diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yaml
similarity index 89%
rename from .github/workflows/build.yml
rename to .github/workflows/build.yaml
index d3d3e25..6363611 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yaml
@@ -1,13 +1,18 @@
-name: Build, test and publish the Quarkus libraries
+name: Build
+
 on:
   push:
+    branches:
+      - "main"
     paths-ignore:
       - '.gitattributes'
       - '.gitignore'
       - '.github/renovate.json5'
+      - '.github/project.yaml'
       - 'docs/**'
       - 'README.md'
-  workflow_dispatch:
+  pull_request:
+
 env:
   COMMON_MAVEN_OPTS: "-e -B --fae"
 
@@ -46,6 +51,9 @@ jobs:
       - name: Make maven wrapper executable
         run: chmod +x mvnw
 
+      - name: Download dependencies
+        run: ./mvnw $COMMON_MAVEN_OPTS quarkus:go-offline
+
       - name: Build and run tests
         run: ./mvnw $COMMON_MAVEN_OPTS verify
 
@@ -56,6 +64,6 @@ jobs:
           SONAR_HOST_URL: ${{ vars.SONAR_HOST_URL }}
         run: ./mvnw $COMMON_MAVEN_OPTS org.sonarsource.scanner.maven:sonar-maven-plugin:sonar -Dsonar.projectKey=quarkus-commons -Dsonar.projectName='quarkus-commons' -Dsonar.coverage.jacoco.xmlReportPaths=../**/target/jacoco-report/jacoco.xml
 
-      - name: Upload libs to Kvant maven registry
+      - name: Publish jars
         if: github.ref == 'refs/heads/main'
         run: ./mvnw $COMMON_MAVEN_OPTS deploy -Dmaven.test.skip=true -Dmaven.javadoc.skip=true
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diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yaml b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b57a2d7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+name: Release the current version
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - "main"
+    paths:
+      - '.github/project.yaml'
+
+env:
+  COMMON_MAVEN_OPTS: "-e -B --fae"
+
+jobs:
+  release:
+    name: Execute the release
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout the code
+        uses: https://github.com/actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Retrieve project metadata
+        uses: https://github.com/radcortez/project-metadata-action@master
+        id: metadata
+        with:
+          metadata-file-path: '.github/project.yaml'
+          local-file: true
+
+      - name: Validate current version
+        if: contains(steps.metadata.outputs.current-version, 'SNAPSHOT')
+        run: |
+          echo '::error::Cannot release a SNAPSHOT version.'
+          exit 1
+
+      - name: Validate next version
+        if: contains(steps.metadata.outputs.next-version, 'SNAPSHOT') == 'false'
+        run: |
+          echo '::error::Next development version should be a SNAPSHOT version.'
+          exit 1
+
+      - name: Configure SSH and Git
+        env:
+          SSH_DIR: /root/.ssh
+          MAVEN_RELEASE_SSH_KEY: ${{ secrets.MAVEN_RELEASE_SSH_KEY }}
+        run: |
+          mkdir -p ${SSH_DIR}/
+          touch ${SSH_DIR}/known_hosts 
+          ssh-keyscan -t rsa -p 2222 git-ssh.kvant.cloud >> ${SSH_DIR}/known_hosts
+          echo "${MAVEN_RELEASE_SSH_KEY}" | base64 -d >> ${SSH_DIR}/id_rsa
+          chmod 600 ${SSH_DIR}/id_rsa
+          git config --global user.name 'maven_release_technical_account'
+          git config --global user.email 'maven-release-bot@phoenix-technologies.ch'
+          git config --global commit.gpgsign true
+          git config --global gpg.format ssh
+          git config --global user.signingkey ${SSH_DIR}/id_rsa
+
+      - name: Set up JDK 21
+        uses: https://github.com/actions/setup-java@v4
+        with:
+          distribution: 'temurin'
+          java-version: '21'
+
+      - name: Make maven wrapper executable
+        run: chmod +x mvnw
+
+      - name: Download dependencies
+        run: ./mvnw $COMMON_MAVEN_OPTS quarkus:go-offline
+
+      - name: Prepare release
+        run: ./mvnw $COMMON_MAVEN_OPTS release:prepare
diff --git a/.github/workflows/validate-versions.yaml b/.github/workflows/validate-versions.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a44b4c3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/validate-versions.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+name: Validate release versions
+
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    paths:
+      - '.github/project.yaml'
+
+jobs:
+  release:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout the code
+        uses: https://github.com/actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Retrieve project metadata
+        uses: https://github.com/radcortez/project-metadata-action@master
+        id: metadata
+        with:
+          metadata-file-path: '.github/project.yaml'
+          local-file: true
+
+      - name: Validate current version
+        if: contains(steps.metadata.outputs.current-version, 'SNAPSHOT')
+        run: |
+          echo '::error::Cannot release a SNAPSHOT version.'
+          exit 1
+
+      - name: Validate next version
+        if: contains(steps.metadata.outputs.next-version, 'SNAPSHOT') == false
+        run: |
+          echo '::error::Next development version should be a SNAPSHOT version.'
+          exit 1
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diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 5fbe88d..608430b 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
         <palantir-java-format.version>2.50.0</palantir-java-format.version>
         <jacoco-plugin.version>0.8.12</jacoco-plugin.version> <!-- Match with version from Quarkus BOM -->
         <jandex-plugin.version>3.2.3</jandex-plugin.version>
+        <release-plugin.version>3.1.1</release-plugin.version>
 
         <!-- Build properties -->
         <maven.compiler.release>21</maven.compiler.release>
@@ -66,6 +67,13 @@
         </dependencies>
     </dependencyManagement>
 
+    <scm>
+        <connection>scm:git:ssh://git@git-ssh.kvant.cloud:2222/phoenix/quarkus-commons.git</connection>
+        <developerConnection>scm:git:ssh://git@git-ssh.kvant.cloud:2222/phoenix/quarkus-commons.git</developerConnection>
+        <url>https://git.kvant.cloud/phoenix/quarkus-commons.git</url>
+        <tag>HEAD</tag>
+    </scm>
+
     <dependencies>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>io.quarkus</groupId>
@@ -178,6 +186,18 @@
                     </execution>
                 </executions>
             </plugin>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-release-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>${release-plugin.version}</version>
+                <configuration>
+                    <tagNameFormat>@{project.version}</tagNameFormat>
+                    <checkModificationExcludes>mvnw</checkModificationExcludes>
+                    <scmReleaseCommitComment>chore: release @{releaseLabel}</scmReleaseCommitComment>
+                    <scmDevelopmentCommitComment>chore: prepare for next development iteration [skip ci]</scmDevelopmentCommitComment>
+                    <autoVersionSubmodules>true</autoVersionSubmodules>
+                </configuration>
+            </plugin>
         </plugins>
     </build>
 </project>