diff --git a/.github/workflows/early-access.yaml b/.github/workflows/early-access.yaml
index 20eeed60..1de5566f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/early-access.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/early-access.yaml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ env:
 jobs:
   build:
     name: 'Build with Graal on ${{ matrix.os }}'
-    if: startsWith(github.event.head_commit.message, 'Updated CHANGELOG.md') != true && startsWith(github.event.head_commit.message, '[maven-release-plugin]') != true
+    if: startsWith(github.event.head_commit.message, '[release] Release ') != true
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
@@ -70,47 +70,5 @@ jobs:
       - name: 'Upload artifact'
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v2
         with:
-          name: artifacts
+          name: mvnd-${{ env.OS }}
           path: dist/target/mvnd-*.zip
-
-  early-access:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-18.04
-    needs: [build]
-    # Only post early access releases when push to master
-    if: false && ${{ !github.event.issue.pull_request }} && startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/heads/master')
-
-    steps:
-      - name: 'Check out repository'
-        uses: actions/checkout@v2
-        with:
-          fetch-depth: 0
-
-      - name: 'Download all build artifacts'
-        uses: actions/download-artifact@v2
-
-      - name: 'Set up Java'
-        uses: actions/setup-java@v2
-        with:
-          java-version: ${{ env.JAVA_VERSION }}
-          distribution: 'zulu'
-
-      - name: 'Cache Maven packages'
-        uses: actions/cache@v2
-        with:
-          path: ~/.m2
-          key: ${{ runner.os }}-m2-${{ hashFiles('**/pom.xml') }}
-          restore-keys: ${{ runner.os }}-m2
-
-      - name: 'Release to GitHub'
-        env:
-          JRELEASER_GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-        run: ./mvnw -B --file pom.xml -pl :mvnd -DartifactsDir=artifacts jreleaser:release
-
-      - name: 'JReleaser output'
-        if: always()
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v2
-        with:
-          name: jreleaser-logs
-          path: |
-            target/jreleaser/trace.log
-            target/jreleaser/output.properties
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-candidate-stage1.yml b/.github/workflows/release-candidate-stage1.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index e7fec3ff..00000000
--- a/.github/workflows/release-candidate-stage1.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,95 +0,0 @@
-#
-# Copyright (c) 2017 Angelo Zerr and other contributors as
-# indicated by the @author tags.
-#
-# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-# You may obtain a copy of the License at
-#
-#   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-#
-# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-# limitations under the License.
-#
-
-name: Release Candidate - Stage1
-
-# manual trigger
-on:
-  workflow_dispatch:
-
-env:
-  GRAALVM_VERSION: '21.3.0'
-  JAVA_VERSION: '17'
-
-jobs:
-  build:
-    name: 'Build with Graal on ${{ matrix.os }}'
-    strategy:
-      fail-fast: true
-      matrix:
-        os: [ ubuntu-18.04, macOS-10.15, windows-2019 ]
-    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
-
-    steps:
-      - name: 'Checkout'
-        uses: actions/checkout@v2
-
-      - name: 'Set vars'
-        shell: bash
-        run: |
-          OS=$(echo '${{ runner.os }}' | awk '{print tolower($0)}')
-          [[ $OS == 'ubuntu' ]] && echo "OS=linux" >> $GITHUB_ENV || echo "OS=$OS" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-          [[ $OS == 'macos' ]] && echo "OS=darwin" >> $GITHUB_ENV || echo "OS=$OS" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-          echo "VERSION=$(./mvnw help:evaluate -Dexpression=project.version -q -DforceStdout)" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-
