diff --git a/.github/actions/.bats/bats b/.github/actions/.bats/bats
new file mode 160000
index 00000000..902578da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/actions/.bats/bats
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 902578da790fbcb035747d2964747f192f6e1603
diff --git a/.github/actions/.bats/test_helper/bats-assert b/.github/actions/.bats/test_helper/bats-assert
new file mode 160000
index 00000000..e2d855bc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/actions/.bats/test_helper/bats-assert
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit e2d855bc78619ee15b0c702b5c30fb074101159f
diff --git a/.github/actions/.bats/test_helper/bats-support b/.github/actions/.bats/test_helper/bats-support
new file mode 160000
index 00000000..9bf10e87
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/actions/.bats/test_helper/bats-support
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 9bf10e876dd6b624fe44423f0b35e064225f7556
diff --git a/.github/actions/deduce-versions/action.yml b/.github/actions/deduce-versions/action.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b8e197c4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/actions/deduce-versions/action.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+name: 'Deduce Versions'
+description: 'Deduce the version to stage and the next SNAPSHOT version'
+inputs:
+  current-version:
+    required: true
+  release-type:
+    required: true
+outputs:
+  release-version:
+    value: ${{ steps.deduce-versions.outputs.release-version }}
+  next-version:
+    value: ${{ steps.deduce-versions.outputs.next-version }}
+runs:
+  using: composite
+  steps:
+    - name: Deduce Versions
+      id: deduce-versions
+      shell: bash
+      run: . ${{ github.action_path }}/deduce-versions.sh; deduce_versions
+      env:
+        CURRENT_VERSION: "${{ inputs.current-version }}"
+        RELEASE_TYPE: "${{ inputs.release-type }}"
diff --git a/.github/actions/deduce-versions/deduce-versions.sh b/.github/actions/deduce-versions/deduce-versions.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..6a3d14e0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/actions/deduce-versions/deduce-versions.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,116 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+# Get the next milestone release for the given number by inspecting current tags
+get_next_milestone_release() {
+	[[ -n $1 ]] || { echo "missing get_next_milestone_release() version argument" >&2; return 1; }
+	get_next_tag_based_release "$1" "M"
+}
+
+# Get the next RC release for the given number by inspecting current tags
+get_next_rc_release() {
+	[[ -n $1 ]] || { echo "missing get_next_rc_release() version argument" >&2; return 1; }
+	get_next_tag_based_release "$1" "RC"
+}
+
+# Get the next release for the given number
+get_next_release() {
+	[[ -n $1 ]] || { echo "missing get_next_release() version argument" >&2; return 1; }
+	if [[ $1 =~ ^(.*)\.BUILD-SNAPSHOT$ ]]; then
+		local join="."
+	else
+		local join="-"
+	fi
+	local version
+	local result
+	version=$( strip_snapshot_suffix "$1" )
+	if [[ -n $2 ]]; then
+	  result="${version}${join}${2}"
+	else
+	  result="${version}"
+	fi
+	echo $result
+}
+
+# Get the next milestone or RC release for the given number by inspecting current tags
+get_next_tag_based_release() {
+	[[ -n $1 ]] || { echo "missing get_next_tag_based_release() version argument" >&2; return 1; }
+	[[ -n $2 ]] || { echo "missing get_next_tag_based_release() tag type argument" >&2; return 1; }
+	if [[ $1 =~ ^(.*)\.BUILD-SNAPSHOT$ ]]; then
+		local join="."
+	else
+		local join="-"
+	fi
+	local version
+	local last
+	version=$( strip_snapshot_suffix "$1" )
+	git fetch --tags --all > /dev/null
+	last=$( git tag --list "v${version}${join}${2}*" | sed -E "s/^.*${2}([0-9]+)$/\1/g" | sort -rn | head -n1 )
+	if [[ -z $last ]]; then
+		last="0"
+	fi
+	last="${version}${join}${2}${last}"
+	bump_version_number "$last"
+}
+
+# Remove any "-SNAPSHOT" or ".BUILD-SNAPSHOT" suffix
+strip_snapshot_suffix() {
+	[[ -n $1 ]] || { echo "missing get_relase_version() argument" >&2; return 1; }
+	if [[ $1 =~ ^(.*)\.BUILD-SNAPSHOT$ ]]; then
+		echo "${BASH_REMATCH[1]}"
+	elif [[ $1 =~ ^(.*)-SNAPSHOT$ ]]; then
+		echo "${BASH_REMATCH[1]}"
+	else
+		echo "$1"
+	fi
+}
+
+# Bump version number by incrementing the last numeric, RC or M token
+bump_version_number() {
+	local version=$1
+	[[ -n $version ]] || { echo "missing bump_version_number() argument" >&2; return 1; }
+	if [[ $version =~ ^(.*(\.|-)([A-Za-z]+))([0-9]+)$ ]]; then
+		local prefix=${BASH_REMATCH[1]}
+		local suffix=${BASH_REMATCH[4]}
+		(( suffix++ ))
+		echo "${prefix}${suffix}"
+		return 0;
+	fi
+	local suffix
+	if [[ $version =~ ^(.*)(\-SNAPSHOT)$ ]]; then
+		version=${BASH_REMATCH[1]}
+		suffix="-SNAPSHOT"
+	fi
+	tokens=(${version//\./ })
+	local bumpIndex
+	for i in "${!tokens[@]}"; do
+		if [[ "${tokens[$i]}" =~ ^[0-9]+$ ]] ; then
+			bumpIndex=$i
+		fi
+	done
+	[[ -n $bumpIndex ]] || { echo "unsupported version number" >&2; return 1; }
+	(( tokens[bumpIndex]++ ))
+	local bumpedVersion
+	IFS=. eval 'bumpedVersion="${tokens[*]}"'
+	echo "${bumpedVersion}${suffix}"
+}
+
+# Deduce versions
+deduce_versions() {
+	[[ -n ${GITHUB_OUTPUT} ]] || { echo "missing GITHUB_OUTPUT environment variable" >&2; return 1; }
+	[[ -n ${CURRENT_VERSION} ]] || { echo "missing CURRENT_VERSION environment variable" >&2; return 1; }
+	[[ -n ${RELEASE_TYPE} ]] || { echo "missing RELEASE_TYPE environment variable" >&2; return 1; }
+    if [[ ${RELEASE_TYPE,,} = "milestone" ]]; then
+	    releaseVersion=$( get_next_milestone_release ${CURRENT_VERSION})
+	    nextVersion=${CURRENT_VERSION}
+    elif [[ ${RELEASE_TYPE,,} = "release-candidate" ]]; then
+	    releaseVersion=$( get_next_rc_release ${CURRENT_VERSION})
+	    nextVersion=${CURRENT_VERSION}
+    elif [[ ${RELEASE_TYPE,,} = "release" ]]; then
+	    releaseVersion=$( get_next_release ${CURRENT_VERSION})
+	    nextVersion=$( bump_version_number ${CURRENT_VERSION})
+    else
+	    echo "Unknown release type '${RELEASE_TYPE}'" >&2; exit 1;
+    fi
+    echo "release-version=${releaseVersion}" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+    echo "next-version=${nextVersion}" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
+}
diff --git a/.github/actions/deduce-versions/test.sh b/.github/actions/deduce-versions/test.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..0a8e4130
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/actions/deduce-versions/test.sh
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../.bats/bats/bin/bats test/*.bats
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.github/actions/deduce-versions/test/bump_version.bats b/.github/actions/deduce-versions/test/bump_version.bats
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5efd9f0b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/actions/deduce-versions/test/bump_version.bats
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+#!./test/libs/bats/bin/bats
+
+load '../../.bats/test_helper/bats-support/load'
+load '../../.bats/test_helper/bats-assert/load'
+
+source "$PWD/deduce-versions.sh"
+
+@test "bump_version_number() should bump '.M'" {
+	run bump_version_number "1.2.0.M2"
+	assert_output "1.2.0.M3"
+}
+
+@test "bump_version_number() should bump '.RC'" {
+	run bump_version_number "1.2.0.RC3"
+	assert_output "1.2.0.RC4"
+}
+
+@test "bump_version_number() should bump '-M'" {
+	run bump_version_number "1.2.0-M2"
+	assert_output "1.2.0-M3"
+}
+
+@test "bump_version_number() should bump '-RC'" {
+	run bump_version_number "1.2.0-RC3"
+	assert_output "1.2.0-RC4"
+}
+
+@test "bump_version_number() should bump without suffix" {
+	run bump_version_number "1.2.0"
+	assert_output "1.2.1"
+}
+
+@test "bump_version_number() should bump '.RELEASE'" {
+	run bump_version_number "1.2.0.RELEASE"
+	assert_output "1.2.1.RELEASE"
+}
+
+@test "bump_version_number() should bump '-SNAPSHOT'" {
+	run bump_version_number "1.2.0-SNAPSHOT"
+	assert_output "1.2.1-SNAPSHOT"
+}
+
+@test "bump_version_number() should bump '.BUILD-SNAPSHOT'" {
+	run bump_version_number "1.2.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT"
+	assert_output "1.2.1.BUILD-SNAPSHOT"
+}
+
+@test "bump_version_number() when missing argument should fail" {
+	run bump_version_number
+	assert_output "missing bump_version_number() argument"
+	assert [ "$status" -eq 1 ]
+}
+
+@test "bump_version_number() when bad argument should fail" {
+	run bump_version_number "foo.bar.baz"
+	assert_output "unsupported version number"
+	assert [ "$status" -eq 1 ]
+}
diff --git a/.github/actions/deduce-versions/test/deduce_versions.bats b/.github/actions/deduce-versions/test/deduce_versions.bats
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2ffbf599
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/actions/deduce-versions/test/deduce_versions.bats
@@ -0,0 +1,96 @@
+#!./test/libs/bats/bin/bats
+
+load '../../.bats/test_helper/bats-support/load'
+load '../../.bats/test_helper/bats-assert/load'
+
+source "$PWD/deduce-versions.sh"
+
+teardown() {
+    rm .githuboutput | true
+}
+
+@test "deduce_versions() when 'milestone' should export versions" {
+	repo=$( mock_git_repo "v1.2.3-M1" )
+	cd "$repo"
+    GITHUB_OUTPUT=".githuboutput"
+    CURRENT_VERSION="1.2.3-SNAPSHOT"
+    RELEASE_TYPE="milestone"
+    run deduce_versions
+    readarray -t githuboutput < .githuboutput
+	assert [ "$status" -eq 0 ]
+    assert [ "${githuboutput[0]}" = "release-version=1.2.3-M2" ]
+    assert [ "${githuboutput[1]}" = "next-version=1.2.3-SNAPSHOT" ]
+}
+
+@test "deduce_versions() when 'release-candidate' should export versions" {
+	repo=$( mock_git_repo "v1.2.3-M1" "v1.2.3-M2" "v1.2.3-RC1" )
+	cd "$repo"
+    GITHUB_OUTPUT=".githuboutput"
+    CURRENT_VERSION="1.2.3-SNAPSHOT"
+    RELEASE_TYPE="release-candidate"
+    run deduce_versions
+    readarray -t githuboutput < .githuboutput
+	assert [ "$status" -eq 0 ]
+    assert [ "${githuboutput[0]}" = "release-version=1.2.3-RC2" ]
+    assert [ "${githuboutput[1]}" = "next-version=1.2.3-SNAPSHOT" ]
+}
+
+@test "deduce_versions() when 'release' should export versions" {
+	repo=$( mock_git_repo "v1.2.3-M1" "v1.2.3-M2" "v1.2.3-RC1" )
+	cd "$repo"
+    GITHUB_OUTPUT=".githuboutput"
+    CURRENT_VERSION="1.2.3-SNAPSHOT"
+    RELEASE_TYPE="release"
+    run deduce_versions
+    readarray -t githuboutput < .githuboutput
+	assert [ "$status" -eq 0 ]
+    assert [ "${githuboutput[0]}" = "release-version=1.2.3" ]
+    assert [ "${githuboutput[1]}" = "next-version=1.2.4-SNAPSHOT" ]
+}
+
+@test "deduce_versions() when no GITHUB_OUTPUT should fail" {
+    CURRENT_VERSION="1.2.3-SNAPSHOT"
+    RELEASE_TYPE="release"
+    run deduce_versions
+	assert [ "$status" -eq 1 ]
+  	assert_output "missing GITHUB_OUTPUT environment variable"
+}
+
+@test "deduce_versions() when no CURRENT_VERSION should fail" {
+    GITHUB_OUTPUT=".githuboutput"
+    RELEASE_TYPE="release"
+    run deduce_versions
+	assert [ "$status" -eq 1 ]
+  	assert_output "missing CURRENT_VERSION environment variable"
+}
+
+@test "deduce_versions() when no RELEASE_TYPE should fail" {
+    GITHUB_OUTPUT=".githuboutput"
+    CURRENT_VERSION="1.2.3-SNAPSHOT"
+    run deduce_versions
+	assert [ "$status" -eq 1 ]
+  	assert_output "missing RELEASE_TYPE environment variable"
+}
+
+@test "deduce_versions() when wrong RELEASE_TYPE should fail" {
+    GITHUB_OUTPUT=".githuboutput"
+    CURRENT_VERSION="1.2.3-SNAPSHOT"
+    RELEASE_TYPE="nope"
+    run deduce_versions
+	assert [ "$status" -eq 1 ]
+  	assert_output "Unknown release type 'nope'"
+}
+
+mock_git_repo() {
+	local tmpdir=$(mktemp -d $BATS_TMPDIR/gitrepo.XXXXXX) >&2
+	mkdir -p "$tmpdir" >&2
+	cd "$tmpdir" >&2
+	git init >&2
+	echo "foo" > foo.txt
+	git add foo.txt >&2
+	git commit -m'Initial commit' >&2
+	for tag in "$@"; do
+		git tag "$tag" >&2
+	done
+	echo "$tmpdir"
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.github/actions/deduce-versions/test/get_next_release.bats b/.github/actions/deduce-versions/test/get_next_release.bats
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b9be5c0e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/actions/deduce-versions/test/get_next_release.bats
@@ -0,0 +1,119 @@
+#!./test/libs/bats/bin/bats
+
+load '../../.bats/test_helper/bats-support/load'
+load '../../.bats/test_helper/bats-assert/load'
+
+source "$PWD/deduce-versions.sh"
+
+@test "get_next_milestone_release() when has no version should fail" {
+	run get_next_milestone_release
+	assert [ "$status" -eq 1 ]
+  	assert_output "missing get_next_milestone_release() version argument"
+}
+
+@test "get_next_rc_release() when has no version should fail" {
+	run get_next_rc_release
+	assert [ "$status" -eq 1 ]
+  	assert_output "missing get_next_rc_release() version argument"
+}
+
+@test "get_next_tag_based_release() when has no version should fail" {
+	run get_next_tag_based_release
+	assert [ "$status" -eq 1 ]
+  	assert_output "missing get_next_tag_based_release() version argument"
+}
+
+@test "get_next_tag_based_release() when has no tag type should fail" {
+	run get_next_tag_based_release "1.2.3"
+	assert [ "$status" -eq 1 ]
+  	assert_output "missing get_next_tag_based_release() tag type argument"
+}
+
+@test "get_next_milestone_release() when has no tag should return M1" {
+	repo=$( mock_git_repo )
+	cd "$repo"
+	run get_next_milestone_release "1.2.3-SNAPSHOT"
+	assert_output "1.2.3-M1"
+}
+
+@test "get_next_rc_release() when has no tag should return RC1" {
+	repo=$( mock_git_repo )
+	cd "$repo"
+	run get_next_rc_release "1.2.3-SNAPSHOT"
+	assert_output "1.2.3-RC1"
+}
+
+@test "get_next_tag_based_release() when has no tag and dash SNAPSHOT suffix should return dashed X1" {
+	repo=$( mock_git_repo )
+	cd "$repo"
+	run get_next_tag_based_release "1.2.3-SNAPSHOT" "X"
+	assert_output "1.2.3-X1"
+}
+
+@test "get_next_tag_based_release() when has no tag and dash BUILD-SNAPSHOT suffix should return dashed X1" {
+	repo=$( mock_git_repo )
+	cd "$repo"
+	run get_next_tag_based_release "1.2.3.BUILD-SNAPSHOT" "X"
+	assert_output "1.2.3.X1"
+}
+
+@test "get_next_tag_based_release() when has tags and dashed should return dashed X tag+1" {
+	repo=$( mock_git_repo "v1.2.3-X1" "v1.2.3-X3" "v1.2.3-X2" )
+	cd "$repo"
+	run get_next_tag_based_release "1.2.3-SNAPSHOT" "X"
+	assert_output "1.2.3-X4"
+}
+
+@test "get_next_tag_based_release() when has tags and dashed should return dot X tag+1" {
+	repo=$( mock_git_repo "v1.2.3.X1" "v1.2.3.X3" "v1.2.3.X2" )
+	cd "$repo"
+	run get_next_tag_based_release "1.2.3.BUILD-SNAPSHOT" "X"
+	assert_output "1.2.3.X4"
+}
+
+@test "get_next_tag_based_release() when has multiple tags should return version match tag+1" {
+	repo=$( mock_git_repo "v1.5.0.A1" "v1.5.0.A2" "v1.5.0.B1" "v2.0.0.A1" "v2.0.0.B1" "v2.0.0.B2" )
+	cd "$repo"
+	run get_next_tag_based_release "1.5.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT" "A"
+	assert_output "1.5.0.A3"
+	run get_next_tag_based_release "1.5.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT" "B"
+	assert_output "1.5.0.B2"
+	run get_next_tag_based_release "2.0.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT" "A"
+	assert_output "2.0.0.A2"
+	run get_next_tag_based_release "2.0.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT" "B"
+	assert_output "2.0.0.B3"
+}
+
+@test "get_next_release() should return next release version with release suffix" {
+	run get_next_release "1.5.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT" "RELEASE"
+	assert_output "1.5.0.RELEASE"
+	run get_next_release "1.5.0-SNAPSHOT" "RELEASE"
+	assert_output "1.5.0-RELEASE"
+}
+
+@test "get_next_release() should return next release version" {
+	run get_next_release "1.5.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT"
+	assert_output "1.5.0"
+	run get_next_release "1.5.0-SNAPSHOT"
+	assert_output "1.5.0"
+}
+
+@test "get_next_release() when has no version should fail" {
+	run get_next_release
+	assert [ "$status" -eq 1 ]
+	assert_output "missing get_next_release() version argument"
+}
+
+mock_git_repo() {
+	local tmpdir=$(mktemp -d $BATS_TMPDIR/gitrepo.XXXXXX) >&2
+	mkdir -p "$tmpdir" >&2
+	cd "$tmpdir" >&2
+	git init >&2
+	echo "foo" > foo.txt
+	git add foo.txt >&2
+	git commit -m'Initial commit' >&2
+	for tag in "$@"; do
+		git tag "$tag" >&2
+	done
+	echo "$tmpdir"
+}
diff --git a/.github/actions/deduce-versions/test/strip_snapshot_suffix.bats b/.github/actions/deduce-versions/test/strip_snapshot_suffix.bats
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..bef64867
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/actions/deduce-versions/test/strip_snapshot_suffix.bats
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+#!./test/libs/bats/bin/bats
+
+load '../../.bats/test_helper/bats-support/load'
+load '../../.bats/test_helper/bats-assert/load'
+
+source "$PWD/deduce-versions.sh"
+
+@test "strip_snapshot_suffix() should strip '-SNAPSHOT" {
+	run strip_snapshot_suffix "1.2.0-SNAPSHOT"
+	assert_output "1.2.0"
+}
+
+@test "strip_snapshot_suffix() should strip '.BUILD-SNAPSHOT" {
+	run strip_snapshot_suffix "1.2.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT"
+	assert_output "1.2.0"
+}
+
+@test "strip_snapshot_suffix() when no suffix should return unchanged" {
+	run strip_snapshot_suffix "1.2.0"
+	assert_output "1.2.0"
+}
diff --git a/.github/actions/setup/action.yml b/.github/actions/setup/action.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6f967b7a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/actions/setup/action.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+name: 'Setup'
+runs:
+  using: composite
+  steps:
+  - name: Set Up Utilities
+    shell: bash
+    run: sudo apt-get -y install libxml2-utils
+  - name: Set Up Java
+    uses: actions/setup-java@v4
+    with:
+      distribution: 'liberica'
+      java-version: '17'
+      cache: maven
+  - name: Disable Java Problem Matcher
+    run: echo "::remove-matcher owner=java::"
diff --git a/.github/actions/stage-code/action.yml b/.github/actions/stage-code/action.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a71086eb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/actions/stage-code/action.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+name: 'Stage '
+description: 'Stage Code'
+inputs:
+  current-version:
+    required: true
+  release-version:
+    required: true
+  next-version:
+    required: true
+outputs:
+  distribution-repository:
+    value: ${{ steps.stage.outputs.distribution-repository }}
+runs:
+  using: composite
+  steps:
+    - name: Stage
+      id: stage
+      shell: bash
+      run: . ${{ github.action_path }}/stage.sh;
+      env:
+        CURRENT_VERSION: "${{ inputs.current-version }}"
+        RELEASE_VERSION: "${{ inputs.release-version }}"
+        NEXT_VERSION: "${{ inputs.next-version }}"
diff --git a/.github/actions/stage-code/stage.sh b/.github/actions/stage-code/stage.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6ac9c2f0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/actions/stage-code/stage.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+repository=${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}/distribution-repository
+
+echo "Staging ${RELEASE_VERSION} to ${repository} (next version will be ${NEXT_VERSION})"
+
+./mvnw versions:set --batch-mode --no-transfer-progress -DnewVersion=${RELEASE_VERSION} -DgenerateBackupPoms=false
+./mvnw org.eclipse.tycho:tycho-versions-plugin:update-eclipse-metadata --batch-mode --no-transfer-progress
+./mvnw --projects io.spring.javaformat:spring-javaformat-vscode-extension --batch-mode --no-transfer-progress -P '!formatter-dependencies' antrun:run@update-version frontend:install-node-and-npm frontend:npm@update-package-lock
+
+git config user.name "Spring Builds" > /dev/null
+git config user.email "spring-builds@users.noreply.github.com" > /dev/null
+git add pom.xml > /dev/null
+git commit -m"Release v${RELEASE_VERSION}" > /dev/null
+git tag -a "v${RELEASE_VERSION}" -m"Release v${RELEASE_VERSION}" > /dev/null
+
+./mvnw clean deploy --batch-mode --no-transfer-progress -U -Dfull -DaltDeploymentRepository=distribution::file://${repository}
+
+git reset --hard HEAD^ > /dev/null
+if [[ ${NEXT_VERSION} != ${CURRENT_VERSION} ]]; then
+	echo "Setting next development version (v${NEXT_VERSION})"
+	./mvnw versions:set --batch-mode --no-transfer-progress -DnewVersion=${NEXT_VERSION} -DgenerateBackupPoms=false
+	./mvnw org.eclipse.tycho:tycho-versions-plugin:update-eclipse-metadata --batch-mode --no-transfer-progress
+	./mvnw --projects io.spring.javaformat:spring-javaformat-vscode-extension --batch-mode --no-transfer-progress -P '!formatter-dependencies' antrun:run@update-version frontend:npm@update-package-lock
+	sed -i "s/:release-version:.*/:release-version: ${RELEASE_VERSION}/g" README.adoc
+	sed -i "s/spring-javaformat-gradle-plugin:.*/spring-javaformat-gradle-plugin:${NEXT_VERSION}\"\)/g" samples/spring-javaformat-gradle-sample/build.gradle
+	sed -i "s/spring-javaformat-checkstyle:.*/spring-javaformat-checkstyle:${NEXT_VERSION}\"\)/g" samples/spring-javaformat-gradle-sample/build.gradle
+	sed -i "s|<spring-javaformat.version>.*</spring-javaformat.version>|<spring-javaformat.version>${NEXT_VERSION}</spring-javaformat.version>|" samples/spring-javaformat-maven-sample/pom.xml
+	git add -u . > /dev/null
+	git commit -m"Next development version (v${NEXT_VERSION})" > /dev/null
+fi;
+
+echo "Staged the following files:"
+find ${repository}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-and-deploy-snapshot.yml b/.github/workflows/build-and-deploy-snapshot.yml
index ac74bfca..d269a903 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-and-deploy-snapshot.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-and-deploy-snapshot.yml
@@ -6,29 +6,25 @@ on:
 concurrency:
   group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
 jobs:
-  build:
-    if: ${{ github.repository == 'spring-io/spring-javaformat' }}
+  build-and-deploy-snapshot:
     name: Build and Deploy Snapshot
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    if: ${{ github.repository == 'spring-io/spring-javaformat' }}
     steps:
-      - name: Check Out Code
-        uses: actions/checkout@b4ffde65f46336ab88eb53be808477a3936bae11 # v4.1.1
-      - name: Set Up Java
-        uses: actions/setup-java@99b8673ff64fbf99d8d325f52d9a5bdedb8483e9 # v4.2.1
-        with:
-          distribution: 'liberica'
-          java-version: 17
-          cache: maven
-      - name: Build and Publish
-        run: ./mvnw clean deploy --batch-mode --no-transfer-progress --update-snapshots -Dfull -DaltDeploymentRepository=distribution::file://$(pwd)/distribution-repository
-      - name: Deploy
-        uses: spring-io/artifactory-deploy-action@26bbe925a75f4f863e1e529e85be2d0093cac116 # v0.0.1
-        with:
-          uri: 'https://repo.spring.io'
-          username: ${{ secrets.ARTIFACTORY_USERNAME }}
-          password: ${{ secrets.ARTIFACTORY_PASSWORD }}
-          build-name: spring-javaformat
-          repository: 'libs-snapshot-local'
-          folder: 'distribution-repository'
-          signing-key: ${{ secrets.GPG_PRIVATE_KEY }}
-          signing-passphrase: ${{ secrets.GPG_PASSPHRASE }}
+    - name: Check Out
+      uses: actions/checkout@v4
+    - name: Set Up
+      uses: ./.github/actions/setup
+    - name: Build
+      run: ./mvnw clean deploy --batch-mode --no-transfer-progress --update-snapshots -DaltDeploymentRepository=distribution::file://$(pwd)/distribution-repository
+    - name: Deploy
+      uses: spring-io/artifactory-deploy-action@v0.0.1
+      with:
+        folder: 'distribution-repository'
+        uri: 'https://repo.spring.io'
+        repository: 'libs-snapshot-local'
+        build-name: spring-javaformat
+        username: ${{ secrets.ARTIFACTORY_USERNAME }}
+        password: ${{ secrets.ARTIFACTORY_PASSWORD }}
+        signing-key: ${{ secrets.GPG_PRIVATE_KEY }}
+        signing-passphrase: ${{ secrets.GPG_PASSPHRASE }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-pull-request.yml b/.github/workflows/build-pull-request.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0965a8c3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-pull-request.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+name: Build Pull Request
+on: pull_request
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+jobs:
+  build:
+    name: Build Pull Request
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    if: ${{ github.repository == 'spring-projects/spring-boot' }}
+    steps:
+    - name: Check Out
+      uses: actions/checkout@v4
+    - name: Set Up
+      uses: ./.github/actions/setup
+    - name: Build
+      run: ./mvnw clean install --batch-mode --no-transfer-progress --update-snapshots
diff --git a/.github/workflows/promote.yml b/.github/workflows/promote.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..968b265f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/promote.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+name: Promote
+run-name: >-
+  Promote of version ${{ inputs.version }} (build number ${{ inputs.build-number}}) by ${{ github.actor }} to '${{ inputs.environment }}' environment'
+on:
+  workflow_call:
+    inputs:
+      environment:
+        type: string
+        required: true
+      version:
+        type: string
+        required: true
