diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 1627cc282..0d37811f3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -14,20 +14,20 @@ env:
 jobs:
   build-native-ubuntu:
     runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
-    
+
     steps:
     # Setup rust
     - name: Setup Rust
       uses: actions-rs/toolchain@v1
       with:
         toolchain: 1.69
-        
+
     # Checkout the code
     - name: Checkout
       uses: actions/checkout@v2
       with:
         submodules: recursive
-        
+
     - name: Make ubuntu native dependencies
       run: make
 
@@ -39,23 +39,23 @@ jobs:
 
   build-native-macos:
     runs-on: macos-latest
-    
+
     steps:
     # Setup rust
     - name: Setup Rust
       uses: actions-rs/toolchain@v1
       with:
         toolchain: 1.69
-        
+
     # Checkout the code
     - name: Checkout
       uses: actions/checkout@v2
       with:
         submodules: recursive
-        
+
     - name: Make macos native dependencies
       run: make
-      
+
     - name: Upload macos library
       uses: actions/upload-artifact@master
       with:
@@ -64,30 +64,30 @@ jobs:
 
   build-native-windows:
     runs-on: windows-latest
-    
+
     steps:
     # Setup rust
     - name: Setup Rust
       uses: actions-rs/toolchain@v1
       with:
         toolchain: 1.69
-        
+
     # Checkout the code
     - name: Checkout
       uses: actions/checkout@v2
       with:
         submodules: recursive
-        
+
     - name: Make windows native dependencies
       run: cd crypto-jni && cargo build --release
-      
+
     - name: Upload windows library
       uses: actions/upload-artifact@master
       with:
           name: windows-library
           path: crypto-jni\target\release\crypto_jni.dll
 
-  build-aar-library:
+  build-native-android:
     runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
     steps:
     - name: Set Up Android tools
@@ -107,23 +107,18 @@ jobs:
         submodules: recursive
     - name: Make android native dependencies
       run: make add-android-targets && make android
-    # Builds and tests the sdk
-    - name: Initialize root project
-      run: mvn install -N
-    - name: Build and test android sdk
-      run: cd concordium-android-sdk && mvn --batch-mode --update-snapshots install
-    - name: Upload aar
+    - name: Upload android
       uses: actions/upload-artifact@master
       with:
-        name: concordium-android-sdk.aar
-        path: ./concordium-android-sdk/target/concordium-android-sdk.aar
+        name: android-library
+        path: ./concordium-android-sdk/native
 
   build-and-release-jar:
-    needs: [build-native-ubuntu, build-native-macos, build-native-windows, build-aar-library]
+    needs: [build-native-ubuntu, build-native-macos, build-native-windows, build-native-android]
     # Use fixed OS version because we install packages on the system.
     runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
     environment: release
-    
+
     if: ${{ !github.event.pull_request.draft }}
 
     steps:
@@ -131,20 +126,23 @@ jobs:
       uses: actions/checkout@v2
       with:
         submodules: recursive
-        
+    - name: Set Up Android tools
+      run: |
+          ${ANDROID_SDK_ROOT}/cmdline-tools/latest/bin/sdkmanager \
+          --sdk_root=$ANDROID_SDK_ROOT \
+          "platform-tools" "platforms;android-27" "build-tools;27.0.3"
     - name: Setup JDK 8
-      uses: actions/setup-java@v2
+      uses: actions/setup-java@v4
       with:
         java-version: 8
         distribution: 'adopt'
         cache: maven
-        
     - name: Download linux library
       uses: actions/download-artifact@master
       with:
         name: ubuntu-library
         path: concordium-sdk/native
-        
+
     - name: Download macos library
       uses: actions/download-artifact@master
       with:
@@ -157,23 +155,15 @@ jobs:
         name: windows-library
         path: concordium-sdk/native
 
-    - name: Download aar library
+    - name: Download android library
       uses: actions/download-artifact@master
       with:
-        name: concordium-android-sdk.aar
-        path: concordium-android-sdk/target
+        name: android-library
+        path: ./concordium-android-sdk/native
 
     # Builds and tests the sdk. Delomboks code and generates a javadoc jar from the delombok'ed code
     - name: Build and test sdk
-      run: cd concordium-sdk && mvn --batch-mode --update-snapshots install && mvn lombok:delombok -f pom.xml && mvn javadoc:jar -f pom.xml
-
-      # Attach jar files to release (jar, jar-with-dependencies and javadoc-jar)
-    - name: Release
-      uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v1
-      with:
-        files: |
-          concordium-sdk/target/*.jar
-          concordium-android-sdk/target/concordium-android-sdk.aar
+      run: cd concordium-sdk && mvn --batch-mode --update-snapshots install -Pwith-dependencies && mvn lombok:delombok -f pom.xml && mvn javadoc:jar -f pom.xml && mvn source:jar
 
     - name: Deploy javadoc
       uses: MathieuSoysal/Javadoc-publisher.yml@v2.4.0
@@ -186,4 +176,39 @@ jobs:
         without-checkout: true
         project: maven
         custom-command: cd concordium-sdk && mvn javadoc:javadoc -f pom.xml # Generates javadoc from the delombok'ed code
-   
+    - name: Release github
+      uses: softprops/action-gh-release@v1
+      with:
+        files: |
+          concordium-sdk/target/*-with-dependencies.jar
+          concordium-sdk/target/*-javadoc.jar
+          concordium-sdk/target/*-sources.jar
+    - name: Setup and maven central
+      uses: actions/setup-java@v4
+      with: # running setup-java again overwrites the settings.xml
+        distribution: 'adopt'
+        java-version: '8'
+        server-id: ossrh # Value of the distributionManagement/repository/id field of the pom.xml
+        server-username: MAVEN_USERNAME # env variable for username in deploy
+        server-password: MAVEN_PASSWORD # env variable for token in deploy
+        gpg-private-key: ${{ secrets.SONATYPE_PKEY }} # Value of the GPG private key to import
+        gpg-passphrase:  GPG_PASSPHRASE # Passphrase for the GPG private key
+    - name: Publish java package to central maven repository
+      run: cd concordium-sdk && mvn --batch-mode deploy -Pdeploy
+      env:
+        MAVEN_USERNAME: ${{ secrets.SONATYPE_USR }}
+        MAVEN_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.SONATYPE_PWD }}
+        GPG_PASSPHRASE: ${{secrets.SONATYPE_PHRASE }}
+    - name: Copy javadocs and sources for android
+      run: >
+        mkdir -p concordium-android-sdk/target
+        && mv concordium-sdk/target/*-javadoc.jar concordium-android-sdk/target/concordium-android-sdk-javadoc.jar
+        && mv concordium-sdk/target/*-sources.jar concordium-android-sdk/target/concordium-android-sdk-sources.jar
+    - name: Publish android package to central maven repository
+      run: cd concordium-android-sdk && mvn --batch-mode deploy -Pdeploy
+      env:
+        MAVEN_USERNAME: ${{ secrets.SONATYPE_USR }}
+        MAVEN_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.SONATYPE_PWD }}
+        GPG_PASSPHRASE: ${{secrets.SONATYPE_PHRASE }}
+
+
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index f8ffc7a98..e39e4abee 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,4 @@
 .vscode
-*.iml
\ No newline at end of file
+*.iml
+.flattened-pom.xml
+pom.xml.versionsBackup
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index f1bd250dc..a27adadb1 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 # Concordium Java SDK
 The Concordium Java SDK provides an interface to communicating with a Concordium node.
 
+The package is released on [Maven Central](https://central.sonatype.com/artifact/com.concordium.sdk/concordium-sdk).
+The Android compatible package is also released on [Maven Central](https://central.sonatype.com/artifact/com.concordium.sdk/concordium-android-sdk).
 
