diff --git a/.github/settings.xml b/.github/settings.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4c687a0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/settings.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<settings xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/SETTINGS/1.0.0"
+    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+    xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/SETTINGS/1.0.0 https://maven.apache.org/xsd/settings-1.0.0.xsd">
+    <servers>
+        <server>
+            <id>${env.GPG_ID}</id>
+            <passphrase>${env.GPG_PASSPHRASE}</passphrase>
+        </server>
+        <server>
+        <id>ossrh</id>
+        <username>${env.MAVEN_USERNAME}</username>
+        <password>${env.MAVEN_PASSWORD}</password>
+        </server>
+    </servers>
+    <profiles>
+        <profile>
+            <id>release</id>
+            <activation>
+                <activeByDefault>true</activeByDefault>
+            </activation>
+            <properties>
+                <gpg.keyname>${env.GPG_ID}</gpg.keyname>
+            </properties>
+        </profile>
+    </profiles>
+</settings>
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diff --git a/.github/workflows/README.md b/.github/workflows/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2630def
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+# CI Readme
+
+## Release
+
+To create a new release make a PR from `develop` into `main`. Once this is merged if the version number has changed a signed build will then be created and pushed to maven central. If all checks pass this will go live automatically (This may take up to 48 hours).
+
+Once this is complete create a mergeback from `main` into `develop` to keep both branches in sync.
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diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8598c6a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+name: Release to Maven Central
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - "main"
+
+jobs:
+  sign-build:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout this branch
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          token: ${{ github.token }}
+          fetch-depth: 0
+
+      - name: Check version number has been increased
+        run: |
+          CURRENT_VERSION="v$(awk -F'[<>]' '/<version>/ {print $3; exit}' pom.xml)"
+          echo "Current version: '$CURRENT_VERSION'"
+          PREVIOUS_VERSION=$(git describe --tags --abbrev=0)
+          echo "Previous version: '$PREVIOUS_VERSION'"
+          if [[ "$CURRENT_VERSION" == "$PREVIOUS_VERSION" ]]; then
+            echo "Version number has not changed"
+            echo "skip=true" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          else
+            echo "skip=false" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          fi
+      
+      - name: Configure GPG Key
+        if: ${{ env.skip == 'false' }}
+        run: |
+          echo -n "$GPG_KEY_BASE64" | base64 --decode | gpg --batch --passphrase ${GPG_PASSPHRASE} --import
+        env:
+          GPG_KEY_BASE64: ${{ secrets.GPG_KEY_BASE64 }}
+          GPG_PASSPHRASE: ${{ secrets.GPG_PASSPHRASE }}
+      
+      - name: Deploy Signed Jar to Maven Central
+        if: ${{ env.skip == 'false' }}
+        run: |
+            mvn clean deploy -B -P sign,stdbuild --settings .github/settings.xml repository:bundle-create
+        env:
+          GPG_ID: ${{ secrets.GPG_ID }}
+          GPG_PASSPHRASE: ${{ secrets.GPG_PASSPHRASE }}
+          MAVEN_USERNAME: ${{ secrets.MAVEN_USERNAME }}
+          MAVEN_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.MAVEN_PASSWORD }}
+      
+      - name: Create Release on GitHub
+        if: ${{ env.skip == 'false' }}
+        env:
+          GH_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
+        run: |
+          VERSION_NUMBER=$(awk -F'[<>]' '/<version>/ {print $3; exit}' pom.xml)
+          git tag "v$VERSION_NUMBER"
+          git push origin "v$VERSION_NUMBER"
+          gh release create "v$VERSION_NUMBER" --repo="$GITHUB_REPOSITORY" --title="v$VERSION_NUMBER" --generate-notes
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index ff16c2d..c7080ba 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -51,6 +51,10 @@
       <!-- nb this must be the same as the 'id' field in 'settings.xml' -->
       <url>https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots</url>
     </snapshotRepository>
+    <repository>
+      <id>ossrh</id>
+      <url>https://oss.sonatype.org/service/local/staging/deploy/maven2</url>
+    </repository>
   </distributionManagement>
 
   <properties>
@@ -64,6 +68,21 @@
     <gpg.plugin.version>3.2.1</gpg.plugin.version>
   </properties>
 
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.sonatype.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>nexus-staging-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>1.6.13</version>
+        <extensions>true</extensions>
+        <configuration>
+          <serverId>ossrh</serverId>
+          <nexusUrl>https://oss.sonatype.org/</nexusUrl>
+          <autoReleaseAfterClose>true</autoReleaseAfterClose>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
   <profiles>
     <profile>
       <id>stdbuild</id>
@@ -92,6 +111,7 @@
             <executions>
               <execution>
                 <id>attach-sources</id>
+                <phase>verify</phase>
                 <goals>
                   <goal>jar</goal>
                 </goals>
@@ -107,6 +127,7 @@
             <executions>
               <execution>
                 <id>attach-javadocs</id>
+                <phase>verify</phase>
                 <goals>
                   <goal>jar</goal>
                 </goals>
@@ -195,6 +216,16 @@
                   <goal>sign</goal>
                 </goals>
                 <phase>verify</phase>
+                <configuration>
+                  <useAgent>true</useAgent>
+                  <keyname>${gpg.keyname}</keyname>
+                  <passphraseServerId>${gpg.keyname}</passphraseServerId>
+                  <gpgArguments>
+                    <arg>--batch</arg>
+                    <arg>--pinentry-mode</arg>
+                    <arg>loopback</arg>
+                  </gpgArguments>
+                </configuration>
               </execution>
             </executions>
           </plugin>