diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish.yml b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c72c128
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+name: Publish Package to GitHub Packages
+
+on:
+  release:
+    types: [published]
+  workflow_dispatch: # Allows manual triggering from the Actions tab
+
+jobs:
+  publish:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      contents: read
+      packages: write # Needed to publish packages
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          submodules: true # Ensure submodules are checked out if needed
+
+      - name: Set up JDK 8
+        uses: actions/setup-java@v4
+        with:
+          java-version: "8"
+          distribution: "zulu"
+          cache: maven
+
+      - name: Configure Maven Settings for GitHub Packages
+        uses: actions/setup-java@v4
+        with:
+          java-version: "8" # Repeat setup to ensure settings are configured
+          distribution: "zulu"
+          server-id: github # Value of the distributionManagement/repository/id field of the pom.xml
+          settings-path: ${{ github.workspace }} # location for the settings.xml file
+
+      - name: Publish package
+        run: mvn --batch-mode deploy -DskipTests=true
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }} # Provided by Actions, used for authentication
diff --git a/parsec-client-java/pom.xml b/parsec-client-java/pom.xml
index c84960e..ee5d481 100644
--- a/parsec-client-java/pom.xml
+++ b/parsec-client-java/pom.xml
@@ -11,8 +11,6 @@
     <artifactId>parsec-client-java</artifactId>
     <properties>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-        <maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
-        <maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
     </properties>
     <dependencies>
         <dependency>
diff --git a/parsec-interface-java/pom.xml b/parsec-interface-java/pom.xml
index d696f57..3672bba 100644
--- a/parsec-interface-java/pom.xml
+++ b/parsec-interface-java/pom.xml
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
-         xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
     <parent>
@@ -12,8 +11,6 @@
     <artifactId>parsec-interface-java</artifactId>
     <properties>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-        <maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
-        <maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
     </properties>
 
     <dependencies>
diff --git a/parsec-jca-java-test/pom.xml b/parsec-jca-java-test/pom.xml
index 30d5c5a..d7de4ec 100644
--- a/parsec-jca-java-test/pom.xml
+++ b/parsec-jca-java-test/pom.xml
@@ -10,8 +10,6 @@
     <artifactId>parsec-jca-java-test</artifactId>
     <properties>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-        <maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
-        <maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
     </properties>
 
     <dependencies>
diff --git a/parsec-jca-java/src/main/java/org/parallaxsecond/parsec/jce/provider/ParsecPublicKey.java b/parsec-jca-java/src/main/java/org/parallaxsecond/parsec/jce/provider/ParsecPublicKey.java
index 23c61c9..d5a2262 100644
--- a/parsec-jca-java/src/main/java/org/parallaxsecond/parsec/jce/provider/ParsecPublicKey.java
+++ b/parsec-jca-java/src/main/java/org/parallaxsecond/parsec/jce/provider/ParsecPublicKey.java
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 
 import lombok.Builder;
 import lombok.Value;
-import sun.reflect.generics.reflectiveObjects.NotImplementedException;
 
 import java.security.PublicKey;
 
@@ -15,13 +14,14 @@ static ParsecPublicKey.ParsecPublicKeyImpl.ParsecPublicKeyImplBuilder builder()
 
     @Value
     @Builder
-    class ParsecPublicKeyImpl implements ParsecPublicKey{
+    class ParsecPublicKeyImpl implements ParsecPublicKey {
         String parsecName;
         String algorithm;
         String format;
+
         @Override
         public byte[] getEncoded() {
-            throw new NotImplementedException();
+            throw new UnsupportedOperationException("Not implemented");
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/parsec-protobuf-java/pom.xml b/parsec-protobuf-java/pom.xml
index ff1592a..789c787 100644
--- a/parsec-protobuf-java/pom.xml
+++ b/parsec-protobuf-java/pom.xml
@@ -14,8 +14,6 @@
         <protoc.version>3.18.0</protoc.version>
         <protobuf.version>3.19.6</protobuf.version>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-        <maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
-        <maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
     </properties>
 
     <dependencies>
diff --git a/parsec-testcontainers/pom.xml b/parsec-testcontainers/pom.xml
index d8983b8..4d960ed 100644
--- a/parsec-testcontainers/pom.xml
+++ b/parsec-testcontainers/pom.xml
@@ -28,8 +28,6 @@
     </dependencies>
     <properties>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-        <maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
-        <maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
         <containers.skip>false</containers.skip>
     </properties>
     <build>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 1f5af09..3193835 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -6,15 +6,23 @@
     <groupId>org.parallaxsecond</groupId>
     <artifactId>parsec-java</artifactId>
     <version>1.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <distributionManagement>
+        <repository>
+            <id>github</id>            <!-- MUST match the server-id in the workflow -->
+            <name>GitHub Apache Maven Packages</name>
+            <url>https://maven.pkg.github.com/parallaxsecond/parsec-client-java</url>            <!-- Replace OWNER/REPOSITORY -->
+        </repository>
+    </distributionManagement>
     <properties>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-        <maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
-        <maven.compiler.target>1.8</maven.compiler.target>
         <logback.version>1.3.15</logback.version>
         <lombok.version>1.18.36</lombok.version>
         <junit.jupiter.version>5.12.1</junit.jupiter.version>
         <slf4j.version>2.0.16</slf4j.version>
         <jpms.args></jpms.args>
+        <!-- Since compiler plugin version 3.13.0 you can use the release property also on JDK 8. 
+             The compiler plugin will convert it to source and target automatically. -->
+        <maven.compiler.release>8</maven.compiler.release>
     </properties>
     <dependencyManagement>
         <dependencies>
@@ -55,33 +63,6 @@
         <module>parsec-jca-java-test</module>
     </modules>
 
-    <profiles>
-        <profile>
-            <id>java1.8</id>
-            <activation>
-                <activeByDefault>false</activeByDefault>
-                <jdk>1.8</jdk>
-            </activation>
-            <build>
-                <pluginManagement>
-                    <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>
-                                <excludes>
-                                    <exclude>module-info.java</exclude>
-                                </excludes>
-                            </configuration>
-                        </plugin>
-                    </plugins>
-                </pluginManagement>
-            </build>
-        </profile>
-    </profiles>
     <build>
         <pluginManagement>
             <plugins>
@@ -110,6 +91,11 @@
                     <flattenMode>clean</flattenMode>
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>3.14.0</version>
+            </plugin>
         </plugins>
     </build>
 </project>