diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 9a70251..f069461 100755
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -47,6 +47,16 @@ dist:
 	cp freeimage4java-linux/target/com.nextbreakpoint.freeimage4java.linux-*.jar dist
 	cp freeimage4java-windows/target/com.nextbreakpoint.freeimage4java.windows-*.jar dist
 
-.PHONY: release
-release:
+.PHONY: github-release
+github-release:
+	mvn -Dchannel=github clean package de.jutzig:github-release-plugin:release -Dgithub.draft=true
+
+.PHONY: maven-release
+maven-release:
 	mvn -Dchannel=ossrh clean deploy
+
+.PHONY: set-version
+set-version:
+	test $(version)
+	mvn versions:set -DnewVersion=$(version)
+	mvn versions:commit
diff --git a/freeimage4java-linux-examples/pom.xml b/freeimage4java-linux-examples/pom.xml
index 9d6b1df..23f5ad7 100644
--- a/freeimage4java-linux-examples/pom.xml
+++ b/freeimage4java-linux-examples/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>com.nextbreakpoint</groupId>
         <artifactId>com.nextbreakpoint.freeimage4java</artifactId>
-        <version>3.18.0-2.0</version>
+        <version>3.18.0-2.1</version>
     </parent>
     <artifactId>com.nextbreakpoint.freeimage4java.linux.examples</artifactId>
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
diff --git a/freeimage4java-linux-test/pom.xml b/freeimage4java-linux-test/pom.xml
index a2b07ec..604f6f0 100644
--- a/freeimage4java-linux-test/pom.xml
+++ b/freeimage4java-linux-test/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>com.nextbreakpoint</groupId>
         <artifactId>com.nextbreakpoint.freeimage4java</artifactId>
-        <version>3.18.0-2.0</version>
+        <version>3.18.0-2.1</version>
     </parent>
     <artifactId>com.nextbreakpoint.freeimage4java.linux.test</artifactId>
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
diff --git a/freeimage4java-linux/pom.xml b/freeimage4java-linux/pom.xml
index c023dd2..1e6c9f8 100644
--- a/freeimage4java-linux/pom.xml
+++ b/freeimage4java-linux/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>com.nextbreakpoint</groupId>
         <artifactId>com.nextbreakpoint.freeimage4java</artifactId>
-        <version>3.18.0-2.0</version>
+        <version>3.18.0-2.1</version>
     </parent>
     <artifactId>com.nextbreakpoint.freeimage4java.linux</artifactId>
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
diff --git a/freeimage4java-macos-examples/pom.xml b/freeimage4java-macos-examples/pom.xml
index 654e2b0..49384ab 100644
--- a/freeimage4java-macos-examples/pom.xml
+++ b/freeimage4java-macos-examples/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>com.nextbreakpoint</groupId>
         <artifactId>com.nextbreakpoint.freeimage4java</artifactId>
-        <version>3.18.0-2.0</version>
+        <version>3.18.0-2.1</version>
     </parent>
     <artifactId>com.nextbreakpoint.freeimage4java.macos.examples</artifactId>
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
diff --git a/freeimage4java-macos-test/pom.xml b/freeimage4java-macos-test/pom.xml
index 4ab28f7..5b59660 100644
--- a/freeimage4java-macos-test/pom.xml
+++ b/freeimage4java-macos-test/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>com.nextbreakpoint</groupId>
         <artifactId>com.nextbreakpoint.freeimage4java</artifactId>
-        <version>3.18.0-2.0</version>
+        <version>3.18.0-2.1</version>
     </parent>
     <artifactId>com.nextbreakpoint.freeimage4java.macos.test</artifactId>
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
diff --git a/freeimage4java-macos/pom.xml b/freeimage4java-macos/pom.xml
index e179aef..a1a11f0 100644
--- a/freeimage4java-macos/pom.xml
+++ b/freeimage4java-macos/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>com.nextbreakpoint</groupId>
         <artifactId>com.nextbreakpoint.freeimage4java</artifactId>
-        <version>3.18.0-2.0</version>
+        <version>3.18.0-2.1</version>
     </parent>
     <artifactId>com.nextbreakpoint.freeimage4java.macos</artifactId>
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
diff --git a/freeimage4java-windows-examples/pom.xml b/freeimage4java-windows-examples/pom.xml
index 5852b9a..df61dbb 100644
--- a/freeimage4java-windows-examples/pom.xml
+++ b/freeimage4java-windows-examples/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>com.nextbreakpoint</groupId>
         <artifactId>com.nextbreakpoint.freeimage4java</artifactId>
-        <version>3.18.0-2.0</version>
+        <version>3.18.0-2.1</version>
     </parent>
     <artifactId>com.nextbreakpoint.freeimage4java.windows.examples</artifactId>
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
diff --git a/freeimage4java-windows-test/pom.xml b/freeimage4java-windows-test/pom.xml
index ee0d663..a3890d1 100644
--- a/freeimage4java-windows-test/pom.xml
