diff --git a/README.adoc b/README.adoc
index e103a983..d34c42f3 100644
--- a/README.adoc
+++ b/README.adoc
@@ -95,33 +95,6 @@ This will generate the artifacts.
 
 You can also import the project into your IDE.
 
-== Releasing Spring Web Services
-
-Snapshots are published automatically via CI server by doing this:
-
-----
-$ USERNAME=<username> PASSWORD=<encrypted password> ./mvnw -Pdistribute,snapshot,docs clean -Dmaven.test.skip=true deploy
-----
-
-IMPORTANT: Snapshots do NOT include GPG signatures. To do so would require putting a private key on the CI server. The process for releases (below) is manual and DOES include GPG signatures.
-
-To do a release (.RELEASE, .RC?, .M?):
-
-. Check in all changes and ensure there are no edited files.
-. Bump up the version in ALL `pom.xml` files to the desired version (e.g. `mvn versions:set -DnewVersion=3.0.0.RC1`) and commit the change.
-. `git tag <version>` (like v3.0.0.RC1)
-. Execute a maven test (`./mvnw -Pdistribute,snapshot,docs clean test`).
-. Execute a maven deploy.
-* For a milestone: `USERNAME=<user> PASSWORD=<encrypted password> ./mvnw -Pdistribute,milestone,docs clean -Dmaven.test.skip=true deploy`
-* For a release: `USERNAME=<user> PASSWORD=<encrypted password> ./mvnw -Pdistribute,release,docs clean -Dmaven.test.skip=true deploy`
-* For a release to maven central: `USERNAME=<user> PASSWORD=<nexus password> ./mvnw -Pdistribute,gpg,central,docs clean -Dmaven.test.skip=true deploy -s settings.xml`
-. Bump up the version in ALL `pom.xml` files again to the next BUILD-SNAPSHOT.
-. Commit the change.
-. `git push` (This will push the tagged version along with the release AND the new snapshot commit)
-. Inspect handiwork at https://repo.spring.io/ or https://oss.sonatype.org/#stagingRepositories
-
-NOTE: A word about reference documentation. Based upon https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-framework/wiki/gradle-build-and-release-faq#user-content-wiki-docs_schema_dist_publication[this], the `distribute` profile contains an artifactory property that is applied to the ZIP file generated by the `docs` profile. A CRON job will scoop up the zipped up docs and unpack them inside the target location.
-
 == Code of Conduct
 
 This project adheres to the Contributor Covenant link:CODE_OF_CONDUCT.adoc[code of conduct].
diff --git a/ci/README.adoc b/ci/README.adoc
index 56787047..9c8bf98b 100644
--- a/ci/README.adoc
+++ b/ci/README.adoc
@@ -27,20 +27,28 @@ WARNING: Do NOT check this file into source control! If you'll check, `credentia
 With this in place, run the following `fly` commands to create pipelines:
 
 ----
-% fly -t <team-name> sp -p spring-ws -c ci/pipeline-template.yml -l credentials.yml -v branch=master
-% fly -t <team-name> sp -p spring-ws-2.x -c ci/pipeline-template.yml -l credentials.yml -v branch=2.x
+% fly -t spring-team sp -p spring-ws -c ci/pipeline-template.yml -l credentials.yml -v branch=master -v release-branch=release
 ----
 
-This creates pipelines for:
-
-* Spring WS `master` branch
-* Spring WS `2.x` branch
-
 With these pipelines in place, you can now activate and expose them:
 
