diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 6e130a8144..0000000000
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,33 +0,0 @@
-version: 2.1
-
-parameters:
-  release_kedro:
-    type: boolean
-    default: false
-  # The parameters below are set in CircleCI UI.
-  # https://app.circleci.com/settings/project/github/kedro-org/kedro/triggers?return-to=https%3A%2F%2Fapp.circleci.com%2Fpipelines%2Fgithub%2Fkedro-org%2Fkedro&triggerSource=&scheduledTriggerId=61f7226f-f092-4449-98d9-40420f8c46b2&success=true
-  run_hourly:
-    type: boolean
-    default: false
-  run_nightly:
-    type: boolean
-    default: false
-
-setup: true
-
-orbs:
-  path-filtering: circleci/path-filtering@0.1.1
-
-workflows:
-  regular:
-    jobs:
-      # the path-filtering/filter job determines which pipeline
-      # parameters to update, i.e. which builds to run.
-      - path-filtering/filter:
-          name: check-updated-files
-          base-revision: main
-          config-path: .circleci/continue_config.yml
-          # <regex path-to-test> <parameter-to-set> <value-of-pipeline-parameter>
-          mapping: |
-            docs/.* docs_change true
-            ^((?!docs/).)*$ code_change true
diff --git a/.circleci/continue_config.yml b/.circleci/continue_config.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 223367058a..0000000000
--- a/.circleci/continue_config.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,164 +0,0 @@
-version: 2.1
-
-
-# the default pipeline parameters, which will be updated according to
-# the results of the path-filtering orb
-parameters:
-  code_change:
-    type: boolean
-    default: false
-  docs_change:
-    type: boolean
-    default: false
-  release_kedro:
-    type: boolean
-    default: false
-  # The parameters below are set in CircleCI UI.
-  # https://app.circleci.com/settings/project/github/kedro-org/kedro/triggers?return-to=https%3A%2F%2Fapp.circleci.com%2Fpipelines%2Fgithub%2Fkedro-org%2Fkedro&triggerSource=&scheduledTriggerId=61f7226f-f092-4449-98d9-40420f8c46b2&success=true
-  run_hourly:
-    type: boolean
-    default: false
-  run_nightly:
-    type: boolean
-    default: false
-
-orbs:
-  win: circleci/windows@2.4.1
-
-# No windows executor is listed here since windows builds use win/default and modify
-# the Python version through the conda environment.
-executors:
-  docker:
-    parameters:
-      python_version:
-        type: string
-    docker:
-      - image: public.ecr.aws/g0x0s3o2/kedro-builder:<<parameters.python_version>>
-    resource_class: medium+
-
-commands:
-  setup_conda:
-    steps:
-      - run:
-          name: Run conda.sh
-          command: echo ". /home/circleci/miniconda/etc/profile.d/conda.sh" >> $BASH_ENV
-      - run:
-          name: Activate conda environment
-          command: echo "conda deactivate; conda activate kedro_builder" >> $BASH_ENV
-
-  setup_requirements:
-    steps:
-      - run:
-          name: Install venv for some pre-commit hooks
-          command: conda install -y virtualenv
-      - run:
-          # pytables does not work properly with python 3.9 to handle our HDFDataset
-          # if pip-installed, so we install this dependency via conda
-          name: Install pytables
-          command: conda install -c conda-forge pytables -y
-      - run:
-          name: Install requirements and test requirements
-          command: pip install --upgrade .[test]
-      - run:
-          # this is needed to fix java cacerts so
-          # spark can automatically download packages from mvn
-          # https://stackoverflow.com/a/50103533/1684058
-          name: Fix cacerts
-          command: |
-            sudo rm /etc/ssl/certs/java/cacerts
-            sudo update-ca-certificates -f
-      - run:
-          # Since recently Spark installation for some reason does not have enough permissions to execute
-          # /home/circleci/miniconda/envs/kedro_builder/lib/python3.X/site-packages/pyspark/bin/spark-class.
-          # So fixing it manually here.