-      - name: 'Set up Graal'
-        uses: graalvm/setup-graalvm@v1
-        with:
-          version: ${{ env.GRAALVM_VERSION }}
-          java-version: ${{ env.JAVA_VERSION }}
-          components: 'native-image'
-          github-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-
-      - name: 'Build native distribution'
-        run: ./mvnw clean verify -Pnative -Dmrm=false -B -ntp -e
-
-      - name: 'Upload daemon test logs'
-        if: always()
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v2
-        with:
-          name: daemon-test-logs-${{ env.OS }}
-          path: integration-tests/target/mvnd-tests/**/daemon*.log
-
-  release:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-18.04
-    needs: [build]
-
-    steps:
-      - name: 'Check out repository'
-        uses: actions/checkout@v2
-        with:
-          # required for triggering release-candidate-stage2
-          token: ${{ secrets.GIT_ACCESS_TOKEN }}
-
-      - name: 'Set up Java'
-        uses: actions/setup-java@v2
-        with:
-          java-version: ${{ env.JAVA_VERSION }}
-          distribution: 'zulu'
-
-      - name: 'Cache Maven packages'
-        uses: actions/cache@v2
-        with:
-          path: ~/.m2
-          key: ${{ runner.os }}-m2-${{ hashFiles('**/pom.xml') }}
-          restore-keys: ${{ runner.os }}-m2
-
-      - name: 'Release'
-        run: |
-          ./mvnw -B -ntp \
-          -Drepository.url=https://${{ github.actor }}:${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}@github.com/${{ github.repository }}.git \
-          release:prepare
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-candidate-stage2.yml b/.github/workflows/release-candidate-stage2.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index cbd57e1e..00000000
--- a/.github/workflows/release-candidate-stage2.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,65 +0,0 @@
-#
-# Copyright (c) 2017 Angelo Zerr and other contributors as
-# indicated by the @author tags.
-#
-# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
-# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
-# You may obtain a copy of the License at
-#
-#   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-#
-# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-# limitations under the License.
-#
-
-name: Release Candidate - Stage2
-
-# push on tag but not on 'early-access'
-on:
-  push:
-    tags:
-      - '!early-access'
-
-env:
-  GRAALVM_VERSION: '21.3.0'
-  JAVA_VERSION: '17'
-
-jobs:
-  release:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-
-    steps:
-      - name: 'Check out repository'
-        uses: actions/checkout@v2
-        with:
-          fetch-depth: 0
-
-      - name: 'Set up Java'
-        uses: actions/setup-java@v2
-        with:
-          java-version: ${{ env.JAVA_VERSION }}
-          distribution: 'zulu'
-
-      - name: 'Cache Maven packages'
-        uses: actions/cache@v2
-        with:
-          path: ~/.m2
-          key: ${{ runner.os }}-m2-${{ hashFiles('**/pom.xml') }}
-          restore-keys: ${{ runner.os }}-m2
-
-      - name: 'Release to GitHub'
-        env:
-          JRELEASER_GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-        run: ./mvnw -B --file pom.xml -pl :mvnd -Pprerelease jreleaser:release
-
-      - name: 'JReleaser output'
-        if: always()
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v2
-        with:
-          name: jreleaser-logs
-          path: |
-            target/jreleaser/trace.log
-            target/jreleaser/output.properties
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yaml b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
index a4b3ef79..9bc56d29 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
@@ -17,9 +17,13 @@
 
 name: Release
 
-# manual trigger
 on:
+  # manual trigger
   workflow_dispatch:
+  # build on new tags
+  push:
+    tags:
+      - '*'
 
 env:
   GRAALVM_VERSION: '21.3.0'
@@ -55,14 +59,7 @@ jobs:
           github-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
 
       - name: 'Build native distribution'
-        run: ./mvnw clean verify -Pnative -Dmrm=false -B -ntp -e
-
-      - name: 'Upload daemon test logs'
-        if: always()
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v2
-        with:
-          name: daemon-test-logs-${{ env.OS }}
-          path: integration-tests/target/mvnd-tests/**/daemon*.log
+        run: ./mvnw clean verify -Pnative -Dmrm=false -B -ntp -e -DskipTests
 
       - name: 'Upload artifact'
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v2
@@ -70,9 +67,44 @@ jobs:
           name: artifacts
           path: dist/target/mvnd-*.zip
 
+  source:
+    name: 'Build source distributions'
+    runs-on: ubuntu-18.04
+    steps:
+      - name: 'Check out repository'
+        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+
+      - name: 'Set vars'
+        shell: bash
+        run: |
+          OS=$(echo '${{ runner.os }}' | awk '{print tolower($0)}')
+          [[ $OS == 'ubuntu' ]] && echo "OS=linux" >> $GITHUB_ENV || echo "OS=$OS" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          [[ $OS == 'macos' ]] && echo "OS=darwin" >> $GITHUB_ENV || echo "OS=$OS" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          echo "VERSION=$(./mvnw help:evaluate -Dexpression=project.version -q -DforceStdout)" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+
+      - name: 'Set up Graal'
+        uses: graalvm/setup-graalvm@v1
+        with:
+          version: ${{ env.GRAALVM_VERSION }}
+          java-version: ${{ env.JAVA_VERSION }}
+          components: 'native-image'
+          github-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+
+      - name: 'Build native distribution'
+        run: ./mvnw clean verify -Psource-distribution -pl :mvnd -Dmrm=false -B -ntp -e
+
+      - name: 'Upload artifact'
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v2
+        with:
+          name: artifacts
+          path: |
+            target/mvnd-*-src.zip
+            target/mvnd-*-src.tar.gz
+
+
   release:
     runs-on: ubuntu-18.04
-    needs: [build]
+    needs: [build, source]
 
     steps:
       - name: 'Check out repository'
@@ -96,19 +128,129 @@ jobs:
           key: ${{ runner.os }}-m2-${{ hashFiles('**/pom.xml') }}
           restore-keys: ${{ runner.os }}-m2
 
-      - name: 'Release to GitHub'
-        env:
-          JRELEASER_GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-          JRELEASER_HOMEBREW_GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GIT_ACCESS_TOKEN }}
-          JRELEASER_SDKMAN_CONSUMER_KEY: ${{ secrets.SDKMAN_CONSUMER_KEY }}
-          JRELEASER_SDKMAN_CONSUMER_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.SDKMAN_CONSUMER_TOKEN }}
-        run: ./mvnw -B --file pom.xml -pl :mvnd -Prelease -DartifactsDir=artifacts jreleaser:full-release
+      - name: ls -R
+        run: ls -R
 
