diff --git a/.github/workflows/pull-request.yml b/.github/workflows/pull-request.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..988ae1ee7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/pull-request.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+name: Actions on pull requests
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    branches:
+      - develop
+      - master
+
+jobs:
+  pull-request-job:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Step 1 - Checkout repository code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Step 2 - Set up JDK 17
+        uses: actions/setup-java@v4
+        with:
+          java-version: '17'
+          distribution: 'temurin'
+          cache: 'maven'
+
+      - name: Step 3 - Cache Docker images.
+        uses: ScribeMD/docker-cache@0.3.7
+        with:
+          key: docker-${{ runner.os }}
+
+      - name: Step 4 - Build & Test
+        run: mvn clean verify -ntp
+
+      - name: Step 5 - Upload coverage unittests reports to Codecov
+        uses: codecov/codecov-action@v3
+        with:
+          token: ${{ secrets.CODECOV_TOKEN }}
+          gcov_ignore: '!*datasafe-business*'
+          flags: unittests
+          verbose: true
+
+      - name: Step 6 - Upload coverage e2e tests reports to Codecov
+        uses: codecov/codecov-action@v3
+        with:
+          token: ${{ secrets.CODECOV_TOKEN }}
+          gcov_include: '*datasafe-business*'
+          flags: e2e_tests
+          verbose: true
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diff --git a/.github/workflows/pull-requests.yml b/.github/workflows/pull-requests.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 0891234c0..000000000
--- a/.github/workflows/pull-requests.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-# Builds Pull-requests to key branches
-name: Pull request CI
-
-on:
-  pull_request:
-    branches:
-      - develop
-      - master
-
-jobs:
-  build:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
-      - name: Set up JDK 17
-        uses: actions/setup-java@v3
-        with:
-          java-version: 17
-          distribution: 'adopt'
-
-      - name: Build project and run default test suite
-        run: mvn clean verify -ntp
diff --git a/.github/workflows/push-develop.yml b/.github/workflows/push-develop.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..14dc23fc3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/push-develop.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+name: Develop branch build
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - develop
+
+jobs:
+  develop-build-job:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Step 1 - Checkout repository code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Step 2 - Set up JDK 17
+        uses: actions/setup-java@v4
+        with:
+          java-version: '17'
+          distribution: 'temurin'
+          cache: 'maven'
+
+      - name: Step 3 - Cache Docker images.
+        uses: ScribeMD/docker-cache@0.3.7
+        with:
+          key: docker-${{ runner.os }}
+
+      - name: Step 4 - Build & Test
+        run: mvn clean verify -ntp
+
+      - name: Step 5 - Deploy Snapshot
+        run: ./scripts/mvn_deploy.sh
+        env:
+          SONATYPE_USERNAME: ${{ secrets.SONATYPE_USERNAME }}
+          SONATYPE_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.SONATYPE_PASSWORD }}
+          GPG_EXECUTABLE: gpg
+          GPG_PASSPHRASE: ${{ secrets.GPG_PASSPHRASE }}
+          GPG_SECRET_KEY: ${{ secrets.GPG_SECRET_KEY }}
+          GPG_OWNERTRUST: ${{ secrets.GPG_OWNERTRUST }}
+
+      - name: Step 6 - Upload coverage unittests reports to Codecov
+        uses: codecov/codecov-action@v3
+        with:
+          token: ${{ secrets.CODECOV_TOKEN }}
+          gcov_ignore: '!*datasafe-business*'
+          flags: unittests
+          verbose: true
+
+      - name: Step 7 - Upload coverage e2e tests reports to Codecov
+        uses: codecov/codecov-action@v3
+        with:
+          token: ${{ secrets.CODECOV_TOKEN }}
+          gcov_include: '*datasafe-business*'
+          flags: e2e_tests
+          verbose: true
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diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2ecc29728
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+name: Release to Maven Central
+on:
+  push:
+    tags:
+      - v*
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Step 1 - Checkout repository code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Step 2 - Setup JDK
+        uses: actions/setup-java@v4
+        with:
+          java-version: '17'
+          distribution: 'temurin'
+          cache: 'maven'
+
+      - name: Step 3 - Cache Docker images.
+        uses: ScribeMD/docker-cache@0.3.7
+        with:
+          key: docker-${{ runner.os }}
+
+      - name: Step 4 - Maven deploy release
+        run: ./scripts/mvn_deploy.sh
+        env:
+          SONATYPE_USERNAME: ${{ secrets.SONATYPE_USERNAME }}
+          SONATYPE_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.SONATYPE_PASSWORD }}
+          GPG_EXECUTABLE: gpg
+          GPG_PASSPHRASE: ${{ secrets.GPG_PASSPHRASE }}
+          GPG_SECRET_KEY: ${{ secrets.GPG_SECRET_KEY }}
+          GPG_OWNERTRUST: ${{ secrets.GPG_OWNERTRUST }}
+
+#      - name: Step 4 - Push JavaDoc to GitHub Pages
+#        run: ./scripts/push-javadoc-to-gh-pages.sh
diff --git a/.travis/codecov_bash.sh b/.travis/codecov_bash.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index a11db3d6a..000000000
--- a/.travis/codecov_bash.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-
-BRANCH="$TRAVIS_BRANCH"
-if [[ -n "$TRAVIS_PULL_REQUEST_BRANCH" ]]; then
-    BRANCH="$TRAVIS_PULL_REQUEST_BRANCH"
-    echo "Pull request branch identified: $TRAVIS_PULL_REQUEST_BRANCH"
-fi
-
-echo "Sending test results to codecov using $BRANCH"
-bash <(curl -s https://codecov.io/bash) -f '!*datasafe-business*' -F unittests -B "$BRANCH";
-bash <(curl -s https://codecov.io/bash) -s '*datasafe-business*' -F e2e_tests  -B "$BRANCH";
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diff --git a/.travis/deploy.sh b/.travis/deploy.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index 3f1052e59..000000000
--- a/.travis/deploy.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
-
-echo "$GPG_SECRET_KEY" | base64 --decode | "$GPG_EXECUTABLE" --import
-echo "$GPG_OWNERTRUST" | base64 --decode | "$GPG_EXECUTABLE" --import-ownertrust
-
-set -e
-
-mvn --settings .travis/settings.xml package gpg:sign deploy -Prelease -DskipTests -B -U;
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 0eeb0d03d..34c85459e 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -74,15 +74,14 @@
         <src.dir>src/main/java</src.dir>
         <test.src.dir>src/test/java</test.src.dir>
 
-        <!-- TODO: should be maven.multiModuleProjectDirectory but not using it because Intellij does not support it -->
-        <jacoco.reportPath>${basedir}/../../target/jacoco.exec</jacoco.reportPath>
-        <jacoco.e2e.reportPath>${basedir}/../target/jacoco-e2e.exec</jacoco.e2e.reportPath>
+        <jacoco.reportPath>${maven.multiModuleProjectDirectory}/target/jacoco.exec</jacoco.reportPath>
+        <jacoco.e2e.reportPath>${maven.multiModuleProjectDirectory}/target/jacoco-e2e.exec</jacoco.e2e.reportPath>
 
         <graal.version>19.2.0</graal.version>
         <maven.compiler.plugin.version>3.11.0</maven.compiler.plugin.version>
         <maven.compiler.source>17</maven.compiler.source>
         <maven.compiler.target>17</maven.compiler.target>
-        <maven.dependency.plugin.version>3.6.0</maven.dependency.plugin.version>
+        <maven.dependency.plugin.version>3.6.1</maven.dependency.plugin.version>
         <lombok.version>1.18.30</lombok.version>
         <gson.version>2.8.9</gson.version>
         <dagger.version>2.46.1</dagger.version>
@@ -96,7 +95,7 @@
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <deploy.disabled>false</deploy.disabled>
         <testcontainers.version>1.18.3</testcontainers.version>
-        <jacoco.version>0.8.10</jacoco.version>
+        <jacoco.version>0.8.11</jacoco.version>
         <commons.io.version>2.5</commons.io.version>
         <slf4j-simple.version>2.0.7</slf4j-simple.version>
         <drools.version>9.44.0.Final</drools.version>
@@ -387,6 +386,7 @@
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
             <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
                 <version>${maven.dependency.plugin.version}</version>
                 <executions>
@@ -519,6 +519,7 @@
                     <plugin>
                         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                         <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
+                        <version>${maven.compiler.plugin.version}</version>
                         <configuration>
                             <annotationProcessorPaths>
                                 <path>
@@ -586,8 +587,6 @@
                             <serverId>sonatype</serverId>
                             <nexusUrl>https://oss.sonatype.org/</nexusUrl>
                             <autoReleaseAfterClose>true</autoReleaseAfterClose>
-                            <keepStagingRepositoryOnFailure>true</keepStagingRepositoryOnFailure>
-                            <stagingProgressTimeoutMinutes>30</stagingProgressTimeoutMinutes>
                         </configuration>
                     </plugin>
                     <plugin>
@@ -608,11 +607,6 @@
                         <artifactId>maven-gpg-plugin</artifactId>
                         <version>${maven-gpg-plugin.version}</version>
                         <configuration>
-                            <keyname>opensource@adorsys.de</keyname>
-                            <gpgArguments>
-                                <arg>--pinentry-mode</arg>
-                                <arg>loopback</arg>
-                            </gpgArguments>
                         </configuration>
                         <executions>
                             <execution>
@@ -621,12 +615,6 @@
                                 <goals>
                                     <goal>sign</goal>
                                 </goals>
-                                <configuration>
-                                    <gpgArguments>
-                                        <arg>--pinentry-mode</arg>
-                                        <arg>loopback</arg>
-                                    </gpgArguments>
-                                </configuration>
                             </execution>
                         </executions>
                     </plugin>
diff --git a/scripts/mvn_deploy.sh b/scripts/mvn_deploy.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..dbf870f1f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/mvn_deploy.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+set -e
+
+echo "$GPG_SECRET_KEY" | base64 --decode | $GPG_EXECUTABLE --import --no-tty --batch --yes || true
+echo "$GPG_OWNERTRUST" | base64 --decode | $GPG_EXECUTABLE --import-ownertrust --no-tty --batch --yes || true
+
+mvn clean deploy -ntp --settings scripts/settings.xml gpg:sign -Prelease -DskipTests -U || exit 1
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diff --git a/.travis/settings.xml b/scripts/settings.xml
similarity index 100%
rename from .travis/settings.xml
rename to scripts/settings.xml