diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index e0aeb448a..2a1ee13e6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -28,7 +28,9 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Checkout code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
       - uses: coursier/cache-action@v5
 
       - name: Setup Scala
@@ -60,7 +62,9 @@ jobs:
           - 5432:5432
     steps:
       - name: Checkout code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
       - uses: coursier/cache-action@v5
 
       - name: Setup Scala
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release_publish.yml b/.github/workflows/release_publish.yml
index a75203377..9748c4ea1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release_publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release_publish.yml
@@ -20,14 +20,22 @@ on:
     types: [released]
 
 jobs:
-  publish:
+  publish-to-sonatype:
+    name: Publish to Sonatype
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: Checkout code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
-      - uses: olafurpg/setup-scala@v14
-      - name: Run sbt ci-release (produces jar as well)
+      - uses: coursier/cache-action@v5
+
+      - name: Setup Scala
+        uses: olafurpg/setup-scala@v14
+        with:
+          java-version: "adopt@1.8"
+
+      - name: Run sbt ci-release
         run: sbt ci-release
         env:
           PGP_PASSPHRASE: ${{ secrets.PGP_PASSPHRASE }}
@@ -35,6 +43,24 @@ jobs:
           SONATYPE_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.SONATYPE_PASSWORD }}
           SONATYPE_USERNAME: ${{ secrets.SONATYPE_USERNAME }}
 
+
+  publish-server-jar:
+    name: Publish server jar
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+      - uses: coursier/cache-action@v5
+
+      - name: Setup Scala
+        uses: olafurpg/setup-scala@v14
+        with:
+          java-version: "adopt@1.11.0-11"
+      - name: Run sbt assembly (produces jar)
+        run: sbt assembly
+
       - name: Find JAR file
         id: find_jar
         run: echo "JAR_PATH=$(find . -name 'server/target/jvm-2.13/*.jar' | head -n 1)" >> $GITHUB_ENV
diff --git a/project/Setup.scala b/project/Setup.scala
index 42ed27eac..2f5a863a9 100644
--- a/project/Setup.scala
+++ b/project/Setup.scala
@@ -43,14 +43,14 @@ object Setup {
   val commonScalacOptions: Seq[String] = Seq("-unchecked", "-deprecation", "-feature", "-Xfatal-warnings")
 
   val serverAndDbJavacOptions: Seq[String] = Seq("-source", "11", "-target", "11", "-Xlint")
-  val serverAndDbScalacOptions: Seq[String] = Seq("-release", "11", "-Ymacro-annotations")
+  val serverAndDbScalacOptions: Seq[String] = Seq("-Ymacro-annotations")
 
   val clientJavacOptions: Seq[String] = Seq("-source", "1.8", "-target", "1.8", "-Xlint")
   def clientScalacOptions(scalaVersion: Version): Seq[String] = {
     if (scalaVersion >= scala213) {
       Seq("-release", "8", "-Ymacro-annotations")
     } else {
-      Seq("-target", "8", "-release", "8")
+      Seq("-release", "8", "-target:8")
     }
   }