diff --git a/.github/actions/await-http-resource/action.yml b/.github/actions/await-http-resource/action.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ba177fb75
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/actions/await-http-resource/action.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+name: Await HTTP Resource
+description: 'Waits for an HTTP resource to be available (a HEAD request succeeds)'
+inputs:
+  url:
+    description: 'URL of the resource to await'
+    required: true
+runs:
+  using: composite
+  steps:
+    - name: Await HTTP resource
+      shell: bash
+      run: |
+        url=${{ inputs.url }}
+        echo "Waiting for $url"
+        until curl --fail --head --silent ${{ inputs.url }} > /dev/null
+        do
+          echo "."
+          sleep 60
+        done
+        echo "$url is available"
diff --git a/.github/actions/build/action.yml b/.github/actions/build/action.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..64786cc5d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/actions/build/action.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+name: 'Build'
+description: 'Builds the project, optionally publishing it to a local deployment repository'
+inputs:
+  develocity-access-key:
+    description: 'Access key for authentication with ge.spring.io'
+    required: false
+  java-distribution:
+    description: 'Java distribution to use'
+    required: false
+    default: 'liberica'
+  java-early-access:
+    description: 'Whether the Java version is in early access'
+    required: false
+    default: 'false'
+  java-toolchain:
+    description: 'Whether a Java toolchain should be used'
+    required: false
+    default: 'false'
+  java-version:
+    description: 'Java version to compile and test with'
+    required: false
+    default: '17'
+  publish:
+    description: 'Whether to publish artifacts ready for deployment to Artifactory'
+    required: false
+    default: 'false'
+outputs:
+  build-scan-url:
+    description: 'URL, if any, of the build scan produced by the build'
+    value: ${{ (inputs.publish == 'true' && steps.publish.outputs.build-scan-url) || steps.build.outputs.build-scan-url }}
+  version:
+    description: 'Version that was built'
+    value: ${{ steps.read-version.outputs.version }}
+runs:
+  using: composite
+  steps:
+    - name: Prepare Gradle Build
+      uses: ./.github/actions/prepare-gradle-build
+      with:
+        develocity-access-key: ${{ inputs.develocity-access-key }}
+        java-distribution: ${{ inputs.java-distribution }}
+        java-early-access: ${{ inputs.java-early-access }}
+        java-toolchain: ${{ inputs.java-toolchain }}
+        java-version: ${{ inputs.java-version }}
+    - name: Build
+      id: build
+      if: ${{ inputs.publish == 'false' }}
+      shell: bash
+      run: ./gradlew check
+    - name: Publish
+      id: publish
+      if: ${{ inputs.publish == 'true' }}
+      shell: bash
+      run: ./gradlew -PdeploymentRepository=$(pwd)/deployment-repository build publishAllPublicationsToDeploymentRepository
+    - name: Read Version From gradle.properties
+      id: read-version
+      shell: bash
+      run: |
+        version=$(sed -n 's/version=\(.*\)/\1/p' gradle.properties)
+        echo "Version is $version"
+        echo "version=$version" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
diff --git a/.github/actions/create-github-release/action.yml b/.github/actions/create-github-release/action.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..03452537a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/actions/create-github-release/action.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+name: Create GitHub Release
+description: 'Create the release on GitHub with a changelog'
+inputs:
+  milestone:
+    description: 'Name of the GitHub milestone for which a release will be created'
+    required: true
+  pre-release:
+    description: 'Whether the release is a pre-release (a milestone or release candidate)'
+    required: false
+    default: 'false'
+  token:
+    description: 'Token to use for authentication with GitHub'
+    required: true
+runs:
+  using: composite
+  steps:
+    - name: Generate Changelog
+      uses: spring-io/github-changelog-generator@185319ad7eaa75b0e8e72e4b6db19c8b2cb8c4c1 #v0.0.11
+      with:
