diff --git a/.github/workflows/deploy.yml b/.github/workflows/deploy.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d030851
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/deploy.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+name: Deploy CrySL
+
+on: [workflow_dispatch]
+
+jobs:
+  deployment:
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        os: [ ubuntu-latest ]
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
+    name: Deployment in ${{ matrix.os }}
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout source code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      # Sets up Java version
+      - name: Set up Java
+        uses: actions/setup-java@v3
+        with:
+          distribution: 'adopt'
+          java-package: 'jdk'
+          java-version: '11'
+          server-id: 'ossrh' # must match the serverId configured for the nexus-staging-maven-plugin
+          server-username: OSSRH_USERNAME # Env var that holds your OSSRH user name
+          server-password: OSSRH_PASSWORD # Env var that holds your OSSRH user pw
+          gpg-private-key: ${{ secrets.GPG_PRIVATE_KEY }} # Substituted with the value stored in the referenced secret
+          gpg-passphrase: SIGN_KEY_PASS # Env var that holds the key's passphrase
+      # Sets up Maven version
+      - name: Set up Maven
+        uses: stCarolas/setup-maven@v4.5
+        with:
+          maven-version: 3.6.3
+      - name: Build & Deploy CrySL
+        run: mvn -B -U clean deploy -Pdeployment
+        env:
+          SIGN_KEY_PASS: ${{ secrets.GPG_PRIVATE_KEY_PASSPHRASE }}
+          OSSRH_USERNAME: ${{ secrets.SONATYPE_USER }}
+          OSSRH_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.SONATYPE_PW }}
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diff --git a/.github/workflows/version.yml b/.github/workflows/version.yml
index 674e048..eff2000 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/version.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/version.yml
@@ -107,40 +107,4 @@ jobs:
           git config --global user.email "${{ github.actor }}@users.noreply.github.com"
           git config --global user.name "${{ github.actor }}"
           git tag -a ${{ steps.versioning.outputs.version }} -m "CrySL version ${{ steps.versioning.outputs.version }}"
-          git push origin ${{ steps.versioning.outputs.version }}
-
-  deployment:
-    # Sonatype allows the deployment of one version exactly once. If the version gets updated, the new version will be
-    # deployed automatically
-    needs: version-release
-    strategy:
-      matrix:
-        os: [ ubuntu-latest ]
-    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
-    name: Deployment in ${{ matrix.os }}
-    steps:
-      - name: Checkout source code
-        uses: actions/checkout@v3
-      # Sets up Java version
-      - name: Set up Java
-        uses: actions/setup-java@v3
-        with:
-          distribution: 'adopt'
-          java-package: 'jdk'
-          java-version: '11'
-          server-id: 'ossrh' # must match the serverId configured for the nexus-staging-maven-plugin
-          server-username: OSSRH_USERNAME # Env var that holds your OSSRH user name
-          server-password: OSSRH_PASSWORD # Env var that holds your OSSRH user pw
-          gpg-private-key: ${{ secrets.GPG_PRIVATE_KEY }} # Substituted with the value stored in the referenced secret
-          gpg-passphrase: SIGN_KEY_PASS # Env var that holds the key's passphrase
-      # Sets up Maven version
-      - name: Set up Maven
-        uses: stCarolas/setup-maven@v4.5
-        with:
-          maven-version: 3.6.3
-      - name: Build & Deploy CrySL
-        run: mvn -B -U clean deploy -Pdeployment
-        env:
-          SIGN_KEY_PASS: ${{ secrets.GPG_PRIVATE_KEY_PASSPHRASE }}
-          OSSRH_USERNAME: ${{ secrets.SONATYPE_USER }}
-          OSSRH_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.SONATYPE_PW }}
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+          git push origin ${{ steps.versioning.outputs.version }}
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