diff --git a/.github/workflows/gradle.yml b/.github/workflows/gradle.yml
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+name: Java CI
+
+on: [push]
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+      - name: Get Fetch Tags
+        run: git -c protocol.version=2 fetch --tags --progress --no-recurse-submodules origin
+        if: "!contains(github.ref, 'refs/tags')"
+      - name: Set up JDK 1.8
+        uses: actions/setup-java@v1
+        with:
+          java-version: 1.8
+      - name: Grant execute permission for gradlew
+        run: chmod +x gradlew
+      - name: Build with Gradle
+        run: ./gradlew build
+      - name: Get Release Version
+        id: get_version
+        run: VERSION=$(./gradlew currentVersion -q -Prelease.quiet) && echo ::set-output name=VERSION::$VERSION
+      - name: Upload sshj-plugin jar
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v1.0.0
+        with:
+          # Artifact name
+          name: Grails-Plugin-${{ steps.get_version.outputs.VERSION }}
+          # Directory containing files to upload
+          path: build/libs/rundeck-ec2-nodes-plugin-${{ steps.get_version.outputs.VERSION }}.jar
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
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+on:
+  push:
+    # Sequence of patterns matched against refs/tags
+    tags:
+      - 'v*' # Push events to matching v*, i.e. v1.0, v20.15.10
+
+name: Upload Release Asset
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    name: Upload Release Asset
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+      - name: set up JDK 1.8
+        uses: actions/setup-java@v1
+        with:
+          java-version: 1.8
+      - name: Build with Gradle
+        run: ./gradlew build
+      - name: Get Release Version
+        id: get_version
+        run: VERSION=$(./gradlew currentVersion -q -Prelease.quiet) && echo ::set-output name=VERSION::$VERSION
+      - name: Create Release
+        id: create_release
+        uses: actions/create-release@v1.0.0
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+        with:
+          tag_name: ${{ github.ref }}
+          release_name: Release ${{ steps.get_version.outputs.VERSION }}
+          draft: false
+          prerelease: false
+      - name: Upload Release Asset (jar)
+        id: upload-release-asset
+        uses: actions/upload-release-asset@v1
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+        with:
+          upload_url: ${{ steps.create_release.outputs.upload_url }}
+          asset_path: build/libs/rundeck-ec2-nodes-plugin-${{ steps.get_version.outputs.VERSION }}.jar
+          asset_name: rundeck-ec2-nodes-plugin-${{ steps.get_version.outputs.VERSION }}.jar
+          asset_content_type: application/octet-stream