diff --git a/.github/workflows/vmware-apply-patch.sh b/.github/workflows/vmware-apply-patch.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..b9b1585552
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/vmware-apply-patch.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -euo pipefail
+
+source "${GHA_SCRIPTS_DIR}/.github/workflows/common.sh"
+
+prepare_git_repo
+
+# Update app-emulation/open-vm-tools
+
+pushd "${SDK_OUTER_OVERLAY}"
+
+# Parse the Manifest file for already present source files and keep the latest version in the current series
+VERSION_OLD=$(sed -n "s/^DIST open-vm-tools-\([0-9]*\.[0-9]*\.[0-9]*\).*$/\1/p" app-emulation/open-vm-tools/Manifest | sort -ruV | head -n1)
+if [[ "${VERSION_NEW}" = "${VERSION_OLD}" ]]; then
+  echo "already the latest open-vm-tools, nothing to do"
+  exit 0
+fi
+
+EBUILD_FILENAME_OVT=$(get_ebuild_filename app-emulation/open-vm-tools "${VERSION_OLD}")
+git mv "${EBUILD_FILENAME_OVT}" "app-emulation/open-vm-tools/open-vm-tools-${VERSION_NEW}.ebuild"
+
+# We need to also replace the old build number with the new build number in the ebuild.
+sed -i -e "s/^\(MY_P=.*-\)[0-9]*\"$/\1${BUILD_NUMBER}\"/" "app-emulation/open-vm-tools/open-vm-tools-${VERSION_NEW}.ebuild"
+
+# Also update coreos-base/oem-vmware
+EBUILD_FILENAME_OEM=$(get_ebuild_filename coreos-base/oem-vmware "${VERSION_OLD}")
+git mv "${EBUILD_FILENAME_OEM}" "coreos-base/oem-vmware/oem-vmware-${VERSION_NEW}.ebuild"
+
+popd
+
+URL="https://github.com/vmware/open-vm-tools/releases/tag/stable-${VERSION_NEW}"
+
+generate_update_changelog 'open-vm-tools' "${VERSION_NEW}" "${URL}" 'open-vm-tools'
+
+commit_changes app-emulation/open-vm-tools "${VERSION_OLD}" "${VERSION_NEW}" \
+               coreos-base/oem-vmware
+
+cleanup_repo
+
+echo "VERSION_OLD=${VERSION_OLD}" >>"${GITHUB_OUTPUT}"
+echo 'UPDATE_NEEDED=1' >>"${GITHUB_OUTPUT}"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/vmware-release-main.yaml b/.github/workflows/vmware-release-main.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..03e6d6cd03
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/vmware-release-main.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+name: Get the latest open-vm-tools release for main
+on:
+  schedule:
+    - cron:  '0 7 * * 3'
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+jobs:
+  get-vmware-release:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Check out scripts
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        with:
+          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          path: scripts
+      - name: Figure out latest open-vm-tools release version
+        id: openvmtools-latest-release
+        run: |
+          version=$(git ls-remote --tags 'https://github.com/vmware/open-vm-tools' | cut -f2 | sed -n "/refs\/tags\/stable-[0-9]*\.[0-9]*\.[0-9]*$/s/^refs\/tags\/stable-//p" | sort -ruV | head -n1)
+          buildNumber=$(curl -sSL https://api.github.com/repos/vmware/open-vm-tools/releases/latest | jq -r '.assets[0].name' | sed -n "s/^open-vm-tools-${version}*-\([0-9]*\)\..*/\1/p")
+          echo "BUILD_NUMBER=${buildNumber}" >>"${GITHUB_OUTPUT}"
+          echo "VERSION_NEW=${version}" >>"${GITHUB_OUTPUT}"
+      - name: Set up Flatcar SDK
+        id: setup-flatcar-sdk
+        env:
+          WORK_SCRIPTS_DIR: "${{ github.workspace }}/scripts"
+          CHANNEL: main
+        run: scripts/.github/workflows/setup-flatcar-sdk.sh
+      - name: Apply patch for main
+        id: apply-patch-main
+        env:
+          GHA_SCRIPTS_DIR: "${{ github.workspace }}/scripts"
+          WORK_SCRIPTS_DIR: "${{ github.workspace }}/scripts"
+          BUILD_NUMBER: ${{ steps.openvmtools-latest-release.outputs.BUILD_NUMBER }}
+          VERSION_NEW: ${{ steps.openvmtools-latest-release.outputs.VERSION_NEW }}
+          PACKAGES_CONTAINER: ${{ steps.setup-flatcar-sdk.outputs.PACKAGES_CONTAINER }}
+          SDK_NAME: ${{ steps.setup-flatcar-sdk.outputs.SDK_NAME }}
+        run: scripts/.github/workflows/vmware-apply-patch.sh
+      - name: Create pull request for main
+        uses: peter-evans/create-pull-request@v5
+        if: steps.apply-patch-main.outputs.UPDATE_NEEDED == 1
+        with:
+          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          path: scripts
+          branch: vmware-${{ steps.openvmtools-latest-release.outputs.VERSION_NEW }}-main
+          base: main
+          title: Upgrade open-vm-tools in main from ${{ steps.apply-patch-main.outputs.VERSION_OLD }} to ${{ steps.openvmtools-latest-release.outputs.VERSION_NEW }}
+          body: Subject says it all.
+          labels: main