diff --git a/.github/workflows/backport-5-0.yml b/.github/workflows/backport-5-0.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 3dffc7647..000000000
--- a/.github/workflows/backport-5-0.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,40 +0,0 @@
-name: Backport changes to version 5.0
-on:
- push:
-  branches:
-   - main
-jobs:
-  backport:
-    strategy:
-      matrix:
-        branch: ['v/5.0']
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-    
-      - name: checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
-        with:
-         fetch-depth: 0
-
-      - name: Set up git config
-        run: |
-          git config user.name "GitHub Actions Bot"
-          git config user.email "<>"
-          
-      - name: Check PR for backport label
-        id: check_pr_labels
-        uses: shioyang/check-pr-labels-on-push-action@v1.0.12
-        with:
-         github-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-         labels: '["backport to 5.0"]'
-        
-      - name: See result
-        run: echo "${{ steps.check_pr_labels.outputs.result }}"
-
-      - name: Checkout maintenance branch and cherry-pick
-        if: ${{ steps.check_pr_labels.outputs.result == 'true' }}
-        run: |
-          git fetch
-          git checkout ${{ matrix.branch }}
-          git cherry-pick -x --strategy=recursive -X theirs $GITHUB_SHA
-          git push
diff --git a/.github/workflows/backport-5-1.yml b/.github/workflows/backport-5-1.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 5964dfc32..000000000
--- a/.github/workflows/backport-5-1.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,40 +0,0 @@
-name: Backport changes to latest maintenance branch
-on:
- push:
-  branches:
-   - main
-jobs:
-  backport:
-    strategy:
-      matrix:
-        branch: ['v/5.1']
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-    
-      - name: checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
-        with:
-         fetch-depth: 0
-
-      - name: Set up git config
-        run: |
-          git config user.name "GitHub Actions Bot"
-          git config user.email "<>"
-          
-      - name: Check PR for backport label
-        id: check_pr_labels
-        uses: shioyang/check-pr-labels-on-push-action@v1.0.12
-        with:
-         github-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-         labels: '["backport to 5.1"]'
-        
-      - name: See result
-        run: echo "${{ steps.check_pr_labels.outputs.result }}"
-
-      - name: Checkout maintenance branch and cherry-pick
-        if: ${{ steps.check_pr_labels.outputs.result == 'true' }}
-        run: |
-          git fetch
-          git checkout ${{ matrix.branch }}
-          git cherry-pick -x --strategy=recursive -X theirs $GITHUB_SHA
-          git push
diff --git a/.github/workflows/backport-5-2.yml b/.github/workflows/backport-5-2.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 47f5aed75..000000000
--- a/.github/workflows/backport-5-2.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,40 +0,0 @@
-name: Backport changes to the latest maintenance branch (v/5.2)
-on:
- push:
-  branches:
-   - main
-jobs:
-  backport:
-    strategy:
-      matrix:
-        branch: ['v/5.2']
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-    
-      - name: checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
-        with:
-         fetch-depth: 0
-
-      - name: Set up git config
-        run: |
-          git config user.name "GitHub Actions Bot"
-          git config user.email "<>"
-          
-      - name: Check PR for backport label
-        id: check_pr_labels
-        uses: shioyang/check-pr-labels-on-push-action@v1.0.12
-        with:
-         github-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-         labels: '["backport to 5.2"]'
-        
-      - name: See result
-        run: echo "${{ steps.check_pr_labels.outputs.result }}"
-
-      - name: Checkout maintenance branch and cherry-pick
-        if: ${{ steps.check_pr_labels.outputs.result == 'true' }}
-        run: |
-          git fetch
-          git checkout ${{ matrix.branch }}
-          git cherry-pick -x --strategy=recursive -X theirs $GITHUB_SHA
-          git push
diff --git a/.github/workflows/backport-5-3.yml b/.github/workflows/backport-5-3.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 8c281af0a..000000000
--- a/.github/workflows/backport-5-3.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,40 +0,0 @@
-name: Backport changes to the latest maintenance branch (v/5.3)
-on:
- push:
-  branches:
-   - main
-jobs:
-  backport:
-    strategy:
