diff --git a/.github/workflows/gh-mvn-2.yml b/.github/workflows/gh-mvn-2.yml
index e5d59e34..a109a0ed 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/gh-mvn-2.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/gh-mvn-2.yml
@@ -192,7 +192,12 @@ jobs:
             </server>
           </servers>
           </settings>" > ~/.m2/settings.xml
+      - name: Get version from pom.xml
+        id: get-version
+        run: echo "::set-output name=VERSION::$(mvn help:evaluate -Dexpression=project.version -q -DforceStdout)"
       - name: Build and deploy
         run: |
           cd bound/kt
-          mvn deploy -DskipTests=true
+          mvn deploy:deploy-file \
+            -Dfile=bound/kt/target/tbdex-core-${{ steps.get-version.outputs.VERSION }}.jar \
+            -DpomFile=bound/kt/pom.xml
diff --git a/bound/kt/pom.xml b/bound/kt/pom.xml
index ee7edcb7..a420186e 100644
--- a/bound/kt/pom.xml
+++ b/bound/kt/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
   <groupId>tbdex.sdk</groupId>
   <artifactId>tbdex-core</artifactId>
-  <version>0.0.2</version>
+  <version>0.0.3</version>
   <packaging>jar</packaging>
 
   <distributionManagement>