diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index 4159e74..4e2aac4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -6,30 +6,36 @@ on:
   pull_request:
 
 jobs:
-  buildPlugin:
-    uses: ./.github/workflows/buildPlugin.yml
-  repackageAndUploadArtifact:
-    name: Upload build artifact
+  build:
+    name: Build and upload plugin artifact
     runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
-    needs: 
-      - buildPlugin
     steps:
-      - name: Download plugin artifact
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+      - name: Check out repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
-         name: ${{ needs.buildPlugin.outputs.artifactName }}
-         path: ${{ github.workspace }}/plugin
-      - name: Delete plugin artifact
-        uses: geekyeggo/delete-artifact@v5
+          lfs: true
+      - name: Set up JDK 17
+        uses: actions/setup-java@v4
         with:
-          name: ${{ needs.buildPlugin.outputs.artifactName }}
+          java-version: 17
+          distribution: adopt-hotspot
+      - name: Run Gradle Check # also ensures gradle is downloaded
+        run: |
+          chmod +x gradlew
+          ./gradlew check
+      - name: Set Variables
+        id: environment
+        shell: bash
+        run: echo "version=$(./gradlew printVersion --console=plain -q)" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+      - name: Build plugin
+        run: ./gradlew buildPlugin
       - name: Unpack unsigned plugin for repackaging
         shell: bash
         run: |
-          cd ${{ github.workspace }}/plugin
+          cd ${{ github.workspace }}/build/distributions
           unzip *.zip -d pluginfiles
       - name: Upload built plugin
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
         with:
-          name: autoconfig-plugin-${{ needs.buildPlugin.outputs.version }}
-          path: plugin/pluginfiles/*/*
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+          name: autoconfig-plugin-${{ steps.environment.outputs.version }}
+          path: build/distributions/pluginfiles/*/*
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diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9bacb77
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+name: Release
+
+on:
+  release:
+    types:
+      - published
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    name: Build, sign and publish plugin
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
+    steps:
+      - name: Check out repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          lfs: true
+      - name: Set up JDK 17
+        uses: actions/setup-java@v4
+        with:
+          java-version: 17
+          distribution: adopt-hotspot
+      - name: Run Gradle Check # also ensures gradle is downloaded
+        run: |
+          chmod +x gradlew
+          ./gradlew check
+      - name: Set Variables
+        id: environment
+        shell: bash
+        run: |
+          echo "version=$(./gradlew printVersion --console=plain -q)" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+      - name: Set release flag
+        id: release
+        shell: bash
+        run: echo "preRelease=${{ github.event.release.prerelease}}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+      - name: Build plugin
+        run: ./gradlew buildPlugin signPlugin publishPlugin -PpreRelease=${{ steps.release.outputs.preRelease }}
+        env:
+          CERTIFICATE_CHAIN: ${{ secrets.CERTIFICATE_CHAIN }}
+          PRIVATE_KEY: ${{ secrets.PRIVATE_KEY }}
+          PRIVATE_KEY_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.PRIVATE_KEY_PASSWORD }}
+          PUBLISH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.PUBLISH_TOKEN }}
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diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 05247f9..5af54f9 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -45,6 +45,12 @@ signPlugin {
     password = System.getenv("PRIVATE_KEY_PASSWORD")
 }
 
+publishPlugin {
+    token = System.getenv("PUBLISH_TOKEN")
+    hidden = getProperty("hidden")
+    channels = getProperty("preRelease") ? ["autoconfig-beta"] : ["default", "autoconfig-beta"]
+}
+
 repositories {
     mavenCentral()
 }
diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index 2dc9d8d..540f531 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 # Autoconfig Plugin Properties
 pluginVersion = 0.0.2
+preRelease = false
+hidden = true
 pluginGroup = de.gebit.plugins.autoconfig
 
 # IntelliJ Plugin Build Support