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+name: Release new version
+
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch
+
+jobs:
+  deploy:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: Set up JDK
+        uses: actions/setup-java@v4
+        with:
+          distribution: 'temurin'
+          java-version: '17'
+          cache: maven
+          server-id: central # Value of the distributionManagement/repository/id field of the pom.xml
+          server-username: SONATYPE_USERNAME
+          server-password: SONATYPE_PASSWORD
+          gpg-private-key: ${{ secrets.GPG_PRIVATE_KEY }} # has to be read directly from secrets
+          gpg-passphrase: MAVEN_GPG_PASSPHRASE # default name used by maven-gpg-plugin
+
+      - name: Setup git profile
+        run: |
+          git config --global user.name "github-actions[bot]"
+          git config --global user.email "123456+github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com"
+
+      - name: Release new version
+        run:
+          mvn -B release:clean release:prepare release:perform -P release
+        env:
+          SONATYPE_USERNAME: ${{ secrets.SONATYPE_USERNAME }}
+          SONATYPE_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.SONATYPE_PASSWORD }}
+          MAVEN_GPG_PASSPHRASE: ${{ secrets.GPG_PASSPHRASE }}
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