diff --git a/.github/workflows/cust.yml b/.github/workflows/cust.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..f4400610e9cb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/cust.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+name: CUST workflow
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      modules_to_build:
+        required: true
+        description: "The modules to build when running from the root of the project."
+      slack_channels:
+        required: false
+        description: 'Slack channels where to send notificatons to'
+
+jobs:
+
+  reusable-merge-workflow:
+    uses: pentaho/actions-common/.github/workflows/merge.yml@HNC-578
+    with:
+      version: "${{ github.ref_name }}"
+      base_version: ""
+      slack_channels: "${{ inputs.slack_channels }}"
+      sonar_project_key: "org.pentaho.di:pdi"
+      modules_to_build: ${{ inputs.modules_to_build }}
+      run_snapshot: false
+      run_versioning: false
+    secrets: inherit
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 5757c1a5b62f..2fac1d6a7c8a 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -318,6 +318,40 @@
         <module>assemblies</module>
       </modules>
     </profile>
+    <profile>
+      <id>cicd-release</id>
+      <build>
+        <plugins>
+          <plugin>
+            <groupId>org.jfrog.buildinfo</groupId>
+            <artifactId>artifactory-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+            <version>3.6.1</version>
+            <executions>
+              <execution>
+                <id>build-info</id>
+                <goals>
+                  <goal>publish</goal>
+                </goals>
+                <configuration>
+                  <buildInfo>
+                    <buildName>${build.name}</buildName>
+                    <buildNumber>${build.number}</buildNumber>
+                    <buildUrl>${env.JFROG_CLI_BUILD_URL}</buildUrl>
+                  </buildInfo>
+                  <publisher>
+                    <contextUrl>${env.ARTIFACTORY_BASE_URL}/</contextUrl>
+                    <username>${env.NEXUS_DEPLOY_USER}</username>
+                    <password>${env.NEXUS_DEPLOY_PASSWORD}</password>
+                    <repoKey>${env.PRIVATE_RELEASE_REPO}</repoKey>
+                    <snapshotRepoKey>${env.PRIVATE_SNAPSHOT_REPO}</snapshotRepoKey>
+                  </publisher>
+                </configuration>
+              </execution>
+            </executions>
+          </plugin>
+        </plugins>
+      </build>
+    </profile>
   </profiles>
 
 
@@ -351,5 +385,4 @@
     </pluginRepository>
   </pluginRepositories>
 
-
 </project>
diff --git a/sonar-project.properties b/sonar-project.properties
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..2b0f97221eba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sonar-project.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+sonar.sources=.
+sonar.inclusions=**/src/main/**
+sonar.tests=.
+sonar.test.inclusions=**/src/test/**
+sonar.java.binaries=**/target/classes
+sonar.coverage.jacoco.xmlReportPaths=**/jacoco.xml,**/jacocoTestReport.xml