diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 4be082052..dbda0058f 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -19,23 +19,9 @@ install:
   - mvn --version
 script:
   - mvn install -e -B
-# deploy
-before_deploy:
-  - travis_wait 40 mvn site-deploy -e -B --settings .github/maven-settings.xml
-  - export DIST_FILE1=$(ls target/joda-time-*-dist.tar.gz)
-  - export DIST_FILE2=$(ls target/joda-time-*-dist.zip)
-deploy:
-  provider: releases
-  api_key:
-    secure: S9aAxkk3ICWqC24GDZK+L6n/xK9OWh4KRWiiSJ4wN4gVoshxLWOvB6aDLMTlQwd5FffzG7RT9aqeYBOihWZWupW4/0xP00yW5WE7dKpURDB0AuOllo1Em1IBL2AlEmhepOss1tn/A/uSApe134Hg8qryOpffAYNWzgzVlYFEM+0=
-  file:
-    - "${DIST_FILE1}"
-    - "${DIST_FILE2}"
-  skip_cleanup: true
-  on:
-    jdk: "oraclejdk7"
-    tags: true
-    condition: "$TRAVIS_TAG =~ ^v.*$"
+after_success:
+  - if [[ $TRAVIS_TAG =~ ^v.*$ ]] && [ "$TRAVIS_PULL_REQUEST" == "false" ] && [ "$TRAVIS_JDK_VERSION" == "oraclejdk8" ]; then travis_wait 40 mvn site-deploy -e -B --settings .github/maven-settings.xml; fi
+# secure keys for GITHUB_TOKEN
 env:
   global:
     secure: UK9A4eHPOP6XkYbST1kpv3gVEZTBqp79eCF0nqpXejbXihY58MNVZ0aGt8IM/ZThO/UoK+AxWjaSLljE2Neo4ehxvRHsRG0bIhAoCBUjP6f6vuMYTZlRNb9W+NM3RjXvrQGnCM3PTckWaFQ6i5Ny4e1GuETSdh96Yk7WNn6DMJM=
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ea0728fb2..cdbfd0c6b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -83,3 +83,12 @@ Please use GitHub issues and Pull Requests for support.
 ### History
 Issue tracking and active development is at GitHub.
 Historically, the project was at [Sourceforge](https://sourceforge.net/projects/joda-time/).
+
+
+### Release process
+
+* Update version (pom.xml, README.md, index.md, MANIFEST.MF, changes.xml)
+* Commit and push
+* `mvn clean deploy -Doss.repo -Dgpg.passphrase=""`
+* Release project in [Nexus](https://oss.sonatype.org)
+* Website will be built and released by Travis
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 2a0e25f7a..97fd6ae30 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -477,26 +477,6 @@
           </excludes>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
-      <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-        <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
-        <configuration>
-          <attach>false</attach>
-          <descriptors>
-            <descriptor>src/main/assembly/dist.xml</descriptor>
-          </descriptors>
-          <tarLongFileMode>gnu</tarLongFileMode>
-        </configuration>
-        <executions>
-          <execution>
-            <id>make-assembly</id>
-            <phase>deploy</phase>
-            <goals>
-              <goal>single</goal>
-            </goals>
-          </execution>
-        </executions>
-      </plugin>
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-site-plugin</artifactId>
@@ -816,6 +796,7 @@
       </activation>
       <build>
         <plugins>
+          <!-- Use Java 5 -->
           <plugin>
             <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
             <artifactId>maven-toolchains-plugin</artifactId>
@@ -836,6 +817,7 @@
               </toolchains>
             </configuration>
           </plugin>
+          <!-- Sign artifacts -->
           <plugin>
             <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
             <artifactId>maven-gpg-plugin</artifactId>
@@ -849,6 +831,57 @@
               </execution>
             </executions>
           </plugin>
+          <!-- Create dist files -->
+          <plugin>
+            <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+            <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
+            <configuration>
+              <attach>false</attach>
+              <descriptors>
+                <descriptor>src/main/assembly/dist.xml</descriptor>
+              </descriptors>
+              <tarLongFileMode>gnu</tarLongFileMode>
+            </configuration>
+            <executions>
+              <execution>
+                <id>make-assembly</id>
+                <phase>install</phase>
+                <goals>
+                  <goal>single</goal>
+                </goals>
+              </execution>
+            </executions>
+          </plugin>
+          <!-- Release dist files to GitHub -->
+          <plugin>
+            <groupId>de.jutzig</groupId>
+            <artifactId>github-release-plugin</artifactId>
+            <version>1.1.1</version>
+            <configuration>
+              <releaseName>Release v${project.version}</releaseName>
+              <description>See the [change notes](http://www.joda.org/joda-time/changes-report.html) for more information.</description>
+              <tag>v${project.version}</tag>
+              <overwriteArtifact>true</overwriteArtifact>
+              <fileSets>
+                <fileSet>
+                  <directory>${project.build.directory}</directory>
+                  <includes>
+                    <include>${project.artifactId}*-dist.tar.gz</include>
+                    <include>${project.artifactId}*-dist.zip</include>
+                  </includes>
+                </fileSet>
+              </fileSets>
+            </configuration>
+            <executions>
+              <execution>
+                <id>github-releases</id>
+                <phase>deploy</phase>
+                <goals>
+                  <goal>release</goal>
+                </goals>
+              </execution>
+            </executions>
+          </plugin>
         </plugins>
       </build>
       <properties>