diff --git a/bclib.gradle b/bclib.gradle
index a4664cad..18f6f51c 100644
--- a/bclib.gradle
+++ b/bclib.gradle
@@ -80,6 +80,58 @@ artifacts {
 	archives javadocJar
 }
 
+def env = System.getenv()
+
+import org.kohsuke.github.GHReleaseBuilder
+import org.kohsuke.github.GitHub
+
+task release(dependsOn: [remapJar, sourcesJar, javadocJar]) {
+	onlyIf {
+		env.GITHUB_TOKEN
+	}
+
+	doLast {
+		def github = GitHub.connectUsingOAuth(env.GITHUB_TOKEN as String)
+		def repository = github.getRepository("paulevsGitch/BCLib")
+
+		def releaseBuilder = new GHReleaseBuilder(repository, version as String)
+		releaseBuilder.name("${archivesBaseName}-${version}")
+		releaseBuilder.body("A changelog can be found at https://github.com/paulevsGitch/BCLib/commits")
+		releaseBuilder.commitish("main")
+
+		def ghRelease = releaseBuilder.create()
+		ghRelease.uploadAsset(file("${project.buildDir}/libs/${archivesBaseName}-${version}.jar"), "application/java-archive");
+		ghRelease.uploadAsset(file("${project.buildDir}/libs/${archivesBaseName}-${version}-sources.jar"), "application/java-archive");
+		ghRelease.uploadAsset(file("${project.buildDir}/libs/${archivesBaseName}-${version}-javadoc.jar"), "application/java-archive");
+	}
+}
+
+// configure the maven publication
+publishing {
+	publications {
+		gpr(MavenPublication) {
+			artifactId archivesBaseName
+			artifact(remapJar) {
+				builtBy remapJar
+			}
+			artifact(sourcesJar) {
+				builtBy remapSourcesJar
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	// select the repositories you want to publish to
+	repositories {
+		maven {
+			name = "GitHubPackages"
+			url = uri("https://maven.pkg.github.com/paulevsgitch/bclib")
+			credentials {
+				username = env.GITHUB_USER
+				password = env.GITHUB_TOKEN
+			}
+		}
+	}
+}
 
 configurations {
     dev {