-      - name: 'JReleaser output'
-        if: always()
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v2
+      - name: Set environment
+        run: |
+          echo "VERSION=$(./mvnw help:evaluate -Dexpression=project.version -q -DforceStdout)" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+
+      - name: Compute sha256 checksums
+        run: |
+          sha256sum artifacts/mvnd-${{ env.VERSION }}-linux-amd64.zip | cut -d ' ' -f 1 > artifacts/mvnd-${{ env.VERSION }}-linux-amd64.zip.sha256
+          sha256sum artifacts/mvnd-${{ env.VERSION }}-darwin-amd64.zip | cut -d ' ' -f 1 > artifacts/mvnd-${{ env.VERSION }}-darwin-amd64.zip.sha256
+          sha256sum artifacts/mvnd-${{ env.VERSION }}-windows-amd64.zip | cut -d ' ' -f 1 > artifacts/mvnd-${{ env.VERSION }}-windows-amd64.zip.sha256
+          sha256sum artifacts/mvnd-${{ env.VERSION }}-src.zip | cut -d ' ' -f 1 > artifacts/mvnd-${{ env.VERSION }}-src.zip.sha256
+          sha256sum artifacts/mvnd-${{ env.VERSION }}-src.tar.gz | cut -d ' ' -f 1 > artifacts/mvnd-${{ env.VERSION }}-src.tar.gz.sha256
+
+      - name: Create Release
+        id: create_release
+        uses: actions/create-release@v1
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
         with:
-          name: jreleaser-logs
-          path: |
-            target/jreleaser/trace.log
-            target/jreleaser/output.properties
+          tag_name: ${{ env.VERSION }}
+          release_name: ${{ env.VERSION }}
+          draft: false
+          prerelease: false
+
+      - name: Deploy mvnd-src.zip
+        uses: actions/upload-release-asset@v1
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+        with:
+          upload_url: ${{ steps.create_release.outputs.upload_url }}
+          asset_path: artifacts/mvnd-${{ env.VERSION }}-src.zip
+          asset_name: mvnd-${{ env.VERSION }}-src.zip
+          asset_content_type: application/zip
+
+      - name: Deploy mvnd-src.zip.sha256
+        uses: actions/upload-release-asset@v1
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+        with:
+          upload_url: ${{ steps.create_release.outputs.upload_url }}
+          asset_path: artifacts/mvnd-${{ env.VERSION }}-src.zip.sha256
+          asset_name: mvnd-${{ env.VERSION }}-src.zip.sha256
+          asset_content_type: text/plain
+
+      - name: Deploy mvnd-src.tar.gz
+        uses: actions/upload-release-asset@v1
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+        with:
+          upload_url: ${{ steps.create_release.outputs.upload_url }}
+          asset_path: artifacts/mvnd-${{ env.VERSION }}-src.tar.gz
+          asset_name: mvnd-${{ env.VERSION }}-src.tar.gz
+          asset_content_type: application/tar.gz
+
+      - name: Deploy mvnd-src.tar.gz.sha256
+        uses: actions/upload-release-asset@v1
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+        with:
+          upload_url: ${{ steps.create_release.outputs.upload_url }}
+          asset_path: artifacts/mvnd-${{ env.VERSION }}-src.tar.gz.sha256
+          asset_name: mvnd-${{ env.VERSION }}-src.tar.gz.sha256
+          asset_content_type: text/plain
+
+      - name: Deploy mvnd-linux-amd64.zip
+        uses: actions/upload-release-asset@v1
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+        with:
+          upload_url: ${{ steps.create_release.outputs.upload_url }}
+          asset_path: artifacts/mvnd-${{ env.VERSION }}-linux-amd64.zip
+          asset_name: mvnd-${{ env.VERSION }}-linux-amd64.zip
+          asset_content_type: application/zip
+
+      - name: Deploy mvnd-linux-amd64.zip.sha256
+        uses: actions/upload-release-asset@v1
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+        with:
+          upload_url: ${{ steps.create_release.outputs.upload_url }}
+          asset_path: artifacts/mvnd-${{ env.VERSION }}-linux-amd64.zip.sha256
+          asset_name: mvnd-${{ env.VERSION }}-linux-amd64.zip.sha256
+          asset_content_type: text/plain
+
+      - name: Deploy mvnd-darwin-amd64.zip
+        uses: actions/upload-release-asset@v1
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+        with:
+          upload_url: ${{ steps.create_release.outputs.upload_url }}
+          asset_path: artifacts/mvnd-${{ env.VERSION }}-darwin-amd64.zip
+          asset_name: mvnd-${{ env.VERSION }}-darwin-amd64.zip
+          asset_content_type: application/zip
+
+      - name: Deploy mvnd-darwin-amd64.zip.sha256
+        uses: actions/upload-release-asset@v1
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+        with:
+          upload_url: ${{ steps.create_release.outputs.upload_url }}
+          asset_path: artifacts/mvnd-${{ env.VERSION }}-darwin-amd64.zip.sha256
+          asset_name: mvnd-${{ env.VERSION }}-darwin-amd64.zip.sha256
+          asset_content_type: text/plain
+
+      - name: Deploy mvnd-windows-amd64.zip
+        uses: actions/upload-release-asset@v1
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+        with:
+          upload_url: ${{ steps.create_release.outputs.upload_url }}
+          asset_path: artifacts/mvnd-${{ env.VERSION }}-windows-amd64.zip
+          asset_name: mvnd-${{ env.VERSION }}-windows-amd64.zip
+          asset_content_type: application/zip
+
+      - name: Deploy mvnd-windows-amd64.zip.sha256
+        uses: actions/upload-release-asset@v1
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+        with:
+          upload_url: ${{ steps.create_release.outputs.upload_url }}
+          asset_path: artifacts/mvnd-${{ env.VERSION }}-windows-amd64.zip.sha256
+          asset_name: mvnd-${{ env.VERSION }}-windows-amd64.zip.sha256
+          asset_content_type: text/plain
+
diff --git a/.github/workflows/update-changelog.yml b/.github/workflows/update-changelog.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 4f1f176d..00000000
--- a/.github/workflows/update-changelog.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,54 +0,0 @@
-#
-# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
-# contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
-# this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
-# The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
-# (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
-# the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
-#
-#      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
-#
-# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
-# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
-# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
-# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
-# limitations under the License.
-#
-
-name: Mvnd Changelog
-
-on:
-  workflow_dispatch:
-  schedule:
-    # Run at 3 during night
-    - cron:  '0 3 * * *'
-
-jobs:
-  generate_changelog:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    name: Generate changelog for master branch
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v1
-
-      - name: Generate changelog
-        uses: charmixer/auto-changelog-action@v1.2
-        with:
-          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-
-      - name: Commit files
-        env:
-          CI_USER: "github-actions[bot]"
-          CI_EMAIL: "41898282+github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com"
-        run: |
-          git config --local user.email "$CI_EMAIL"
-          git config --local user.name "$CI_USER"
-          git add CHANGELOG.md && git commit -m 'Updated CHANGELOG.md' && $(echo "push=1" >> $GITHUB_ENV) || echo "No changes to CHANGELOG.md"
-
-      - name: Push changes
-        if: env.push == 1
-        env:
-          CI_USER: "github-actions[bot]"
-          CI_EMAIL: "41898282+github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com"
-          CI_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-        run: |
-          git push "https://$CI_USER:$CI_TOKEN@github.com/$GITHUB_REPOSITORY.git" HEAD:master
diff --git a/build/release.sh b/build/release.sh
index b3b3a42c..8eefc7be 100755
--- a/build/release.sh
+++ b/build/release.sh
@@ -25,11 +25,14 @@ git checkout master
 git fetch upstream
 git reset --hard upstream/master
 mvn versions:set -DnewVersion=$VERSION
+docker run -it --rm -v "$(pwd)":/usr/local/src/your-app githubchangeloggenerator/github-changelog-generator \
+    --user apache --project maven-mvnd --token GITHUB_TOKEN
 git add -A
-git commit -m "Release $VERSION"
+git commit -m "[release] Release $VERSION"
 git tag $VERSION
 git push upstream $VERSION
-# Pushing a tag will trigger the CI to build the release and publish the artifacts on https://github.com/mvndaemon/mvnd/releases
+# Pushing a tag will trigger the CI to build the release and publish
+# the artifacts on https://github.com/mvndaemon/mvnd/releases
 
 mvn versions:set -DnewVersion=$NEXT_VERSION
 git add -A
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index c7e3ba79..073262f6 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -77,15 +77,6 @@
         <takari-lifecycle.version>1.13.9</takari-lifecycle.version>
         <takari-provisio.version>1.0.19</takari-provisio.version>
 
-        <jreleaser.version>1.0.0</jreleaser.version>
-        <jreleaser.prerelease>false</jreleaser.prerelease>
-        <jreleaser.upload.assets>ALWAYS</jreleaser.upload.assets>
-        <jreleaser.distribution.active>ALWAYS</jreleaser.distribution.active>
-        <jreleaser.overwrite>false</jreleaser.overwrite>
-        <jreleaser.update>false</jreleaser.update>
-        <jreleaser.brew.active>NEVER</jreleaser.brew.active>
-        <jreleaser.sdkman.active>NEVER</jreleaser.sdkman.active>
-
         <javassist.version>3.27.0-GA</javassist.version>
     </properties>
 
@@ -550,127 +541,35 @@ limitations under the License.</inlineHeader>
                     </execution>
                 </executions>
             </plugin>
-
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.jreleaser</groupId>
-                <artifactId>jreleaser-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>${jreleaser.version}</version>
-                <inherited>false</inherited>
-                <configuration>
-                    <jreleaser>
-                        <environment>
-                            <properties>
-                                <artifactsDir>dist/target</artifactsDir>
-                            </properties>
-                        </environment>
-                        <project>
-                            <name>mvnd</name>
-                            <description>Maven Daemon</description>
-                            <license>Apache-2.0</license>
-                            <website>https://github.com/mvndaemon/mvnd</website>
-                            <authors>The Maven project</authors>
-                            <tags>maven,mvn,daemon,graalvm</tags>
-                        </project>
-                        <release>
-                            <github>
-                                <branch>master</branch>
-                                <skipTag>true</skipTag>
-                                <tagName>{{projectVersion}}</tagName>
-                                <releaseName>{{projectVersion}}</releaseName>
-                                <prerelease>
-                                    <enabled>${jreleaser.prerelease}</enabled>
-                                </prerelease>
-                                <overwrite>${jreleaser.overwrite}</overwrite>
-                                <update>
-                                    <enabled>${jreleaser.update}</enabled>
-                                </update>
-                                <uploadAssets>${jreleaser.upload.assets}</uploadAssets>
-                                <changelog>
-                                    <formatted>ALWAYS</formatted>
-                                    <format>- {{commitShortHash}} {{commitTitle}}</format>
-                                    <contributors>
-                                        <format>- {{contributorName}}{{#contributorUsernameAsLink}} ({{.}}){{/contributorUsernameAsLink}}</format>
-                                    </contributors>
-                                    <labelers>
-                                        <labeler>
-                                            <label>update-changelog</label>
-                                            <title>Updated CHANGELOG.md</title>
-                                        </labeler>
-                                    </labelers>
-                                    <categories>
-                                        <category>
-                                            <key>changelog</key>
-                                            <title>changelog</title>
-                                            <labels>update-changelog</labels>
-                                        </category>
-                                    </categories>
-                                    <hide>
-                                        <categories>changelog</categories>
-                                        <contributors>GitHub,bot</contributors>
-                                    </hide>
-                                </changelog>
-                            </github>
-                        </release>
-                        <distributions>
-                            <mvnd>
-                                <type>NATIVE_IMAGE</type>
-                                <active>${jreleaser.distribution.active}</active>
-                                <artifacts>
-                                    <artifact>
-                                        <path>{{artifactsDir}}/mvnd-{{projectVersion}}-linux-amd64.zip</path>
-                                        <platform>linux-x86_64</platform>
-                                    </artifact>
-                                    <artifact>
-                                        <path>{{artifactsDir}}/mvnd-{{projectVersion}}-windows-amd64.zip</path>
-                                        <platform>windows-x86_64</platform>
-                                    </artifact>
-                                    <artifact>
-                                        <path>{{artifactsDir}}/mvnd-{{projectVersion}}-darwin-amd64.zip</path>
-                                        <platform>osx-x86_64</platform>
-                                    </artifact>
-                                </artifacts>
-                                <brew>
-                                    <active>${jreleaser.brew.active}</active>
-                                    <multiPlatform>true</multiPlatform>
-                                    <tap>
-                                        <owner>mvndaemon</owner>
-                                        <name>homebrew-mvnd</name>
-                                        <commitMessage>Release {{tagName}}</commitMessage>
-                                    </tap>
-                                </brew>
-                                <sdkman>
-                                    <active>${jreleaser.sdkman.active}</active>
-                                </sdkman>
-                            </mvnd>
-                        </distributions>
-                    </jreleaser>
-                </configuration>
-            </plugin>
         </plugins>
     </build>
 
     <profiles>
         <profile>
-            <id>prerelease</id>
-            <properties>
-                <jreleaser.prerelease>true</jreleaser.prerelease>
-                <jreleaser.upload.assets>PRERELEASE</jreleaser.upload.assets>
-                <jreleaser.distribution.active>NEVER</jreleaser.distribution.active>
-                <jreleaser.overwrite>false</jreleaser.overwrite>
-                <jreleaser.update>false</jreleaser.update>
-            </properties>
-        </profile>
-        <profile>
-            <id>release</id>
-            <properties>
-                <jreleaser.prerelease>false</jreleaser.prerelease>
-                <jreleaser.upload.assets>RELEASE</jreleaser.upload.assets>
-                <jreleaser.distribution.active>ALWAYS</jreleaser.distribution.active>
-                <jreleaser.overwrite>false</jreleaser.overwrite>
-                <jreleaser.update>true</jreleaser.update>
-                <jreleaser.brew.active>RELEASE</jreleaser.brew.active>
-                <jreleaser.sdkman.active>RELEASE</jreleaser.sdkman.active>
-            </properties>
+            <id>source-distribution</id>
+            <build>
+                <plugins>
+                    <plugin>
+                        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
+                        <version>3.3.0</version>
+                        <executions>
+                            <execution>
+                                <id>create-source-distribution</id>
+                                <phase>package</phase>
+                                <goals>
+                                    <goal>single</goal>
+                                </goals>
+                                <configuration>
+                                    <descriptors>
+                                        <descriptor>src/main/assembly/src.xml</descriptor>
+                                    </descriptors>
+                                </configuration>
+                            </execution>
+                        </executions>
+                    </plugin>
+                </plugins>
+            </build>
         </profile>
     </profiles>
 </project>
diff --git a/src/main/assembly/src.xml b/src/main/assembly/src.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c9d5b2e7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/assembly/src.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+<!--
+Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+distributed with this work for additional information
+regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+"License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+"AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+specific language governing permissions and limitations
+under the License.
+-->
+
+<assembly xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/ASSEMBLY/2.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+          xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/ASSEMBLY/2.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/assembly-2.0.0.xsd">
+  <id>src</id>
+  <formats>
+    <format>zip</format>
+    <format>tar.gz</format>
+  </formats>
+  <fileSets>
+    <fileSet>
+      <directory>${project.basedir}</directory>
+      <outputDirectory>/</outputDirectory>
+      <excludes>
+        <exclude>%regex[(?!((?!target/)[^/]+/)*src/).*target.*]</exclude>
+        <exclude>**/*.log</exclude>
+        <exclude>**/.gitignore</exclude>
+        <exclude>**/.gitattributes</exclude>
+        <exclude>init-git-svn.sh</exclude>
+        <exclude>**/.repository/**</exclude>
+        <exclude>**/.classpath</exclude>
+        <exclude>**/.project</exclude>
+        <exclude>**/.settings/**</exclude>
+        <exclude>**/*.iml</exclude>
+        <exclude>**/*.ipr</exclude>
+        <exclude>**/.idea/**</exclude>
+        <exclude>**/.DS_Store</exclude>
+        <exclude>**/build/**</exclude>
+      </excludes>
+    </fileSet>
+    <fileSet>
+      <directory>${project.build.directory}/maven-shared-archive-resources/META-INF</directory>
+      <outputDirectory>/</outputDirectory>
+      <includes>
+        <include>DEPENDENCIES</include>
+        <!-- exclude the license and notice as they are not as accurate as the ones from above -->
+      </includes>
+    </fileSet>
+  </fileSets>
+</assembly>
+