diff --git a/azure-pipelines.yml b/azure-pipelines.yml
index 0e9ae8bf..b388f458 100644
--- a/azure-pipelines.yml
+++ b/azure-pipelines.yml
@@ -70,8 +70,67 @@ stages:
         steps:
           - template: ci/tiledb-java-windows-release.yml
 
-  - stage: Release
-    condition: or(startsWith(variables['Build.SourceBranch'], 'refs/tags'), eq(variables['Build.SourceBranch'], 'refs/heads/master'))
+  - stage: GitHubRelease
+    condition: startsWith(variables['Build.SourceBranch'], 'refs/tags')
+    jobs:
+      - job: All_OS
+        strategy:
+          matrix:
+            ubuntu_18:
+              imageName: 'ubuntu-18.04'
+        pool:
+          vmImage: $(imageName)
+
+        steps:
+          - download: current
+            patterns: '**/*.tar.gz'
+
+          - bash: |
+              unset SYSTEM
+              set +e
+
+              mv ../libraries/* .
+
+              mkdir -p ./build/install/lib
+              mkdir ./build/install/lib64
+              mkdir ./build/tiledb_jni/
+              mkdir ./build/tiledb_jni/Release
+              mkdir ./build/install/bin
+
+              for arch in $(ls | grep .tar.gz)
+              do
+              tar -xf $arch
+              done
+
+              # OSX
+              mv libtiledb.dylib ./build/install/lib
+              mv libtiledbjni.dylib ./build/tiledb_jni
+
+              # Linux
+              cp libtiledb.so ./build/install/lib
+              mv libtiledb.so ./build/install/lib64
+              mv libtiledbjni.so ./build/tiledb_jni
+
+              # Windows
+              mv tbb.dll ./build/install/bin
+              mv tiledb.dll ./build/install/bin
+              mv tiledbjni.dll ./build/tiledb_jni/Release
+
+              ./gradlew assemble
+
+              cp build/libs/*.jar $BUILD_BINARIESDIRECTORY
+
+          - task: GithubRelease@0
+            displayName: 'GitHub Release'
+            inputs:
+              gitHubConnection: github_tiledb
+              repositoryName: TileDB-Inc/TileDB-Java
+              tag: $(Build.SourceBranchName)
+              action: "edit"
+              assets: $(Build.BinariesDirectory)/jars/*.jar
+
+  - stage: FinalJar
+    condition: or( eq(variables['Build.SourceBranch'], 'refs/heads/master'), startsWith(variables['Build.SourceBranch'], 'refs/tags'))
     jobs:
       - job: All_OS
         strategy:
diff --git a/ci/tiledb-java-final-jar.yml b/ci/tiledb-java-final-jar.yml
index 1d64af9d..6caf5ed7 100644
--- a/ci/tiledb-java-final-jar.yml
+++ b/ci/tiledb-java-final-jar.yml
@@ -35,8 +35,6 @@ steps:
 
       ./gradlew assemble
 
-      PROJECT_VERSION=$(./gradlew properties -q | grep "version:" | awk '{print $2}')
-
       cp build/libs/*.jar $BUILD_BINARIESDIRECTORY
 
     displayName: 'Building the Fat Jar'
@@ -61,9 +59,8 @@ steps:
       artifactName: final-jar
     condition: succeeded()
 
+
   - bash: |
-      echo "USERNAME"
-      echo $SONATYPE_USERNAME
       ./ci/upload_to_maven.sh
     env:
       GPG_KEY_ID: $(GPG_KEY_ID)
@@ -71,4 +68,4 @@ steps:
       GPG_SECRET_KEYS_ENC: $(GPG_SECRET_KEYS_ENC)
       SONATYPE_USERNAME: $(SONATYPE_USERNAME)
       SONATYPE_PASSWORD: $(SONATYPE_PASSWORD)
-    displayName: "Publish"
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+    displayName: "Publish to Maven"
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