+++ b/freeimage4java-windows-test/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>com.nextbreakpoint</groupId>
         <artifactId>com.nextbreakpoint.freeimage4java</artifactId>
-        <version>3.18.0-2.0</version>
+        <version>3.18.0-2.1</version>
     </parent>
     <artifactId>com.nextbreakpoint.freeimage4java.windows.test</artifactId>
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
diff --git a/freeimage4java-windows/pom.xml b/freeimage4java-windows/pom.xml
index 5785f63..42d2413 100644
--- a/freeimage4java-windows/pom.xml
+++ b/freeimage4java-windows/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>com.nextbreakpoint</groupId>
         <artifactId>com.nextbreakpoint.freeimage4java</artifactId>
-        <version>3.18.0-2.0</version>
+        <version>3.18.0-2.1</version>
     </parent>
     <artifactId>com.nextbreakpoint.freeimage4java.windows</artifactId>
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 705efea..8c9b0b2 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <groupId>com.nextbreakpoint</groupId>
     <artifactId>com.nextbreakpoint.freeimage4java</artifactId>
-    <version>3.18.0-2.0</version>
+    <version>3.18.0-2.1</version>
     <packaging>pom</packaging>
     <name>FreeImage4Java</name>
     <description>FreeImage4Java provides a Java wrapper of FreeImage library</description>
@@ -41,14 +41,16 @@
         <maven-compiler-plugin.version>3.13.0</maven-compiler-plugin.version>
         <maven-surefire-plugin.version>3.3.0</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
         <maven-toolchains-plugin.version>3.2.0</maven-toolchains-plugin.version>
-        <maven-dependency-plugin.version>3.7.0</maven-dependency-plugin.version>
+        <maven-dependency-plugin.version>3.7.1</maven-dependency-plugin.version>
         <maven-enforcer-plugin.version>3.5.0</maven-enforcer-plugin.version>
         <maven-jar-plugin.version>3.4.1</maven-jar-plugin.version>
         <maven-gpg-plugin.version>1.5</maven-gpg-plugin.version>
         <exec-maven-plugin.version>3.3.0</exec-maven-plugin.version>
         <versions-maven-plugin.version>2.16.2</versions-maven-plugin.version>
         <nexus-staging-maven-plugin.version>1.7.0</nexus-staging-maven-plugin.version>
+        <github-release-plugin.version>1.6.0</github-release-plugin.version>
         <maven.version>3.6</maven.version>
+        <github.draft>true</github.draft>
     </properties>
     <modules>
         <module>freeimage4java-macos</module>
@@ -113,6 +115,11 @@
                     <artifactId>nexus-staging-maven-plugin</artifactId>
                     <version>${nexus-staging-maven-plugin.version}</version>
                 </plugin>
+                <plugin>
+                    <groupId>de.jutzig</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>github-release-plugin</artifactId>
+                    <version>${github-release-plugin.version}</version>
+                </plugin>
             </plugins>
         </pluginManagement>
         <plugins>
@@ -338,5 +345,39 @@
                 </repository>
             </distributionManagement>
         </profile>
+        <profile>
+            <id>github</id>
+            <activation>
+                <property>
+                    <name>channel</name>
+                    <value>github</value>
+                </property>
+            </activation>
+            <build>
+                <plugins>
+                    <plugin>
+                        <groupId>de.jutzig</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>github-release-plugin</artifactId>
+                        <configuration>
+                            <releaseName>FreeImage4Java ${project.version}</releaseName>
+                            <tag>v${project.version}</tag>
+                            <failOnExistingRelease>false</failOnExistingRelease>
+                            <overwriteArtifact>false</overwriteArtifact>
+                            <draft>${github.draft}</draft>
+                            <fileSets>
+                                <fileSet>
+                                    <directory>${project.basedir}</directory>
+                                    <includes>
+                                        <include>**/target/${project.artifactId}-${project.version}-x86_64.jar</include>
+                                        <include>**/target/${project.artifactId}-${project.version}-x86_64.jar</include>
+                                        <include>**/target/${project.artifactId}-${project.version}-x86_64.jar</include>
+                                    </includes>
+                                </fileSet>
+                            </fileSets>
+                        </configuration>
+                    </plugin>
+                </plugins>
+            </build>
+        </profile>
     </profiles>
 </project>