diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-package-development.yml b/.github/workflows/build-package-development.yml
index 83fc7309..63aac37a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-package-development.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-package-development.yml
@@ -47,6 +47,43 @@ jobs:
     - name: Show extracted Maven project groupId, artifactId, version
       run: printf '%s\n' "$maven_groupId" "$maven_artifactId" "$maven_version"
 
+    - name: Delete package or package version
+      uses: actions/github-script@v7
+      id: delete-package-version
+      with:
+        script: |
+          const packageName = process.env.maven_groupId + '.' + process.env.maven_artifactId 
+          const org = context.repo.owner 
+          const versionInfo = await github.rest.packages.getAllPackageVersionsForPackageOwnedByOrg({
+            package_type: 'maven',
+            package_name: packageName,
+            org: org,
+          })
+          
+          const versions = versionInfo.data
+          for (const version of versions) {
+            if (version.name == process.env.maven_version) {
+              /* This version is the maven version we want to delete: */
+              if (versions.length == 1) {
+                /* This version is the last version of the package so we have to delete the complete package: */
+                await github.rest.packages.deletePackageForOrg({
+                  package_type: 'maven',
+                  package_name: packageName,
+                  org: context.repo.owner,
+                });
+              } else {
+                /* Remove this version from the package: */
+                await github.rest.packages.deletePackageVersionForOrg({
+                  package_type: 'maven',
+                  package_name: packageName,
+                  org: context.repo.owner,
+                  package_version_id: version.id,
+                });
+              }
+              break;
+            }
+          }
+
     - name: Publish to GitHub Packages Apache Maven
       run: mvn deploy -s $GITHUB_WORKSPACE/settings.xml
       env: