diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-and-publish.yaml b/.github/workflows/build-and-publish.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6f0ea26
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-and-publish.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+name: Build and Publish
+
+on:
+  push:
+    tags: [ "**" ]
+    branches: [ "**" ]
+
+jobs:
+  build-and-publish:
+    name: Java Gradle
+    uses: bakdata/ci-templates/.github/workflows/java-gradle-library.yaml@1.40.5
+    with:
+      java-version: 17
+    secrets:
+      sonar-token: ${{ secrets.SONARCLOUD_TOKEN }}
+      sonar-organization: ${{ secrets.SONARCLOUD_ORGANIZATION }}
+      signing-secret-key-ring: ${{ secrets.SONATYPE_SIGNING_SECRET_KEY_RING }}
+      signing-key-id: ${{ secrets.SONATYPE_SIGNING_KEY_ID }}
+      signing-password: ${{ secrets.SONATYPE_SIGNING_PASSWORD }}
+      ossrh-username: ${{ secrets.SONATYPE_OSSRH_USERNAME }}
+      ossrh-password: ${{ secrets.SONATYPE_OSSRH_PASSWORD }}
+      github-username: ${{ secrets.GH_USERNAME }}
+      github-token: ${{ secrets.GH_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yaml b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b139422
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+name: Release
+
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      release-type:
+        description: "The scope of the release (major, minor or patch)."
+        type: choice
+        required: true
+        default: patch
+        options:
+          - patch
+          - minor
+          - major
+
+jobs:
+  java-gradle-release:
+    name: Java Gradle
+    uses: bakdata/ci-templates/.github/workflows/java-gradle-release.yaml@1.40.5
+    with:
+      java-version: 17
+      release-type: "${{ inputs.release-type }}"
+    secrets:
+      github-email: "${{ secrets.GH_EMAIL }}"
+      github-username: "${{ secrets.GH_USERNAME }}"
+      github-token: "${{ secrets.GH_TOKEN }}"
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 4a2f53f..1f930bc 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 .*
 !.gitignore
+!.github
 !.gitlab-ci.yml
 build/
 out/
diff --git a/azure-pipelines.yml b/azure-pipelines.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index f6b92af..0000000
--- a/azure-pipelines.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-trigger:
-  branches:
-    include:
-      - refs/heads/*
-      - refs/tags/*
-
-variables:
-  - group: sonarqube
-  - group: sign
-  - group: ossrh
-  - group: changelog
-
-resources:
-  repositories:
-    - repository: templates
-      type: github
-      name: bakdata/bakdata-project-templates
-      endpoint: bot
-
-jobs:
-  - template: azure/gradle/build.yml@templates
-  - template: azure/gradle/create_tag_version.yml@templates
-  - template: azure/gradle/upload_release.yml@templates
-  - template: azure/gradle/upload_snapshot.yml@templates