diff --git a/.github/workflows/release_manual.yml b/.github/workflows/release_manual.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d0b2e44ae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/release_manual.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+name: Publishes a new version of abstracto
+on: workflow_dispatch
+jobs:
+  publish:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          ref: master
+      - name: Set up JDK
+        uses: actions/setup-java@v3
+        with:
+          distribution: 'corretto'
+          java-version: 17
+      - name: Load current version
+        id: version
+        working-directory: ./abstracto-application
+        run: echo "version=$(mvn -q -Dexec.executable="echo" -Dexec.args='${project.version}' --non-recursive exec:exec | cut -d- -f1)" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+      - name: Release maven packages
+        uses: qcastel/github-actions-maven-release@v1.12.41
+        env:
+          JAVA_HOME: /usr/lib/jvm/java-17-openjdk/
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+        with:
+          maven-project-folder: "abstracto-application/"
+          git-release-bot-name: "release-bot"
+          git-release-bot-email: "release-bot@sheldan.dev"
+          release-branch-name: master
+          maven-args: "-Dmaven.javadoc.skip=true -s settings.xml -DskipTests"
+          access-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+      - name: Login to Harbor
+        uses: docker/login-action@v2
+        with:
+          registry: harbor.sheldan.dev
+          username: ${{ secrets.HARBOR_USERNAME }}
+          password: ${{ secrets.HARBOR_TOKEN }}
+      - name: Update .env version
+        run:
+          sed -i '2s/.*/VERSION=${{ env.version }}/' .env
+      - name: Load env file
+        id: dotenv
+        uses: falti/dotenv-action@v1.0.4
+        with:
+          path: .env
+      - name: Build and push Docker containers
+        run: docker-compose build && docker-compose push
+        env:
+          REGISTRY_PREFIX: ${{ steps.dotenv.outputs.registry_prefix }}
+          VERSION: ${{ steps.dotenv.outputs.version }}
+      - name: Fix file permissions
+        run:
+          sudo chmod -R ugo+rwX . # https://github.com/actions/checkout/issues/164
+      - name: Commit updated versions
+        uses: EndBug/add-and-commit@v9
+        with:
+          author_name: "release-bot"
+          author_email: "release-bot@sheldan.dev"
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diff --git a/abstracto-application/pom.xml b/abstracto-application/pom.xml
index 5bf982814..adfbab9d7 100644
--- a/abstracto-application/pom.xml
+++ b/abstracto-application/pom.xml
@@ -30,10 +30,11 @@
     </distributionManagement>
 
     <scm>
-        <url>https://maven.pkg.github.com/Sheldan/abstracto</url>
-        <developerConnection>scm:git:git@github.com:Sheldan/abstracto.git</developerConnection>
-      <tag>HEAD</tag>
-  </scm>
+        <connection>scm:git:${project.scm.url}</connection>
+        <developerConnection>scm:git:${project.scm.url}</developerConnection>
+        <url>https://github.com/Sheldan/abstracto.git</url>
+        <tag>HEAD</tag>
+    </scm>
 
     <repositories>
         <repository>
diff --git a/abstracto-application/settings.xml b/abstracto-application/settings.xml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2efff33cd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/abstracto-application/settings.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+<settings xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/SETTINGS/1.0.0"
+          xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+          xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/SETTINGS/1.0.0
+                      http://maven.apache.org/xsd/settings-1.0.0.xsd">
+
+    <servers>
+        <server>
+            <id>github</id>
+            <configuration>
+                <httpHeaders>
+                    <property>
+                        <name>Authorization</name>
+                        <value>Bearer ${env.GITHUB_TOKEN}</value>
+                    </property>
+                </httpHeaders>
+            </configuration>
+        </server>
+    </servers>
+</settings>