diff --git a/.github/workflows/maven.yml b/.github/workflows/maven.yml
index b8a08773..79544e4e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/maven.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/maven.yml
@@ -28,9 +28,20 @@ jobs:
 
     - name: Install dependencies
       run: mvn clean install -Dgpg.skip
+
+    - name: Determine release list
+      run: |
+        chmod +x ./version_script.sh
+        ./version_script.sh
     
     - name: Deploy and Release artifact
-      run:  mvn clean deploy -Dgpg.keyname=${{ secrets.MAVEN_GPG_KEYNAME }} -pl qanary_commons,qanary_pipeline-template,qanary_component-template,qanary_component-parent
+      run:  |
+        if [ -z ${{ env.ARTIFACTS_TO_BE_RELEASED}} ]; then
+          echo "No artifacts to be released."
+        else
+          echo "Releasing artifacts: ${{ env.ARTIFACTS_TO_BE_RELEASED }}"
+          mvn clean deploy -Dgpg.keyname=${{ secrets.MAVEN_GPG_KEYNAME }} -pl ${{ env.ARTIFACTS_TO_BE_RELEASED }}
+        fi
       env:
         MAVEN_USERNAME: ${{ secrets.OSSRH_USERNAME }}
         MAVEN_CENTRAL_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.OSSRH_PASSWORD }}
diff --git a/service_config/version_check.sh b/service_config/version_check.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..28688871
--- /dev/null
+++ b/service_config/version_check.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+GROUP_ID="eu.wdaqua.qanary"
+GROUP_PATH=$(echo "$GROUP_ID" | tr '.' '/')
+
+artifacts=(qanary_commons qanary_pipeline-template qanary_component-template qanary_component-parent)
+artifacts_to_be_released=()
+
+for artifact in "${artifacts[@]}"; do
+    echo "Checking version in: $artifact"
+    while read -r file; do
+        echo "Found pom.xml in: $file"
+        ARTIFACT_ID=$(xmllint --xpath "/*[local-name()='project']/*[local-name()='artifactId']/text()" "$file")
+        VERSION=$(xmllint --xpath "/*[local-name()='project']/*[local-name()='version']/text()" "$file")
+        echo "Artifact ID: $ARTIFACT_ID, Version: $VERSION"
+        URL="https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/$GROUP_PATH/$ARTIFACT_ID/$VERSION/$ARTIFACT_ID-$VERSION.pom"
+        HTTP_STATUS=$(curl --head --silent --output /dev/null --write-out "%{http_code}" "$URL")
+        # Check the HTTP status code
+        if [ "$HTTP_STATUS" -eq 200 ]; then
+            echo "Artifact $ARTIFACT_ID version $VERSION exists in Maven Central."
+        else
+            echo "Artifact $ARTIFACT_ID version $VERSION does not exist in Maven Central."
+            artifacts_to_be_released+=("$artifact")
+        fi
+    done < <(find "../$artifact" -name "pom.xml")
+done
+
+# Join the array elements into a string with a comma as delimiter
+ARTIFACTS_TO_BE_RELEASED_STR=$(IFS=","; echo "${artifacts_to_be_released[*]}")
+echo "Final list of artifacts to be released: ${ARTIFACTS_TO_BE_RELEASED_STR[@]}"
+# Use GitHub Actions command to set an environment variable
+echo "ARTIFACTS_TO_BE_RELEASED=$ARTIFACTS_TO_BE_RELEASED_STR" >> $GITHUB_ENV                
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