diff --git a/.github/dependabot.yml b/.github/dependabot.yml
index cdf6c3e..f9c68f8 100644
--- a/.github/dependabot.yml
+++ b/.github/dependabot.yml
@@ -10,3 +10,8 @@ updates:
   - amandel
   labels:
   - skip-changelog
+
+- package-ecosystem: github-actions
+  directory: /
+  schedule:
+    interval: weekly
diff --git a/.github/release-drafter.yml b/.github/release-drafter.yml
index cdb51de..0d0b1c9 100644
--- a/.github/release-drafter.yml
+++ b/.github/release-drafter.yml
@@ -1,3 +1 @@
 _extends: .github
-name-template: Log File Filter $NEXT_MINOR_VERSION
-tag-template: log-file-filter-$NEXT_MINOR_VERSION
diff --git a/.github/workflow/cd.yaml b/.github/workflow/cd.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ac45b8e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflow/cd.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+name: cd
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+# for now only manually triggered
+# see https://www.jenkins.io/doc/developer/publishing/releasing-cd/#releasing
+#  check_run:
+#    types:
+#      - completed
+
+jobs:
+  validate:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    outputs:
+      should_release: ${{ steps.verify-ci-status.outputs.result == 'success' && steps.interesting-categories.outputs.interesting == 'true' }}
+    steps:
+      - name: Verify CI status
+        uses: jenkins-infra/verify-ci-status-action@v1.2.0
+        id: verify-ci-status
+        with:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          output_result: true
+
+      - name: Release Drafter
+        uses: release-drafter/release-drafter@v5
+        if: steps.verify-ci-status.outputs.result == 'success'
+        with:
+          name: next
+          tag: next
+          version: next
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+
+      - name: Check interesting categories
+        uses: jenkins-infra/interesting-category-action@v1.0.0
+        id: interesting-categories
+        if: steps.verify-ci-status.outputs.result == 'success'
+        with:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+
+  release:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    needs: [validate]
+    if: needs.validate.outputs.should_release == 'true'
+    steps:
+      - name: Check out
+        uses: actions/checkout@v2.3.4
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+      - name: Set up JDK 8
+        uses: actions/setup-java@v2
+        with:
+          distribution: 'adopt'
+          java-version: 8
+      - name: Release
+        uses: jenkins-infra/jenkins-maven-cd-action@v1.2.0
+        with:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          MAVEN_USERNAME: ${{ secrets.MAVEN_USERNAME }}
+          MAVEN_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.MAVEN_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/.github/workflow/release-drafter.yml b/.github/workflow/release-drafter.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 832442d..0000000
--- a/.github/workflow/release-drafter.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-# Automates creation of Release Drafts using Release Drafter
-# More Info: https://github.com/jenkinsci/.github/blob/master/.github/release-drafter.adoc
-
-on:
-  push:
-    branches:
-      - master
-
-jobs:
-  update_release_draft:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      # Drafts your next Release notes as Pull Requests are merged into "master"
-      - uses: release-drafter/release-drafter@v5
-        env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index f8d440f..6fb9657 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -4,3 +4,79 @@
 /.project
 /pom.xml.bak
 /.settings/
+
+# source https://github.com/github/gitignore/blob/master/Global/JetBrains.gitignore
+# Covers JetBrains IDEs: IntelliJ, RubyMine, PhpStorm, AppCode, PyCharm, CLion, Android Studio, WebStorm and Rider
+# Reference: https://intellij-support.jetbrains.com/hc/en-us/articles/206544839
+
+# User-specific stuff
+.idea/**/workspace.xml
+.idea/**/tasks.xml
+.idea/**/usage.statistics.xml
+.idea/**/dictionaries
+.idea/**/shelf
+
+# AWS User-specific
+.idea/**/aws.xml
+
+# Generated files
+.idea/**/contentModel.xml
+
+# Sensitive or high-churn files
+.idea/**/dataSources/
+.idea/**/dataSources.ids
+.idea/**/dataSources.local.xml
+.idea/**/sqlDataSources.xml
+.idea/**/dynamic.xml
+.idea/**/uiDesigner.xml
+.idea/**/dbnavigator.xml
+
+# Gradle
+.idea/**/gradle.xml
+.idea/**/libraries
+
+# Gradle and Maven with auto-import
+# When using Gradle or Maven with auto-import, you should exclude module files,
+# since they will be recreated, and may cause churn.  Uncomment if using
+# auto-import.
+# .idea/artifacts
+# .idea/compiler.xml
+# .idea/jarRepositories.xml
+# .idea/modules.xml
+# .idea/*.iml
+# .idea/modules
+# *.iml
+# *.ipr
+
+# CMake
+cmake-build-*/
+
+# Mongo Explorer plugin
+.idea/**/mongoSettings.xml
+
+# File-based project format
+*.iws
+
+# IntelliJ
+out/
+
+# mpeltonen/sbt-idea plugin
+.idea_modules/
+
+# JIRA plugin
+atlassian-ide-plugin.xml
+
+# Cursive Clojure plugin
+.idea/replstate.xml
+
+# Crashlytics plugin (for Android Studio and IntelliJ)
+com_crashlytics_export_strings.xml
+crashlytics.properties
+crashlytics-build.properties
+fabric.properties
+
+# Editor-based Rest Client
+.idea/httpRequests
+
+# Android studio 3.1+ serialized cache file
+.idea/caches/build_file_checksums.ser
diff --git a/.mvn/maven.config b/.mvn/maven.config
index 2a0299c..f7daf60 100644
--- a/.mvn/maven.config
+++ b/.mvn/maven.config
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 -Pconsume-incrementals
 -Pmight-produce-incrementals
+-Dchangelist.format=%d.v%s
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index a1ee3c2..be1c7d7 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -9,12 +9,11 @@
 
 	<groupId>com.tsystems.sbs</groupId>
 	<artifactId>log-file-filter</artifactId>
-	<version>${revision}${changelist}</version>
+	<version>${changelist}</version>
 	<packaging>hpi</packaging>
 
 	<properties>
-		<revision>1.12</revision>
-		<changelist>-SNAPSHOT</changelist>
+		<changelist>999999-SNAPSHOT</changelist>
 		<gitHubRepo>jenkinsci/log-file-filter-plugin</gitHubRepo>
 		<jenkins.version>2.289.1</jenkins.version>
 		<java.level>8</java.level>