diff --git a/.github/jvm.config b/.github/jvm.config
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c8644b4b5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/jvm.config
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+-XX:-TieredCompilation -XX:TieredStopAtLevel=1
diff --git a/.github/workflows/deploy.yml b/.github/workflows/deploy.yml
index 4bb49652e..c2052af3b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/deploy.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/deploy.yml
@@ -3,31 +3,38 @@ name: Deploy a branch
 on:
   workflow_dispatch:
     inputs:
-
-      deploy-artifacts-to-gh-packages:
-        description: "Deploy artifacts to GH Packages"
+      dry-run:
+        description: "Dry run the deployment"
         default: true
         type: boolean
 
-      deploy-javadoc-to-gh-pages:
-        description: "Deploy JavaDocs to GH Pages"
-        default: true
+      skip-scm:
+        description: "Skip tagging and release version update commits"
+        default: false
         type: boolean
 
-jobs:
-  build:
-    name: Build
-    uses: ./.github/workflows/build.yml
+      skip-dependency-scan:
+        description: "Skip dependency scan"
+        default: false
+        type: boolean
 
-  github:
-    name: "Deploy to GitHub"
-    needs: [build]
+      skip-tests:
+        description: "Skip tests"
+        default: false
+        type: boolean
+
+      version:
+        description: "Version (leave blank to release non-SNAPSHOT patch)"
+        default: ""
+        type: string
+
+jobs:
+  maven-central:
+    name: "Maven Central"
     runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
 
     permissions:
-      contents: read
-      packages: write
-      pages: write
+      contents: write
       id-token: write
 
     steps:
@@ -36,38 +43,99 @@ jobs:
         with:
           fetch-depth: 2
 
-      - name: Initialize JDK
+      - name: Initialize Java environment
         uses: actions/setup-java@v3
         with:
           distribution: zulu
           # Must use >= JDK 17 for Javadocs to generate correctly.
           java-version: 17
+          server-id: ossrh
+          server-username: OSSRH_USERNAME
+          server-password: OSSRH_TOKEN
+          gpg-passphrase: GPG_PASSPHRASE
+          gpg-private-key: ${{ secrets.GPG_PRIVATE_KEY }}
+
+      - name: Configure Git
+        shell: bash
+        run: |-
+          source ./scripts/common.sh
+          
+          info "Applying Git user configuration"
+          run <<SCRIPT
+            git config user.name '${{ github.actor }}'
+            git config user.email '${{ github.actor }}@users.noreply.github.com'
+          SCRIPT
 
-      - name: Build artifacts and deploy to GitHub packages
-        run: >-
-          ./mvnw
-          -B
-          -e
-          -T4
-          -Dmaven.deploy.skip=${{ ! inputs.deploy-artifacts-to-gh-packages }}
-          -Dmaven.source.includePom=true
-          -Dmaven.test.skip=true
-          -Dmaven.wagon.httpconnectionManager.ttlSeconds=120
-          -Dstyle.color=always
-          --also-make
-          --no-transfer-progress
-          --projects java-compiler-testing
-          clean install javadoc:jar source:jar deploy
+      - name: Perform release to Maven Central
+        shell: bash
+        run: |-
+          source ./scripts/common.sh
+          
+          info "Determining release version to use (this may take a moment)..."
+          if [ '${{ inputs.version }}' == "" ]; then
+            release_version="$(./mvnw help:evaluate -Dexpression=project.version -q -DforceStdout | sed 's/-SNAPSHOT//g')"
+          else
+            release_version='${{ inputs.version }}'
+          fi
+          
+          success "Will use version ${release_version} for this release"
+          
+          info "Preparing and performing the release"
+          ensure-set OSSRH_USERNAME OSSRH_TOKEN GPG_PASSPHRASE
+          
+          build_args=()
+          if [[ '${{ inputs.skip-dependency-check }}' = 'false' ]]; then
+            build_args+=("-P" "dependency-check")
+          fi
+          if [[ '${{ inputs.skip-tests }}' = 'true' ]]; then
+            build_args+=("-Dmaven.test.skip" "-DskipTests")
+          fi
+          
+          build_goals=()
+          if [[ '${{ inputs.skip-scm }}' = 'true' ]]; then
+            build_goals+=("release:update-versions")
+          else
+            build_goals+=("release:prepare")
+          fi
+          build_goals+=("release:perform")
+          
+          run <<-SCRIPT          
+            ./mvnw -B -e \
+                -P release \
+                --no-transfer-progress \
+                -Darguments='${build_args[@]}' \
+                -DdryRun='${{ inputs.dry-run }}' \
+                -Dmaven.wagon.httpconnectionManager.ttlSeconds=120 \
+                -Dpassword='${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}' \
+                -DreleaseVersion='${release_version}' \
+                -DsignTag=false \
+                -Dstyle.color=always \
+                -Dtag='v${release_version}' \
+                ${build_goals[@]}
+          SCRIPT
+          
+          success "Release has been performed successfully"
         env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
+          OSSRH_USERNAME: ${{ secrets.OSSRH_USERNAME }}
+          OSSRH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.OSSRH_TOKEN }}
+          GPG_PASSPHRASE: ${{ secrets.GPG_PASSPHRASE }}
 