-          name: Fix Spark permissions
-          command: sudo chmod -R u+x /home/circleci/miniconda/envs/kedro_builder/lib/
-      - run:
-          name: Print Python environment
-          command: make print-python-env
-      - run:
-          name: Pip freeze
-          command: pip freeze
-
-  setup:
-    steps:
-      - checkout
-      - setup_conda
-      - setup_requirements
-
-jobs:
-  sync:
-    docker:
-      # https://circleci.com/docs/2.0/circleci-images/#circleci-base-image
-      - image: cimg/base:2020.01
-    steps:
-      - checkout
-      - add_ssh_keys
-      - run:
-          name: Set git email and name
-          command: |
-            git config --global user.email "kedro@kedro.com"
-            git config --global user.name "Kedro"
-      - run:
-          name: Trigger Read The Docs build
-          command: ./tools/circleci/rtd-build.sh ${RTD_TOKEN} latest
-      - run:
-          name: Maybe merge main into develop or raise a PR
-          command: ./tools/circleci/github_scripts/merge.sh . "main" "develop" "${GITHUB_TAGGING_TOKEN}"
-
-  merge_pr_to_develop:
-    docker:
-      # https://circleci.com/docs/2.0/circleci-images/#circleci-base-image
-      - image: cimg/base:2020.01
-    steps:
-      - checkout
-      - add_ssh_keys
-      - run:
-          name: Maybe merge an automatic PR into develop
-          command: ./tools/circleci/github_scripts/attempt_merge_pr.sh "merge-main-to-develop" "develop" "${GITHUB_TAGGING_TOKEN}"
-
-
-  # Trigger kedro-viz build to ensure tests in that project pass
-  viz_build:
-    docker:
-      - image: spotify/alpine # for bash and curl
-    steps:
-      - run:
-          name: Trigger kedro-viz build
-          command: |
-            curl --location --request POST \
-              --url https://circleci.com/api/v2/project/github/kedro-org/kedro-viz/pipeline \
-              --header "Circle-Token: $CIRCLE_VIZ_BUILD_TOKEN" \
-              --header 'content-type: application/json' \
-              --data '{"branch":"main"}'
-
-workflows:
-  version: 2.1
-
-  main_updated:
-    when:
-      and:
-        - not: <<pipeline.parameters.release_kedro>>
-        - not: <<pipeline.parameters.run_hourly>>
-        - not: <<pipeline.parameters.run_nightly>>
-    jobs:
-      - sync:
-          filters:
-            branches:
-              only: main
-      - viz_build:
-          filters:
-            branches:
-              only: main
-
-  hourly_pr_merge:
-    when:
-      and:
-        - <<pipeline.parameters.run_hourly>>
-        - not: <<pipeline.parameters.release_kedro>>
-        - not: <<pipeline.parameters.run_nightly>>
-    jobs:
-      - merge_pr_to_develop:
-        filters:
-          branches:
-            only: main
diff --git a/.github/labeler.yml b/.github/labeler.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9067247640
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/labeler.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+automerge:
+  - any:
+      - head-branch: ['merge-main-to-develop']
diff --git a/.github/workflows/auto-merge-prs.yml b/.github/workflows/auto-merge-prs.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..eb24a40247
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/auto-merge-prs.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+name: Auto-merge sync PR
+# This workflow automatically merges the PRs labelled "automerge". This is a part of syncing
+# of `develop` and `main` branches.
+
+on:
+  schedule:
+    - cron: '*/60 * * * *' # every 60 minutes
+  workflow_dispatch: # on button click
+
+jobs:
+  automerge:
+    permissions:
+      pull-requests: read
+      contents: write
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Automerge PRs with "automerge" label
+        uses: "pascalgn/automerge-action@v0.16.2"
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: "${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/label-pr.yml b/.github/workflows/label-pr.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b246dea118
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/label-pr.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+name: Label PRs
+# This workflow is a part of the sync and merge job, it labels the PRs created by `sync.yml`
+# workflows with the "automerge" label. This label is used by the `auto-merge-prs.yml` workflow
+
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    types:
+      - opened
+      - synchronize
+    branches:
+      - develop
+
+
+jobs:
+  label-pr:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      contents: read
