diff --git a/.github/workflows/maven-publish.yml b/.github/workflows/maven-publish.yml
index 64b848b..c6ef9db 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/maven-publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/maven-publish.yml
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ name: Maven Package
 on:
   release:
     types: [created]
+  pull_request:
+    branches:
+      - main
 
 jobs:
   build:
@@ -17,10 +20,10 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-    - name: Set up JDK 11
+    - name: Set up JDK 17
       uses: actions/setup-java@v4
       with:
-        java-version: '11'
+        java-version: '17'
         distribution: 'temurin'
         server-id: github # Value of the distributionManagement/repository/id field of the pom.xml
         settings-path: ${{ github.workspace }} # location for the settings.xml file
@@ -29,6 +32,7 @@ jobs:
       run: mvn -B package --file pom.xml
 
     - name: Publish to GitHub Packages Apache Maven
+      if: github.event_name == 'release'
       run: mvn deploy -s $GITHUB_WORKSPACE/settings.xml
       env:
         GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}