+        config-file: .github/actions/create-github-release/changelog-generator.yml
+        milestone: ${{ inputs.milestone }}
+        token: ${{ inputs.token }}
+    - name: Create GitHub Release
+      shell: bash
+      env:
+        GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ inputs.token }}
+      run: gh release create ${{ format('v{0}', inputs.milestone) }} --notes-file changelog.md ${{ inputs.pre-release == 'true' && '--prerelease' || '' }}
diff --git a/.github/actions/create-github-release/changelog-generator.yml b/.github/actions/create-github-release/changelog-generator.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..dff9cb902
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/actions/create-github-release/changelog-generator.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+changelog:
+  repository: spring-projects/spring-ws
+  sections:
+    - title: ":star: New Features"
+      labels:
+        - "type: enhancement"
+    - title: ":lady_beetle: Bug Fixes"
+      labels:
+        - "type: bug"
+        - "type: regression"
+    - title: ":notebook_with_decorative_cover: Documentation"
+      labels:
+        - "type: documentation"
+    - title: ":hammer: Dependency Upgrades"
+      sort: "title"
+      labels:
+        - "type: dependency-upgrade"
+  contributors:
+    exclude:
+      names:
+        - "snicoll"
+        - "wilkinsona"
diff --git a/.github/actions/prepare-gradle-build/action.yml b/.github/actions/prepare-gradle-build/action.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9b305a817
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/actions/prepare-gradle-build/action.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+name: Prepare Gradle Build
+description: 'Prepares a Gradle build. Sets up Java and Gradle and configures Gradle properties'
+inputs:
+  develocity-access-key:
+    description: 'Access key for authentication with ge.spring.io'
+    required: false
+  java-distribution:
+    description: 'Java distribution to use'
+    required: false
+    default: 'liberica'
+  java-early-access:
+    description: 'Whether the Java version is in early access. When true, forces java-distribution to temurin'
+    required: false
+    default: 'false'
+  java-toolchain:
+    description: 'Whether a Java toolchain should be used'
+    required: false
+    default: 'false'
+  java-version:
+    description: 'Java version to use for the build'
+    required: false
+    default: '17'
+runs:
+  using: composite
+  steps:
+    - name: Set Up Java
+      uses: actions/setup-java@v4
+      with:
+        distribution: ${{ inputs.java-early-access == 'true' && 'temurin' || (inputs.java-distribution || 'liberica') }}
+        java-version: |
+          ${{ inputs.java-early-access == 'true' && format('{0}-ea', inputs.java-version) || inputs.java-version }}
+          ${{ inputs.java-toolchain == 'true' && '17' || '' }}
+    - name: Set Up Gradle
+      uses: gradle/actions/setup-gradle@0bdd871935719febd78681f197cd39af5b6e16a6 # v4.2.2
+      with:
+        cache-read-only: false
+        develocity-access-key: ${{ inputs.develocity-access-key }}
+        develocity-token-expiry: 4
+    - name: Configure Gradle Properties
+      shell: bash
+      run: |
+        mkdir -p $HOME/.gradle
+        echo 'systemProp.user.name=spring-builds+github' >> $HOME/.gradle/gradle.properties
+        echo 'systemProp.org.gradle.internal.launcher.welcomeMessageEnabled=false' >> $HOME/.gradle/gradle.properties
+        echo 'org.gradle.daemon=false' >> $HOME/.gradle/gradle.properties
+        echo 'org.gradle.daemon=4' >> $HOME/.gradle/gradle.properties
+    - name: Configure Toolchain Properties
+      if: ${{ inputs.java-toolchain == 'true' }}
+      shell: bash
+      run: |
+        echo toolchainVersion=${{ inputs.java-version }} >> $HOME/.gradle/gradle.properties
+        echo systemProp.org.gradle.java.installations.auto-detect=false >> $HOME/.gradle/gradle.properties
+        echo systemProp.org.gradle.java.installations.auto-download=false >> $HOME/.gradle/gradle.properties
+        echo systemProp.org.gradle.java.installations.paths=${{ format('$JAVA_HOME_{0}_X64', inputs.java-version) }} >> $HOME/.gradle/gradle.properties
diff --git a/.github/actions/print-jvm-thread-dumps/action.yml b/.github/actions/print-jvm-thread-dumps/action.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bcaebf367
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/actions/print-jvm-thread-dumps/action.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+name: Print JVM thread dumps
+description: 'Prints a thread dump for all running JVMs'
+runs:
+  using: composite
+  steps:
+    - if: ${{ runner.os == 'Linux' }}
+      shell: bash
+      run: |
+        for jvm_pid in $(jps -q -J-XX:+PerfDisableSharedMem); do
+          jcmd $jvm_pid Thread.print
+        done
+    - if: ${{ runner.os == 'Windows' }}
+      shell: powershell
+      run: |
+        foreach ($jvm_pid in $(jps -q -J-XX:+PerfDisableSharedMem)) {
+          jcmd $jvm_pid Thread.print
+        }
diff --git a/.github/actions/send-notification/action.yml b/.github/actions/send-notification/action.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b379e6789
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/actions/send-notification/action.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+name: Send Notification
+description: 'Sends a Google Chat message as a notification of the job''s outcome'
+inputs:
+  build-scan-url:
+    description: 'URL of the build scan to include in the notification'
+    required: false
+  run-name:
+    description: 'Name of the run to include in the notification'
+    required: false
+    default: ${{ format('{0} {1}', github.ref_name, github.job) }}
+  status:
+    description: 'Status of the job'
+    required: true
+  webhook-url:
+    description: 'Google Chat Webhook URL'
+    required: true
+runs:
+  using: composite
+  steps:
+    - name: Prepare Variables
+      shell: bash
+      run: |
+        echo "BUILD_SCAN=${{ inputs.build-scan-url == '' && ' [build scan unavailable]' || format(' [<{0}|Build Scan>]', inputs.build-scan-url) }}" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
+        echo "RUN_URL=${{ github.server_url }}/${{ github.repository }}/actions/runs/${{ github.run_id }}" >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
+    - name: Success Notification
+      if: ${{ inputs.status == 'success' }}
+      shell: bash
+      run: |
+        curl -X POST '${{ inputs.webhook-url }}' -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -d '{ text: "<${{ env.RUN_URL }}|${{ inputs.run-name }}> was successful ${{ env.BUILD_SCAN }}"}' || true
+    - name: Failure Notification
+      if: ${{ inputs.status == 'failure' }}
+      shell: bash
+      run: |
+        curl -X POST '${{ inputs.webhook-url }}' -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -d '{ text: "<users/all> *<${{ env.RUN_URL }}|${{ inputs.run-name }}> failed* ${{ env.BUILD_SCAN }}"}' || true
+    - name: Cancel Notification
+      if: ${{ inputs.status == 'cancelled' }}
+      shell: bash
+      run: |
+        curl -X POST '${{ inputs.webhook-url }}' -H 'Content-Type: application/json' -d '{ text: "<${{ env.RUN_URL }}|${{ inputs.run-name }}> was cancelled"}' || true
diff --git a/.github/actions/sync-to-maven-central/action.yml b/.github/actions/sync-to-maven-central/action.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cb8eed428
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/actions/sync-to-maven-central/action.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+name: Sync to Maven Central
+description: 'Syncs a release to Maven Central and waits for it to be available for use'
+inputs:
+  jfrog-cli-config-token:
+    description: 'Config token for the JFrog CLI'
+    required: true
+  ossrh-s01-staging-profile:
+    description: 'Staging profile to use when syncing to Central'
+    required: true
+  ossrh-s01-token-password:
+    description: 'Password for authentication with s01.oss.sonatype.org'
+    required: true
+  ossrh-s01-token-username:
+    description: 'Username for authentication with s01.oss.sonatype.org'
+    required: true
+  spring-ws-version:
+    description: 'Version of Spring Web Services that is being synced to Central'
+    required: true
+runs:
+  using: composite
+  steps:
+    - name: Set Up JFrog CLI
+      uses: jfrog/setup-jfrog-cli@f748a0599171a192a2668afee8d0497f7c1069df # v4.5.6
+      env:
+        JF_ENV_SPRING: ${{ inputs.jfrog-cli-config-token }}
+    - name: Download Release Artifacts
+      shell: bash
+      run: jf rt download --spec ${{ format('{0}/artifacts.spec', github.action_path) }} --spec-vars 'buildName=${{ format('spring-ws-{0}', inputs.spring-ws-version) }};buildNumber=${{ github.run_number }}'
+    - name: Sync
+      uses: spring-io/nexus-sync-action@42477a2230a2f694f9eaa4643fa9e76b99b7ab84 # v0.0.1
+      with:
+        close: true
+        create: true
+        generate-checksums: true
+        password: ${{ inputs.ossrh-s01-token-password }}
+        release: true
+        staging-profile-name: ${{ inputs.ossrh-s01-staging-profile }}
+        upload: true
+        username: ${{ inputs.ossrh-s01-token-username }}
+    - name: Await
+      uses: ./.github/actions/await-http-resource
+      with:
+        url: ${{ format('https://repo.maven.apache.org/maven2/org/springframework/ws/spring-ws-core/{0}/spring-ws-core-{0}.jar', inputs.spring-ws-version) }}
diff --git a/.github/actions/sync-to-maven-central/artifacts.spec b/.github/actions/sync-to-maven-central/artifacts.spec
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..40e4ca892
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/actions/sync-to-maven-central/artifacts.spec
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+{
+  "files": [
+    {
+      "aql": {
+        "items.find": {
+          "$and": [
+            {
+              "@build.name": "${buildName}",
+              "@build.number": "${buildNumber}",
+              "path": {
+                "$nmatch": "org/springframework/ws/spring-ws-docs/*"
+              }
+            }
+          ]
+        }
+      },
+      "target": "nexus/"
+    }
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-and-deploy-snapshot.yml b/.github/workflows/build-and-deploy-snapshot.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..eea40c2f6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-and-deploy-snapshot.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+name: Build and Deploy Snapshot
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - main
+concurrency:
+  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
+jobs:
+  build-and-deploy-snapshot:
+    name: Build and Deploy Snapshot
+    if: ${{ github.repository == 'spring-projects/spring-ws' }}
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    timeout-minutes: 60
+    steps:
+      - name: Check Out Code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: Build and Publish
+        id: build-and-publish
+        uses: ./.github/actions/build
+        with:
+          develocity-access-key: ${{ secrets.DEVELOCITY_ACCESS_KEY }}
+          publish: true
+      - name: Deploy
+        uses: spring-io/artifactory-deploy-action@dc1913008c0599f0c4b1fdafb6ff3c502b3565ea # v0.0.2
+        with:
+          artifact-properties: |
+            /**/spring-ws-docs-*.zip::zip.type=docs,zip.name=spring-ws,zip.deployed=false
+          build-name: 'spring-ws-4.0.x'
+          folder: 'deployment-repository'
+          password: ${{ secrets.ARTIFACTORY_PASSWORD }}
+          repository: 'libs-snapshot-local'
+          signing-key: ${{ secrets.GPG_PRIVATE_KEY }}
+          signing-passphrase: ${{ secrets.GPG_PASSPHRASE }}
+          uri: 'https://repo.spring.io'
+          username: ${{ secrets.ARTIFACTORY_USERNAME }}
+      - name: Send Notification
+        if: always()
+        uses: ./.github/actions/send-notification
+        with:
+          build-scan-url: ${{ steps.build-and-publish.outputs.build-scan-url }}
+          run-name: ${{ format('{0} | Linux | Java 17', github.ref_name) }}
+          status: ${{ job.status }}
+          webhook-url: ${{ secrets.GOOGLE_CHAT_WEBHOOK_URL }}
+    outputs:
+      version: ${{ steps.build-and-publish.outputs.version }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-pull-request.yml b/.github/workflows/build-pull-request.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1df8ef7ca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-pull-request.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+name: Build Pull Request
+on: pull_request
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+jobs:
+  build:
+    name: Build Pull Request
+    if: ${{ github.repository == 'spring-projects/spring-ws' }}
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    timeout-minutes: 60
+    steps:
+      - name: Check Out Code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: Build
+        id: build
