diff --git a/.github/Dockerfile_PreBuild b/.github/Dockerfile_PreBuild
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ecbfbf5c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/Dockerfile_PreBuild
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+FROM jetty:9.4-jre11-slim
+
+# Copy OBP source code
+# Copy build artifact (.war file) into jetty from 'maven' stage.
+COPY /target/API_Explorer-1.0.war /var/lib/jetty/webapps/ROOT.war
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build_package.yml b/.github/workflows/build_package.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1ffb4e7a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/build_package.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+name: build and publish container
+
+on: [push]
+env:
+  ## Sets environment variable
+  DOCKER_HUB_ORGANIZATION: openbankproject
+  DOCKER_HUB_REPOSITORY: api-explorer
+
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - name: Set up JDK 11
+        uses: actions/setup-java@v2
+        with:
+          java-version: '11'
+          distribution: 'adopt'
+          cache: maven
+      - name: Build with Maven
+        run: |
+          MAVEN_OPTS="-Xmx3G -Xss2m" mvn package
+      - name: Build the Docker image
+        run: |
+          echo "${{ secrets.DOCKER_HUB_TOKEN }}" | docker login -u "${{ secrets.DOCKER_HUB_USERNAME }}" --password-stdin docker.io
+          docker build . --file .github/Dockerfile_PreBuild --tag docker.io/${{ env.DOCKER_HUB_ORGANIZATION }}/${{ env.DOCKER_HUB_REPOSITORY }}:$GITHUB_SHA --tag docker.io/${{ env.DOCKER_HUB_ORGANIZATION }}/${{ env.DOCKER_HUB_REPOSITORY }}:latest --tag docker.io/${{ env.DOCKER_HUB_ORGANIZATION }}/${{ env.DOCKER_HUB_REPOSITORY }}:develop
+          docker push docker.io/${{ env.DOCKER_HUB_ORGANIZATION }}/${{ env.DOCKER_HUB_REPOSITORY }} --all-tags
+          echo docker done
+
+
+
+
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 4e8d13c3..b2b4078e 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@
                 <plugin>
                     <groupId>net.alchim31.maven</groupId>
                     <artifactId>scala-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>3.2.2</version>
+                    <version>4.3.1</version>
                     <configuration>
                         <charset>${project.build.sourceEncoding}</charset>
                         <jvmArgs>
@@ -239,7 +239,6 @@
                         <scalaCompatVersion>${scala.version}</scalaCompatVersion>
                         <scalaVersion>${scala.compiler}</scalaVersion>
                         <recompileMode>incremental</recompileMode>
-                        <useZincServer>true</useZincServer>
                     </configuration>
                     <executions>
                         <execution>
@@ -350,7 +349,7 @@
                 <plugin>
                     <groupId>pl.project13.maven</groupId>
                     <artifactId>git-commit-id-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>2.2.1</version>
+                    <version>4.9.10</version>
                     <executions>
                         <execution>
                             <goals>
@@ -370,16 +369,8 @@
     <reporting>
         <plugins>
             <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.scala-tools</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-scala-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.2.2</version>
-                <configuration>
-                    <charset>${project.build.sourceEncoding}</charset>
-                    <jvmArgs>
-                        <jvmArg>-Xmx1024m</jvmArg>
-                        <jvmArg>-DpackageLinkDefs=file://${project.build.directory}/packageLinkDefs.properties</jvmArg>
-                    </jvmArgs>
-                </configuration>
+                <groupId>net.alchim31.maven</groupId>
+                <artifactId>scala-maven-plugin</artifactId>
             </plugin>
         </plugins>
     </reporting>