diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-maven-publish-release.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci-maven-publish-release.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..df530ba2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-maven-publish-release.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+name: CI - Maven Publish Release
+
+on:
+  push:
+    tags:
+      - 'v*'
+  workflow_dispatch:
+  # Publish nightly builds
+  schedule:
+    - cron: '0 0 * * *' # run at midnight UTC
+concurrency:
+  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+jobs:
+  build:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Set up JDK 17
+        uses: actions/setup-java@v3
+        with:
+          distribution: temurin
+          java-version: 17
+          server-id: ossrh
+          server-username: MAVEN_USERNAME
+          server-password: MAVEN_PASSWORD
+      - name: Checkout code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+      - name: Install Protoc
+        uses: arduino/setup-protoc@v1
+        with:
+          repo-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+      - name: Build and Verify
+        run: mvn --no-transfer-progress --batch-mode verify
+      - name: Package surefire test results
+        if: failure()
+        run: |
+          rm -rf test-results
+          mkdir test-results
+          find . -type d -name "*surefire*" -exec cp --parents -R {} test-results/ \;
+          zip -r test-results.zip test-results
+      - name: Upload test results
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
+        if: failure()
+        with:
+          name: test-results
+          path: test-results.zip
+      - name: Publish to the Maven Central Repository
+        run: mvn --batch-mode -Prelease -DskipTests deploy
+        env:
+          MAVEN_USERNAME: ${{ secrets.SONATYPE_USERNAME }}
+          MAVEN_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.SONATYPE_PASSWORD }}
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index dad12d3f..2847f964 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -24,9 +24,10 @@
     <artifactId>oxia-java</artifactId>
     <version>0.0.15-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <packaging>pom</packaging>
-    <name>Oxia Implementations for Java</name>
-
-    <inceptionYear>2022</inceptionYear>
+    <name>Oxia Client SDK for Java</name>
+    <description>Oxia Client SDK for Java</description>
+    <url>http://github.com/streanative/oxia-java</url>
+    <inceptionYear>2023</inceptionYear>
 
     <organization>
         <name>StreamNative Inc.</name>
@@ -50,12 +51,23 @@
         <module>pulsar-metadatastore-oxia</module>
     </modules>
 
+    <scm>
+        <connection>scm:git:git://github.com/streamnative/oxia-java.git</connection>
+        <developerConnection>scm:git:ssh://github.com:streamnative/oxia-java.git</developerConnection>
+        <url>https://github.com/streamnative/oxia-java</url>
+    </scm>
+
     <distributionManagement>
         <repository>
-            <id>github</id>
-            <name>GitHub Packages</name>
-            <url>https://maven.pkg.github.com/streamnative/oxia-java</url>
+            <id>ossrh</id>
+            <name>Central Repository OSSRH</name>
+            <url>https://s01.oss.sonatype.org/service/local/staging/deploy/maven2/</url>
         </repository>
+        <snapshotRepository>
+            <id>ossrh</id>
+            <name>Snapshot Repository OSSRH</name>
+            <url>https://s01.oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots</url>
+        </snapshotRepository>
     </distributionManagement>
 
     <properties>
@@ -349,40 +361,6 @@
                     </execution>
                 </executions>
             </plugin>
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.6.3</version>
-                <configuration>
-                    <doclint>none</doclint>
-                    <notimestamp>true</notimestamp>
-                    <sourceFileExcludes>
-                        <sourceFileExclude>**/generated-sources/*.java</sourceFileExclude>
-                    </sourceFileExcludes>
-                </configuration>
-                <executions>
-                    <execution>
-                        <goals>
-                            <goal>javadoc</goal>
-                            <goal>jar</goal>
-                        </goals>
-                        <phase>verify</phase>
-                    </execution>
-                </executions>
-            </plugin>
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-source-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.3.0</version>
-                <executions>
-                    <execution>
-                        <goals>
-                            <goal>jar</goal>
-                        </goals>
-                        <phase>verify</phase>
-                    </execution>
-                </executions>
-            </plugin>
             <plugin>
                 <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
                 <version>${maven.surefire.plugin.version}</version>
@@ -465,4 +443,88 @@
         </plugins>
     </build>
 
+    <profiles>
+        <profile>
+            <id>release</id>
+            <build>
+                <plugins>
+                    <!-- calculate checksums of source release for Apache dist area -->
+                    <plugin>
+                        <groupId>net.nicoulaj.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>checksum-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+                        <version>1.11</version>
+                        <executions>
+                            <execution>
+                                <id>source-release-checksum</id>
+                                <goals>
+                                    <goal>artifacts</goal>
+                                </goals>
+                                <phase>post-integration-test</phase>
+                                <configuration>
+                                    <algorithms>
+                                        <algorithm>MD5</algorithm>
+                                        <algorithm>SHA-1</algorithm>
+                                        <algorithm>SHA-512</algorithm>
+                                    </algorithms>
+                                    <includeClassifiers>source-release</includeClassifiers>
+                                    <excludeMainArtifact>true</excludeMainArtifact>
+                                    <csvSummary>false</csvSummary>
+                                    <attachChecksums>true</attachChecksums>
+                                </configuration>
+                            </execution>
+                        </executions>
+                    </plugin>
+                    <!-- We want to sign the artifact, the POM, and all attached artifacts (except for SHA-512 checksum) -->
+                    <plugin>
+                        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>maven-gpg-plugin</artifactId>
+                        <version>3.1.0</version>
+                        <executions>
+                            <execution>
+                                <id>sign-release-artifacts</id>
+                                <goals>
+                                    <goal>sign</goal>
+                                </goals>
+                            </execution>
+                        </executions>
+                    </plugin>
+                    <plugin>
+                        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
+                        <version>3.6.3</version>
+                        <configuration>
+                            <doclint>none</doclint>
+                            <notimestamp>true</notimestamp>
+                            <sourceFileExcludes>
+                                <sourceFileExclude>**/generated-sources/*.java</sourceFileExclude>
+                            </sourceFileExcludes>
+                        </configuration>
+                        <executions>
+                            <execution>
+                                <goals>
+                                    <goal>javadoc</goal>
+                                    <goal>jar</goal>
+                                </goals>
+                                <phase>verify</phase>
+                            </execution>
+                        </executions>
+                    </plugin>
+                    <plugin>
+                        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>maven-source-plugin</artifactId>
+                        <version>3.3.0</version>
+                        <executions>
+                            <execution>
+                                <goals>
+                                    <goal>jar-no-fork</goal>
+                                </goals>
+                                <phase>verify</phase>
+                            </execution>
+                        </executions>
+                    </plugin>
+                </plugins>
+            </build>
+        </profile>
+    </profiles>
+
 </project>