diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index b86eae44..78cff910 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -5,13 +5,13 @@ on:
   push:
     branches:
       - 2.4.x
-  pull_request:
-    branches:
-      - 2.4.x
+    paths-ignore:
+      - '.github/**'
 
 jobs:
-  build:
 
+  # build and test, then upload logs if failure
+  build:
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     strategy:
       matrix:
@@ -26,15 +26,61 @@ jobs:
       with:
         java-version: ${{ matrix.java }}
     - name: Build with Gradle
-      run: ./gradlew clean build --no-daemon
+      run: ./gradlew clean build
     - name: Tar Build Logs
       if: ${{ failure() }}
       run: |
         mkdir -p build
-        tar -zc --ignore-failed-read --file build/buildlogs.tar.gz */build/reports */*/build/reports
+        tar \
+          -zc \
+          --ignore-failed-read \
+          --file build/buildlogs.tar.gz \
+          */build/reports \
+          */*/build/reports
     - name: Upload Build Logs
       if: ${{ failure() }}
       uses: actions/upload-artifact@v2
       with:
         name: buildlogs
         path: build/buildlogs.tar.gz
+
+  # if build job succeed, build without tests and publish
+  publish:
+    needs: build
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+    - uses: actions/setup-java@v1
+      with:
+        java-version: 1.8
+    - uses: jfrog/setup-jfrog-cli@v1
+      with:
+        version: 1.43.2
+      env:
+        JF_ARTIFACTORY_SPRING: ${{ secrets.JF_ARTIFACTORY_SPRING }}
+
+    # setup non persistent config for jfrog gradle to use server defined in
+    # secret which points via virtual repo into spring local repo.
+    # modify default build name and number as we don't like how those
+    # gets used from action defaults.
+    - name: Configure JFrog Cli
+      run: |
+        jfrog rt gradlec \
+          --use-wrapper \
+          --deploy-ivy-desc=false \
+          --server-id-resolve=repo.spring.io \
+          --server-id-deploy=repo.spring.io \
+          --repo-resolve=snapshot \
+          --repo-deploy=snapshot
+        echo JFROG_CLI_BUILD_NAME=spring-statemachine-24x >> $GITHUB_ENV
+        echo JFROG_CLI_BUILD_NUMBER=$GITHUB_RUN_NUMBER >> $GITHUB_ENV
+
+    # as we already tested just build and publish
+    - name: Build and Publish Snapshot
+      run: |
+        jfrog rt gradle clean build -x test artifactoryPublish
+
+    # publish build info so that we can see it in artifactory "builds"
+    - name: Publish Build Info
+      run: |
+        jfrog rt build-publish