diff --git a/.devops/scripts/github-release.sh b/.devops/scripts/github-release.sh
index 6c8fb82c..9eb47ba9 100644
--- a/.devops/scripts/github-release.sh
+++ b/.devops/scripts/github-release.sh
@@ -12,11 +12,11 @@ previous_release_version=$( \
   -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \
   https://api.github.com/repos/microsoft/gctoolkit/releases/latest | grep 'tag_name' \
 )
-previous_release_version=$( perl -pe 's/"tag_name":\s+"(.*?)",?/$1/' <<< $previous_release_version )
+previous_release_version=$( perl -pe 's/"tag_name":\s+"(.*?)",?/$1/' <<< "${previous_release_version}" )
 
 release_version=$( git tag --sort=-taggerdate --list | head -n 1 )
 
 ./mvnw -B -pl :gctoolkit -Pjreleaser jreleaser:release \
-  -Djreleaser.previous.tag.name=${previous_release_version} \
-  -Djreleaser.tag.name=${release_version}
+  -Djreleaser.previous.tag.name="${previous_release_version}" \
+  -Djreleaser.tag.name="${release_version}"
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release_to_github.yml b/.github/workflows/release_to_github.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..01e9bae3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/release_to_github.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+name: Release to GitHub
+
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+jobs:
+  release:
+
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout project
+        uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683 # v4.2.2
+        with:
+          ref: main
+          fetch-depth: 0
+
+      - name: Cache Maven
+        uses: actions/cache@6849a6489940f00c2f30c0fb92c6274307ccb58a # v4.1.2
+        with:
+          path: ~/.m2/repository
+          key: ${{ runner.os }}-m2-${{ hashFiles('**/pom.xml') }}
+          restore-keys: ${{ runner.os }}-m2
+
+      - name: Setup Java JDK
+        uses: actions/setup-java@8df1039502a15bceb9433410b1a100fbe190c53b # v4.5.0
+        with:
+          java-version: '11'
+          distribution: 'microsoft'
+
+      - name: Version
+        id: version
+        run: |
+          release_version=$( ./mvnw help:evaluate -Dexpression=project.version -q -DforceStdout )
+          release_version=${release_version%-*}
+          echo "version=${release_version}" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
+
+          # Get the previous release version from what is actually on GitHub
+          previous_release_version=$( ./mvnw help:evaluate -Dexpression=project.scm.tag -q -DforceStdout )
+          echo "previous_version=${previous_release_version}" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
+
+      - name: Release Prepare
+        run: |
+          ./mvnw -B -Prelease release:clean release:prepare \
+            -Drepository.url=https://${{ github.actor }}:${{ secrets.RELEASE_TOKEN }}@github.com/${{ github.repository }}.git
+        env:
+          GIT_AUTHOR_NAME: 'Git'
+          GIT_AUTHOR_EMAIL: 'noreply@github.com'
+          GIT_COMMITTER_NAME: 'Git'
+          GIT_COMMITTER_EMAIL: 'noreply@github.com'
+
+      - name: Release to GitHub
+        run: |
+          ./mvnw -B -pl :gctoolkit -Pjreleaser jreleaser:release \
+            -Djreleaser.previous.tag.name="$previous_version" \
+            -Djreleaser.tag.name="$version"
+        env:
+          JRELEASER_GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 3d227f2f..7dd49eb7 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -277,6 +277,15 @@
                         </dependency>
                     </dependencies>
                 </plugin>
+                <plugin>
+                    <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>maven-release-plugin</artifactId>
+                    <version>${maven.release-plugin.version}</version>
+                    <configuration>
+                        <releaseProfiles>release</releaseProfiles>
+                        <projectVersionPolicyId>SemVerVersionPolicy</projectVersionPolicyId>
+                    </configuration>
+                </plugin>
                 <plugin>
                     <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                     <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
@@ -432,19 +441,6 @@
                 <artifactId>apache-rat-plugin</artifactId>
                 <configuration>
                     <skip>true</skip>
-                    <executions>
-                        <execution>
-                            <phase>validate</phase>
-                            <goals>
-                                <goal>check</goal>
-                            </goals>
-                            <configuration>
-                                <excludes>
-                                    <exclude>gclogs/**</exclude>
-                                </excludes>
-                            </configuration>
-                        </execution>
-                    </executions>
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
             <plugin>
@@ -521,6 +517,15 @@
                             </execution>
                         </executions>
                     </plugin>
+                    <plugin>
+                        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>maven-release-plugin</artifactId>
+                        <configuration>
+                            <tagNameFormat>gctoolkit-${project.version}</tagNameFormat>
+                            <autoVersionSubmodules>true</autoVersionSubmodules>
+                            <preparationGoals>clean site</preparationGoals>
+                        </configuration>
+                    </plugin>
                 </plugins>
             </build>
         </profile>