diff --git a/.github/workflows/java-build.yml b/.github/workflows/java-build.yml
index f449ff84b..c942eb853 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/java-build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/java-build.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 name: CI-java
 on:
-  # remove push
-  push:
   pull_request:
   workflow_call:
     inputs:
@@ -94,11 +92,8 @@ jobs:
           mkdir -p $JAVA_RELEASE_FOLDER
           cp $JAVA_BUILD_FOLDER/${{ matrix.module }}*.jar LICENSE $JAVA_RELEASE_FOLDER/
 
-#      - name: Debug pwd and ls
-#        run: pwd && ls -R java-connectors
-
       - name: Cache assembly
-        uses: actions/cache/save@v3
+        uses: actions/cache/save@v4
         with:
           path: ./java-connectors/release/${{ matrix.module }}*.jar
           key: assembly-java-${{ github.run_id }}
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diff --git a/.github/workflows/java-release.yml b/.github/workflows/java-release.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a764f6a50
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/java-release.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,95 @@
+name: Publish New Java Release
+on:
+  push:
+    tags:
+      - "*"
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+jobs:
+  validate-tag:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    outputs:
+      draft_release: ${{ steps.get_tag.outputs.draft_release }}
+      tag: ${{ steps.get_tag.outputs.tag }}
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+
+      - name: Get tag, release mode
+        shell: bash
+        id: get_tag
+        run: |
+          if [[ ${GITHUB_REF##*/} =~ ^[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+$ ]];
+          then
+              draft_release=false
+          elif [[ ${GITHUB_REF##*/} =~ ^[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+(-(alpha|beta|rc)(\.[0-9]+)?)?(\+[A-Za-z0-9.]+)?$ ]];
+          then
+              draft_release=true
+          else
+              echo "Exiting, github ref needs to be a tag with format x.y.z or x.y.z-(alpha|beta|rc)"
+              exit 1
+          fi
+          echo "draft_release=$draft_release" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+          echo "tag=${GITHUB_REF##*/}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+
+  build:
+    needs:
+      - validate-tag
+    uses: ./.github/workflows/java-build.yml
+    with:
+      version: ${{ needs.validate-tag.outputs.tag }}
+    secrets: inherit
+
+  create-release:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    needs:
+      - validate-tag
+      - build
+    strategy:
+      # Avoid parallel uploads
+      max-parallel: 1
+      # GitHub will NOT cancel all in-progress and queued jobs in the matrix if any job in the matrix fails, which could create inconsistencies.
+      # If any matrix job fails, the job will be marked as failure
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        module: ${{fromJSON(needs.build.outputs.modules)}}
+    env:
+      DRAFT_RELEASE: '${{ needs.validate-tag.outputs.draft_release }}'
+      TAG: ${{ needs.validate-tag.outputs.tag }}
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: Set up JDK 21
+        uses: actions/setup-java@v4
+        with:
+          java-version: '21'
+          distribution: 'temurin'
+          cache: 'gradle'
+
+      - name: Uncache assembly
+        uses: actions/cache/restore@v4
+        with:
+          path: |
+            ./java-connectors/release/${{ matrix.module }}*.jar
+          key: assembly-java-${{ github.run_id }}
+          fail-on-cache-miss: true
+
+      - name: Package Connector
+        shell: bash
+        run: |
+          JAVA_RELEASE_FOLDER=java-connectors/release
+          FOLDER=${{ matrix.module }}-${{ env.TAG }}
+          mkdir -p $FOLDER
+          cp $JAVA_RELEASE_FOLDER/${{ matrix.module }}*.jar LICENSE $FOLDER/
+          zip -r "$FOLDER.zip" $FOLDER/
+
+      - name: Upload binaries to release
+        uses: svenstaro/upload-release-action@v2
+        with:
+          file: ${{ matrix.module }}-${{ env.TAG }}.zip
+          asset_name: "${{ matrix.module }}-${{ env.TAG }}.zip"
+          release_name: 'Stream Reactor ${{ env.TAG }}'
+          prerelease: ${{ env.DRAFT_RELEASE }}
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diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 956b47966..a6fb59e27 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -22,14 +22,14 @@ jobs:
         shell: bash
         id: get_tag
         run: |
-          if [[ ${GITHUB_REF##*/} =~ ^[0-9]\.[0-9]\.[0-9]$ ]];
+          if [[ ${GITHUB_REF##*/} =~ ^[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+$ ]];
           then
               draft_release=false
-          elif [[ ${GITHUB_REF##*/} =~ ^[0-9]\.[0-9]\.[0-9]+(-(alpha|beta|rc)(\.[0-9]+)?)?(\+[A-Za-z0-9.]+)?$ ]];
+          elif [[ ${GITHUB_REF##*/} =~ ^[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+(-(alpha|beta|rc)(\.[0-9]+)?)?(\+[A-Za-z0-9.]+)?$ ]];
           then
               draft_release=true
           else
-              echo "Exiting, github ref needs to be a tag with format x.y.z or x.y.z+(alpha|beta|rc)"
+              echo "Exiting, github ref needs to be a tag with format x.y.z or x.y.z-(alpha|beta|rc)"
               exit 1
           fi
           echo "draft_release=$draft_release" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT