diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-proxy.yml b/.github/workflows/build-proxy.yml
index 47ee21021..0ecb07522 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-proxy.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-proxy.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 name: Build and upload proxy client to JFrog
 
 on:
+  pull_request:
   push:
     branches:
       - stage
@@ -8,18 +9,105 @@ on:
 
 jobs:
   build:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    env:
+      JFROG_RELEASE_BUNDLE_NAME: aerospike-java-proxy-client
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
     steps:
     - name: Checkout Java client
-      uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
-    - name: Set up settings.xml for Maven
-      uses: s4u/maven-settings-action@v2.8.0
+    # mvn deploy
+    # - name: Set up settings.xml for Maven
+    #   uses: s4u/maven-settings-action@v2.8.0
+    #   with:
+    #     servers: '[{"id": "snapshots", "username": "${{ secrets.JFROG_USERNAME }}", "password": "${{ secrets.JFROG_MAVEN_TOKEN }}"}]'
+
+    - run: docker login aerospike.jfrog.io --username ${{ secrets.JFROG_USERNAME }} --password ${{ secrets.JFROG_DOCKER_TOKEN }}
+
+    # TODO: change to use "latest" tag
+
+    - name: Get all tags for proxy server Docker image
+      run: docker pull --all-tags ${{ vars.JFROG_PROXY_SERVER_DOCKER_REPO }}
+
+    # If we try to emulate aarch64 and run a proxy server Docker image designed for aarch64, the log file won't exist in the container
+    # i.e there won't be any output in `docker logs` for the proxy server.
+    # so we can't tell if the proxy server is running or not
+    - name: Get the latest tag for proxy server for this CPU platform
+      run: echo LATEST_TAG=$(docker images --filter label="architecture=$(uname -m)" ${{ vars.JFROG_PROXY_SERVER_DOCKER_REPO }} --format json | jq -r '.Tag' | head -n 1) >> $GITHUB_ENV
+      # Enables pipefail
+      shell: bash
+
+    - run: docker compose up -d
+      working-directory: .github/workflows/test-configs
+      env:
+        PROXY_SERVER_TAG: ${{ env.LATEST_TAG }}
+
+    # We assume that the proxy server is ready once we run the tests
+
+    - uses: jfrog/setup-jfrog-cli@v4
+      env:
+        JF_URL: "https://aerospike.jfrog.io"
+        JF_USER: ${{ secrets.JFROG_USERNAME }}
+        JF_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.JFROG_MAVEN_TOKEN }}
+        JF_PROJECT: "clients"
+
+    # This associates the Maven credentials with the repos in the Java client's pom.xml
+    - run: jf mvn-config --repo-deploy-releases clients-maven-dev-local --repo-deploy-snapshots clients-maven-dev-local
+
+    # There can be a Maven plugin to get the proxy client version
+    # But this also works, too
+    - run: sudo apt install -y libxml-xpath-perl
+
+    - name: Get Java proxy client version
+      id: get-proxy-client-version
+      # TODO: find a way to do this via java ecosystem instead of using generic cli tools
+      run: echo version=$(xpath -q -e "//project/version/text()" pom.xml) >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+
+    - uses: aerospike/shared-workflows/devops/setup-gpg@052d1b0a751414b0e03d12271bb7d09a4fe2dde0
       with:
-        servers: '[{"id": "snapshots_private", "username": "${{ secrets.JFROG_USERNAME }}", "password": "${{ secrets.JFROG_MAVEN_TOKEN }}"}]'
+        gpg-private-key: ${{ secrets.GPG_SECRET_KEY }}
+        gpg-key-pass: ${{ secrets.GPG_PASS }}
+        gpg-key-name: "aerospike-inc"
+
+    - run: echo -e "passphrase-file $HOME/pass" >> ~/.gnupg/gpg.conf
+
+    - name: Run Maven workflow
+      run: jf mvn deploy -Dtest=com.aerospike.test.SuiteAll -DfailIfNoTests=false -DskipTests=true --build-name=${{ steps.get-proxy-client-version.outputs.version }} --build-number=${{ github.run_number }}
+
+    # For debugging the build info that was just collected by jf
+    # Build info was not published to JFrog yet. This will be done in a later step
+    - run: cat target/build-info.json
+    # For debugging why the proxy server failed to start
+    - if: ${{ always() }}
+      run: docker container ps -a
+    # Prints logs for native server and proxy server
+    - if: ${{ always() }}
+      run: docker logs test-configs-proxy-server-1
+    - if: ${{ always() }}
+      run: docker logs test-configs-native-server-1
+
+    # Based on https://github.com/citrusleaf/devops/blob/master/jfrog/vector/deploy-to-jfrog.sh
+
+    - name: Publish JFrog build info from uploaded artifacts
+      run: jf rt build-publish ${{ steps.get-proxy-client-version.outputs.version }} ${{ github.run_number }}
+
+    # Required to run sponge
+    - run: sudo apt install -y moreutils
+
+    # .files.project is not documented in JFrog but it's used to specify the JFrog project to upload this release bundle to
+    - name: Create file spec for release bundle
+      run: cat releasebundle-filespec.json | jq '.files[0].build = "${{ steps.get-proxy-client-version.outputs.version }}/${{ github.run_number }}"' | sponge releasebundle-filespec.json
+      working-directory: .github/workflows
+      shell: bash
 
