diff --git a/.github/workflows/beta-release.yml b/.github/workflows/beta-release.yml
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index 00000000..09c8ad90
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+++ b/.github/workflows/beta-release.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+name: Publish beta package to the Maven Central Repository
+on:
+  push:
+    tags: '*.*.*-beta.*'
+jobs:
+  publish:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v1
+      - name: Set up Maven Central Repository
+        uses: actions/setup-java@v1
+        with:
+          java-version: '1.8'
+          distribution: 'adopt'
+          server-id: ossrh
+          server-username: MAVEN_USERNAME
+          server-password: MAVEN_PASSWORD
+          gpg-private-key: ${{ secrets.MAVEN_GPG_PRIVATE_KEY }} # Value of the GPG private key to import
+          gpg-passphrase: MAVEN_GPG_PASSPHRASE # env variable for GPG private key passphrase
+      
+      - name: create-json
+        id: create-json
+        uses: jsdaniell/create-json@1.1.2
+        with:
+          name: "credentials.json"
+          json: ${{ secrets.TEST_CREDENTIALS_FILE_STRING }}
+          
+      - name: Publish package to Maven Central
+        run: mvn --batch-mode deploy
+        env:
+          MAVEN_USERNAME: ${{ secrets.OSSRH_USERNAME }}
+          MAVEN_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.OSSRH_PASSWORD }}
+          MAVEN_GPG_PASSPHRASE: ${{ secrets.MAVEN_GPG_PASSPHRASE }}
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diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 02c7b612..5c1c6982 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 name: Publish package to the Maven Central Repository
 on:
   push:
-    tags: '*.*.*'
+    tags: '[0-9]+.[0-9]+.[0-9]+'
 jobs:
   publish:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest