diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6bbcb58c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+name: Release
+run-name: "Release to github packages"
+
+on:
+  release:
+    types: [ created ]
+
+jobs:
+  release:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      contents: read
+      packages: write
+
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - name: Set up JDK 1.8
+        uses: actions/setup-java@v3
+        with:
+          distribution: 'zulu'
+          java-version: '8'
+          cache: maven
+
+      # Need to downgrade Maven in order to allow HTTP (not HTTPS) packages to be downloaded.
+      # This is necessary as HTTP repositories were blocked in Maven 3.8.1
+      # HTTP repositories are used in some outdated dependenciesns
+      # This step can be removed once KLASS packages have been updated to more recent versions
+      - name: Set up Maven
+        uses: stCarolas/setup-maven@v4.5
+        with:
+          maven-version: 3.6.3
+
+      - name: Publish to GitHub Packages
+        run: mvn --batch-mode deploy -P github
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
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diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yml b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
index 3973a7bf..1874557d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name: Tests
-run-name: "Build, tests and package"
+run-name: "Build, run tests, package and deploy"
 
 on:
   push:
@@ -35,4 +35,25 @@ jobs:
           maven-version: 3.6.3
 
       - name: Build, test and package with Maven
-        run: mvn --batch-mode --update-snapshots package -P nexus
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+        run: mvn --batch-mode --update-snapshots package -P nexus
+
+  deploy:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    needs: build
+    if: github.event_name != 'pull_request'
+    permissions:
+      contents: read
+      packages: write
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - name: Set up JDK 1.8
+        uses: actions/setup-java@v3
+        with:
+          distribution: 'zulu'
+          java-version: '8'
+          cache: maven
+
+      - name: Publish to GitHub Packages
+        run: mvn --batch-mode deploy -P github
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/klass-api/pom.xml b/klass-api/pom.xml
index b30fcb49..a6dc2500 100644
--- a/klass-api/pom.xml
+++ b/klass-api/pom.xml
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
     
     <properties>
         <snippetsDirectory>${project.build.directory}/generated-snippets</snippetsDirectory>
-        <maven.deploy.skip>false</maven.deploy.skip>
     </properties>
 
     
diff --git a/klass-forvaltning/pom.xml b/klass-forvaltning/pom.xml
index 29f25959..017e4f55 100644
--- a/klass-forvaltning/pom.xml
+++ b/klass-forvaltning/pom.xml
@@ -7,10 +7,6 @@
     <artifactId>klass-forvaltning</artifactId>
     <packaging>war</packaging>
 
-    <properties>
-        <maven.deploy.skip>false</maven.deploy.skip>
-    </properties>
-
     <parent>
         <groupId>no.ssb.klass</groupId>
         <artifactId>klass-root</artifactId>
diff --git a/klass-solr/pom.xml b/klass-solr/pom.xml
index 162cf447..e2a866aa 100644
--- a/klass-solr/pom.xml
+++ b/klass-solr/pom.xml
@@ -6,10 +6,6 @@
     <artifactId>klass-solr</artifactId>
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
 
-    <properties>
-        <maven.deploy.skip>true</maven.deploy.skip>
-    </properties>
-
     <parent>
         <groupId>no.ssb.klass</groupId>
         <artifactId>klass-root</artifactId>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 1660ad2d..5a4b883b 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -22,27 +22,17 @@
     </modules>
 
     <scm>
-        <developerConnection>scm:git:https://github.com/statisticsnorway/klass.git</developerConnection>
+        <developerConnection>scm:git:https://github.com/${github.repository}.git</developerConnection>
+        <url>https://github.com/${github.repository}</url>
         <tag>HEAD</tag>
     </scm>
 
-    <distributionManagement>
-        <repository>
-            <id>releases</id>
-            <url>https://nexus.ssb.no/repository/maven-releases</url>
-        </repository>
-        <snapshotRepository>
-            <id>snapshots</id>
-            <url>https://nexus.ssb.no/repository/maven-snapshots</url>
-            <uniqueVersion>false</uniqueVersion>
-        </snapshotRepository>
-    </distributionManagement>
-
     <properties>
 
         <java.version>1.8</java.version>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
+        <github.repository>statisticsnorway/klass</github.repository>
         <findbugs-version>3.0.2</findbugs-version>
         <checkstyle-version>2.17</checkstyle-version>
         <solr-version>5.5.5</solr-version>
@@ -76,9 +66,6 @@
              forces us to downgrade to version 1.1.0. (https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-restdocs/issues/286)
              Remove when Spring Boot includes version 1.1.2 or newer -->
         <spring-restdocs.version>1.2.1.RELEASE</spring-restdocs.version>
-
-        <maven.deploy.skip>true</maven.deploy.skip>
-
     </properties>
 
     <dependencyManagement>
@@ -148,6 +135,18 @@
   <profiles>
       <profile>
           <id>nexus</id>
+          <distributionManagement>
+              <repository>
+                  <id>releases</id>
+                  <url>https://nexus.ssb.no/repository/maven-releases</url>
+              </repository>
+              <snapshotRepository>
+                  <id>snapshots</id>
+                  <url>https://nexus.ssb.no/repository/maven-snapshots</url>
+                  <uniqueVersion>false</uniqueVersion>
+              </snapshotRepository>
+          </distributionManagement>
+
           <repositories>
               <repository>
                   <id>ssb-repo</id>
@@ -156,6 +155,26 @@
               </repository>
           </repositories>
       </profile>
+      <profile>
+          <id>github</id>
+          <distributionManagement>
+              <repository>
+                  <id>github</id>
+                  <name>GitHub Packages</name>
+                  <url>https://maven.pkg.github.com/${github.repository}</url>
+                  <snapshots>
+                      <enabled>true</enabled>
+                  </snapshots>
+              </repository>
+          </distributionManagement>
+          <repositories>
+              <repository>
+                  <id>maven-restlet</id>
+                  <name>Public online Restlet repository</name>
+                  <url>https://maven.restlet.talend.com</url>
+              </repository>
+          </repositories>
+      </profile>
   </profiles>
 
 </project>