+      build-number:
+        type: string
+        required: true
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      environment:
+        description: Environment
+        type: environment
+        required: true
+      version:
+        description: The version number to promote
+        type: string
+        required: true
+      build-number:
+        description: The build number to promote
+        type: string
+        required: true
+jobs:
+  promote:
+    environment: ${{ inputs.environment }}
+    name: Promote
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+    - name: Promote
+      run: echo "Promote happens here"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4e5d4746
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+name: Release
+run-name: >-
+  Release of '${{ github.ref_name }}' branch to '${{ inputs.environment }}' environment by ${{ github.actor }}
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      environment:
+        description: Environment
+        type: environment
+        required: true
+jobs:
+  stage:
+    name: Stage
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+    - name: Check Out
+      uses: actions/checkout@v4
+    - name: Set Up
+      uses: ./.github/actions/setup
+    - name: Get Current Version
+      id: get-version
+      run: echo "current-version=$(xmllint --xpath '/*[local-name()="project"]/*[local-name()="version"]/text()' pom.xml)" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+    - name: Deduce Versions
+      id: deduce-versions
+      uses: ./.github/actions/deduce-versions
+      with:
+        current-version: ${{ steps.get-version.outputs.current-version }}
+        release-type: ${{ inputs.environment }}
+    - name: Stage Code
+      id: stage-code
+      uses: ./.github/actions/stage-code
+      with:
+        current-version: ${{ steps.get-version.outputs.current-version }}
+        release-version: ${{ steps.deduce-versions.outputs.release-version }}
+        next-version: ${{ steps.deduce-versions.outputs.next-version }}
+    - name: Deploy to Staging
+      uses: spring-io/artifactory-deploy-action@v0.0.1
+      with:
+        folder: distribution-repository
+        uri: 'https://repo.spring.io'
+        repository: 'libs-staging-local'
+        build-name: ${{ format('spring-javaformat-{0}', steps.deduce-versions.outputs.release-version)}}
+        username: ${{ secrets.ARTIFACTORY_USERNAME }}
+        password: ${{ secrets.ARTIFACTORY_PASSWORD }}
+        signing-key: ${{ secrets.GPG_PRIVATE_KEY }}
+        signing-passphrase: ${{ secrets.GPG_PASSPHRASE }}
+    - name: Push
+      run: git push origin HEAD --tags
+    outputs:
+      release-version: ${{ steps.deduce-versions.outputs.release-version }}
+  promote:
+    name: Promote
+    needs: stage
+    uses: ./.github/workflows/promote.yml
+    with:
+      environment: ${{ inputs.environment }}
+      version: ${{needs.stage.outputs.release-version}}
+      build-number: ${{ github.run_number }}
diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..64d1aa9d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+[submodule ".github/actions/.bats/bats"]
+	path = .github/actions/.bats/bats
+	url = https://github.com/bats-core/bats-core.git
+	tag = v1.11.0
+[submodule ".github/actions/.bats/test_helper/bats-support"]
+	path = .github/actions/.bats/test_helper/bats-support
+	url = https://github.com/bats-core/bats-support.git
+	tag = v0.3.0
+[submodule ".github/actions/.bats/test_helper/bats-assert"]
+	path = .github/actions/.bats/test_helper/bats-assert
+	url = https://github.com/bats-core/bats-assert.git
+	tag = v2.1.0