diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index e69de29b..9a69da40 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+name: Build
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [ "*" ]
+    tags: [ "v*.*.*" ]
+  pull_request:
+    branches: [ "main" ]
+
+jobs:
+  analyze:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+    - name: Set up JDK 21
+      uses: actions/setup-java@v4
+      with:
+        distribution: 'temurin'
+        java-version: 21
+
+    - name: Cache Local Maven Repo
+      uses: actions/cache@v4
+      with:
+        path: ~/.m2/repository
+        key: maven-${{ hashFiles('pom.xml') }}
+
+    - name: Initialize CodeQL
+      uses: github/codeql-action/init@v3
+      with:
+        languages: java
+        queries: security-and-quality
+
+    - name: Version
+      run: mvn help:effective-pom
+
+    - name: Build
+      run: mvn -B compile
+
+    - name: Perform CodeQL Analysis
+      uses: github/codeql-action/analyze@v3
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 0dd0469f..75cc8258 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -143,6 +143,11 @@
     </pluginManagement>
 
     <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>3.13.0</version>
+      </plugin>
+
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
         <artifactId>flatten-maven-plugin</artifactId>