diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 5c8e7a9..0e6cedc 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ jobs:
       - run: mvn cobertura:cobertura
       - run: bash <(curl -s https://raw.githubusercontent.com/codecov/codecov-action/master/codecov) -t ${CODECOV_TOKEN}
 
-      - run: mvn -s .circleci.settings.xml -DskipTests deploy
+      - run: mvn -s .circleci.settings.xml -DskipTests -Dgpg.skip deploy
 
 workflows:
   version: 2
diff --git a/.github/workflows/version-and-release.yml b/.github/workflows/version-and-release.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4e66ba6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/version-and-release.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+name: Release
+
+on:
+  push:
+    tags:
+      - '*'
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+
+      - name: get version from tag
+        id: get_version
+        run: |
+          realversion="${GITHUB_REF/refs\/tags\//}"
+          realversion="${realversion//v/}"
+          echo "::set-output name=VERSION::$realversion"
+
+      - name: set version from tag
+        uses: actions/setup-java@v2
+        run: mvn versions:set -DnewVersion=${{ steps.get_version.outputs.VERSION }}
+
+      - name: Set up publishing to maven central
+        uses: actions/setup-java@v2
+        with:
+          java-version: '8'
+          distribution: 'adopt'
+          server-id: ossrh
+          server-username: MAVEN_USERNAME
+          server-password: MAVEN_PASSWORD
+
+      - name: Install gpg key
+        run: |
+          cat <(echo -e "${{ secrets.OSSRH_GPG_SECRET_KEY }}") | gpg --batch --import
+          gpg --list-secret-keys --keyid-format LONG
+
+      - name: Publish
+        run: |
+          mvn --no-transfer-progress \
+            --batch-mode \
+            -Dgpg.passphrase="${{ secrets.OSSRH_GPG_SECRET_KEY_PASSWORD }}" \
+            -s -DskipTests deploy -P release
+        env:
+          MAVEN_USERNAME: ${{secrets.OSSH_USERNAME}}
+          MAVEN_PASSWORD: ${{secrets.OSSH_TOKEN}}
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 34644ca..1c108ee 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     <groupId>com.redislabs</groupId>
     <artifactId>jrejson</artifactId>
     <version>1.5.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
-    
+
     <name>JReJSON</name>
 	<description>Official client for ReJSON</description>
 	<url>https://oss.redislabs.com/rejson</url>
@@ -159,7 +159,13 @@
 					<plugin>
 						<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
 						<artifactId>maven-gpg-plugin</artifactId>
-						<version>1.5</version>
+                        <version>3.0.1</version>
+                        <configuration>
+                            <gpgArguments>
+                                <arg>--pinentry-mode</arg>
+                                <arg>loopback</arg>
+                            </gpgArguments>
+                        </configuration>
 						<executions>
 							<execution>
 								<id>sign-artifacts</id>