 ----
-% fly -t <team-name> unpause-pipeline -p spring-ws
-% fly -t <team-name> expose-pipeline -p spring-ws
-% fly -t <team-name> unpause-pipeline -p spring-ws-2.x
-% fly -t <team-name> expose-pipeline -p spring-ws-2.x
-----
\ No newline at end of file
+% fly -t spring-team unpause-pipeline -p spring-ws
+% fly -t spring-team expose-pipeline -p spring-ws
+----
+
+=== Making a release
+
+1. Create a new release (on the main branch).
+----
+% ci/create-release.sh <release version> <next snapshot version>
+----
+
+2. With the release tagged, push the tagged version to the release branch.
+----
+% git checkout -b release
+% git reset --hard <tag>
+% git push -f origin release
+----
+
+NOTE: You can chain the previous set of commands together using `&&`.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/ci/create-release.sh b/ci/create-release.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..af7ac901
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ci/create-release.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -euo pipefail
+
+RELEASE=$1
+SNAPSHOT=$2
+
+# Bump up the version in pom.xml to the desired version and commit the change
+./mvnw versions:set -DnewVersion=$RELEASE -DgenerateBackupPoms=false
+git add .
+git commit --message "Releasing Spring Web Services v$RELEASE"
+
+# Tag the release
+git tag -s v$RELEASE -m "v$RELEASE"
+
+# Bump up the version in pom.xml to the next snapshot
+./mvnw versions:set -DnewVersion=$SNAPSHOT -DgenerateBackupPoms=false
+git add .
+git commit --message "Continue development on v$SNAPSHOT"
+
+
diff --git a/ci/pipeline-template.yml b/ci/pipeline-template.yml
index 29ead2c0..c03aeee5 100644
--- a/ci/pipeline-template.yml
+++ b/ci/pipeline-template.yml
@@ -57,6 +57,12 @@ resources:
     repo: spring-projects/spring-ws
     base: ((branch))
 
+- name: spring-ws-release
+  type: git
+  source:
+    uri: https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-ws.git
+    branch: ((release-branch))
+
 - name: spring-ws-status
   type: github-status
   source:
@@ -84,6 +90,11 @@ groups:
 - name: pull-requests
   jobs:
   - spring-ws-pull-requests
+- name: release
+  jobs:
+  - release-to-artifactory
+  - promote-to-bintray
+  - sync-to-maven-central
 
 jobs:
 - name: Test - JDK 8
@@ -97,24 +108,8 @@ jobs:
   - task: test
     file: spring-ws-github/ci/test.yml
     params: { PROFILE: "distribute,convergence" }
-  on_failure:
-    put: slack
-    params:
-      attachments:
-        - color: danger
-          fallback: "$BUILD_PIPELINE_NAME/$BUILD_JOB_NAME #$BUILD_NAME <FAILURE>"
-          text: "Build has failed"
-          title: "$BUILD_PIPELINE_NAME/$BUILD_JOB_NAME #$BUILD_NAME"
-          title_link: $ATC_EXTERNAL_URL/teams/$BUILD_TEAM_NAME/pipelines/$BUILD_PIPELINE_NAME/jobs/$BUILD_JOB_NAME/builds/$BUILD_NAME
-  on_success:
-    put: slack
-    params:
-      attachments:
-        - color: good
-          fallback: "$BUILD_PIPELINE_NAME/$BUILD_JOB_NAME #$BUILD_NAME <SUCCESS>"
-          text: "Build has succeeded!"
-          title: "$BUILD_PIPELINE_NAME/$BUILD_JOB_NAME #$BUILD_NAME"
-          title_link: $ATC_EXTERNAL_URL/teams/$BUILD_TEAM_NAME/pipelines/$BUILD_PIPELINE_NAME/jobs/$BUILD_JOB_NAME/builds/$BUILD_NAME
+  <<: *slack-test-failure
+  <<: *slack-test-success
 
