diff --git a/.releaserc b/.releaserc
index 8e312380f..85be9e21e 100644
--- a/.releaserc
+++ b/.releaserc
@@ -4,13 +4,17 @@
     "@semantic-release/commit-analyzer",
     "@semantic-release/release-notes-generator",
     ["@semantic-release/exec", {
-      "prepareCmd": "mvn versions:set -DnewVersion=${nextRelease.version}; mvn versions:commit"
+      "prepareCmd": "./update-versions.sh ${nextRelease.version} && ./maven-build.sh"
     }],
     "@semantic-release/changelog",
-    "@semantic-release/github",
     ["@semantic-release/git", {
       "assets": ["CHANGELOG.md", "pom.xml", "perun-oidc-server-webapp/pom.xml", "perun-oidc-server/pom.xml"],
       "message": "chore(release): ${nextRelease.version} [skip ci]\n\n${nextRelease.notes}"
+    }],
+    ["@semantic-release/github", {
+      "assets": [
+        {"path": "perun-oidc-server-webapp/target/oidc.war"}
+      ]
     }]
   ]
 }
diff --git a/maven-build.sh b/maven-build.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..32422a062
--- /dev/null
+++ b/maven-build.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+mvn clean install -Dconfig.location=/etc/mitreid \
+                  -Dlog.to=FILE \
+                  -Dlog.file=/usr/local/tomcat/logs/mitreid \
+                  -Dlog.level=trace
diff --git a/update-versions.sh b/update-versions.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..5ae5816be
--- /dev/null
+++ b/update-versions.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+mvn versions:set -DnewVersion=$1