diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..77edb2508
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+#
+# CI build that assembles artifacts and runs tests.
+# If validation is successful this workflow releases from the main dev branch.
+#
+# - skipping CI: add [skip ci] to the commit message
+# - skipping release: add [skip release] to the commit message
+#
+name: CI
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: ['master']
+    tags-ignore: [v*] # release tags are autogenerated after a successful CI, no need to run CI against them
+  pull_request:
+    branches: ['**']
+
+jobs:
+
+  build:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    if: "! contains(toJSON(github.event.commits.*.message), '[skip ci]')"
+
+    steps:
+
+      - name: 1. Check out code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v2 # https://github.com/actions/checkout
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: '0' # https://github.com/shipkit/shipkit-changelog#fetch-depth-on-ci
+
+      - name: 2. Set up Java
+        uses: actions/setup-java@v1
+        with:
+          java-version: 1.8
+
+      - name: 3. Perform build
+        run: ./gradlew build
+
+      - name: 4. Perform release
+        # Release job, only for pushes to the main development branch
+        if: github.event_name == 'push'
+          && github.ref == 'refs/heads/master'
+          && github.repository == 'linkedin/coral'
+          && !contains(toJSON(github.event.commits.*.message), '[skip release]')
+
+        run: ./gradlew githubRelease publishToSonatype closeAndReleaseStagingRepository
+        env:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN}}
+          SONATYPE_USER: ${{secrets.SONATYPE_USER}}
+          SONATYPE_PWD: ${{secrets.SONATYPE_PWD}}
+          PGP_KEY: ${{secrets.PGP_KEY}}
+          PGP_PWD: ${{secrets.PGP_PWD}}
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diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index a2f733686..558181f3b 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -23,9 +23,14 @@ branches:
 
 #Build and perform release (if needed)
 script:
-  # Print output every minute to avoid travis timeout
+
+  # 1. Print output every minute to avoid travis timeout
   - while sleep 1m; do echo "=====[ $SECONDS seconds elapsed -- still running ]====="; done &
-  - ./gradlew build -s && ./gradlew ciPerformRelease -s
-  # Killing background sleep loop
+
+  # 2. Run build (we're moving to GH Actions, this is just to compare build times Travis vs. GH Actions
+  - >
+    ./gradlew build
+
+  # 3. Killing background sleep loop
   - kill %1
 
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 8d31be1a0..755111ed9 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -2,12 +2,27 @@
 // Licensed under the BSD-2 Clause license.
 // See LICENSE in the project root for license information.
 
+buildscript {
+  repositories {
+    jcenter()
+    maven {
+      url "https://plugins.gradle.org/m2/"
+    }
+  }
+  dependencies {
+    classpath "io.github.gradle-nexus:publish-plugin:1.0.0"
+    classpath "org.shipkit:shipkit-auto-version:1.1.1"
+    classpath "org.shipkit:shipkit-changelog:1.1.10"
+  }
+}
+
 plugins {
   id "com.diffplug.spotless" version "5.8.2"
   id 'com.github.johnrengelman.shadow' version '5.2.0'
-  id "org.shipkit.java" version "2.3.4"
 }
 
+apply from: "gradle/shipkit.gradle"
+
 configurations {
   provided
 }
diff --git a/coral-hive/build.gradle b/coral-hive/build.gradle
index 7739fb55a..37935f96a 100644
--- a/coral-hive/build.gradle
+++ b/coral-hive/build.gradle
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-apply plugin: 'java'
+apply from: "$rootDir/gradle/java-publication.gradle"
 apply plugin: 'antlr'
 
 dependencies {
diff --git a/coral-pig/build.gradle b/coral-pig/build.gradle
index 0dbef1842..2bb29b9a7 100644
--- a/coral-pig/build.gradle
+++ b/coral-pig/build.gradle
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-apply plugin: 'java'
-apply plugin: 'maven-publish'
+apply from: "$rootDir/gradle/java-publication.gradle"
 
 dependencies {
   compile deps.'javax-annotation'
diff --git a/coral-presto/build.gradle b/coral-presto/build.gradle
index 67c9309fc..832acb8fb 100644
--- a/coral-presto/build.gradle
+++ b/coral-presto/build.gradle
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-apply plugin: 'java'
+apply from: "$rootDir/gradle/java-publication.gradle"
 