 - name: Test - JDK 8 and Spring.NEXT
   serial: true
@@ -127,24 +122,8 @@ jobs:
   - task: test
     file: spring-ws-github/ci/test.yml
     params: { PROFILE: "springnext,convergence" }
-  on_failure:
-    put: slack
-    params:
-      attachments:
-        - color: danger
-          fallback: "$BUILD_PIPELINE_NAME/$BUILD_JOB_NAME #$BUILD_NAME <FAILURE>"
-          text: "Build has failed"
-          title: "$BUILD_PIPELINE_NAME/$BUILD_JOB_NAME #$BUILD_NAME"
-          title_link: $ATC_EXTERNAL_URL/teams/$BUILD_TEAM_NAME/pipelines/$BUILD_PIPELINE_NAME/jobs/$BUILD_JOB_NAME/builds/$BUILD_NAME
-  on_success:
-    put: slack
-    params:
-      attachments:
-        - color: good
-          fallback: "$BUILD_PIPELINE_NAME/$BUILD_JOB_NAME #$BUILD_NAME <SUCCESS>"
-          text: "Build has succeeded!"
-          title: "$BUILD_PIPELINE_NAME/$BUILD_JOB_NAME #$BUILD_NAME"
-          title_link: $ATC_EXTERNAL_URL/teams/$BUILD_TEAM_NAME/pipelines/$BUILD_PIPELINE_NAME/jobs/$BUILD_JOB_NAME/builds/$BUILD_NAME
+  <<: *slack-test-failure
+  <<: *slack-test-success
 
 - name: Test - JDK 8 and Spring.NEXT (snapshots)
   serial: true
@@ -157,24 +136,8 @@ jobs:
   - task: test
     file: spring-ws-github/ci/test.yml
     params: { PROFILE: "springnext-buildsnapshot,convergence" }
-  on_failure:
-    put: slack
-    params:
-      attachments:
-        - color: danger
-          fallback: "$BUILD_PIPELINE_NAME/$BUILD_JOB_NAME #$BUILD_NAME <FAILURE>"
-          text: "Build has failed"
-          title: "$BUILD_PIPELINE_NAME/$BUILD_JOB_NAME #$BUILD_NAME"
-          title_link: $ATC_EXTERNAL_URL/teams/$BUILD_TEAM_NAME/pipelines/$BUILD_PIPELINE_NAME/jobs/$BUILD_JOB_NAME/builds/$BUILD_NAME
-  on_success:
-    put: slack
-    params:
-      attachments:
-        - color: good
-          fallback: "$BUILD_PIPELINE_NAME/$BUILD_JOB_NAME #$BUILD_NAME <SUCCESS>"
-          text: "Build has succeeded!"
-          title: "$BUILD_PIPELINE_NAME/$BUILD_JOB_NAME #$BUILD_NAME"
-          title_link: $ATC_EXTERNAL_URL/teams/$BUILD_TEAM_NAME/pipelines/$BUILD_PIPELINE_NAME/jobs/$BUILD_JOB_NAME/builds/$BUILD_NAME
+  <<: *slack-test-failure
+  <<: *slack-test-success
 
 - name: Test - JDK 8 and Spring (snapshots)
   serial: true
@@ -187,24 +150,8 @@ jobs:
   - task: test
     file: spring-ws-github/ci/test.yml
     params: { PROFILE: "spring-buildsnapshot,convergence" }
-  on_failure:
-    put: slack
-    params:
-      attachments:
-        - color: danger
-          fallback: "$BUILD_PIPELINE_NAME/$BUILD_JOB_NAME #$BUILD_NAME <FAILURE>"
-          text: "Build has failed"
-          title: "$BUILD_PIPELINE_NAME/$BUILD_JOB_NAME #$BUILD_NAME"
-          title_link: $ATC_EXTERNAL_URL/teams/$BUILD_TEAM_NAME/pipelines/$BUILD_PIPELINE_NAME/jobs/$BUILD_JOB_NAME/builds/$BUILD_NAME
-  on_success:
-    put: slack
-    params:
-      attachments:
-        - color: good
-          fallback: "$BUILD_PIPELINE_NAME/$BUILD_JOB_NAME #$BUILD_NAME <SUCCESS>"
-          text: "Build has succeeded!"
-          title: "$BUILD_PIPELINE_NAME/$BUILD_JOB_NAME #$BUILD_NAME"
-          title_link: $ATC_EXTERNAL_URL/teams/$BUILD_TEAM_NAME/pipelines/$BUILD_PIPELINE_NAME/jobs/$BUILD_JOB_NAME/builds/$BUILD_NAME
+  <<: *slack-test-failure
+  <<: *slack-test-success
 
