diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-cd.yml b/.github/workflows/ci-cd.yml
index 440196e0e..11c1a4d91 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci-cd.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-cd.yml
@@ -39,18 +39,18 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actionshub/markdownlint@main
         with:
           filesToIgnoreRegex: "docs/node_modules\\/.*"
-#  markdown-link-check:
-#    name: Markdown Link Check
-#    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-#    steps:
-#      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
-#      - uses: gaurav-nelson/github-action-markdown-link-check@v1
-#        with:
-#          use-verbose-mode: "yes"
+  markdown-link-check:
+    name: Markdown Link Check
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - uses: gaurav-nelson/github-action-markdown-link-check@v1
+        with:
+          use-verbose-mode: "yes"
 
   tests:
     name: Unit & Integration Tests
-    needs: [yaml-lint, markdown-lint]
+    needs: [yaml-lint, markdown-lint, markdown-link-check]
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
@@ -131,3 +131,40 @@ jobs:
           context: athena-examples/athena-example-books
           push: true
           tags: ${{ secrets.DOCKERHUB_USERNAME }}/athena-example-books:latest
+
+  maven-release:
+    name: Publish Athena to Maven Central
+    if: github.ref == 'refs/heads/master'
+    needs: tests
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      contents: write  # allow for pushing tag
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0  # https://github.com/actions/checkout/issues/338#issuecomment-732300720
+      - name: Set up JDK
+        uses: QubitPi/hashicorp-aws/hashicorp/webservice/auxiliary/github/actions/jdk-setup@master
+      - name: Tag for release
+        run: |
+          git config --global user.name '$USER'
+          git config --global user.email '$EMAIL'
+          .github/tag-for-release.bash
+      - name: Set release version
+        run: |
+          VERSION=$(git describe)
+          mvn versions:set -DnewVersion=$VERSION -DgenerateBackupPoms=false
+          mvn versions:update-property -Dproperty=version.athena -DnewVersion=$VERSION -DgenerateBackupPoms=false
+      - name: Generate settings file
+        uses: whelk-io/maven-settings-xml-action@v20
+        with:
+          servers: >
+            [
+              {
+                "id": "ossrh",
+                "username": "${{ secrets.USERNAME }}",
+                "password": "${{ secrets.PASSWORD }}"
+              }
+            ]
+      - name: Publish to Maven Central
+        run: mvn --batch-mode deploy
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 458da8d80..20178b3f1 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -36,10 +36,13 @@
     </licenses>
 
     <distributionManagement>
+        <snapshotRepository>
+            <id>ossrh</id>
+            <url>https://s01.oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots</url>
+        </snapshotRepository>
         <repository>
-            <id>github</id>
-            <name>GitHub QubitPi Apache Maven Packages</name>
-            <url>https://maven.pkg.github.com/QubitPi/athena</url>
+            <id>ossrh</id>
+            <url>https://s01.oss.sonatype.org/service/local/staging/deploy/maven2/</url>
         </repository>
     </distributionManagement>
 
@@ -588,6 +591,18 @@
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-failsafe-plugin</artifactId>
             </plugin>
+
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.sonatype.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>nexus-staging-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>1.6.7</version>
+                <extensions>true</extensions>
+                <configuration>
+                    <serverId>ossrh</serverId>
+                    <nexusUrl>https://s01.oss.sonatype.org/</nexusUrl>
+                    <autoReleaseAfterClose>true</autoReleaseAfterClose>
+                </configuration>
+            </plugin>
         </plugins>
     </build>