       - name: Upload JavaDocs as a build artifact
-        if: ${{ inputs.deploy-javadoc-to-gh-pages }}
         uses: actions/upload-pages-artifact@v1
         with:
           path: java-compiler-testing/target/apidocs
 
+  javadocs:
+    name: "JavaDocs (GitHub Pages)"
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
+    needs:
+      - maven-central
+    permissions:
+      pages: write
+      id-token: write
+
+    steps:
       - name: Deploy JavaDocs build artifact to GitHub Pages
-        if: ${{ inputs.deploy-javadoc-to-gh-pages }}
+        if: ${{ ! inputs.dry-run }}
         id: deployment
         uses: actions/deploy-pages@v1
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index c5b9c4810..0cc9773d4 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -16,4 +16,8 @@ target/
 .classpath
 
 # Maven
-pom.xml.versionsBackup
\ No newline at end of file
+pom.xml.next
+pom.xml.releaseBackup
+pom.xml.tag
+pom.xml.versionsBackup
+release.properties
diff --git a/acceptance-tests/acceptance-tests-avaje-inject/pom.xml b/acceptance-tests/acceptance-tests-avaje-inject/pom.xml
index 776ee9b2f..dfe5401b4 100644
--- a/acceptance-tests/acceptance-tests-avaje-inject/pom.xml
+++ b/acceptance-tests/acceptance-tests-avaje-inject/pom.xml
@@ -16,15 +16,13 @@
     limitations under the License.
 
 -->
-<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
-  xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-  xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
   <parent>
     <groupId>io.github.ascopes.jct</groupId>
     <artifactId>acceptance-tests</artifactId>
-    <version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.0.1-M2-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/acceptance-tests/acceptance-tests-avaje-jsonb/pom.xml b/acceptance-tests/acceptance-tests-avaje-jsonb/pom.xml
index a8e626a1f..977e23f07 100644
--- a/acceptance-tests/acceptance-tests-avaje-jsonb/pom.xml
+++ b/acceptance-tests/acceptance-tests-avaje-jsonb/pom.xml
@@ -16,15 +16,13 @@
     limitations under the License.
 
 -->
-<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
-  xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-  xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
   <parent>
     <groupId>io.github.ascopes.jct</groupId>
     <artifactId>acceptance-tests</artifactId>
-    <version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.0.1-M2-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/acceptance-tests/acceptance-tests-checkerframework/pom.xml b/acceptance-tests/acceptance-tests-checkerframework/pom.xml
index 4959a9a49..8bdcd9383 100644
--- a/acceptance-tests/acceptance-tests-checkerframework/pom.xml
+++ b/acceptance-tests/acceptance-tests-checkerframework/pom.xml
@@ -16,15 +16,13 @@
     limitations under the License.
 
 -->
-<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
-  xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-  xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
   <parent>
     <groupId>io.github.ascopes.jct</groupId>
     <artifactId>acceptance-tests</artifactId>
-    <version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.0.1-M2-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/acceptance-tests/acceptance-tests-dagger/pom.xml b/acceptance-tests/acceptance-tests-dagger/pom.xml
index bb3b22844..43ba303cc 100644
--- a/acceptance-tests/acceptance-tests-dagger/pom.xml
+++ b/acceptance-tests/acceptance-tests-dagger/pom.xml
@@ -16,15 +16,13 @@
     limitations under the License.
 
 -->
-<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
-  xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-  xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
   <parent>
     <groupId>io.github.ascopes.jct</groupId>
     <artifactId>acceptance-tests</artifactId>
-    <version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.0.1-M2-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/acceptance-tests/acceptance-tests-error-prone/pom.xml b/acceptance-tests/acceptance-tests-error-prone/pom.xml
index 449d772e7..c080c8155 100644
--- a/acceptance-tests/acceptance-tests-error-prone/pom.xml
+++ b/acceptance-tests/acceptance-tests-error-prone/pom.xml
@@ -16,15 +16,13 @@
     limitations under the License.
 
 -->
-<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
-  xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-  xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
   <parent>
     <groupId>io.github.ascopes.jct</groupId>
     <artifactId>acceptance-tests</artifactId>
-    <version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.0.1-M2-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/acceptance-tests/acceptance-tests-google-auto-factory/pom.xml b/acceptance-tests/acceptance-tests-google-auto-factory/pom.xml
index f7c9d44e3..976fdc1c4 100644
--- a/acceptance-tests/acceptance-tests-google-auto-factory/pom.xml
+++ b/acceptance-tests/acceptance-tests-google-auto-factory/pom.xml
@@ -16,15 +16,13 @@
     limitations under the License.
 
 -->
-<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
-  xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-  xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
   <parent>
     <groupId>io.github.ascopes.jct</groupId>
     <artifactId>acceptance-tests</artifactId>
-    <version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.0.1-M2-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/acceptance-tests/acceptance-tests-google-auto-service/pom.xml b/acceptance-tests/acceptance-tests-google-auto-service/pom.xml
index a4ae4f564..ed508cc6d 100644
--- a/acceptance-tests/acceptance-tests-google-auto-service/pom.xml
+++ b/acceptance-tests/acceptance-tests-google-auto-service/pom.xml
@@ -16,15 +16,13 @@
     limitations under the License.
 
 -->
-<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
-  xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-  xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
   <parent>
     <groupId>io.github.ascopes.jct</groupId>
     <artifactId>acceptance-tests</artifactId>
-    <version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.0.1-M2-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/acceptance-tests/acceptance-tests-google-auto-value/pom.xml b/acceptance-tests/acceptance-tests-google-auto-value/pom.xml
index 257d8e55d..4d69c8095 100644
--- a/acceptance-tests/acceptance-tests-google-auto-value/pom.xml
+++ b/acceptance-tests/acceptance-tests-google-auto-value/pom.xml
@@ -16,15 +16,13 @@
     limitations under the License.
 
 -->
-<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
-  xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-  xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
   <parent>
     <groupId>io.github.ascopes.jct</groupId>
     <artifactId>acceptance-tests</artifactId>
-    <version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.0.1-M2-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/acceptance-tests/acceptance-tests-immutables/pom.xml b/acceptance-tests/acceptance-tests-immutables/pom.xml
index a06c6d77e..653aff117 100644
--- a/acceptance-tests/acceptance-tests-immutables/pom.xml
+++ b/acceptance-tests/acceptance-tests-immutables/pom.xml
@@ -16,15 +16,13 @@
     limitations under the License.
 
 -->
-<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
-  xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-  xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
   <parent>
     <groupId>io.github.ascopes.jct</groupId>
     <artifactId>acceptance-tests</artifactId>
-    <version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.0.1-M2-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/acceptance-tests/acceptance-tests-lombok/pom.xml b/acceptance-tests/acceptance-tests-lombok/pom.xml
index 97881cc9b..f67117856 100644
--- a/acceptance-tests/acceptance-tests-lombok/pom.xml
+++ b/acceptance-tests/acceptance-tests-lombok/pom.xml
@@ -16,15 +16,13 @@
     limitations under the License.
 
 -->
-<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
-  xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-  xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
   <parent>
     <groupId>io.github.ascopes.jct</groupId>
     <artifactId>acceptance-tests</artifactId>
-    <version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.0.1-M2-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/acceptance-tests/acceptance-tests-manifold-systems/pom.xml b/acceptance-tests/acceptance-tests-manifold-systems/pom.xml
index ed3405cb7..657fa7d94 100644
--- a/acceptance-tests/acceptance-tests-manifold-systems/pom.xml
+++ b/acceptance-tests/acceptance-tests-manifold-systems/pom.xml
@@ -16,15 +16,13 @@
     limitations under the License.
 
 -->
-<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
-  xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-  xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
   <parent>
     <groupId>io.github.ascopes.jct</groupId>
     <artifactId>acceptance-tests</artifactId>
-    <version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.0.1-M2-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/acceptance-tests/acceptance-tests-mapstruct/pom.xml b/acceptance-tests/acceptance-tests-mapstruct/pom.xml
index 512f55bba..9f0616dc2 100644
--- a/acceptance-tests/acceptance-tests-mapstruct/pom.xml
+++ b/acceptance-tests/acceptance-tests-mapstruct/pom.xml
@@ -16,15 +16,13 @@
     limitations under the License.
 
 -->
-<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
-  xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-  xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
   <parent>
     <groupId>io.github.ascopes.jct</groupId>
     <artifactId>acceptance-tests</artifactId>
-    <version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.0.1-M2-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/acceptance-tests/acceptance-tests-micronaut/pom.xml b/acceptance-tests/acceptance-tests-micronaut/pom.xml
index 55a7d3f97..fc91410ee 100644
--- a/acceptance-tests/acceptance-tests-micronaut/pom.xml
+++ b/acceptance-tests/acceptance-tests-micronaut/pom.xml
@@ -16,15 +16,13 @@
     limitations under the License.
 
 -->
-<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
-  xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-  xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
   <parent>
     <groupId>io.github.ascopes.jct</groupId>
     <artifactId>acceptance-tests</artifactId>
-    <version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.0.1-M2-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/acceptance-tests/acceptance-tests-serviceloader-jpms/pom.xml b/acceptance-tests/acceptance-tests-serviceloader-jpms/pom.xml
index 15e872c54..75a0a4595 100644
--- a/acceptance-tests/acceptance-tests-serviceloader-jpms/pom.xml
+++ b/acceptance-tests/acceptance-tests-serviceloader-jpms/pom.xml
@@ -16,15 +16,13 @@
     limitations under the License.
 
 -->
-<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
-  xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-  xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
   <parent>
     <groupId>io.github.ascopes.jct</groupId>
     <artifactId>acceptance-tests</artifactId>
-    <version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.0.1-M2-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/acceptance-tests/acceptance-tests-serviceloader/pom.xml b/acceptance-tests/acceptance-tests-serviceloader/pom.xml
index 43eb47f2e..e1730cf21 100644
--- a/acceptance-tests/acceptance-tests-serviceloader/pom.xml
+++ b/acceptance-tests/acceptance-tests-serviceloader/pom.xml
@@ -16,15 +16,13 @@
     limitations under the License.
 
 -->
-<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
-  xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-  xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
   <parent>
     <groupId>io.github.ascopes.jct</groupId>
     <artifactId>acceptance-tests</artifactId>
-    <version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.0.1-M2-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/acceptance-tests/acceptance-tests-spring/pom.xml b/acceptance-tests/acceptance-tests-spring/pom.xml
index 6bab098b1..75b0bb13b 100644
--- a/acceptance-tests/acceptance-tests-spring/pom.xml
+++ b/acceptance-tests/acceptance-tests-spring/pom.xml
@@ -16,15 +16,13 @@
     limitations under the License.
 
 -->
-<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
-  xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-  xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
   <parent>
     <groupId>io.github.ascopes.jct</groupId>
     <artifactId>acceptance-tests</artifactId>
-    <version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.0.1-M2-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
diff --git a/acceptance-tests/pom.xml b/acceptance-tests/pom.xml
index db4ef2342..de2e9c56d 100644
--- a/acceptance-tests/pom.xml
+++ b/acceptance-tests/pom.xml
@@ -16,15 +16,13 @@
     limitations under the License.
 
 -->
-<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
-  xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-  xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
   <parent>
     <groupId>io.github.ascopes.jct</groupId>
     <artifactId>java-compiler-testing-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.0.1-M2-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
@@ -51,10 +49,12 @@
   </modules>
 
   <properties>
+    <gpg.skip>true</gpg.skip>
     <maven.deploy.skip>true</maven.deploy.skip>
     <maven.install.skip>true</maven.install.skip>
     <maven.jar.skip>true</maven.jar.skip>
     <maven.javadoc.skip>true</maven.javadoc.skip>
+    <maven.release.skip>true</maven.release.skip>
     <skip-dependency-scan>true</skip-dependency-scan>
   </properties>
 
diff --git a/java-compiler-testing/pom.xml b/java-compiler-testing/pom.xml
index d3bc97433..669cb38cc 100644
--- a/java-compiler-testing/pom.xml
+++ b/java-compiler-testing/pom.xml
@@ -16,20 +16,27 @@
     limitations under the License.
 
 -->
-<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
-  xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-  xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
   <parent>
     <groupId>io.github.ascopes.jct</groupId>
     <artifactId>java-compiler-testing-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.0.1-M2-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>java-compiler-testing</artifactId>
 
+
+  <name>Java Compiler Testing microframework</name>
+
+  <description>
+    Microframework geared towards writing declarative integration tests against Java compiler
+    plugins and annotation processors, with a focus on forwards-compatibility, fluency,
+    and good testing practises.
+  </description>
+
   <dependencies>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.google.code.findbugs</groupId>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index d60d83008..171ef68ee 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -16,16 +16,21 @@
     limitations under the License.
 
 -->
-<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
-  xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-  xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
   <groupId>io.github.ascopes.jct</groupId>
   <artifactId>java-compiler-testing-parent</artifactId>
-  <version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>0.0.1-M2-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
 
+  <name>Java Compiler Testing Parent</name>
+
+  <description>
+    Parent POM for the java-compiler-testing project. You probably want to be using that instead
+    of including this POM into your projects directly.
+  </description>
+
   <modules>
     <module>java-compiler-testing</module>
     <module>acceptance-tests</module>
@@ -34,21 +39,40 @@
   <inceptionYear>2022</inceptionYear>
   <url>https://github.com/${project-slug}</url>
 
-  <contributors>
-    <contributor>
+  <developers>
+    <developer>
+      <id>ascopes</id>
       <name>Ashley Scopes</name>
-      <url>${project.url}</url>
-    </contributor>
-  </contributors>
+      <email>ashleyscopes@outlook.com</email>
+      <url>https://github.com/ascopes</url>
+      <organization>Ashley Scopes</organization>
+      <organizationUrl>https://github.com/ascopes</organizationUrl>
+      <roles>
+        <role>lead developer</role>
+        <role>architect</role>
+      </roles>
+      <timezone>Europe/London</timezone>
+    </developer>
+  </developers>
+
+  <contributors />
 
   <distributionManagement>
     <repository>
-      <id>github</id>
-      <name>GitHub Packages</name>
-      <url>https://maven.pkg.github.com/${project-slug}</url>
+      <id>ossrh</id>
+      <url>https://s01.oss.sonatype.org/service/local/staging/deploy/maven2/</url>
     </repository>
+    <snapshotRepository>
+      <id>ossrh</id>
+      <url>https://s01.oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots</url>
+    </snapshotRepository>
   </distributionManagement>
 
+  <issueManagement>
+    <system>GitHub Issues</system>
+    <url>${project-slug}/issues</url>
+  </issueManagement>
+
   <licenses>
     <license>
       <name>Apache License v2.0</name>
@@ -65,7 +89,7 @@
     <url>scm:git:${project.url}</url>
     <connection>scm:git:${project.url}</connection>
     <developerConnection>scm:git:${project.url}</developerConnection>
-    <tag>HEAD</tag>
+    <tag>v0.0.1-M1</tag>
   </scm>
 
   <properties>
@@ -93,8 +117,11 @@
     <maven-install-plugin.version>3.1.0</maven-install-plugin.version>
     <maven-jar-plugin.version>3.3.0</maven-jar-plugin.version>
     <maven-javadoc-plugin.version>3.4.1</maven-javadoc-plugin.version>
+    <maven-gpg-plugin.version>3.0.1</maven-gpg-plugin.version>
     <maven-resources-plugin.version>3.3.0</maven-resources-plugin.version>
+    <maven-source-plugin.version>3.2.1</maven-source-plugin.version>
     <maven-surefire-plugin.version>3.0.0-M7</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
+    <nexus-staging-maven-plugin.version>1.6.13</nexus-staging-maven-plugin.version>
     <pitest-maven.version>1.10.4</pitest-maven.version>
 
     <!-- Plugin dependencies -->
@@ -265,8 +292,7 @@
               This block is needed to show @DisplayName and @ParameterizedTest
               in reports with the provided names.
             -->
-            <statelessTestsetReporter
-              implementation="org.apache.maven.plugin.surefire.extensions.junit5.JUnit5Xml30StatelessReporter">
+            <statelessTestsetReporter implementation="org.apache.maven.plugin.surefire.extensions.junit5.JUnit5Xml30StatelessReporter">
               <disable>false</disable>
               <version>3.0</version>
               <usePhrasedFileName>false</usePhrasedFileName>
@@ -277,8 +303,7 @@
             <consoleOutputReporter>
               <disable>${hide-test-logs-in-console}</disable>
             </consoleOutputReporter>
-            <statelessTestsetInfoReporter
-              implementation="org.apache.maven.plugin.surefire.extensions.junit5.JUnit5StatelessTestsetInfoTreeReporterUnicode">
+            <statelessTestsetInfoReporter implementation="org.apache.maven.plugin.surefire.extensions.junit5.JUnit5StatelessTestsetInfoTreeReporterUnicode">
               <disable>false</disable>
               <usePhrasedFileName>false</usePhrasedFileName>
               <usePhrasedClassNameInRunning>true</usePhrasedClassNameInRunning>
@@ -307,6 +332,12 @@
           </executions>
         </plugin>
 
+        <plugin>
+          <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+          <artifactId>maven-gpg-plugin</artifactId>
+          <version>${maven-gpg-plugin.version}</version>
+        </plugin>
+
         <plugin>
           <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
           <artifactId>maven-install-plugin</artifactId>
@@ -344,7 +375,7 @@
               <option>--override-methods=detail</option>
               <option>--show-packages=exported</option>
             </additionalOptions>
-            <bottom>&#169; ${project.inceptionYear} - ${current-year} &#2013; Ashley Scopes --
+            <bottom>© ${project.inceptionYear} - ${current-year} ߝ Ashley Scopes --
               Apache License V2
             </bottom>
             <defaultSince>0.0.1</defaultSince>
@@ -369,11 +400,19 @@
         </plugin>
 
         <plugin>
+          <!-- Resource file handling -->
           <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
           <artifactId>maven-resources-plugin</artifactId>
           <version>${maven-resources-plugin.version}</version>
         </plugin>
 
+        <plugin>
+          <!-- Bundles source code into a JAR -->
+          <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+          <artifactId>maven-source-plugin</artifactId>
+          <version>${maven-source-plugin.version}</version>
+        </plugin>
+
         <plugin>
           <!-- Unit testing config -->
           <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
@@ -393,8 +432,7 @@
               This block is needed to show @DisplayName and @ParameterizedTest
               in reports with the provided names.
             -->
-            <statelessTestsetReporter
-              implementation="org.apache.maven.plugin.surefire.extensions.junit5.JUnit5Xml30StatelessReporter">
+            <statelessTestsetReporter implementation="org.apache.maven.plugin.surefire.extensions.junit5.JUnit5Xml30StatelessReporter">
               <disable>false</disable>
               <version>3.0</version>
               <usePhrasedFileName>false</usePhrasedFileName>
@@ -405,8 +443,7 @@
             <consoleOutputReporter>
               <disable>${hide-test-logs-in-console}</disable>
             </consoleOutputReporter>
-            <statelessTestsetInfoReporter
-              implementation="org.apache.maven.plugin.surefire.extensions.junit5.JUnit5StatelessTestsetInfoTreeReporterUnicode">
+            <statelessTestsetInfoReporter implementation="org.apache.maven.plugin.surefire.extensions.junit5.JUnit5StatelessTestsetInfoTreeReporterUnicode">
               <disable>false</disable>
               <usePhrasedFileName>false</usePhrasedFileName>
               <usePhrasedClassNameInRunning>true</usePhrasedClassNameInRunning>
@@ -564,6 +601,18 @@
             </execution>
           </executions>
         </plugin>
+
+        <plugin>
+          <groupId>org.sonatype.plugins</groupId>
+          <artifactId>nexus-staging-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+          <version>${nexus-staging-maven-plugin.version}</version>
+          <extensions>true</extensions>
+          <configuration>
+            <serverId>ossrh</serverId>
+            <nexusUrl>https://oss.sonatype.org/</nexusUrl>
+            <autoReleaseAfterClose>true</autoReleaseAfterClose>
+          </configuration>
+        </plugin>
       </plugins>
     </pluginManagement>
 
@@ -662,5 +711,60 @@
         </plugins>
       </build>
     </profile>
+
+    <profile>
+      <id>release</id>
+      <build>
+        <plugins>
+
+          <plugin>
+            <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+            <artifactId>maven-source-plugin</artifactId>
+            <executions>
+              <execution>
+                <id>attach-sources</id>
+                <goals>
+                  <goal>jar-no-fork</goal>
+                </goals>
+              </execution>
+            </executions>
+          </plugin>
+
+          <plugin>
+            <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+            <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
+            <executions>
+              <execution>
+                <id>attach-javadocs</id>
+                <goals>
+                  <goal>jar</goal>
+                </goals>
+              </execution>
+            </executions>
+          </plugin>
+
+          <!-- Enable GPG-signing the release -->
+          <plugin>
+            <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+            <artifactId>maven-gpg-plugin</artifactId>
+            <executions>
+              <execution>
+                <id>sign-artifacts</id>
+                <phase>verify</phase>
+                <goals>
+                  <goal>sign</goal>
+                </goals>
+                <configuration>
+                  <gpgArguments>
+                    <arg>--pinentry-mode</arg>
+                    <arg>loopback</arg>
+                  </gpgArguments>
+                </configuration>
+              </execution>
+            </executions>
+          </plugin>
+        </plugins>
+      </build>
+    </profile>
   </profiles>
 </project>
diff --git a/scripts/common.sh b/scripts/common.sh
index 4da96ee8b..b4a6735ec 100644
--- a/scripts/common.sh
+++ b/scripts/common.sh
@@ -22,21 +22,63 @@
 # We use undefined as a placeholder elsewhere.
 unset undefined &> /dev/null || true
 
-function log() {
-  printf "\033[3;37m$(date "+%H:%M:%S.%3N") \033[0;37m| \033[0;1;${1}m%s:\033[0;${1}m %s\033[0m\n" \
+# Helper to log a coloured message to stderr with a timestamp.
+# Arg 1 = colour code (e.g. 33)
+# Arg 2 = log level name (e.g. WARNING)
+# Arg 3 = Message to display (e.g. "Something ain't right here")
+function __log() {
+  printf "\033[3;37m$(date "+%H:%M:%S.%3N") \033[0;37m| \033[0;1;${1}m%s:\033[0m %s\033[0m\n" \
       "${2}" "${3}" >&2
 }
 
-function err()     { log 31 ERROR   "${@}"; }
-function success() { log 32 SUCCESS "${@}"; }
-function warn()    { log 33 WARNING "${@}"; }
-function info()    { log 35 INFO    "${@}"; }
+# Log an error.
+function err() {
+  __log 31 ERROR "${@}"
+}
+
+# Log a success.
+function success() {
+  __log 32 SUCCESS "${@}"
+}
+
+# Log a warning.
+function warn() {
+  __log 33 WARNING "${@}"
+}
+
+# Log an info message.
+function info() {
+  __log 35 INFO "${@}"
+}
+
+# Ensure that each variable name provided is set in the current shell, otherwise print an error
+# and fail at the end.
+# Used by the deployment pipeline.
+function ensure-set() {
+  local return_code=0
+
+  for variable_name; do
+    if [ "${!variable_name}" = "" ]; then
+      err "Variable ${variable_name} was empty or not set"
+      return_code=1
+    fi
+  done
 
+  return "${return_code}"
+}
+
+# Ensure that each provided argument is in the path, or fail.
 function in-path() {
-  command -v "${1}" &> /dev/null
-  return "${?}"
+  for expected; do
+    command -v "${expected}" &> /dev/null || return 1
+  done
+
+  return 0
 }
 
+# Visually run the command, showing the command being run, stdout, and stderr to the user.
+# Pass the commands to run in via a heredoc as stdin. Incorrect usage will dump an error and
+# terminate the current shell.
 function run() {
   # Run in subshell to enable correct argument re-quoting.
   local file
@@ -57,14 +99,14 @@ function run() {
 
   set +e
   /usr/bin/env bash \
-       1> >(while IFS=$'\r\n' read -r line; do log 36 "STDOUT" "${line}"; done) \
-       2> >(while IFS=$'\r\n' read -r line; do log 37 "STDERR" "${line}"; done) \
+       1> >(while IFS=$'\r\n' read -r line; do __log 36 STDOUT "${line}"; done) \
+       2> >(while IFS=$'\r\n' read -r line; do __log 37 STDERR "${line}"; done) \
        "${file}"
-  local exit_code="${?}"
+  local return_code="${?}"
   rm "${file}"
   set -e
 
   # Wait for stdout and stderr to flush for ~10ms
-  sleep 0.01
-  return "${exit_code}"
+  sleep 0.05
+  return "${return_code}"
 }