diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e96c89ff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+name: CI
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [ "main" ]
+  pull_request:
+    branches: [ "main" ]
+
+jobs:
+  validate:
+    uses: mekomsolutions/shared-github-workflow/.github/workflows/maven-build-test.yml@main
+    with:
+      java-version: "8"
+      maven-phase: "install"
+      maven-args: "-P validator -Pprod" #  OMRS config validation
+    secrets:
+      NEXUS_USERNAME: ${{ secrets.NEXUS_USERNAME }}
+      NEXUS_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.NEXUS_PASSWORD }}
diff --git a/.java-version b/.java-version
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..62593409
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.java-version
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+1.8
diff --git a/base/pom.xml b/base/pom.xml
index 148259f3..38638dbd 100644
--- a/base/pom.xml
+++ b/base/pom.xml
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
     <relativePath></relativePath>
   </parent>
 
-  <groupId>com.ozonehis</groupId>
   <artifactId>ozone-cambodia</artifactId>
   <version>1.7.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <description>Ozone Cambodia</description>
@@ -126,4 +125,4 @@
       </build>
     </profile>
   </profiles>
-</project>
\ No newline at end of file
+</project>
diff --git a/prod/pom.xml b/prod/pom.xml
index 3e10b8c2..89b56d8c 100644
--- a/prod/pom.xml
+++ b/prod/pom.xml
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
     <relativePath></relativePath>
   </parent>
 
-  <groupId>com.ozonehis</groupId>
   <artifactId>ozone-cambodia-prod</artifactId>
   <version>1.7.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <description>Ozone Cambodia - with production dependencies</description>
@@ -33,6 +32,14 @@
       <type>zip</type>
       <version>${ozone.version}</version>
     </dependency>
+
+    <!-- override the ozone-scripts dependency -->
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>com.ozonehis</groupId>
+      <artifactId>ozone-scripts</artifactId>
+      <type>zip</type>
+      <version>1.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 
   <build>
@@ -121,4 +128,4 @@
       </build>
     </profile>
   </profiles>
-</project>
\ No newline at end of file
+</project>