+      pull-requests: write
+    steps:
+      - name: Label PR with "automerge"
+        uses: actions/labeler@v5
diff --git a/.github/workflows/merge-gatekeeper.yml b/.github/workflows/merge-gatekeeper.yml
index 6d3e82eac9..40edde5918 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/merge-gatekeeper.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/merge-gatekeeper.yml
@@ -24,4 +24,4 @@ jobs:
           token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
           timeout: 3600
           interval: 30
-          ignored: 'lint_only, runner / vale,ci/circleci: win_e2e_tests-3.7,ci/circleci: win_pip_compile-3.9,ci/circleci: win_e2e_tests-3.9,ci/circleci: win_pip_compile-3.8,ci/circleci: lint-3.7,ci/circleci: win_pip_compile-3.7,ci/circleci: pip_compile-3.7,ci/circleci: e2e_tests-3.7,ci/circleci: win_unit_tests-3.7,ci/circleci: win_unit_tests-3.9,ci/circleci: e2e_tests-3.8,ci/circleci: win_unit_tests-3.10,ci/circleci: win_pip_compile-3.10,ci/circleci: win_unit_tests-3.8,ci/circleci: e2e_tests-3.9,ci/circleci: unit_tests-3.10,ci/circleci: unit_tests-3.8,ci/circleci: e2e_tests-3.10,ci/circleci: lint-3.8,ci/circleci: unit_tests-3.9,ci/circleci: unit_tests-3.7,ci/circleci: win_e2e_tests-3.10,ci/circleci: pip_compile-3.8,ci/circleci: pip_compile-3.10,ci/circleci: win_e2e_tests-3.8,ci/circleci: lint-3.9,ci/circleci: pip_compile-3.9,ci/circleci: lint-3.10,build_code,ci/circleci: check-updated-files,regular'
+          ignored: 'CircleCI Pipeline, runner / vale,'
diff --git a/.github/workflows/sync.yml b/.github/workflows/sync.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..eef98830b2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/sync.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+name: Sync `main` and `develop`
+# This workflow merges commits from `main` branch to `develop` branch if the commits can be merged
+# cleanly, otherwise creates a PR for the maintainers to manually resolve the conflicts.
+
+on:
+  schedule:
+    - cron: '*/30 * * * *' # every 30 minutes
+  workflow_dispatch: # on button click
+
+jobs:
+  sync:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+
+      - name: Set git email and name
+        run: |
+          git config --global user.email "kedro@kedro.com"
+          git config --global user.name "Kedro"
+
+      - name: Maybe merge to develop or raise a PR
+        run: ./tools/github_actions/merge.sh . "main" "develop" "${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}"
diff --git a/tools/circleci/docker_build_img/Dockerfile b/tools/circleci/docker_build_img/Dockerfile
deleted file mode 100644
index 8f0c7313a9..0000000000
--- a/tools/circleci/docker_build_img/Dockerfile
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-FROM cimg/python:3.8
-
-WORKDIR /home/circleci
-
-RUN sudo apt-get update && \
-    sudo apt-get install curl pandoc openjdk-8-jdk-headless -y && \
-    sudo apt-get clean && \
-    sudo update-alternatives --set java /usr/lib/jvm/java-8-openjdk-amd64/jre/bin/java
-
-# Update cacerts: https://stackoverflow.com/a/50103533/1684058
-RUN sudo rm /etc/ssl/certs/java/cacerts && \
-    sudo update-ca-certificates -f
-
-RUN curl https://repo.anaconda.com/miniconda/Miniconda3-latest-Linux-x86_64.sh \
-    > miniconda.sh && bash miniconda.sh -b -p /home/circleci/miniconda
-
-RUN sudo rm -rf ~/.pyenv/ /opt/circleci/.pyenv/
-
-ARG PIP_REQS
-ARG PY_VERSION
-ARG CONDA_ENV_NAME=kedro_builder
-
-# Install/Setup anaconda env
-RUN bash -c "source /home/circleci/miniconda/etc/profile.d/conda.sh && \
-    echo \"$PIP_REQS\" > /tmp/requirements.txt && \
-    conda create --name=$CONDA_ENV_NAME python=$PY_VERSION && \
-    conda activate $CONDA_ENV_NAME && \
-    pip install --no-cache-dir --prefer-binary --upgrade -r /tmp/requirements.txt"
diff --git a/tools/circleci/docker_build_img/build.sh b/tools/circleci/docker_build_img/build.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index f45404c4c2..0000000000
--- a/tools/circleci/docker_build_img/build.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,36 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-set -e
-cd "$(dirname "$0")"
-
-KEDRO_REPO=$1
-ECR_IMAGE_URL=$2
-PY_VERSION=$3
-
-get_pip_reqs() {
-    local project_path=$1
-    cat $project_path/*requirements.txt | grep -v requirements
-}
-
-docker_build() {
-    local pip_reqs="$1"
-    local image=$ECR_IMAGE_URL:$PY_VERSION
-    echo "Building docker image: $image"
-    docker build -t $image \
-        --build-arg PIP_REQS="$pip_reqs" \
-        --build-arg PY_VERSION=$PY_VERSION \
-        .
-}
-
-docker_push() {
-    local image=$ECR_IMAGE_URL:$PY_VERSION
-    echo "Pushing docker image: $image"
-    docker push $image
-}
-
-main() {
-    local pip_reqs="$(get_pip_reqs $KEDRO_REPO)"
-    docker_build "$pip_reqs"
-    docker_push
-}
-
-main
diff --git a/tools/circleci/github_scripts/attempt_merge_pr.sh b/tools/circleci/github_scripts/attempt_merge_pr.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index a9553e326b..0000000000
--- a/tools/circleci/github_scripts/attempt_merge_pr.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,112 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-# Script to attempt to merge an automatic PR from main to develop.
-
-# Exit script if you try to use an uninitialized variable.
-set -o nounset
-
-# Exit script if a statement returns a non-true return value.
-set -o errexit
-
-SOURCE_BRANCH=$1
-TARGET_BRANCH=$2
-GITHUB_TAGGING_TOKEN=$3
-GITHUB_USER="kedro-org"
-GITHUB_REPO="kedro"
-
-# Array of GitHub mergeable states that are valid to proceed with automatic PR merging.
-# Adding "unstable" can be convenient, as it allows to auto-merge pull requests that
-# pass just the required CI checks (whereas "clean" requires all CI checks to pass,
-# regardless of whether they are required or not). More info:
-# https://docs.github.com/en/graphql/reference/enums#mergestatestatus
-# https://github.com/octokit/octokit.net/issues/1763
-VALID_MERGEABLE_STATES=("clean" "unstable")
-
-find_github_pr() {
-  # Find a PR from source to target branch
-  # Returns PR number if GitHub returned exactly one such PR
-  endpoint="https://api.github.com/repos/${GITHUB_USER}/${GITHUB_REPO}/pulls?base=${TARGET_BRANCH}&head=${GITHUB_USER}:${SOURCE_BRANCH}&state=open"
-  response=$(curl --silent --header "Authorization: token ${GITHUB_TAGGING_TOKEN}" "${endpoint}")
-  num_open_prs=$(echo "$response" | tr '\r\n' ' ' | jq "length")
-  if [ "$num_open_prs" -eq 1 ]; then
-    echo "$response" | tr '\r\n' ' ' | jq ".[0].number"
-  fi
-}
-
-check_pr_mergeable() {
-  # Check that the given PR is in a mergeable state
-  pr=$1
-  endpoint="https://api.github.com/repos/${GITHUB_USER}/${GITHUB_REPO}/pulls/${pr}"
-  response=$(curl --silent --header "Authorization: token ${GITHUB_TAGGING_TOKEN}" "${endpoint}")
-  mergeable=$(echo "${response}" | tr '\r\n' ' ' | jq ".mergeable // false")  # default to false
-  echo "PR ${pr} mergeable: ${mergeable}"
-  mergeable_state=$(echo "${response}" | tr '\r\n' ' ' | jq --raw-output ".mergeable_state // \"unknown\"")
-  echo "PR ${pr} mergeable_state: ${mergeable_state}"
-  [ "${mergeable}" == true ] && [[ " ${VALID_MERGEABLE_STATES[@]} " =~ " ${mergeable_state} " ]]
-}
-
-toggle_merge_commits() {
-  # Turns merge commits on or off for the repository
-  allow_merge_commit=$1
-  endpoint="https://api.github.com/repos/${GITHUB_USER}/${GITHUB_REPO}"
-  payload="{\"allow_merge_commit\": ${allow_merge_commit}}"
-  status_code=$(curl -X PATCH \
-    --silent \
-    --header "Authorization: token ${GITHUB_TAGGING_TOKEN}" \
-    --header "Content-Type: application/json" \
-    --data "${payload}" \
-    --output /dev/null \
-    --write-out "%{http_code}\n" \
-    "${endpoint}")
-  [ "${status_code}" -eq 200 ]
-}
-
-delete_git_ref() {
-  # Delete a reference
-  git_ref=$1
-  endpoint="https://api.github.com/repos/${GITHUB_USER}/${GITHUB_REPO}/git/refs/${git_ref}"
-  status_code=$(curl -X DELETE \
-    --silent \
-    --header "Authorization: token ${GITHUB_TAGGING_TOKEN}" \
-    --output /dev/null \
-    --write-out "%{http_code}\n" \
-    "${endpoint}")
-  [ "${status_code}" -eq 204 ]
-}
-
-merge_pr() {
-  # Merge a given PR using merge commit
-  pr=$1
-  toggle_merge_commits true
-  endpoint="https://api.github.com/repos/${GITHUB_USER}/${GITHUB_REPO}/pulls/${pr}/merge"
-  payload='{"merge_method": "merge"}'
-  response=$(curl -X PUT \
-    --silent \
-    --header "Authorization: token ${GITHUB_TAGGING_TOKEN}" \
-    --header "Content-Type: application/json" \
-    --data "${payload}" \
-    "${endpoint}")
-  toggle_merge_commits false
-  merged=$(echo "${response}" | tr '\r\n' ' ' | jq ".merged // false")  # default to false
-  if [ "${merged}" == true ]; then
-    echo "PR ${pr} successfully merged"
-    delete_git_ref "heads/${SOURCE_BRANCH}"
-    echo "Branch ${SOURCE_BRANCH} successfully deleted"
-  else
-    message=$(echo "${response}" | tr '\r\n' ' ' | jq --raw-output ".message")
-    echo "PR ${pr} NOT merged. Message: ${message}"
-  fi
-  [ "${merged}" == true ]
-}
-
-pr_number=$(find_github_pr)
-
-if [ -z "${pr_number}" ]; then
-  echo "No PR found from ${SOURCE_BRANCH} to ${TARGET_BRANCH}"
-  exit 0
-fi
-
-if check_pr_mergeable "${pr_number}"; then
-  merge_pr "${pr_number}"
-else
-  echo "PR ${pr_number} is not in a mergeable state"
-fi
diff --git a/tools/circleci/requirements.txt b/tools/circleci/requirements.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 4317e05e69..0000000000
--- a/tools/circleci/requirements.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-pip>=21.2
-twine~=3.0
diff --git a/tools/circleci/rtd-build.sh b/tools/circleci/rtd-build.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index aeecf2ece5..0000000000
--- a/tools/circleci/rtd-build.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-# Script to trigger the documentation build for Kedro in ReadTheDocs.
-
-# Exit script if you try to use an uninitialized variable.
-set -o nounset
-
-# Exit script if a statement returns a non-true return value.
-set -o errexit
-
-RTD_TOKEN=$1
-BUILD_VERSION=$2  # version of the docs to be built
-RTD_ENDPOINT="https://readthedocs.org/api/v3/projects/kedro/versions/${BUILD_VERSION}/builds/"
-
-curl -X POST \
-  --silent --show-error --fail --retry 3 \
-  --header "Authorization: token ${RTD_TOKEN}" \
-  --header "Content-Length: 0" \
-  "${RTD_ENDPOINT}"
diff --git a/tools/circleci/github_scripts/merge.sh b/tools/github_actions/merge.sh
similarity index 97%
rename from tools/circleci/github_scripts/merge.sh
rename to tools/github_actions/merge.sh
index d863061983..f1d6a036ac 100755
--- a/tools/circleci/github_scripts/merge.sh
+++ b/tools/github_actions/merge.sh
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ PAYLOAD=$(cat <<-END
     "title": "[AUTO-MERGE] Merge ${SOURCE_BRANCH} into ${TARGET_BRANCH} via ${PR_BRANCH}",
     "head": "${PR_BRANCH}",
     "base": "${TARGET_BRANCH}",
-    "body": "A new change in ${SOURCE_BRANCH} cannot be merged into ${TARGET_BRANCH} as part of the regular sync job, hence this PR. Please resolve the conflicts manually, and make sure to obtain 2 approvals once the builds pass.\\n\\n### IMPORTANT NOTICE\\n\\nPlease let CircleCI merge this PR automatically, with merge commit enabled."
+    "body": "A new change in ${SOURCE_BRANCH} cannot be merged into ${TARGET_BRANCH} as part of the regular sync job, hence this PR. Please resolve the conflicts manually, and make sure to obtain 2 approvals once the builds pass.\\n\\n### IMPORTANT NOTICE\\n\\nPlease let GitHub Actions merge this PR automatically, with merge commit enabled."
 }
 END
 )