diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-mapped.yml b/.github/workflows/ci-mapped.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..891ad8fe61
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-mapped.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+# Copyright 2021 JanusGraph Authors
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+name: Publish package to GitHub Packages
+on:
+  release:
+    types: [created]
+jobs:
+  publish:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      contents: read
+      packages: write
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - uses: actions/setup-java@v2
+        with:
+          java-version: '8'
+          distribution: 'adopt'
+
+      - name: Setup unique version
+        run:  mvn versions:set -DnewVersion=$(date +%s) -DgenerateBackupPoms=false
+
+      - name: Compile and prepare release
+        run: mvn clean install -Pjanusgraph-release -Dgpg.skip=true -DskipTests=true
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+
+      - name: Deploy release
+        run: mvn deploy -Pjanusgraph-release -Dgpg.skip=true -DskipTests=true
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 018401c39a..1aa6e384eb 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -46,12 +46,14 @@
     </scm>
     <distributionManagement>
         <snapshotRepository>
-            <id>ossrh</id>
-            <url>https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots</url>
+            <id>github</id>
+            <name>GitHub Packages</name>
+            <url>https://maven.pkg.github.com/mapped/janusgraph</url>
         </snapshotRepository>
         <repository>
-            <id>ossrh</id>
-            <url>https://oss.sonatype.org/service/local/staging/deploy/maven2/</url>
+            <id>github</id>
+            <name>GitHub Packages</name>
+            <url>https://maven.pkg.github.com/mapped/janusgraph</url>
         </repository>
     </distributionManagement>
     <properties>
@@ -83,7 +85,7 @@
         <commons.collections.version>3.2.2</commons.collections.version>
         <zookeeper.version>3.6.2</zookeeper.version>
         <!-- align with org.apache.tinkerpop:tinkerpop -->
-        <netty4.version>4.1.78.Final</netty4.version>
+        <netty4.version>4.1.79.Final</netty4.version>
         <jna.version>5.10.0</jna.version>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>