diff --git a/.github/workflows/manual_release.yml b/.github/workflows/manual_publish.yml
similarity index 100%
rename from .github/workflows/manual_release.yml
rename to .github/workflows/manual_publish.yml
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yaml b/.github/workflows/publish.yaml
similarity index 100%
rename from .github/workflows/release.yaml
rename to .github/workflows/publish.yaml
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8df760c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+name: Release
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+permissions:
+  contents: read # for checkout
+
+jobs:
+  release:
+    name: Release
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    permissions:
+      contents: write # to be able to publish a GitHub release
+      issues: write # to be able to comment on released issues
+      pull-requests: write # to be able to comment on released pull requests
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+      - name: Setup Node.js
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v3
+        with:
+          node-version: "lts/*"
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: |
+          npm install -g "semantic-release@21.0.7" \
+            "@semantic-release/commit-analyzer@11.1.0" \
+            "@semantic-release/changelog@6.0.3" \
+            "@semantic-release/git@10.0.1" \
+            "@semantic-release/github@9.0.4"
+      - name: Release
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+        run: npx semantic-release
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diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yaml b/.github/workflows/test.yaml
index efe4204..9f87e49 100755
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yaml
@@ -1,12 +1,10 @@
 name: Test Java SDK library
 
 on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
   pull_request:
-    branches:
-      - master
-  push:
-    branches:
-      - develop
+    branches: [master]
+    types: [ opened, reopened, synchronize ]
 
 jobs:
   test:
@@ -14,9 +12,9 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v2
-      - name: Set up JDK 8
+      - name: Set up JDK
         uses: actions/setup-java@v1
         with:
-          java-version: 1.8
+          java-version: 11
       - name: Test with Gradle
         run: gradle clean test
diff --git a/.github/workflows/validate.yml b/.github/workflows/validate.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..69b300d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/validate.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+name: Validate
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    branches: [master]
+    types: [ opened, reopened, synchronize ]
+
+permissions:
+  contents: read # for checkout
+
+jobs:
+  lint:
+    name: Check code format
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+      - name: Set up JDK
+        uses: actions/setup-java@v1
+        with:
+          java-version: 11
+      - name: Test with Gradle
+        run: gradle spotlessCheck
+  commits:
+    name: Check commits
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    if: github.event_name == 'pull_request' && github.event.pull_request.head.repo.full_name == github.repository
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - name: Setup Node.js
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v3
+        with:
+          node-version: "lts/*"
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: npm install -g @commitlint/cli @commitlint/config-conventional
+      - name: Configure
+        run: |
+          echo 'module.exports = {"extends": ["@commitlint/config-conventional"]}' > commitlint.config.js
+      - name: Validate
+        run: |
+          git fetch 
+          npx commitlint \
+            --from ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha }}~${{ github.event.pull_request.commits }} \
+            --to ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha }} \
+            --verbose
+  commits-fork:
+    name: Check commits from forks
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    if: github.event_name == 'pull_request' && github.event.pull_request.head.repo.full_name != github.repository
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - name: Setup Node.js
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v3
+        with:
+          node-version: "lts/*"
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: npm install -g @commitlint/cli @commitlint/config-conventional
+      - name: Configure
+        run: |
+          echo 'module.exports = {"extends": ["@commitlint/config-conventional"]}' > commitlint.config.js
+      - name: Validate
+        run: |
+          git fetch origin "+refs/pull/${{ github.event.pull_request.number }}/head:refs/pull/${{ github.event.pull_request.number }}/head"
+          git checkout "refs/pull/${{ github.event.pull_request.number }}/head"
+          npx commitlint \
+            --from HEAD~${{ github.event.pull_request.commits }} \
+            --to HEAD \
+            --verbose
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diff --git a/.releaserc b/.releaserc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3a36f58
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.releaserc
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+{
+  "repositoryUrl": "https://github.com/zksync-sdk/zksync2-java.git",
+  "branches": "main",
+  "debug": true,
+  "addReleases": "top",
+  "preset": "angular",
+  "plugins": [
+    "@semantic-release/commit-analyzer",
+    "@semantic-release/release-notes-generator",
+    [
+      "@semantic-release/changelog",
+      {
+        "changelogFile": "CHANGELOG.md"
+      }
+    ],
+    [
+      "@semantic-release/git",
+      {
+        "assets": ["CHANGELOG.md"],
+        "message": "${nextRelease.version} version bump [skip ci]\n\n${nextRelease.notes}"
+      }
+    ],
+    "@semantic-release/github"
+  ]
+}
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