 dependencies {
   compile deps.'gson'
diff --git a/coral-schema/build.gradle b/coral-schema/build.gradle
index 58b48d5d7..38956ed29 100644
--- a/coral-schema/build.gradle
+++ b/coral-schema/build.gradle
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-apply plugin: 'java'
-apply plugin: 'maven-publish'
+apply from: "$rootDir/gradle/java-publication.gradle"
 
 dependencies {
   compile deps.'slf4j-api'
diff --git a/coral-spark-plan/build.gradle b/coral-spark-plan/build.gradle
index 46ccd7863..7118269f0 100644
--- a/coral-spark-plan/build.gradle
+++ b/coral-spark-plan/build.gradle
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-apply plugin:'java'
-apply plugin: 'maven-publish'
+apply from: "$rootDir/gradle/java-publication.gradle"
 
 dependencies {
   compile deps.'gson'
diff --git a/coral-spark/build.gradle b/coral-spark/build.gradle
index 5202d41ff..8eaacd20e 100644
--- a/coral-spark/build.gradle
+++ b/coral-spark/build.gradle
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-apply plugin: 'java'
-apply plugin: 'maven-publish'
+apply from: "$rootDir/gradle/java-publication.gradle"
 
 dependencies {
   compile deps.'gson'
diff --git a/gradle/java-publication.gradle b/gradle/java-publication.gradle
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fa40e2482
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gradle/java-publication.gradle
@@ -0,0 +1,96 @@
+apply plugin: "java"
+
+def licenseSpec = copySpec {
+  from project.rootDir
+  include "LICENSE"
+}
+
+task sourcesJar(type: Jar, dependsOn: classes) {
+  classifier 'sources'
+  from sourceSets.main.allSource
+  with licenseSpec
+}
+
+task javadocJar(type: Jar, dependsOn: javadoc) {
+  classifier 'javadoc'
+  from tasks.javadoc
+  with licenseSpec
+}
+
+jar {
+  with licenseSpec
+}
+
+artifacts {
+  archives sourcesJar
+  archives javadocJar
+}
+
+apply plugin: "maven-publish" //https://docs.gradle.org/current/userguide/publishing_maven.html
+publishing {
+  publications {
+    javaLibrary(MavenPublication) {
+      from components.java
+      artifact sourcesJar
+      artifact javadocJar
+
+      artifactId = project.archivesBaseName
+
+      pom {
+        name = artifactId
+        description = "A library for analyzing, processing, and rewriting views defined in the Hive Metastore, and sharing them across multiple execution engines"
+
+        url = "https://github.com/linkedin/coral"
+        licenses {
+          license {
+            name = 'The MIT License'
+            url = 'https://github.com/linkedin/coral/blob/master/LICENSE'
+            distribution = 'repo'
+          }
+        }
+        developers {
+          [
+            'wmoustafa:Walaa Eldin Moustafa',
+            'khaitranq:Khai Tranh',
+            'funcheetah:Wenye Zhang',
+            'shardulm94:Shardul Mahadik',
+            'hotsushi:Sushant Raikar'
+          ].each { devData ->
+            developer {
+              def devInfo = devData.split(':')
+              id = devInfo[0]
+              name = devInfo[1]
+              url = 'https://github.com/' + devInfo[0]
+              roles = ["Core developer"]
+            }
+          }
+        }
+        scm {
+          url = 'https://github.com/linkedin/coral.git'
+        }
+        issueManagement {
+          url = 'https://github.com/linkedin/coral/issues'
+          system = 'GitHub issues'
+        }
+        ciManagement {
+          url = 'https://travis-ci.com/linkedin/coral'
+          system = 'Travis CI'
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  //useful for testing - running "publish" will create artifacts/pom in a local dir
+  repositories { maven { url = "$rootProject.buildDir/repo" } }
+}
+
+//fleshes out problems with Maven pom generation when building
+tasks.build.dependsOn("publishJavaLibraryPublicationToMavenLocal")
+
+apply plugin: 'signing' //https://docs.gradle.org/current/userguide/signing_plugin.html
+signing {
+  if (System.getenv("PGP_KEY")) {
+    useInMemoryPgpKeys(System.getenv("PGP_KEY"), System.getenv("PGP_PWD"))
+    sign publishing.publications.javaLibrary
+  }
+}
diff --git a/gradle/shipkit.gradle b/gradle/shipkit.gradle
index 5e5348eae..05c5c28d3 100644
--- a/gradle/shipkit.gradle
+++ b/gradle/shipkit.gradle
@@ -1,50 +1,31 @@
-shipkit {
-  gitHub.repository = "linkedin/coral"
+//Plugin jars are added to the buildscript classpath in the root build.gradle file
+apply plugin: "org.shipkit.shipkit-auto-version" //https://github.com/shipkit/shipkit-auto-version
 
-  gitHub.readOnlyAuthToken = "967ad570c37790a939" + "366590ca3035ed56b8d2ae"
-
-  // The GitHub write token is required for committing release notes and bumping up project version
-  // Ensure that the release machine or Travis CI has this env variable exported
-  gitHub.writeAuthToken = System.getenv("GH_WRITE_TOKEN")
-
-  git.releasableBranchRegex = "master|release/.+"
-
-  team.developers = [
-    'wmoustafa:Walaa Eldin Moustafa',
-    'khaitranq:Khai Tranh',
-    'funcheetah:Wenye Zhang',
-    'shardulm94:Shardul Mahadik',
-    'hotsushi:Sushant Raikar'
-  ]
+apply plugin: "org.shipkit.shipkit-changelog" //https://github.com/shipkit/shipkit-changelog
+tasks.named("generateChangelog") {
+  previousRevision = project.ext.'shipkit-auto-version.previous-tag'
+  githubToken = System.getenv("GITHUB_TOKEN")
+  repository = "linkedin/coral"
 }
 
-allprojects {
-  plugins.withId("org.shipkit.bintray") {
+apply plugin: "org.shipkit.shipkit-github-release" //https://github.com/shipkit/shipkit-changelog
+tasks.named("githubRelease") {
+  def genTask = tasks.named("generateChangelog").get()
+  dependsOn genTask
+  repository = genTask.repository
+  changelog = genTask.outputFile
+  githubToken = System.getenv("GITHUB_TOKEN")
+  newTagRevision = System.getenv("GITHUB_SHA")
+}
 
-    //Bintray configuration is handled by JFrog Bintray Gradle Plugin
-    //For reference see the official documentation: https://github.com/bintray/gradle-bintray-plugin
-    bintray {
-      // The Bintray API token is required to publish artifacts to Bintray
-      // Ensure that the release machine or Travis CI has this env variable exported
-      key = System.getenv("BINTRAY_API_KEY")
-      pkg {
-        repo = 'maven'
-        user = 'lnkd-apa'
-        userOrg = 'linkedin'
-        name = 'coral'
-        licenses = ['BSD 2-Clause']
-        labels = [
-          'coral',
-          'sql',
-          'presto',
-          'spark',
-          'hive',
-          'views'
-        ]
-        vcsUrl = "https://github.com/linkedin/coral.git"
-        description = "A library for analyzing, processing, and rewriting views defined in the Hive Metastore, and sharing them across multiple execution engines"
+apply plugin: "io.github.gradle-nexus.publish-plugin" //https://github.com/gradle-nexus/publish-plugin/
+nexusPublishing {
+  repositories {
+    if (System.getenv("SONATYPE_PWD")) {
+      sonatype {
+        username = System.getenv("SONATYPE_USER")
+        password = System.getenv("SONATYPE_PWD")
       }
-      publish = true
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/version.properties b/version.properties
index d3bffe6bb..7876fce23 100644
--- a/version.properties
+++ b/version.properties
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-#Version of the produced binaries. This file is intended to be checked-in.
-#It will be automatically bumped by release automation.
-version=1.0.33
-previousVersion=1.0.32
+# Version of the produced binaries.
+# The version is inferred by shipkit-auto-version Gradle plugin (https://github.com/shipkit/shipkit-auto-version)
+version=1.0.*
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