diff --git a/.github/workflows/gh-registry.yml b/.github/workflows/gh-registry.yml
index 4615ca4..437f673 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/gh-registry.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/gh-registry.yml
@@ -70,3 +70,21 @@ jobs:
         working-directory: 'hello-strongbox-npm'
         env:
           NODE_AUTH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+  publish-hello-strongbox-maven:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - uses: actions/setup-java@v1
+        with:
+            java-version: 1.8
+      # generate GitHub Package Registry ci-friendly version to avoid collision
+      - run: echo "GPR_VERSION=$(date '+%Y%m%d.%H%M')" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+      - name: Maven install
+        run: mvn -Dgpr.version=$GPR_VERSION clean install
+        working-directory: 'hello-strongbox-maven'
+      # This is seperate so it may only be deployed conditionally
+      - name: Maven deploy
+        run: mvn -Dgpr.version=$GPR_VERSION -DaltDeploymentRepository=github::default::https://maven.pkg.github.com/$GITHUB_REPOSITORY deploy
+        working-directory: 'hello-strongbox-maven'
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/hello-strongbox-maven/pom.xml b/hello-strongbox-maven/pom.xml
index 3caf7af..5556155 100644
--- a/hello-strongbox-maven/pom.xml
+++ b/hello-strongbox-maven/pom.xml
@@ -7,10 +7,18 @@
 
     <groupId>org.carlspring.strongbox.examples</groupId>
     <artifactId>hello-strongbox-maven</artifactId>
-    <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>${gpr.version}</version>
 
     <inceptionYear>2019</inceptionYear>
 
+    <properties>
+        <!-- GPR-friendly artifact version when deploying to GitHub Package Registry -->
+        <!-- The version string is generated via a GitHub action that deploys the artifact to the GitHub Package Registry -->
+        <!-- This is necessary as GitHub does not support overriding of published artifacts -->
+        <!-- See https://docs.github.com/en/free-pro-team@latest/packages/publishing-and-managing-packages/deleting-a-package#about-public-package-deletion -->
+        <gpr.version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</gpr.version>
+    </properties>
+
     <dependencies>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>junit</groupId>
@@ -43,4 +51,17 @@
         </snapshotRepository>
     </distributionManagement>
 
+    <build>
+        <plugins>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>3.8.1</version>
+                <configuration>
+                    <source>1.8</source>
+                    <target>1.8</target>
+                </configuration>
+            </plugin>
+        </plugins>
+    </build>
 </project>