diff --git a/.github/workflows/maven.yml b/.github/workflows/maven.yml
index 03d3905..b6bec7a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/maven.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/maven.yml
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ on:
     branches: [ master ]
   pull_request:
     branches: [ master ]
+  release:
+    types: [created]
 
 jobs:
   build:
@@ -22,5 +24,28 @@ jobs:
         java-version: '11'
         distribution: 'temurin'
         cache: maven
+
     - name: Build with Maven
       run: mvn -B package
+
+    - name: Get release upload URL
+      id: get_release_upload_url
+      if: github.event_name == 'release'
+      uses: bruceadams/get-release@v1.3.2
+      env:
+        GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
+
+    - name: Extract version string
+      id: version_string_variable
+      run: echo "VERSION_STRING=$(mvn org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-help-plugin:3.1.0:evaluate -Dexpression=project.version -q -DforceStdout)" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+
+    - name: Upload release asset
+      id: upload-release-asset
+      if: github.event_name == 'release'
+      uses: shogo82148/actions-upload-release-asset@v1.7.5
+      with:
+        upload_url: ${{ steps.get_release_upload_url.outputs.upload_url }}
+        asset_path: ./target/openrefine-commons.zip
+        asset_name: openrefine-commons-${{ env.VERSION_STRING }}.zip
+        asset_content_type: application/zip
+  
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index adcb28f..1da17e7 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -95,7 +95,6 @@ To avoid having to unzip the extension in the corresponding directory every time
 - Commit and push those changes to master
 - Add a corresponding git tag, with `git tag -a v0.1.0 -m "Version 0.1.0"` (when working from GitHub Desktop, you can follow [this process](https://docs.github.com/en/desktop/contributing-and-collaborating-using-github-desktop/managing-commits/managing-tags) and manually add the `v0.1.0` tag with the description `Version 0.1.0`)
 - Push the tag to GitHub: `git push --tags` (in GitHub Desktop, just push again)
-- Create the zip file for the release: `mvn package`
-- Create a new release on GitHub at https://github.com/OpenRefine/CommonsExtension/releases/new, providing a release title (such as "Commons extension 0.1.0") and a description of the features in this release. Upload the zip file you generated at the previous step as an attachment (it can be found in the `target` subfolder of your local copy of the repository).
+- Create a new release on GitHub at https://github.com/OpenRefine/CommonsExtension/releases/new, providing a release title (such as "Commons extension 0.1.0") and a description of the features in this release.
 - Open `pom.xml` and set the version to the expected next version number, followed by `-SNAPSHOT`. For instance, if you just released 0.1.0, you could set `<version>0.1.1-SNAPSHOT</version>`
 - Commit and push those changes.