 # Prerequisites
 1. Java 1.8
@@ -86,20 +88,6 @@ git clone https://github.com/Concordium/concordium-java-sdk.git --recurse-submod
 And the final step builds the aar file `concordium-android-sdk.aar` in the [target](./concordium-android-sdk/target)  folder, which can be used in android projects.
 Note that this uses the [Android Maven Plugin](http://simpligility.github.io/android-maven-plugin/), which is what requires the Android SDK, the specific version can be seen in its documentation.
 
-For the library to work on android, the following packages must be added to the project (Shown in the gradle style)
-```gradle
-dependencies {
-    // gRPC
-    implementation 'io.grpc:grpc-okhttp:1.60.0'
-    implementation 'io.grpc:grpc-protobuf:1.40.1'
-    implementation 'io.grpc:grpc-stub:1.60.0'
-    compileOnly 'org.apache.tomcat:annotations-api:6.0.53' // necessary for Java 9+
-    implementation 'com.fasterxml.jackson.core:jackson-core:2.10.1'
-    implementation 'com.fasterxml.jackson.datatype:jackson-datatype-jsr310:2.10.1'
-    implementation 'com.fasterxml.jackson.datatype:jackson-datatype-jdk8:2.10.1'
-}
-```
-
 Note that the minimum android SDK version for this package is 26.
 
 # Usage
diff --git a/concordium-android-sdk/.gitignore b/concordium-android-sdk/.gitignore
index 0ab27ff9c..9c7ed7198 100644
--- a/concordium-android-sdk/.gitignore
+++ b/concordium-android-sdk/.gitignore
@@ -3,3 +3,4 @@
 /target
 /native/*
 /delombok
+
diff --git a/concordium-android-sdk/pom.xml b/concordium-android-sdk/pom.xml
index bff5d42fd..22242c59f 100644
--- a/concordium-android-sdk/pom.xml
+++ b/concordium-android-sdk/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     <parent>
         <groupId>com.concordium.sdk</groupId>
         <artifactId>concordium-sdk-base</artifactId>
-        <version>6.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>6.1.0</version>
     </parent>
 
     <artifactId>concordium-android-sdk</artifactId>
@@ -18,11 +18,29 @@
         <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
     </properties>
 
+    <name>concordium-android-sdk</name>
+    <description>An SDK for interacting with the Concordium blockchain packaged for Android</description>
+
     <dependencies>
         <dependency>
-            <groupId>com.concordium.sdk</groupId>
-            <artifactId>concordium-sdk</artifactId>
-            <version>6.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+            <groupId>io.grpc</groupId>
+            <artifactId>grpc-netty-shaded</artifactId>
+            <version>1.40.1</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>commons-io</groupId>
+            <artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
+            <version>2.11.0</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>commons-codec</groupId>
+            <artifactId>commons-codec</artifactId>
+            <version>1.15</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.projectlombok</groupId>
+            <artifactId>lombok</artifactId>
+            <version>1.18.26</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>io.grpc</groupId>
@@ -58,6 +76,12 @@
             <groupId>org.bitcoinj</groupId>
             <artifactId>bitcoinj-core</artifactId>
             <version>0.16.2</version>
+            <exclusions>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <groupId>com.google.protobuf</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>protobuf-javalite</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
+            </exclusions>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
@@ -139,6 +163,79 @@
                 </plugins>
             </build>
         </profile>
+        <profile>
+            <id>deploy</id>
+            <build>
+            <plugins>
+                <plugin>
+                    <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>maven-gpg-plugin</artifactId>
+                    <version>1.6</version>
+                    <configuration>
+                        <!-- Prevent gpg from using pinentry programs -->
+                        <gpgArguments>
+                            <arg>--pinentry-mode</arg>
+                            <arg>loopback</arg>
+                        </gpgArguments>
+                    </configuration>
+                    <executions>
+                        <execution>
+                            <id>sign-artifacts</id>
+                            <phase>install</phase>
+                            <goals>
+                                <goal>sign</goal>
+                            </goals>
+                        </execution>
+                    </executions>
+                </plugin>
+                <plugin>
+                    <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>build-helper-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+                    <version>3.5.0</version>
+                    <executions>
+                        <execution>
+                            <id>attach-javadoc-and-source</id>
+                            <phase>package</phase>
+                            <goals>
+                                <goal>attach-artifact</goal>
+                            </goals>
+                            <configuration>
+                                <artifacts>
+                                    <artifact>
+                                        <file>target/concordium-android-sdk-javadoc.jar</file>
+                                        <type>jar</type>
+                                        <classifier>javadoc</classifier>
+                                    </artifact>
+                                    <artifact>
+                                        <file>target/concordium-android-sdk-sources.jar</file>
+                                        <type>jar</type>
+                                        <classifier>sources</classifier>
+                                    </artifact>
+                                </artifacts>
+                            </configuration>
+                        </execution>
+                    </executions>
+                </plugin>
+                <plugin>
+                    <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>flatten-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+                    <version>1.6.0</version>
+                    <executions>
+                        <execution>
+                            <id>flatten</id>
+                            <phase>process-resources</phase>
+                            <goals>
+                                <goal>flatten</goal>
+                            </goals>
+                            <configuration>
+                                <flattenMode>ossrh</flattenMode>
+                            </configuration>
+                        </execution>
+                    </executions>
+                </plugin>
+            </plugins>
+            </build>
+        </profile>
     </profiles>
 
