diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yaml b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
index f4ef4e9b..3dcfe376 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ on:
     tags:
     - 'v*' # push events to matching v*, i.e. v1.0, v20.15.10
 
-name: Add conky release zip to the release
+name: Add conky zip to the release
 
 jobs:
   build:
@@ -13,7 +13,13 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: Checkout code
         uses: actions/checkout@v2
-      - name: Build project
+      - name: Build java applications
+        run: |
+          cd builder/java-tools
+          mvn clean package
+          mkdir -p ${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}/java
+          cp -rn */target/{lib,*.jar,*.yaml,*.xml} ${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}/java
+      - name: Create archive
         run: |
           shopt -s extglob
           echo ':::: adding the files:'