 - name: Test - JDK 11
   serial: true
@@ -218,24 +165,8 @@ jobs:
     image: openjdk:11-jdk
     file: spring-ws-github/ci/test.yml
     params: { PROFILE: "distribute,java11,convergence" }
-  on_failure:
-    put: slack
-    params:
-      attachments:
-        - color: danger
-          fallback: "$BUILD_PIPELINE_NAME/$BUILD_JOB_NAME #$BUILD_NAME <FAILURE>"
-          text: "Build has failed"
-          title: "$BUILD_PIPELINE_NAME/$BUILD_JOB_NAME #$BUILD_NAME"
-          title_link: $ATC_EXTERNAL_URL/teams/$BUILD_TEAM_NAME/pipelines/$BUILD_PIPELINE_NAME/jobs/$BUILD_JOB_NAME/builds/$BUILD_NAME
-  on_success:
-    put: slack
-    params:
-      attachments:
-        - color: good
-          fallback: "$BUILD_PIPELINE_NAME/$BUILD_JOB_NAME #$BUILD_NAME <SUCCESS>"
-          text: "Build has succeeded!"
-          title: "$BUILD_PIPELINE_NAME/$BUILD_JOB_NAME #$BUILD_NAME"
-          title_link: $ATC_EXTERNAL_URL/teams/$BUILD_TEAM_NAME/pipelines/$BUILD_PIPELINE_NAME/jobs/$BUILD_JOB_NAME/builds/$BUILD_NAME
+  <<: *slack-test-failure
+  <<: *slack-test-success
 
 - name: Test - JDK 11 and Spring.NEXT
   serial: true
@@ -249,24 +180,8 @@ jobs:
     image: openjdk:11-jdk
     file: spring-ws-github/ci/test.yml
     params: { PROFILE: "springnext,java11,convergence" }
-  on_failure:
-    put: slack
-    params:
-      attachments:
-        - color: danger
-          fallback: "$BUILD_PIPELINE_NAME/$BUILD_JOB_NAME #$BUILD_NAME <FAILURE>"
-          text: "Build has failed"
-          title: "$BUILD_PIPELINE_NAME/$BUILD_JOB_NAME #$BUILD_NAME"
-          title_link: $ATC_EXTERNAL_URL/teams/$BUILD_TEAM_NAME/pipelines/$BUILD_PIPELINE_NAME/jobs/$BUILD_JOB_NAME/builds/$BUILD_NAME
-  on_success:
-    put: slack
-    params:
-      attachments:
-        - color: good
-          fallback: "$BUILD_PIPELINE_NAME/$BUILD_JOB_NAME #$BUILD_NAME <SUCCESS>"
-          text: "Build has succeeded!"
-          title: "$BUILD_PIPELINE_NAME/$BUILD_JOB_NAME #$BUILD_NAME"
-          title_link: $ATC_EXTERNAL_URL/teams/$BUILD_TEAM_NAME/pipelines/$BUILD_PIPELINE_NAME/jobs/$BUILD_JOB_NAME/builds/$BUILD_NAME
+  <<: *slack-test-failure
+  <<: *slack-test-success
 
 - name: Test - JDK 11 and Spring.NEXT (snapshots)
   serial: true
@@ -280,24 +195,8 @@ jobs:
     image: openjdk:11-jdk
     file: spring-ws-github/ci/test.yml
     params: { PROFILE: "springnext-buildsnapshot,java11,convergence" }
-  on_failure:
-    put: slack
-    params:
-      attachments:
-        - color: danger
-          fallback: "$BUILD_PIPELINE_NAME/$BUILD_JOB_NAME #$BUILD_NAME <FAILURE>"
-          text: "Build has failed"
-          title: "$BUILD_PIPELINE_NAME/$BUILD_JOB_NAME #$BUILD_NAME"
-          title_link: $ATC_EXTERNAL_URL/teams/$BUILD_TEAM_NAME/pipelines/$BUILD_PIPELINE_NAME/jobs/$BUILD_JOB_NAME/builds/$BUILD_NAME
-  on_success:
-    put: slack
-    params:
-      attachments:
-        - color: good
-          fallback: "$BUILD_PIPELINE_NAME/$BUILD_JOB_NAME #$BUILD_NAME <SUCCESS>"
-          text: "Build has succeeded!"
-          title: "$BUILD_PIPELINE_NAME/$BUILD_JOB_NAME #$BUILD_NAME"
-          title_link: $ATC_EXTERNAL_URL/teams/$BUILD_TEAM_NAME/pipelines/$BUILD_PIPELINE_NAME/jobs/$BUILD_JOB_NAME/builds/$BUILD_NAME
+  <<: *slack-test-failure
+  <<: *slack-test-success
 
 - name: Test - JDK 11 and Spring (snapshots)
   serial: true
@@ -311,24 +210,8 @@ jobs:
     image: openjdk:11-jdk
     file: spring-ws-github/ci/test.yml
     params: { PROFILE: "spring-buildsnapshot,java11,convergence" }
-  on_failure:
-    put: slack
-    params:
-      attachments:
-        - color: danger
-          fallback: "$BUILD_PIPELINE_NAME/$BUILD_JOB_NAME #$BUILD_NAME <FAILURE>"
-          text: "Build has failed"
-          title: "$BUILD_PIPELINE_NAME/$BUILD_JOB_NAME #$BUILD_NAME"
-          title_link: $ATC_EXTERNAL_URL/teams/$BUILD_TEAM_NAME/pipelines/$BUILD_PIPELINE_NAME/jobs/$BUILD_JOB_NAME/builds/$BUILD_NAME
-  on_success:
-    put: slack
-    params:
-      attachments:
-        - color: good
-          fallback: "$BUILD_PIPELINE_NAME/$BUILD_JOB_NAME #$BUILD_NAME <SUCCESS>"
-          text: "Build has succeeded!"
-          title: "$BUILD_PIPELINE_NAME/$BUILD_JOB_NAME #$BUILD_NAME"
-          title_link: $ATC_EXTERNAL_URL/teams/$BUILD_TEAM_NAME/pipelines/$BUILD_PIPELINE_NAME/jobs/$BUILD_JOB_NAME/builds/$BUILD_NAME
+  <<: *slack-test-failure
+  <<: *slack-test-success
 
 - name: Build
   serial: true
@@ -362,7 +245,10 @@ jobs:
       - include:
         - "/**"
         properties:
-          archives: '*:*:*:*@zip zip.name:spring-ws, zip.displayname:Spring Web Services, zip.deployed:false'
+          zip.deployed: false
+          zip.displayname: "Spring Web Services"
+          zip.name: "spring-ws"
+          zip.type: "docs"
   on_failure:
     aggregate:
     - put: spring-ws-status
@@ -461,3 +347,176 @@ jobs:
             text: "Build has succeeded!"
             title: "$BUILD_PIPELINE_NAME/$BUILD_JOB_NAME #$BUILD_NAME"
             title_link: $ATC_EXTERNAL_URL/teams/$BUILD_TEAM_NAME/pipelines/$BUILD_PIPELINE_NAME/jobs/$BUILD_JOB_NAME/builds/$BUILD_NAME
+
+- name: release-to-artifactory
+  serial: true
+  public: true
+  plan:
+  - get: spring-ws-github
+    resource: spring-ws-release
+    trigger: true
+  - put: spring-ws-status
+    params:
+      commit: spring-ws-release
+      state: pending
+  - task: build
+    file: spring-ws-github/ci/build.yml
+  - put: spring-ws-artifactory
+    params:
+      build_number:   ${BUILD_NAME}
+      build_uri:      ${ATC_EXTERNAL_URL}/teams/${BUILD_TEAM_NAME}/pipelines/${BUILD_PIPELINE_NAME}/jobs/${BUILD_JOB_NAME}/builds/${BUILD_NAME}
+      repo:           libs-release-local
+      folder:         spring-ws-artifactory
+      artifact_set:
+      - include:
+        - "/**"
+        properties:
+          zip.deployed: false
+          zip.displayname: "Spring HATEOAS"
+          zip.name: "spring-ws"
+          zip.type: "docs"
+  on_failure:
+    aggregate:
+    - put: spring-ws-status
+      params:
+        commit: spring-ws-github
+        state: failure
+    - put: slack
+      params:
+        attachments:
+          - color: danger
+            fallback: "$BUILD_PIPELINE_NAME/$BUILD_JOB_NAME #$BUILD_NAME <FAILURE>"
+            text: "Releasing to artifactory has failed"
+            title: "$BUILD_PIPELINE_NAME/$BUILD_JOB_NAME #$BUILD_NAME"
+            title_link: $ATC_EXTERNAL_URL/teams/$BUILD_TEAM_NAME/pipelines/$BUILD_PIPELINE_NAME/jobs/$BUILD_JOB_NAME/builds/$BUILD_NAME
+  on_success:
+    aggregate:
+    - put: spring-ws-status
+      params:
+        commit: spring-ws-github
+        state: success
+    - put: slack
+      params:
+        attachments:
+          - color: good
+            fallback: "$BUILD_PIPELINE_NAME/$BUILD_JOB_NAME #$BUILD_NAME <SUCCESS>"
+            text: "Releasing to artifactory has succeeded!"
+            title: "$BUILD_PIPELINE_NAME/$BUILD_JOB_NAME #$BUILD_NAME"
+            title_link: $ATC_EXTERNAL_URL/teams/$BUILD_TEAM_NAME/pipelines/$BUILD_PIPELINE_NAME/jobs/$BUILD_JOB_NAME/builds/$BUILD_NAME
+
+- name: promote-to-bintray
+  serial: true
+  plan:
+  - get: spring-ws-github
+    resource: spring-ws-release
+  - get: spring-ws-artifactory
+    trigger: true
+    passed: [release-to-artifactory]
+    params:
+      save_build_info: true
+  - task: promote-to-bintray
+    file: spring-ws-github/ci/promote-to-bintray.yml
+    params:
+      ARTIFACTORY_USERNAME: ((artifactory-username))
+      ARTIFACTORY_PASSWORD: ((artifactory-password))
+  on_failure:
+    aggregate:
+    - put: spring-ws-status
+      params:
+        commit: spring-ws-github
+        state: failure
+    - put: slack
+      params:
+        attachments:
+          - color: danger
+            fallback: "$BUILD_PIPELINE_NAME/$BUILD_JOB_NAME #$BUILD_NAME <FAILURE>"
+            text: "Promoting to bintray has failed"
+            title: "$BUILD_PIPELINE_NAME/$BUILD_JOB_NAME #$BUILD_NAME"
+            title_link: $ATC_EXTERNAL_URL/teams/$BUILD_TEAM_NAME/pipelines/$BUILD_PIPELINE_NAME/jobs/$BUILD_JOB_NAME/builds/$BUILD_NAME
+  on_success:
+    aggregate:
+    - put: spring-ws-status
+      params:
+        commit: spring-ws-github
+        state: success
+    - put: slack
+      params:
+        attachments:
+          - color: good
+            fallback: "$BUILD_PIPELINE_NAME/$BUILD_JOB_NAME #$BUILD_NAME <SUCCESS>"
+            text: "Promoting to bintray has succeeded!"
+            title: "$BUILD_PIPELINE_NAME/$BUILD_JOB_NAME #$BUILD_NAME"
+            title_link: $ATC_EXTERNAL_URL/teams/$BUILD_TEAM_NAME/pipelines/$BUILD_PIPELINE_NAME/jobs/$BUILD_JOB_NAME/builds/$BUILD_NAME
+
+- name: sync-to-maven-central
+  serial: true
+  plan:
+  - get: spring-ws-github
+    resource: spring-ws-release
+  - get: spring-ws-artifactory
+    trigger: true
+    passed: [promote-to-bintray]
+    params:
+      save_build_info: true
+  - task: sync-to-maven-central
+    file: spring-ws-github/ci/sync-to-maven-central.yml
+    params:
+      BINTRAY_USERNAME: ((bintray-username))
+      BINTRAY_API_KEY: ((bintray-api-key))
+      SONATYPE_USER_TOKEN: ((sonatype-user-token))
+      SONATYPE_PASSWORD_TOKEN: ((sonatype-user-token-password))
+      ARTIFACTORY_USERNAME: ((artifactory-username))
+      ARTIFACTORY_PASSWORD: ((artifactory-password))
+  on_failure:
+    aggregate:
+    - put: spring-ws-status
+      params:
+        commit: spring-ws-github
+        state: failure
+    - put: slack
+      params:
+        attachments:
+          - color: danger
+            fallback: "$BUILD_PIPELINE_NAME/$BUILD_JOB_NAME #$BUILD_NAME <FAILURE>"
+            text: "Syncing to maven central has failed"
+            title: "$BUILD_PIPELINE_NAME/$BUILD_JOB_NAME #$BUILD_NAME"
+            title_link: $ATC_EXTERNAL_URL/teams/$BUILD_TEAM_NAME/pipelines/$BUILD_PIPELINE_NAME/jobs/$BUILD_JOB_NAME/builds/$BUILD_NAME
+  on_success:
+    aggregate:
+    - put: spring-ws-status
+      params:
+        commit: spring-ws-github
+        state: success
+    - put: slack
+      params:
+        attachments:
+          - color: good
+            fallback: "$BUILD_PIPELINE_NAME/$BUILD_JOB_NAME #$BUILD_NAME <SUCCESS>"
+            text: "Syncing to maven central has succeeded!"
+            title: "$BUILD_PIPELINE_NAME/$BUILD_JOB_NAME #$BUILD_NAME"
+            title_link: $ATC_EXTERNAL_URL/teams/$BUILD_TEAM_NAME/pipelines/$BUILD_PIPELINE_NAME/jobs/$BUILD_JOB_NAME/builds/$BUILD_NAME
+
+
+slack-test-success: &slack-test-success
+  on_success:
+    put: slack
+    params:
+      attachments:
+        - color: good
+          fallback: "$BUILD_PIPELINE_NAME/$BUILD_JOB_NAME #$BUILD_NAME <FAILURE>"
+          text: "Test has succeeded"
+          title: "$BUILD_PIPELINE_NAME/$BUILD_JOB_NAME #$BUILD_NAME"
+          title_link: $ATC_EXTERNAL_URL/teams/$BUILD_TEAM_NAME/pipelines/$BUILD_PIPELINE_NAME/jobs/$BUILD_JOB_NAME/builds/$BUILD_NAME
+
+slack-test-failure: &slack-test-failure
+  on_failure:
+    put: slack
+    params:
+      attachments:
+        - color: danger
+          fallback: "$BUILD_PIPELINE_NAME/$BUILD_JOB_NAME #$BUILD_NAME <FAILURE>"
+          text: "Test has failed"
+          title: "$BUILD_PIPELINE_NAME/$BUILD_JOB_NAME #$BUILD_NAME"
+          title_link: $ATC_EXTERNAL_URL/teams/$BUILD_TEAM_NAME/pipelines/$BUILD_PIPELINE_NAME/jobs/$BUILD_JOB_NAME/builds/$BUILD_NAME
+
+
diff --git a/ci/promote-to-bintray.sh b/ci/promote-to-bintray.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..5a41804b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ci/promote-to-bintray.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -e -u
+
+apt-get update
+apt-get install -y jq
+
+buildName=$( cat spring-ws-artifactory/build-info.json | jq -r '.buildInfo.name' )
+buildNumber=$( cat spring-ws-artifactory/build-info.json | jq -r '.buildInfo.number' )
+groupId=$( cat spring-ws-artifactory/build-info.json | jq -r '.buildInfo.modules[0].id' | sed 's/\(.*\):.*:.*/\1/' )
+version=$( cat spring-ws-artifactory/build-info.json | jq -r '.buildInfo.modules[0].id' | sed 's/.*:.*:\(.*\)/\1/' )
+targetRepo="libs-release-local"
+
+echo "Promoting ${buildName}/${buildNumber} to ${targetRepo}"
+
+curl \
+	-s \
+	--connect-timeout 240 \
+	--max-time 2700 \
+	-u ${ARTIFACTORY_USERNAME}:${ARTIFACTORY_PASSWORD} \
+	-H "Content-type:application/json" \
+	-d "{\"sourceRepos\": [\"libs-release-local\"], \"targetRepo\" : \"spring-distributions\", \"async\":\"true\"}" \
+	-f \
+	-X \
+	POST "https://repo.spring.io/api/build/distribute/${buildName}/${buildNumber}" > /dev/null || { echo "Failed to distribute" >&2; exit 1; }
+
+echo "Waiting for artifacts to be published"
+
+ARTIFACTS_PUBLISHED=false
+WAIT_TIME=10
+COUNTER=0
+
+while [ $ARTIFACTS_PUBLISHED == "false" ] && [ $COUNTER -lt 120 ]; do
+
+	result=$( curl -s https://api.bintray.com/packages/spring/jars/"${groupId}" )
+	versions=$( echo "$result" | jq -r '.versions' )
+	exists=$( echo "$versions" | grep "$version" -o || true )
+
+	if [ "$exists" = "$version" ]; then
+		ARTIFACTS_PUBLISHED=true
+	fi
+	
+	COUNTER=$(( COUNTER + 1 ))
+	sleep $WAIT_TIME
+
+done
diff --git a/ci/promote-to-bintray.yml b/ci/promote-to-bintray.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b7d164a1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ci/promote-to-bintray.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+---
+platform: linux
+
+image_resource:
+  type: docker-image
+  source:
+    repository: openjdk
+    tag: 8-jdk
+
+inputs:
+- name: spring-ws-artifactory
+- name: spring-ws-github
+
+run:
+  path: spring-ws-github/ci/promote-to-bintray.sh
+
+params:
+  ARTIFACTORY_USERNAME:
+  ARTIFACTORY_PASSWORD:
diff --git a/ci/sync-to-maven-central.sh b/ci/sync-to-maven-central.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..9be92518
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ci/sync-to-maven-central.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -e -u
+
+apt-get update
+apt-get install -y jq
+
+buildName=$( cat spring-ws-artifactory/build-info.json | jq -r '.buildInfo.name' )
+buildNumber=$( cat spring-ws-artifactory/build-info.json | jq -r '.buildInfo.number' )
+groupId=$( cat spring-ws-artifactory/build-info.json | jq -r '.buildInfo.modules[0].id' | sed 's/\(.*\):.*:.*/\1/' )
+version=$( cat spring-ws-artifactory/build-info.json | jq -r '.buildInfo.modules[0].id' | sed 's/.*:.*:\(.*\)/\1/' )
+
+echo "Syncing ${buildName}/${buildNumber} to Maven Central"
+	curl \
+			-s \
+			--connect-timeout 240 \
+			--max-time 2700 \
+			-u ${BINTRAY_USERNAME}:${BINTRAY_API_KEY} \
+			-H "Content-Type: application/json" -d "{ \"username\": \"${SONATYPE_USER_TOKEN}\", \"password\": \"${SONATYPE_PASSWORD_TOKEN}\"}" \
+			-f \
+			-X \
+			POST "https://api.bintray.com/maven_central_sync/spring/jars/${groupId}/versions/${version}" > /dev/null || { echo "Failed to sync" >&2; exit 1; }
+
+echo "Sync complete"
diff --git a/ci/sync-to-maven-central.yml b/ci/sync-to-maven-central.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7e214694
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ci/sync-to-maven-central.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+---
+platform: linux
+
+image_resource:
+  type: docker-image
+  source:
+    repository: openjdk
+    tag: 8-jdk
+
+inputs:
+- name: spring-ws-artifactory
+- name: spring-ws-github
+
+run:
+  path: spring-ws-github/ci/sync-to-maven-central.sh
+
+params:
+  BINTRAY_USERNAME:
+  BINTRAY_API_KEY:
+  SONATYPE_USER_TOKEN:
+  SONATYPE_PASSWORD_TOKEN: