diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-release.yml b/.github/workflows/ci-release.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a6a18a30
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-release.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,91 @@
+name: 'Publish (Java): RELEASE'
+on:
+  push:
+    tags:
+      - "[0-9]+.[0-9]+.[0-9]+(-[0-9a-z]+)?"
+jobs:
+  build:
+    name: Release JDK (${{ matrix.os_version }} swift:${{ matrix.swift_version }} jdk:${{matrix.jdk_vendor}})
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        swift_version: ['6.1.3']
+        os_version: ['jammy']
+        jdk_vendor: ['corretto']
+        jdk_version: [ 24, 17 ]
+    container:
+      image: ${{ (contains(matrix.swift_version, 'nightly') && 'swiftlang/swift') || 'swift' }}:${{ matrix.swift_version }}-${{ matrix.os_version }}
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v5
+      - name: Check NO SNAPSHOT version suffix
+        run: if [[ $(cat gradle.properties | grep version= | sed 's/^version=//') =~ .*-SNAPSHOT ]]; then exit 1; else exit 0; fi
+      - name: Prepare CI Environment
+        uses: ./.github/actions/prepare_env
+      - name: Set up jdk:${{matrix.jdk_vendor}} ${{matrix.java}}
+        uses: actions/setup-java@v5
+        with:
+          java-version: ${{ matrix.java }}
+          distribution: ${{ matrix.jdk_vendor }}
+          cache: 'gradle'
+      - name: Print JDK Version
+        run: java -version
+      - name: Make gradlew Executable
+        run: chmod +x gradlew
+      - name: Clean Gradle project
+        run: ./gradlew --parallel clean
+      - name: Build with Gradle
+        env:
+          ORG_GRADLE_PROJECT_signingKey: ${{ secrets.ORG_GRADLE_PROJECT_SIGNINGKEY }}
+          ORG_GRADLE_PROJECT_signingPassword: ${{ secrets.ORG_GRADLE_PROJECT_SIGNINGPASSWORD }}
+          SONATYPE_USER: ${{ secrets.SONATYPE_USER }}
+          SONATYPE_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.SONATYPE_TOKEN }}
+        run: |
+          # Build arguments to feed to the single gradlew publish command
+          FIRST_GRADLE_TARGETS=" check"
+          SECOND_GRADLE_TARGETS=" --no-parallel publish"
+
+          # Execute the gradlew command to publish the build
+          sudo -E env "PATH=$PATH" bash -c "ulimit -l 65536 && ulimit -a && ./gradlew --no-daemon --parallel -PreleaseBuild=true$FIRST_GRADLE_TARGETS && ./gradlew --no-daemon --no-parallel -PreleaseBuild=true$SECOND_GRADLE_TARGETS"
+      - name: Central Portal manual Repo Close
+        # Details at https://central.sonatype.org/publish/publish-portal-ossrh-staging-api/#configuring-the-repository
+        env:
+          SONATYPE_USER: ${{ secrets.SONATYPE_USER }}
+          SONATYPE_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.SONATYPE_TOKEN }}
+        run: |
+          BEARER_TOKEN=$(printf "$SONATYPE_USER:$SONATYPE_TOKEN" | base64)
+          curl -i --retry 5 -H "Authorization: Bearer $BEARER_TOKEN" -X POST https://ossrh-staging-api.central.sonatype.com/manual/upload/defaultRepository/io.servicetalk
+          echo '********************************************************************************************'
+          echo '*                                                                                          *'
+          echo "* Go to https://central.sonatype.com/publishing/deployments to finish publishing artifacts *"
+          echo '*                                                                                          *'
+          echo '********************************************************************************************'
+      - name: Publish Test Results
+        if: always()
+        uses: scacap/action-surefire-report@5609ce4db72c09db044803b344a8968fd1f315da
+        with:
+          github_token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          report_paths: '**/build/test-results/test/TEST-*.xml'
+          check_name: Test Report JDK ${{ matrix.java }}
+      - name: Publish Checkstyle Report
+        if: always()
+        uses: jwgmeligmeyling/checkstyle-github-action@50292990e18466f2c5d95d04ff5fab931254fa5f
+        with:
+          name: Checkstyle Report JDK ${{ matrix.java }}
+          path: '**/build/reports/checkstyle/*.xml'
+          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+      - name: Publish PMD Report
+        if: always()
+        uses: jwgmeligmeyling/pmd-github-action@322e346bd76a0757c4d54ff9209e245965aa066d
+        with:
+          name: PMD Report JDK ${{ matrix.java }}
+          path: '**/build/reports/pmd/*.xml'
+          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+      - name: Publish SpotBugs Report
+        if: always()
+        # v1.2
+        uses: jwgmeligmeyling/spotbugs-github-action@b8e2c3523acb34c87f14e18cbcd2d87db8c8584e
+        with:
+          name: SpotBugs Report JDK ${{ matrix.java }}
+          path: '**/build/reports/spotbugs/*.xml'
+          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-snapshot.yml b/.github/workflows/ci-snapshot.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..157be178
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-snapshot.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+name: 'Publish (Java): SNAPSHOT'
+# on:
+#   push:
+#     branches: [ main ]
+#     tags-ignore:
+#       - "[0-9]+.[0-9]+.[0-9]+(-[0-9a-z]+)?"
+#     paths-ignore:
+#       - 'docs/**'
+#       - 'scripts/**'
+#       - '.github/pull_request_template.md'
+#       - '.gitignore'
+#       - 'gradlew'
+#       - 'gradlew.bat'
+#       - '**.adoc'
+#       - '*.txt'
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    types: [opened, reopened, synchronize]
+jobs:
+  build:
+    name: Publish Java libs (${{ matrix.os_version }} swift:${{ matrix.swift_version }} jdk:${{ matrix.jdk_vendor }})
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        swift_version: ['6.1.3']
+        os_version: ['jammy']
+        jdk_vendor: ['corretto']
+    container:
+      image: ${{ (contains(matrix.swift_version, 'nightly') && 'swiftlang/swift') || 'swift' }}:${{ matrix.swift_version }}-${{ matrix.os_version }}
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v5
+      - name: Check NO SNAPSHOT version suffix
+        run: if [[ $(cat gradle.properties | grep version= | sed 's/^version=//') =~ .*-SNAPSHOT ]]; then exit 1; else exit 0; fi
+      - name: Prepare CI Environment
+        uses: ./.github/actions/prepare_env
+      - name: Make gradlew Executable
+        run: chmod +x gradlew
+      - name: Clean Gradle project
+        run: ./gradlew --parallel clean
+      # TODO: run tests here
+      - name: Publish with Gradle
+        env:
+          ORG_GRADLE_PROJECT_signingKey: ${{ secrets.ORG_GRADLE_PROJECT_SIGNINGKEY }}
+          ORG_GRADLE_PROJECT_signingPassword: ${{ secrets.ORG_GRADLE_PROJECT_SIGNINGPASSWORD }}
+          SONATYPE_USER: ${{ secrets.SONATYPE_USER }}
+          SONATYPE_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.SONATYPE_TOKEN }}
+        run: |
+          # Execute the gradle command to publish the project
+          ./gradlew --no-daemon --no-parallel publish
+      - name: Publish Test Results
+        if: always()
+        uses: scacap/action-surefire-report@5609ce4db72c09db044803b344a8968fd1f315da
+        with:
+          github_token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          report_paths: '**/build/test-results/test/TEST-*.xml'
+          check_name: Test Report 
+      - name: Publish Checkstyle Report
+        if: always()
+        uses: jwgmeligmeyling/checkstyle-github-action@50292990e18466f2c5d95d04ff5fab931254fa5f
+        with:
+          name: Checkstyle Report 
+          path: '**/build/reports/checkstyle/*.xml'
+          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+      - name: Publish PMD Report
+        if: always()
+        uses: jwgmeligmeyling/pmd-github-action@322e346bd76a0757c4d54ff9209e245965aa066d
+        with:
+          name: PMD Report 
+          path: '**/build/reports/pmd/*.xml'
+          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+      - name: Publish SpotBugs Report
+        if: always()
+        uses: jwgmeligmeyling/spotbugs-github-action@b8e2c3523acb34c87f14e18cbcd2d87db8c8584e
+        with:
+          name: SpotBugs Report 
+          path: '**/build/reports/spotbugs/*.xml'
+          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pull_request.yml b/.github/workflows/pull_request.yml
index ffc42e3c..e61aacf8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pull_request.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pull_request.yml
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ jobs:
         swift_version: ['6.1.3']
         os_version: ['jammy']
         jdk_vendor: ['corretto']
+        jdk_version: [ 24, 17 ]
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: Prepare CI Environment
@@ -48,6 +49,7 @@ jobs:
         swift_version: ['6.1.3', 'nightly']
         os_version: ['jammy']
         jdk_vendor: ['corretto']
+        jdk_version: [ 24, 17 ]
     container:
       image: ${{ (contains(matrix.swift_version, 'nightly') && 'swiftlang/swift') || 'swift' }}:${{ matrix.swift_version }}-${{ matrix.os_version }}
     env:
@@ -74,6 +76,7 @@ jobs:
         swift_version: ['6.2.0']
         os_version: ['macos']
         jdk_vendor: ['corretto']
+        jdk_version: [ 24, 17 ]
     env:
       SWIFT_JAVA_VERBOSE: true
     steps:
@@ -98,6 +101,7 @@ jobs:
         swift_version: ['6.2.0']
         os_version: ['jammy']
         jdk_vendor: ['corretto']
+        jdk_version: [ 24, 17 ]
     container:
       image: ${{ (contains(matrix.swift_version, 'nightly') && 'swiftlang/swift') || 'swift' }}:${{ matrix.swift_version }}-${{ matrix.os_version }}
     env:
@@ -140,6 +144,7 @@ jobs:
         swift_version: ['6.2.0']
         os_version: ['macos']
         jdk_vendor: ['corretto']
+        jdk_version: [ 24, 17 ]
     env:
       SWIFT_JAVA_VERBOSE: true
     steps:
@@ -160,6 +165,7 @@ jobs:
         swift_version: ['6.1.3', 'nightly']
         os_version: ['jammy']
         jdk_vendor: ['corretto']
+        jdk_version: [ 24, 17 ]
         sample_app: [  # TODO: use a reusable-workflow to generate those names
           'JavaDependencySampleApp',
           'JavaKitSampleApp',
@@ -180,7 +186,7 @@ jobs:
 
 
   verify-samples-macos:
-    name: Sample ${{ matrix.sample_app }} (${{ matrix.os_version }} swift:${{ matrix.swift_version }} jdk:${{matrix.jdk_vendor}})
+    name: Sample ${{ matrix.sample_app }} (${{ matrix.os_version }} swift:${{ matrix.swift_version }} jdk:${{ matrix.jdk_version }}-${{matrix.jdk_vendor}}
     runs-on: [self-hosted, macos, sequoia, ARM64]
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
@@ -188,6 +194,7 @@ jobs:
         swift_version: ['6.2.0']  # no nightly testing on macOS
         os_version: ['macos']
         jdk_vendor: ['corretto']
+        jdk_version: [ 24, 17 ]
         sample_app: [  # TODO: use a reusable-workflow to generate those names
           'JavaDependencySampleApp',
           'JavaKitSampleApp',