diff --git a/.github/workflows/github-build-release.yml b/.github/workflows/github-build-release.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4259069
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/github-build-release.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+on:
+  push:
+    tags:
+      - 'v[0-9]+.[0-9]+.[0-9]+' # Push events to matching semver, i.e. 10.0.0
+
+name: Build and create release
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    name: Build and upload release binary
+    #if: github.event.base_ref == 'refs/heads/master' # only run if on master branch
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - name: Set up JDK 1.8
+        uses: actions/setup-java@v1
+        with:
+          java-version: 1.8
+      - name: Get java-version
+        run: |
+          BUILD_VERSION=$( mvn help:evaluate -Dexpression=project.version -q -DforceStdout )
+          echo "::set-env name=VERSION::$BUILD_VERSION"
+      - name: Build
+        run: mvn package
+      - name: Create Release
+        id: create_release
+        uses: actions/create-release@v1
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+        with:
+          tag_name: ${{ github.ref }}
+          release_name: Release ${{ github.ref }}
+          draft: false
+          prerelease: false
+      - name: Upload Release Asset
+        id: upload-release-asset 
+        uses: actions/upload-release-asset@v1
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+        with:
+          upload_url: ${{ steps.create_release.outputs.upload_url }}
+          asset_path: ./target/kafka-connect-mq-sink-${{env.VERSION}}-jar-with-dependencies.jar
+          asset_name: kafka-connect-mq-sink-${{env.VERSION}}-jar-with-dependencies.jar
+          asset_content_type: application/java-archive
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 808928f..d77b200 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   <groupId>com.ibm.eventstreams.connect</groupId>
   <artifactId>kafka-connect-mq-sink</artifactId>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
-  <version>1.3.0</version>
+  <version>1.3.1</version>
   <name>kafka-connect-mq-sink</name>
   <organization>
     <name>IBM Corporation</name>
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/ibm/eventstreams/connect/mqsink/MQSinkConnector.java b/src/main/java/com/ibm/eventstreams/connect/mqsink/MQSinkConnector.java
index f0b33be..a5d1427 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/ibm/eventstreams/connect/mqsink/MQSinkConnector.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/ibm/eventstreams/connect/mqsink/MQSinkConnector.java
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ public class MQSinkConnector extends SinkConnector {
     public static final String CONFIG_DOCUMENTATION_MQ_USER_AUTHENTICATION_MQCSP = "Whether to use MQ connection security parameters (MQCSP).";
     public static final String CONFIG_DISPLAY_MQ_USER_AUTHENTICATION_MQCSP = "User authentication using MQCSP";
 
-    public static String VERSION = "1.3.0";
+    public static String VERSION = "1.3.1";
 
     private Map<String, String> configProps;