diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-build.yml b/.github/workflows/ci-build.yml
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+name: Java CI
+
+on: [push, pull_request]
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    if: ${{ !contains(github.event.head_commit.message, '[maven-release-plugin]') }}
+
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - name: Set up JDK 17
+        uses: actions/setup-java@v3
+        with:
+          java-version: '17'
+          distribution: 'temurin'
+      - name: Set up Node 18
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v3
+        with:
+          node-version: 18
+      - name: Build with Maven
+        run: mvn --batch-mode --update-snapshots install
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diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-build.yml b/.github/workflows/release-build.yml
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+name: release and push to central
+on:
+  push:
+    tags:
+      - '*'
+jobs:
+  build:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    defaults:
+      run:
+        working-directory: accessible-sortable-list
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - name: Set up JDK 17
+        uses: actions/setup-java@v3
+        with:
+          java-version: '17'
+          distribution: 'temurin'
+          server-id: ossrh
+          server-username: OSSRH_USERNAME
+          server-password: OSSRH_PASSWORD
+          gpg-private-key: ${{ secrets.OSSRH_GPG_SECRET_KEY }}
+          gpg-passphrase: MAVEN_GPG_PASSPHRASE
+      - name: Set up Node 18
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v3
+        with:
+          node-version: 18
+      - name: Publish to Apache Maven Central
+        run: mvn -Prelease deploy
+        env:
+          OSSRH_USERNAME: ${{ secrets.OSSRH_USERNAME }}
+          OSSRH_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.OSSRH_PW }}
+          MAVEN_GPG_PASSPHRASE: ${{ secrets.OSSRH_GPG_SECRET_KEY_PASSWORD }}
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