diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..abc17b0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+name: Publish package to the Maven Central Repository
+on:
+  push:
+    tags:
+      - vatchecker-*
+  pull_request:
+    branches: [ main ]
+jobs:
+  publish:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - name: Set up Java
+        uses: actions/setup-java@v3
+        with:
+          java-version: '11'
+          distribution: 'adopt'
+      - name: Publish package
+        env:
+          JRELEASER_NEXUS2_USERNAME: ${{ secrets.JRELEASER_NEXUS2_USERNAME }}
+          JRELEASER_NEXUS2_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.JRELEASER_NEXUS2_PASSWORD }}
+          JRELEASER_GPG_PASSPHRASE: ${{ secrets.JRELEASER_GPG_PASSPHRASE }}
+          JRELEASER_GPG_SECRET_KEY: ${{ secrets.JRELEASER_GPG_SECRET_KEY }}
+          JRELEASER_GPG_PUBLIC_KEY: ${{ secrets.JRELEASER_GPG_PUBLIC_KEY }}
+          JRELEASER_GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+        run: ./mvnw -Prelease deploy jreleaser:deploy -DaltDeploymentRepository=local::file:./target/staging-deploy
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index c34c7e8..8b398a8 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -1,12 +1,9 @@
 <?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">
   <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
-
-  <parent>
-    <groupId>org.sonatype.oss</groupId>
-    <artifactId>oss-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>9</version>
-  </parent>
+  <prerequisites>
+    <maven>3.9.3</maven>
+  </prerequisites>
 
   <groupId>ch.digitalfondue.vatchecker</groupId>
   <artifactId>vatchecker</artifactId>
@@ -52,7 +49,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>junit</groupId>
       <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-      <version>4.13.1</version>
+      <version>4.13.2</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
     <!--<dependency>
@@ -68,32 +65,32 @@
       <plugins>
         <plugin>
           <artifactId>maven-clean-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>3.0.0</version>
+          <version>3.3.2</version>
         </plugin>
         <!-- see http://maven.apache.org/ref/current/maven-core/default-bindings.html#Plugin_bindings_for_jar_packaging -->
         <plugin>
           <artifactId>maven-resources-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>3.0.2</version>
+          <version>3.3.1</version>
         </plugin>
         <plugin>
           <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>3.7.0</version>
+          <version>3.12.1</version>
         </plugin>
         <plugin>
           <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>2.22.0</version>
+          <version>3.2.5</version>
         </plugin>
         <plugin>
           <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>3.0.2</version>
+          <version>3.3.0</version>
         </plugin>
         <plugin>
           <artifactId>maven-install-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>2.5.2</version>
+          <version>3.1.1</version>
         </plugin>
         <plugin>
           <artifactId>maven-deploy-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>2.8.2</version>
+          <version>3.1.1</version>
         </plugin>
       </plugins>
     </pluginManagement>
@@ -101,7 +98,7 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>3.2.0</version>
+        <version>3.6.3</version>
         <configuration>
           <source>11</source>
           <additionalOptions>-Xdoclint:none</additionalOptions>
@@ -162,7 +159,7 @@
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.jacoco</groupId>
         <artifactId>jacoco-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>0.8.5</version>
+        <version>0.8.11</version>
         <executions>
           <execution>
             <id>prepare-agent</id>
@@ -174,4 +171,65 @@
       </plugin>
     </plugins>
   </build>
+  <profiles>
+    <profile>
+      <id>release</id>
+      <build>
+        <plugins>
+          <plugin>
+            <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+            <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
+            <version>3.6.3</version>
+            <executions>
+              <execution>
+                <id>attach-javadoc</id>
+                <goals>
+                  <goal>jar</goal>
+                </goals>
+              </execution>
+            </executions>
+          </plugin>
+          <plugin>
+            <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+            <artifactId>maven-source-plugin</artifactId>
+            <version>3.2.1</version>
+            <executions>
+              <execution>
+                <id>attach-source</id>
+                <goals>
+                  <goal>jar</goal>
+                </goals>
+              </execution>
+            </executions>
+          </plugin>
+          <plugin>
+            <groupId>org.jreleaser</groupId>
+            <artifactId>jreleaser-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+            <version>1.10.0</version>
+            <configuration>
+              <jreleaser>
+                <signing>
+                  <active>ALWAYS</active>
+                  <armored>true</armored>
+                </signing>
+                <deploy>
+                  <maven>
+                    <nexus2>
+                      <maven-central>
+                        <active>ALWAYS</active>
+                        <url>https://oss.sonatype.org/service/local</url>;
+                        <closeRepository>true</closeRepository>
+                        <releaseRepository>true</releaseRepository>
+                        <stagingRepositories>target/staging-deploy</stagingRepositories>
+                      </maven-central>
+                    </nexus2>
+                  </maven>
+                </deploy>
+              </jreleaser>
+            </configuration>
+          </plugin>
+        </plugins>
+      </build>
+    </profile>
+  </profiles>
 </project>
diff --git a/src/main/java/ch/digitalfondue/vatchecker/Utils.java b/src/main/java/ch/digitalfondue/vatchecker/Utils.java
index 6408d6e..d5d0dcd 100644
--- a/src/main/java/ch/digitalfondue/vatchecker/Utils.java
+++ b/src/main/java/ch/digitalfondue/vatchecker/Utils.java
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /*
  *
- * Copyright © 2018-2021 digitalfondue (info@digitalfondue.ch)
+ * Copyright © 2018-2024 digitalfondue (info@digitalfondue.ch)
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
diff --git a/src/main/java/module-info.java b/src/main/java/module-info.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bf0778e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/module-info.java
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+/*
+ *
+ * Copyright © 2018-2024 digitalfondue (info@digitalfondue.ch)
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+module ch.digitalfondue.vatchecker {
+    exports ch.digitalfondue.vatchecker;
+    requires java.xml;
+}
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diff --git a/src/test/java/ch/digitalfondue/vatchecker/EUVatCheckerTest.java b/src/test/java/ch/digitalfondue/vatchecker/EUVatCheckerTest.java
index dacd433..70622ed 100644
--- a/src/test/java/ch/digitalfondue/vatchecker/EUVatCheckerTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/ch/digitalfondue/vatchecker/EUVatCheckerTest.java
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /*
  *
- * Copyright © 2018-2021 digitalfondue (info@digitalfondue.ch)
+ * Copyright © 2018-2024 digitalfondue (info@digitalfondue.ch)
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.