-      matrix:
-        branch: ['v/5.3']
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-    
-      - name: checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
-        with:
-         fetch-depth: 0
-
-      - name: Set up git config
-        run: |
-          git config user.name "GitHub Actions Bot"
-          git config user.email "<>"
-          
-      - name: Check PR for backport label
-        id: check_pr_labels
-        uses: shioyang/check-pr-labels-on-push-action@v1.0.12
-        with:
-         github-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-         labels: '["backport to 5.3"]'
-        
-      - name: See result
-        run: echo "${{ steps.check_pr_labels.outputs.result }}"
-
-      - name: Checkout maintenance branch and cherry-pick
-        if: ${{ steps.check_pr_labels.outputs.result == 'true' }}
-        run: |
-          git fetch
-          git checkout ${{ matrix.branch }}
-          git cherry-pick -x --strategy=recursive -X theirs $GITHUB_SHA
-          git push
diff --git a/.github/workflows/backport-5-4.yml b/.github/workflows/backport-5-4.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index c6ff5061a..000000000
--- a/.github/workflows/backport-5-4.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,40 +0,0 @@
-name: Backport changes to the 5.4.0 branch
-on:
- push:
-  branches:
-   - main
-jobs:
-  backport:
-    strategy:
-      matrix:
-        branch: ['v/5.4']
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-
-      - name: checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
-        with:
-         fetch-depth: 0
-
-      - name: Set up git config
-        run: |
-          git config user.name "GitHub Actions Bot"
-          git config user.email "<>"
-
-      - name: Check PR for backport label
-        id: check_pr_labels
-        uses: shioyang/check-pr-labels-on-push-action@v1.0.12
-        with:
-         github-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-         labels: '["backport to 5.4"]'
-
-      - name: See result
-        run: echo "${{ steps.check_pr_labels.outputs.result }}"
-
-      - name: Checkout maintenance branch and cherry-pick
-        if: ${{ steps.check_pr_labels.outputs.result == 'true' }}
-        run: |
-          git fetch
-          git checkout ${{ matrix.branch }}
-          git cherry-pick -x --strategy=recursive -X theirs $GITHUB_SHA
-          git push
diff --git a/.github/workflows/backport-5-5.yml b/.github/workflows/backport-5-5.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index d3daef370..000000000
--- a/.github/workflows/backport-5-5.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,40 +0,0 @@
-name: Backport changes to the 5.5.0 branch
-on:
- push:
-  branches:
-   - main
-jobs:
-  backport:
-    strategy:
-      matrix:
-        branch: ['v/5.5']
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-
-      - name: checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4.1.4
-        with:
-         fetch-depth: 0
-
-      - name: Set up git config
-        run: |
-          git config user.name "GitHub Actions Bot"
-          git config user.email "<>"
-
-      - name: Check PR for backport label
-        id: check_pr_labels
-        uses: shioyang/check-pr-labels-on-push-action@v1.0.12
-        with:
-         github-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-         labels: '["backport to 5.5"]'
-
-      - name: See result
-        run: echo "${{ steps.check_pr_labels.outputs.result }}"
-
-      - name: Checkout maintenance branch and cherry-pick
-        if: ${{ steps.check_pr_labels.outputs.result == 'true' }}
-        run: |
-          git fetch
-          git checkout ${{ matrix.branch }}
-          git cherry-pick -x --strategy=recursive -X theirs $GITHUB_SHA
-          git push
diff --git a/.github/workflows/backport-workflow.yml b/.github/workflows/backport-workflow.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..737e494e9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/backport-workflow.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+name: Backport changes
+
+on:
+  workflow_call:
+    inputs:
+      label-to-check-for:
+        required: true
+        type: string
+      target-branch:
+        required: true
+        type: string
+
+jobs:
+  backport:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Check PR for backport label
+        id: check_pr_labels
+        uses: shioyang/check-pr-labels-on-push-action@v1.0.12
+        with:
+          github-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          labels: ${{ inputs.label-to-check-for }}
+
+      - name: See result
+        if: runner.debug == '1'
+        run: echo "${{ steps.check_pr_labels.outputs.result }}"
+
+      - name: Checkout repository
+        if: ${{ steps.check_pr_labels.outputs.result == 'true' }}
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          # ensure the backport target branch is checked out, too
+          fetch-depth: 0
+
+      - if: ${{ steps.check_pr_labels.outputs.result == 'true' }}
+        uses: hazelcast/backport/.github/actions/backport@master
+        with:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
+          TARGET_BRANCH: ${{ inputs.target-branch }}
+          REF_TO_BACKPORT: ${{ github.sha }}
+          BACKPORT_OPTIONS: --omit-labels
diff --git a/.github/workflows/backport.yml b/.github/workflows/backport.yml
index 2ad888348..e23e0bdd1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/backport.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/backport.yml
@@ -1,40 +1,36 @@
-name: Backport changes to all maintenance branches
+name: Backport changes to maintenance branches
 on:
  push:
   branches:
    - main
 jobs:
-  backport:
-    strategy:
-      matrix:
-        branch: ['v/5.0', 'v/5.1', 'v/5.2', 'v/5.3', 'v/5.4', 'v/5.5']
+  get-maintenance-branches:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    outputs:
+      branches: "['5.3', '5.4', '5.5']"
     steps:
-    
-      - name: checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
-        with:
-         fetch-depth: 0
+      - run: exit 0
 
-      - name: Set up git config
-        run: |
-          git config user.name "GitHub Actions Bot"
-          git config user.email "<>"
-          
-      - name: Check PR for backport label
-        id: check_pr_labels
-        uses: shioyang/check-pr-labels-on-push-action@v1.0.12
-        with:
-         github-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-         labels: '["backport to all versions"]'
-        
-      - name: See result
-        run: echo "${{ steps.check_pr_labels.outputs.result }}"
+  backport-to-all-branch:
+    needs: get-maintenance-branches
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        branch: ${{ fromJSON(needs.get-maintenance-branches.outputs.branches) }}
+    uses: ./.github/workflows/backport-workflow.yml
+    with:
+      label-to-check-for: '["backport to all versions"]'
+      target-branch: v/${{ matrix.branch }}
+    secrets: inherit
 
-      - name: Checkout maintenance branch and cherry-pick
-        if: ${{ steps.check_pr_labels.outputs.result == 'true' }}
-        run: |
-          git fetch
-          git checkout ${{ matrix.branch }}
-          git cherry-pick -x --strategy=recursive -X theirs $GITHUB_SHA
-          git push
+  backport-to-specified-branch:
+    needs: get-maintenance-branches
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        branch: ${{ fromJSON(needs.get-maintenance-branches.outputs.branches) }}
+    uses: ./.github/workflows/backport-workflow.yml
+    with:
+      label-to-check-for: '["backport to ${{ matrix.branch }}"]'
+      target-branch: v/${{ matrix.branch }}
+    secrets: inherit
diff --git a/.github/workflows/forwardport.yml b/.github/workflows/forwardport.yml
index 48f007ddc..619e0ae2f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/forwardport.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/forwardport.yml
@@ -5,36 +5,8 @@ on:
       - v/*
 jobs:
   forwardport:
-    strategy:
-      matrix:
-        branch: ['main']
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-    
-      - name: checkout
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
-        with:
-         fetch-depth: 0
-
-      - name: Set up git config
-        run: |
-          git config user.name "GitHub Actions Bot"
-          git config user.email "<>"
-          
-      - name: Check PR for forwardport label
-        id: check_pr_labels
-        uses: shioyang/check-pr-labels-on-push-action@v1.0.12
-        with:
-         github-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-         labels: '["forwardport to snapshot"]'
-        
-      - name: See result
-        run: echo "${{ steps.check_pr_labels.outputs.result }}"
-
-      - name: Checkout branch and cherry-pick
-        if: ${{ steps.check_pr_labels.outputs.result == 'true' }}
-        run: |
-          git fetch
-          git checkout ${{ matrix.branch }}
-          git cherry-pick -x --strategy=recursive -X theirs $GITHUB_SHA
-          git push
+    uses: ./.github/workflows/backport-workflow.yml
+    with:
+      label: '["forwardport to snapshot"]'
+      target-branch: main
+    secrets: inherit