-    - name: Build Java client
-      run: mvn install
+    - name: Create release bundle from JFrog build
+      # Not the same name as in proxy/pom.xml
+      # But that name doesn't specify the language,
+      # and there can be multiple languages that implement the proxy client in the future that need to be uploaded to JFrog
+      # Signing key only signs release bundle and not the artifacts associated with it
+      run: jf release-bundle-create --signing-key=aerospike --sync --spec=./releasebundle-filespec.json ${{ env.JFROG_RELEASE_BUNDLE_NAME }} ${{ steps.get-proxy-client-version.outputs.version }}
+      working-directory: .github/workflows
 
-    - name: Upload to JFrog
-      run: mvn deploy
+    - name: Promote release bundle to DEV stage
+      run: jf release-bundle-promote --signing-key=aerospike --sync ${{ env.JFROG_RELEASE_BUNDLE_NAME }} ${{ steps.get-proxy-client-version.outputs.version }} DEV
+      working-directory: .github/workflows
diff --git a/.github/workflows/releasebundle-filespec.json b/.github/workflows/releasebundle-filespec.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..262bf910e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/releasebundle-filespec.json
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+{
+  "files": [
+    {
+      "pattern": "",
+      "project": "clients"
+    }
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-configs/Dockerfile b/.github/workflows/test-configs/Dockerfile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c40fdd8b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-configs/Dockerfile
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+ARG PROXY_SERVER_TAG
+FROM "aerospike.jfrog.io/docker/aerospike/aerospike-proxy-private:$PROXY_SERVER_TAG"
+# Default user "aerospike" doesn't have root permissions
+USER root
+RUN wget https://github.com/mikefarah/yq/releases/latest/download/yq_linux_amd64 -O /usr/bin/yq
+RUN chmod +x /usr/bin/yq
+RUN yq -i e 'del(.security)' /etc/aerospike-proxy/aerospike-proxy.yml
+RUN yq -i e '.aerospike.seeds[0].native-server = .aerospike.seeds[0].localhost' /etc/aerospike-proxy/aerospike-proxy.yml
+RUN yq -i e 'del(.aerospike.seeds[0].localhost)' /etc/aerospike-proxy/aerospike-proxy.yml
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-configs/compose.yml b/.github/workflows/test-configs/compose.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3fb9dc208
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-configs/compose.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+services:
+  native-server:
+    image: aerospike/aerospike-server
+    ports:
+      # TODO: maybe not necessary since we don't access it directly
+      - "3000:3000"
+  proxy-server:
+    depends_on:
+      - native-server
+    # dockerfile_inline doesn't work for some reason, even though it's documented.
+    # So we have to supply the Dockerfile as a separate file
+    build:
+      args:
+        - PROXY_SERVER_TAG
+    ports:
+      - "4000:4000"
diff --git a/benchmarks/pom.xml b/benchmarks/pom.xml
index cb4b52b73..4ebbd8ba8 100644
--- a/benchmarks/pom.xml
+++ b/benchmarks/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.aerospike</groupId>
     <artifactId>aerospike-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>8.1.4</version>
+    <version>8.1.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>aerospike-benchmarks</artifactId>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
diff --git a/client/pom.xml b/client/pom.xml
index dfe67163a..dbd07c274 100644
--- a/client/pom.xml
+++ b/client/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.aerospike</groupId>
     <artifactId>aerospike-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>8.1.4</version>
+    <version>8.1.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>aerospike-client-jdk8</artifactId>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
@@ -78,6 +78,10 @@
     </resources>
 
     <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-gpg-plugin</artifactId>
+      </plugin>
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
diff --git a/examples/pom.xml b/examples/pom.xml
index fad839b13..6fd2b6ee6 100644
--- a/examples/pom.xml
+++ b/examples/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.aerospike</groupId>
     <artifactId>aerospike-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>8.1.4</version>
+    <version>8.1.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>aerospike-examples</artifactId>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 359cdd7f7..43cdf103f 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   <groupId>com.aerospike</groupId>
   <artifactId>aerospike-parent</artifactId>
   <name>aerospike-parent</name>
-  <version>8.1.4</version>
+  <version>8.1.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
   <url>https://github.com/aerospike/aerospike-client-java</url>
 
@@ -138,6 +138,20 @@
   <build>
     <pluginManagement>
       <plugins>
+        <plugin>
+          <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+          <artifactId>maven-gpg-plugin</artifactId>
+          <version>3.2.5</version>
+          <executions>
+            <execution>
+              <id>sign-artifacts</id>
+              <phase>verify</phase>
+              <goals>
+                <goal>sign</goal>
+              </goals>
+            </execution>
+          </executions>
+        </plugin>
         <plugin>
           <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
           <version>${maven-compiler-plugin.version}</version>
@@ -170,4 +184,16 @@
   </repositories>
   -->
 
+  <distributionManagement>
+      <repository>
+          <id>central</id>
+          <name>aerospike-artifactory-primary-0-releases</name>
+          <url>https://aerospike.jfrog.io/artifactory/clients-maven-dev-local</url>
+      </repository>
+      <snapshotRepository>
+          <id>snapshots</id>
+          <name>aerospike-artifactory-primary-0-snapshots</name>
+          <url>https://aerospike.jfrog.io/artifactory/clients-maven-dev-local</url>
+      </snapshotRepository>
+  </distributionManagement>
 </project>
diff --git a/proxy/pom.xml b/proxy/pom.xml
index 9be7dce26..74f10e2b1 100644
--- a/proxy/pom.xml
+++ b/proxy/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.aerospike</groupId>
     <artifactId>aerospike-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>8.1.4</version>
+    <version>8.1.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>aerospike-proxy-client</artifactId>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
@@ -27,11 +27,13 @@
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>io.grpc</groupId>
+      <version>${grpc.version}</version>
       <artifactId>grpc-netty</artifactId>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>io.netty</groupId>
+      <version>${netty.version}</version>
       <artifactId>netty-transport</artifactId>
     </dependency>
 
@@ -80,6 +82,10 @@
     </resources>
 
     <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-gpg-plugin</artifactId>
+      </plugin>
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
         <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
diff --git a/test/pom.xml b/test/pom.xml
index 1ed1b89a9..4923ee984 100644
--- a/test/pom.xml
+++ b/test/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
   <parent>
     <groupId>com.aerospike</groupId>
     <artifactId>aerospike-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>8.1.4</version>
+    <version>8.1.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
   </parent>
   <artifactId>aerospike-client-test</artifactId>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
diff --git a/test/src/com/aerospike/test/SuiteAll.java b/test/src/com/aerospike/test/SuiteAll.java
index d3a3e6d40..4d3797900 100644
--- a/test/src/com/aerospike/test/SuiteAll.java
+++ b/test/src/com/aerospike/test/SuiteAll.java
@@ -21,8 +21,9 @@
 
 @RunWith(Suite.class)
 @Suite.SuiteClasses({
-	SuiteSync.class,
-	SuiteAsync.class
+	// SuiteSync.class,
+	// SuiteAsync.class,
+	SuiteProxy.class
 })
 public class SuiteAll {
 }
diff --git a/test/src/com/aerospike/test/SuiteProxy.java b/test/src/com/aerospike/test/SuiteProxy.java
index 2e5657ea0..62c8ada93 100644
--- a/test/src/com/aerospike/test/SuiteProxy.java
+++ b/test/src/com/aerospike/test/SuiteProxy.java
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@
 
 @RunWith(Suite.class)
 @Suite.SuiteClasses({
+	// TODO: add test for username and password with proxy client
 	TestAsyncPutGet.class,
 	TestAsyncBatch.class,
 	TestAsyncOperate.class,