diff --git a/.github/workflows/deploy.yml b/.github/workflows/deploy.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..47b1d93
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/deploy.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+name: Deploy PathExpression
+
+on: [workflow_dispatch]
+
+jobs:
+  deployment:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    name: PathExpression deployment
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout source code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      # Sets up Java version
+      - name: Set up Java
+        uses: actions/setup-java@v3
+        with:
+          distribution: 'adopt'
+          java-package: 'jdk'
+          java-version: '11'
+          server-id: 'ossrh' # must match the serverId configured for the nexus-staging-maven-plugin
+          server-username: OSSRH_USERNAME # Env var that holds your OSSRH user name
+          server-password: OSSRH_PASSWORD # Env var that holds your OSSRH user pw
+          gpg-private-key: ${{ secrets.GPG_PRIVATE_KEY }} # Substituted with the value stored in the referenced secret
+          gpg-passphrase: SIGN_KEY_PASS # Env var that holds the key's passphrase
+      # Sets up Maven version
+      - name: Set up Maven
+        uses: stCarolas/setup-maven@v4.5
+        with:
+          maven-version: 3.6.3
+      - name: Build & Deploy PathExpression
+        run: mvn -B -U clean deploy -Pdeployment
+        env:
+          SIGN_KEY_PASS: ${{ secrets.GPG_PRIVATE_KEY_PASSPHRASE }}
+          OSSRH_USERNAME: ${{ secrets.SONATYPE_USER }}
+          OSSRH_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.SONATYPE_PW }}
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diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 168bc81..f12f67a 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -3,6 +3,88 @@
 	<groupId>de.fraunhofer.iem</groupId>
 	<artifactId>pathexpression</artifactId>
 	<version>1.0.1</version>
+
+	<licenses>
+		<license>
+			<name>Eclipse Public License - v2.0</name>
+			<url>https://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-2.0/</url>
+		</license>
+	</licenses>
+
+    <scm>
+        <connection>scm:git:${project.scm.url}</connection>
+        <developerConnection>scm:git:${project.scm.url}</developerConnection>
+        <url>git@github.com:johspaeth/PathExpression.git</url>
+        <tag>${project.version}</tag>
+    </scm>
+	<description>Implementation of an algorithm by Tarjan that efficiently computes path expressions based on a labeled graph</description>
+	<url>https://github.com/johspaeth/PathExpression</url>
+
+	<developers>
+		<developer>
+			<name>Johannes Spaeth</name>
+			<email>mail@johspaeth.de</email>
+		</developer>
+	</developers>
+
+	<profiles>
+		<!-- This profile is used to avoid running the deployment in non-deployment
+			contexts because they require specific keys from the Github remote. Include
+			this profile by setting the -Pdeployment flag. -->
+		<profile>
+			<id>deployment</id>
+			<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://s01.oss.sonatype.org</nexusUrl>
+							<autoReleaseAfterClose>true</autoReleaseAfterClose>
+						</configuration>
+					</plugin>
+					<plugin>
+						<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+						<artifactId>maven-source-plugin</artifactId>
+						<version>3.2.1</version>
+						<executions>
+							<execution>
+								<id>attach-source</id>
+								<goals>
+									<goal>jar</goal>
+								</goals>
+							</execution>
+						</executions>
+					</plugin>
+					<plugin>
+						<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+						<artifactId>maven-gpg-plugin</artifactId>
+						<version>3.0.1</version>
+						<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>
+
+
 	<build>
 		<plugins>
 			<plugin>
@@ -19,12 +101,7 @@
 		    </plugin>
 		</plugins>
 	</build>
-    <scm>
-        <connection>scm:git:${project.scm.url}</connection>
-        <developerConnection>scm:git:${project.scm.url}</developerConnection>
-        <url>git@github.com:johspaeth/PathExpression.git</url>
-        <tag>${project.version}</tag>
-    </scm>
+
 	<dependencies>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
@@ -45,10 +122,13 @@
 	</dependencies>
 
 	<distributionManagement>
+		<snapshotRepository>
+			<id>ossrh</id>
+			<url>https://s01.oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots/</url>
+		</snapshotRepository>
 		<repository>
-			<id>github</id>
-			<name>GitHub Packages</name>
-			<url>https://maven.pkg.github.com/johspaeth/PathExpression</url>
+			<id>ossrh</id>
+			<url>https://s01.oss.sonatype.org/service/local/staging/deploy/maven2/</url>
 		</repository>
 	</distributionManagement>
 </project>