diff --git a/.github/workflows/mc-publish.yml b/.github/workflows/mc-publish.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9d98c34
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/mc-publish.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+name: Publish JAR to GitHub Packages
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - 'release/*'
+jobs:
+  publish:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    env:
+      GH_USER: driessamyn
+      GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+      GPG_SIGNING_KEY: ${{ secrets.GPG_SIGNING_KEY }}
+      GPG_SIGNING_PASSPHRASE: ${{ secrets.GPG_SIGNING_PASSPHRASE }}
+      MAVEN_USERNAME: ${{ secrets.OSSRH_USERNAME }}
+      MAVEN_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.OSSRH_TOKEN }}
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+      - uses: actions/setup-java@v4
+        with:
+          java-version: '17'
+          distribution: 'zulu'
+      - name: Setup Gradle
+        uses: gradle/actions/setup-gradle@0bdd871935719febd78681f197cd39af5b6e16a6 # v4.2.2
+      - name: Publish package
+        run: ./gradlew deployCentralPortal
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index b997144..b13a310 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -6,29 +6,12 @@ on:
 jobs:
   release:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    env:
-      GH_USER: driessamyn
-      GH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-      GPG_SIGNING_KEY: ${{ secrets.GPG_SIGNING_KEY }}
-      GPG_SIGNING_PASSPHRASE: ${{ secrets.GPG_SIGNING_PASSPHRASE }}
-      MAVEN_USERNAME: ${{ secrets.OSSRH_USERNAME }}
-      MAVEN_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.OSSRH_TOKEN }}
-    permissions:
-      contents: read
-      packages: write
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
         with:
           fetch-depth: 0
-      - uses: actions/setup-java@v4
-        with:
-          java-version: '17'
-          distribution: 'zulu'
       - name: Setup Gradle
         uses: gradle/actions/setup-gradle@0bdd871935719febd78681f197cd39af5b6e16a6 # v4.2.2
-      - name: Publish package to Nexus
-        run: ./gradlew deployCentralPortal
-
       - name: Create GitHub release
         run: |
           tag=$(git describe --tags --abbrev=0)