diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 490ccafb3..66706ff2b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@ name: Development CI
 
 on: [push]
 
-jobs:  
-  build-and-oss-deploy:
+jobs:
+  build:
     runs-on: ubuntu-16.04
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v2
@@ -31,6 +31,12 @@ jobs:
         with:
           path: 'core/impl/main/java/dwr-version.properties'
           property: 'revision'
+      - name: Read DWR title
+        id: read_dwr_title
+        uses: christian-draeger/read-properties@1.0.1
+        with:
+          path: 'core/impl/main/java/dwr-version.properties'
+          property: 'title'
       - name: Set up Maven OSS Repository
         uses: actions/setup-java@v1
         with:
@@ -38,14 +44,11 @@ jobs:
           server-id: ossrh
           server-username: MAVEN_USERNAME
           server-password: MAVEN_PASSWORD
-      - name: Publish to Maven OSS        
-        run: mvn deploy:deploy-file -DgeneratePom=false -DrepositoryId=ossrh -Durl=https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots/ -Dfile=dist/lib/dwr-${{env.DWR_VERSION}}.jar -Dtype=jar -DartifactId=dwr -DpomFile=pom.xml -Dpackaging=jar -Djavadoc=dist/lib/dwr-${{env.DWR_VERSION}}-javadoc.jar -Dsources=dist/lib/dwr-${{env.DWR_VERSION}}-sources.jar -Dfiles=dist/lib/dwr-${{env.DWR_VERSION}}-jdk14.jar -Dclassifiers=jdk14 -Dtypes=jar
+      - name: Publish to Maven OSS
+        if: ${{steps.read_dwr_title.outputs.value}} == "SNAPSHOT"
+        run: mvn deploy:deploy-file -DgeneratePom=false -DrepositoryId=ossrh -Durl=https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots/ -Dfile=dist/lib/dwr-${{env.DWR_VERSION}}.jar -Dtype=jar -DartifactId=dwr -DpomFile=target/pom.xml -Dpackaging=jar -Djavadoc=dist/lib/dwr-${{env.DWR_VERSION}}-javadoc.jar -Dsources=dist/lib/dwr-${{env.DWR_VERSION}}-sources.jar -Dfiles=dist/lib/dwr-${{env.DWR_VERSION}}-jdk14.jar -Dclassifiers=jdk14 -Dtypes=jar
         env:
           MAVEN_USERNAME: ${{secrets.MAVEN_USERNAME}}
           MAVEN_PASSWORD: ${{secrets.MAVEN_PASSWORD}}
-          DWR_VERSION: ${{steps.read_dwr_major.outputs.value}}.${{steps.read_dwr_minor.outputs.value}}.${{steps.read_dwr_revision.outputs.value}}
-  deploy-release:
-    if: contains(github.ref, "release")
-    runs-on: ubuntu-16.04
-    steps:
-      - run: echo "I only run if the branch has release in its name!"
+          DWR_VERSION: ${{steps.read_dwr_major.outputs.value}}.${{steps.read_dwr_minor.outputs.value}}.${{steps.read_dwr_revision.outputs.value}}-${{steps.read_dwr_title.outputs.value}}
+          
diff --git a/build.xml b/build.xml
index e553c7e66..960356827 100644
--- a/build.xml
+++ b/build.xml
@@ -7,9 +7,6 @@
 	<!-- File that contains local settings, you may need to edit this -->
 	<property file="build.properties" />
 
-	<!-- environment used during CI -->
-	<property environment="env"/>
-
 	<!-- Properties for Maven Deploy, Stage, Release
 		See: https://docs.sonatype.org/display/Repository/Sonatype+OSS+Maven+Repository+Usage+Guide#SonatypeOSSMavenRepositoryUsageGuide-7c.DeploySnapshotsandStageReleaseswithAnt
 	-->
@@ -17,16 +14,7 @@
 
 	<!-- Version numbers: Duplicates the logic in VersionUtil.loadProperties() -->
 	<property file="${source.root}/core/impl/main/java/dwr-version.properties" />
-	<property name="version" value="${major}.${minor}.${revision}" />
-	<property name="env.DWR_VERSION" value="${version}"/>
-	<condition property="label" value="${version}">
-		<equals arg1="${title}" arg2="" />
-	</condition>
-	<condition property="label" value="${version}.${title}">
-		<not>
-			<equals arg1="${title}" arg2="" />
-		</not>
-	</condition>
+	<property name="version" value="${major}.${minor}.${revision}-${title}" />
 
 	<!-- define Maven coordinates -->
 	<property name="groupId" value="org.directwebremoting" />
@@ -39,6 +27,12 @@
 	<property name="dwr-maven-jdk14-jar" value="${dist}/lib/${artifactId}-${version}-jdk14.jar" />
 	<!-- End Properties for Maven -->
 
+	<!-- Get build number from Github CI -->
+	<property environment="envgithub"/>
+	<condition property="build.number" value="${envgithub.GITHUB_RUN_ID}">
+		<isset property="envgithub.GITHUB_RUN_ID" />
+	</condition>
+
 	<target name="init">
 		<mkdir dir="${build}" />
 		<mkdir dir="${dist}/lib" />
@@ -83,21 +77,17 @@
 
 	<!-- Updates the pom.xml with the version -->
 	<target name="setVersionInPom">
-		<if>
-			<isset property="env.GITHUB_RUN_ID" />
-			<then>
-				<replace casesensitive="false" file="pom.xml" token="{version}" value="${version}" />
-			</then>
-		</if>
+        <copy file="build/pom.xml" todir="target"/>
+		<replace casesensitive="false" file="target/pom.xml" token="{version}" value="${version}" />
 	</target>
 
 	<!-- Updates the build number in dwr-version.properties with the build number from CI -->
-	<target name="setBuildNumber" description="Update dwr-version.properties with CI build number.">
+	<target name="updateVersionPropertiesWithBuildNumber" description="Update dwr-version.properties with CI build number.">
 		<if>
-			<isset property="env.GITHUB_RUN_ID" />
+			<isset property="build.number" />
 			<then>
 				<propertyfile file="${target.root}/classes/main/dwr-version.properties">
-					<entry key="build.number" value="${env.GITHUB_RUN_ID}" />
+					<entry key="build.number" value="${build.number}" />
 				</propertyfile>
 			</then>
 		</if>
@@ -106,10 +96,8 @@
 	<!--=======================================================================-->
 	<target name="jar" depends="prepare, source" description="Create dwr.jar">
 		<build target="${target.root}" include="" modules="${modules}" />
-		<!-- Set the version in the pom if a CI run -->
 		<antcall target="setVersionInPom" />
-		<!-- Set the build number if a CI run -->
-		<antcall target="setBuildNumber" />
+		<antcall target="updateVersionPropertiesWithBuildNumber" />
 		<jar destfile="${target.root}/dwr.jar" compress="true">
 			<fileset dir="${target.root}/classes/main" />
 		</jar>
@@ -137,7 +125,7 @@
 	</target>
 
 	<!--=======================================================================-->
-	<target name="package" depends="war" description="Create packaged outputs: dwrdemo.war, dwr-jdk14.jar, and the source .zip">
+	<target name="package" depends="war, updateVersionPropertiesWithBuildNumber" description="Create packaged outputs: dwrdemo.war, dwr-jdk14.jar, and the source .zip">
 		<!-- Run retroweaver if dwr.jar has changed since we last ran it -->
 		<taskdef name="retroweaver" classname="net.sourceforge.retroweaver.ant.RetroWeaverTask">
 			<classpath>
@@ -174,7 +162,7 @@
 		</if>
 		<!-- Documentation: Javadoc and DTDDoc -->
 		<mkdir dir="${target.root}/javadoc" />
-		<javadoc access="public" author="true" destdir="${target.root}/javadoc" doctitle="DWR Version ${label}" use="true" splitindex="true" version="true">
+		<javadoc access="public" author="true" destdir="${target.root}/javadoc" doctitle="DWR Version ${version}" use="true" splitindex="true" version="true">
 			<sourcepath>
 				<pathelement path="${source.root}/core/api/main/java" />
 				<pathelement path="${source.root}/core/impl/main/java" />
@@ -210,7 +198,7 @@
 			<exclude name="common/*.dtd" />
 		</DTDDoc>
 		<!-- Source package -->
-		<zip destfile="${target.root}/dwr-${label}-src.zip">
+		<zip destfile="${target.root}/dwr-${version}-src.zip">
 			<fileset dir="${source.root}">
 				<exclude name="target/**" />
 				<exclude name="**/*.iml" />
diff --git a/pom.xml b/build/pom.xml
similarity index 100%
rename from pom.xml
rename to build/pom.xml
diff --git a/core/impl/main/java/dwr-version.properties b/core/impl/main/java/dwr-version.properties
index fb94a28ff..54f554404 100644
--- a/core/impl/main/java/dwr-version.properties
+++ b/core/impl/main/java/dwr-version.properties
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 major=3
 minor=0
-revision=3-SNAPSHOT
-title=dev
-build.number=
\ No newline at end of file
+revision=3
+title=SNAPSHOT
+# build.number property is added by CI builds
\ No newline at end of file