: Run Semantic Release
+      shell: bash
+      env:
+        GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ steps.gh-app-token.outputs.token || github.token }}
+      run: npx semantic-release
+    - name: Move major tags
+      if: ${{ !cancelled() }}
+      shell: bash
+      run: |
+        git fetch --force --prune --prune-tags origin
+        re='^(v(0|[1-9][0-9]*))\.(0|[1-9][0-9]*)\.(0|[1-9][0-9]*)(\+[0-9A-Za-z.-]+)?$'
+        declare -A latest=()
+        while read -r tag; do
+          [[ $tag =~ $re ]] && latest[${BASH_REMATCH[1]}]=$tag
+        done < <(git tag --list 'v*.*.*' --merged HEAD --sort=v:refname)
+        for major in "${!latest[@]}"; do
+          tag=${latest[$major]}
+          [ "$(git rev-parse -q --verify "refs/tags/$major^{commit}")" = "$(git rev-parse "$tag^{commit}")" ] && continue
+          git tag --force "$major" "$tag"
+          git push --force origin "refs/tags/$major"
+        done