diff --git a/.github/workflows/actions.yml b/.github/workflows/actions.yml
index 6c24d76..977ba32 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/actions.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/actions.yml
@@ -10,27 +10,31 @@ jobs:
   build:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - name: Checkout code
+      - name: "👷 Checkout code"
         uses: actions/checkout@v3
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
-      - name: Set up java
+
+      - name: "☕ Set up java"
         uses: actions/setup-java@v3
         with:
           distribution: 'temurin'
-          java-version: '11'
+          java-version: '17'
           cache: maven
           gpg-private-key: ${{ secrets.MAVEN_GPG_PRIVATE_KEY }}
           gpg-passphrase:  ${{ secrets.MAVEN_GPG_PASSPHRASE }}
-      - name: Compile
+
+      - name: "🔧 Compile"
         run: mvn compile
-      - name: Cache SonarCloud packages
+
+      - name: "⏬ Cache SonarCloud packages"
         uses: actions/cache@v1
         with:
           path: ~/.sonar/cache
           key: ${{ runner.os }}-sonar
           restore-keys: ${{ runner.os }}-sonar
-      - name: Quality Check
+
+      - name: "🎓 Quality Check"
         env:
           GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
           SONAR_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.SONAR_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/manual-deploy.yml b/.github/workflows/manual-deploy.yml
index 4149965..fbdb763 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/manual-deploy.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/manual-deploy.yml
@@ -3,24 +3,113 @@ name: Manual Deployment to Maven Central
 on: workflow_dispatch
 
 jobs:
+  build:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: "👷 Checkout code"
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+
+      - name: "☕ Set up java"
+        uses: actions/setup-java@v3
+        with:
+          distribution: 'temurin'
+          java-version: '17'
+          cache: maven
+          gpg-private-key: ${{ secrets.MAVEN_GPG_PRIVATE_KEY }}
+          gpg-passphrase: ${{ secrets.MAVEN_GPG_PASSPHRASE }}
+
+      - name: "🔧 Compile"
+        run: mvn compile
+
   publish:
     needs: build
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
-      - uses: actions/setup-java@v3
+      - name: "👷 Checkout code"
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+
+      - name: "☕ Set up java"
+        uses: actions/setup-java@v3
         with:
           distribution: 'temurin'
-          java-version: '11'
+          java-version: '17'
           cache: maven
           server-id: ossrh
           server-username: MAVEN_USERNAME
           server-password: MAVEN_PASSWORD
           gpg-private-key: ${{ secrets.MAVEN_GPG_PRIVATE_KEY }}
           gpg-passphrase: MAVEN_GPG_PASSPHRASE
-      - name: Publish package
+
+      - name: "🗽 Publish package"
         run: mvn clean deploy -DskipTests -Prelease
         env:
           MAVEN_USERNAME: ${{ secrets.OSSRH_USERNAME }}
           MAVEN_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.OSSRH_TOKEN }}
           MAVEN_GPG_PASSPHRASE: ${{ secrets.MAVEN_GPG_PASSPHRASE }}
+
+  tag_release:
+    needs: publish
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: "👷 Checkout code"
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+
+      - name: "📎 Install xmllint"
+        run: sudo apt-get install -y libxml2-utils
+
+      - name: "📑 Setup release information"
+        run: |
+          pom_version=`xmllint --xpath '/*[local-name()="project"]/*[local-name()="version"]/text()' pom.xml`
+          echo "POM_VERSION=$pom_version" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+
+      - name: "✏️ Generate release changelog"
+        id: extract-release-changelog
+        uses: heinrichreimer/github-changelog-generator-action@v2.3
+        with:
+          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          unreleasedOnly: "true"
+          stripHeaders: "true"
+          stripGeneratorNotice: "true"
+          futureRelease: ${{ env.POM_VERSION }}
+
+      - name: "📍 Create release"
+        uses: actions/create-release@v1
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+        with:
+          tag_name: ${{ env.POM_VERSION }}
+          release_name: v${{ env.POM_VERSION }}
+          draft: false
+          prerelease: false
+          body: ${{ steps.extract-release-changelog.outputs.changelog }}
+
+      - name: "✏️ Generate full changelog"
+        id: extract-changelog
+        uses: heinrichreimer/github-changelog-generator-action@v2.3
+        with:
+          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          stripGeneratorNotice: "true"
+
+      - name: "⛲ Commit files"
+        env:
+          CI_USER: github-actions
+          CI_EMAIL: github-actions@github.com
+        run: |
+          git config --local user.email "$CI_EMAIL"
+          git config --local user.name "$CI_USER"
+          git status
+          git add CHANGELOG.md && git commit -m 'Updated CHANGELOG.md' && echo "push=true" >> $GITHUB_ENV || echo "No changes to CHANGELOG.md"
+
+      - name: "⏫ Push changes"
+        if: env.push == 'true'
+        env:
+          CI_USER: github-actions
+          CI_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+        run: |
+          git push "https://$CI_USER:$CI_TOKEN@github.com/$GITHUB_REPOSITORY.git" HEAD:master
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