+        uses: ./.github/actions/build
+      - name: Print JVM Thread Dumps When Cancelled
+        if: cancelled()
+        uses: ./.github/actions/print-jvm-thread-dumps
+      - name: Upload Build Reports
+        if: failure()
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: build-reports
+          path: '**/build/reports/'
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..45584bd54
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+name: Release
+on:
+  push:
+    tags:
+      - v4.0.[0-9]+
+concurrency:
+  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
+jobs:
+  build-and-stage-release:
+    name: Build and Stage Release
+    if: ${{ github.repository == 'spring-projects/spring-ws' }}
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Check Out Code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: Build and Publish
+        id: build-and-publish
+        uses: ./.github/actions/build
+        with:
+          develocity-access-key: ${{ secrets.DEVELOCITY_ACCESS_KEY }}
+          publish: true
+      - name: Stage Release
+        uses: spring-io/artifactory-deploy-action@dc1913008c0599f0c4b1fdafb6ff3c502b3565ea # v0.0.2
+        with:
+          artifact-properties: |
+            /**/spring-ws-docs-*.zip::zip.type=docs,zip.name=spring-ws,zip.deployed=false
+          build-name: ${{ format('spring-ws-{0}', steps.build-and-publish.outputs.version)}}
+          folder: 'deployment-repository'
+          password: ${{ secrets.ARTIFACTORY_PASSWORD }}
+          repository: 'libs-staging-local'
+          signing-key: ${{ secrets.GPG_PRIVATE_KEY }}
+          signing-passphrase: ${{ secrets.GPG_PASSPHRASE }}
+          uri: 'https://repo.spring.io'
+          username: ${{ secrets.ARTIFACTORY_USERNAME }}
+    outputs:
+      version: ${{ steps.build-and-publish.outputs.version }}
+  sync-to-maven-central:
+    name: Sync to Maven Central
+    needs:
+      - build-and-stage-release
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Check Out Code
+        uses: actions/checkout@b4ffde65f46336ab88eb53be808477a3936bae11 # v4.1.1
+      - name: Sync to Maven Central
+        uses: ./.github/actions/sync-to-maven-central
+        with:
+          jfrog-cli-config-token: ${{ secrets.JF_ARTIFACTORY_SPRING }}
+          ossrh-s01-staging-profile: ${{ secrets.OSSRH_S01_STAGING_PROFILE }}
+          ossrh-s01-token-password: ${{ secrets.OSSRH_S01_TOKEN_PASSWORD }}
+          ossrh-s01-token-username: ${{ secrets.OSSRH_S01_TOKEN_USERNAME }}
+          spring-ws-version: ${{ needs.build-and-stage-release.outputs.version }}
+  promote-release:
+    name: Promote Release
+    needs:
+      - build-and-stage-release
+      - sync-to-maven-central
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Set up JFrog CLI
+        uses: jfrog/setup-jfrog-cli@dff217c085c17666e8849ebdbf29c8fe5e3995e6 # v4.5.2
+        env:
+          JF_ENV_SPRING: ${{ secrets.JF_ARTIFACTORY_SPRING }}
+      - name: Promote build
+        run: jfrog rt build-promote ${{ format('spring-ws-{0}', needs.build-and-stage-release.outputs.version)}} ${{ github.run_number }} libs-release-local
+  create-github-release:
+    name: Create GitHub Release
+    needs:
+      - build-and-stage-release
+      - promote-release
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Check Out Code
+        uses: actions/checkout@b4ffde65f46336ab88eb53be808477a3936bae11 # v4.1.1
+      - name: Create GitHub Release
+        uses: ./.github/actions/create-github-release
+        with:
+          milestone: ${{ needs.build-and-stage-release.outputs.version }}
+          token: ${{ secrets.GH_ACTIONS_REPO_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/README.adoc b/README.adoc
index 8eb4c693a..74ad8f1c3 100644
--- a/README.adoc
+++ b/README.adoc
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 :doctype: book
 image:https://spring.io/img/projects/logo-web-services.svg["Spring Web Services", width=50%, link="https://spring.io/projects/spring-ws#learn"]
 
-= Spring Web Services
+= Spring Web Services image:https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-ws/actions/workflows/build-and-deploy-snapshot.yml/badge.svg?branch=main["Build Status", link="https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-ws/actions/workflows/build-and-deploy-snapshot.yml?query=branch%3Amain"]