     <build>
@@ -203,5 +300,11 @@
             </plugin>
         </plugins>
     </build>
-
-</project>
\ No newline at end of file
+    <distributionManagement>
+        <repository>
+            <id>ossrh</id>
+            <name>Central Repository OSSRH</name>
+            <url>https://s01.oss.sonatype.org/service/local/staging/deploy/maven2/</url>
+        </repository>
+    </distributionManagement>
+</project>
diff --git a/concordium-sdk-examples/pom.xml b/concordium-sdk-examples/pom.xml
index 821930fcc..af8fcabdd 100644
--- a/concordium-sdk-examples/pom.xml
+++ b/concordium-sdk-examples/pom.xml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.concordium.sdk</groupId>
             <artifactId>concordium-sdk</artifactId>
-            <version>6.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+            <version>6.1.0</version>
             <scope>compile</scope>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
diff --git a/concordium-sdk/pom.xml b/concordium-sdk/pom.xml
index 1909facc8..db5359535 100644
--- a/concordium-sdk/pom.xml
+++ b/concordium-sdk/pom.xml
@@ -5,16 +5,16 @@
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
     <parent>
-        <groupId>com.concordium.sdk</groupId>
+    <groupId>com.concordium.sdk</groupId>
         <artifactId>concordium-sdk-base</artifactId>
-        <version>6.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>6.1.0</version>
     </parent>
 
     <groupId>com.concordium.sdk</groupId>
     <artifactId>concordium-sdk</artifactId>
 
     <name>concordium-sdk</name>
-    <url>https://github.com/Concordium/concordium-java-sdk</url>
+    <description>An SDK for interacting with the Concordium blockchain</description>
 
     <properties>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
@@ -27,6 +27,12 @@
             <groupId>org.bitcoinj</groupId>
             <artifactId>bitcoinj-core</artifactId>
             <version>0.16.2</version>
+            <exclusions>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <groupId>com.google.protobuf</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>protobuf-javalite</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
+            </exclusions>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>io.grpc</groupId>
@@ -135,18 +141,7 @@
                             </execution>
                         </executions>
                     </plugin>
-                    <plugin>
-                        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                        <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
-                        <version>3.3.0</version>
-                        <configuration>
-                            <descriptorRefs>
-                                <descriptorRef>jar-with-dependencies</descriptorRef>
-                            </descriptorRefs>
-                        </configuration>
-                    </plugin>
                 </plugins>
-
             </build>
         </profile>
         <profile>
@@ -181,6 +176,13 @@
                             </execution>
                         </executions>
                     </plugin>
+                </plugins>
+            </build>
+        </profile>
+        <profile>
+            <id>with-dependencies</id>
+            <build>
+                <plugins>
                     <plugin>
                         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                         <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
@@ -194,6 +196,79 @@
                 </plugins>
             </build>
         </profile>
+        <profile>
+            <id>deploy</id>
+            <build>
+                <plugins>
+                    <plugin>
+                        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>maven-gpg-plugin</artifactId>
+                        <version>1.6</version>
+                        <configuration>
+                            <!-- Prevent gpg from using pinentry programs -->
+                            <gpgArguments>
+                                <arg>--pinentry-mode</arg>
+                                <arg>loopback</arg>
+                            </gpgArguments>
+                        </configuration>
+                        <executions>
+                            <execution>
+                                <id>sign-artifacts</id>
+                                <phase>install</phase>
+                                <goals>
+                                    <goal>sign</goal>
+                                </goals>
+                            </execution>
+                        </executions>
+                    </plugin>
+                    <plugin>
+                        <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>flatten-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+                        <version>1.6.0</version>
+                        <executions>
+                            <execution>
+                                <id>flatten</id>
+                                <phase>process-resources</phase>
+                                <goals>
+                                    <goal>flatten</goal>
+                                </goals>
+                                <configuration>
+                                    <flattenMode>ossrh</flattenMode>
+                                </configuration>
+                            </execution>
+                        </executions>
+                    </plugin>
+                    <plugin>
+                        <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>build-helper-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+                        <version>3.5.0</version>
+                        <executions>
+                            <execution>
+                                <id>attach-javadoc-and-source</id>
+                                <phase>package</phase>
+                                <goals>
+                                    <goal>attach-artifact</goal>
+                                </goals>
+                                <configuration>
+                                    <artifacts>
+                                        <artifact>
+                                        <file>target/concordium-sdk-${project.version}-javadoc.jar</file>
+                                            <type>jar</type>
+                                            <classifier>javadoc</classifier>
+                                        </artifact>
+                                        <artifact>
+                                        <file>target/concordium-sdk-${project.version}-sources.jar</file>
+                                            <type>jar</type>
+                                            <classifier>sources</classifier>
+                                        </artifact>
+                                    </artifacts>
+                                </configuration>
+                            </execution>
+                        </executions>
+                    </plugin>
+                </plugins>
+            </build>
+        </profile>
     </profiles>
 
     <build>
@@ -308,4 +383,11 @@
             </plugins>
         </pluginManagement>
     </build>
+    <distributionManagement>
+        <repository>
+            <id>ossrh</id>
+            <name>Central Repository OSSRH</name>
+            <url>https://s01.oss.sonatype.org/service/local/staging/deploy/maven2/</url>
+        </repository>
+    </distributionManagement>
 </project>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index b96ddf234..cfe2b7967 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -5,12 +5,36 @@
 
     <groupId>com.concordium.sdk</groupId>
     <artifactId>concordium-sdk-base</artifactId>
-    <version>6.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>6.1.0</version>
     <packaging>pom</packaging>
 
+    <url>https://github.com/Concordium/concordium-java-sdk</url>
+
+    <licenses>
+        <license>
+            <name>The Apache License, Version 2.0</name>
+            <url>http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.txt</url>
+        </license>
+    </licenses>
+
+    <developers>
+        <developer>
+            <name>Concordium Software</name>
+            <email>support@concordium.software</email>
+            <organization>Concordium Software</organization>
+            <organizationUrl>https://concordium.com</organizationUrl>
+        </developer>
+    </developers>
+
+    <scm>
+        <connection>scm:git:git://github.com:Concordium/concordium-java-sdk.git</connection>
+        <developerConnection>scm:git:ssh://github.com:Concordium/concordium-java-sdk.git</developerConnection>
+        <url>https://github.com/Concordium/concordium-java-sdk/tree/main</url>
+    </scm>
+
     <modules>
         <module>concordium-sdk</module>
         <module>concordium-android-sdk</module>
         <module>concordium-sdk-examples</module>
     </modules>
-</project>
\ No newline at end of file
+</project>