diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-and-deploy-release.yml b/.github/workflows/release-and-deploy-release.yml
index 74beea4..21d44f2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-and-deploy-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-and-deploy-release.yml
@@ -71,4 +71,17 @@ jobs:
           gpg_private_key: ${{ secrets.GPG_PRIVATE_KEY }}
           gpg_passphrase: ${{ secrets.GPG_PASSPHRASE }}
           nexus_username: ${{ secrets.OSSRH_USER }}
-          nexus_password: ${{ secrets.OSSRH_PASSWORD }}
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+          nexus_password: ${{ secrets.OSSRH_PASSWORD }}
+      # Install xmllint
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install libxml2-utils
+      # Set git user name and email
+      - name: Set up Git
+        run: |
+          chmod +x ci/setup-git.sh
+          ci/setup-git.sh
+      # Set the next SNAPSHOT version
+      - name: Release (versioning/tag)
+        run: |
+          chmod +x ci/mvn-post-release.sh
+          ci/mvn-post-release.sh
diff --git a/ci/mvn-post-release.sh b/ci/mvn-post-release.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..79ca1aa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ci/mvn-post-release.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+CURRENT_VERSION=`xmllint --xpath '/*[local-name()="project"]/*[local-name()="version"]/text()' pom.xml`
+
+if [[ $CURRENT_VERSION != *-SNAPSHOT ]]; then
+	NEXT_VERSION=`bash ci/semver.sh -p CURRENT_VERSION`
+	NEXT_SNAPSHOT="$NEXT_VERSION-SNAPSHOT"
+
+  mvn versions:set -DnewVersion=$NEXT_SNAPSHOT versions:commit --no-transfer-progress
+
+	echo "commit new snapshot version"
+	git commit -a -m "Release $NEW_VERSION: set 6.2 to next development version $NEXT_SNAPSHOT"
+
+	git push --all
+fi
diff --git a/ci/mvn-release.sh b/ci/mvn-release.sh
index 7de0110..6f69d15 100755
--- a/ci/mvn-release.sh
+++ b/ci/mvn-release.sh
@@ -20,11 +20,6 @@ if [[ $CURRENT_VERSION == *-SNAPSHOT ]]; then
 	echo "create tag for new release"
 	git tag -a $NEW_VERSION -m "Release $NEW_VERSION: tag release"
 
-	mvn versions:set -DnewVersion=$NEXT_SNAPSHOT versions:commit --no-transfer-progress
-
-	echo "commit new snapshot version"
-	git commit -a -m "Release $NEW_VERSION: set 6.2 to next development version $NEXT_SNAPSHOT"
-
 	git push --all
 	git push --tags
 fi