diff --git a/ebean-api/pom.xml b/ebean-api/pom.xml
index e3872012e..eac6fe0c0 100644
--- a/ebean-api/pom.xml
+++ b/ebean-api/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>ebean-parent</artifactId>
     <groupId>io.ebean</groupId>
-    <version>12.11.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>12.11.4</version>
   </parent>
 
   <name>ebean api</name>
diff --git a/ebean-api/pom.xml.releaseBackup b/ebean-api/pom.xml.releaseBackup
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e3872012e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ebean-api/pom.xml.releaseBackup
@@ -0,0 +1,131 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <artifactId>ebean-parent</artifactId>
+    <groupId>io.ebean</groupId>
+    <version>12.11.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <name>ebean api</name>
+  <description>ebean api</description>
+  <artifactId>ebean-api</artifactId>
+
+  <dependencies>
+
+    <!--
+    Projects are expected to explicit depend on version
+    of slf4j that they want to use
+    -->
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+      <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
+      <version>1.7.30</version>
+      <scope>provided</scope>
+    </dependency>
+
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>io.avaje</groupId>
+      <artifactId>avaje-config</artifactId>
+      <version>1.3</version>
+    </dependency>
+
+    <!--
+    Class retention Nonnull and Nullable annotations
+    to assist with IDE auto-completion with Ebean API
+    -->
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>io.avaje</groupId>
+      <artifactId>avaje-jsr305</artifactId>
+      <version>1.0</version>
+      <scope>provided</scope>
+    </dependency>
+
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>io.ebean</groupId>
+      <artifactId>persistence-api</artifactId>
+      <version>2.2.4</version>
+    </dependency>
+
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>io.ebean</groupId>
+      <artifactId>ebean-annotation</artifactId>
+      <version>7.2</version>
+    </dependency>
+
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>io.ebean</groupId>
+      <artifactId>ebean-types</artifactId>
+      <version>2.1</version>
+    </dependency>
+
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>io.ebean</groupId>
+      <artifactId>ebean-datasource-api</artifactId>
+      <version>${ebean-datasource.version}</version>
+    </dependency>
+
+    <!-- Jackson core used internally by Ebean -->
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
+      <artifactId>jackson-core</artifactId>
+      <version>${jackson.version}</version>
+      <optional>true</optional>
+    </dependency>
+
+    <!-- provided scope for JsonNode support -->
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
+      <artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
+      <version>${jackson.version}</version>
+      <optional>true</optional>
+    </dependency>
+
+    <!-- Provided scope so that the H2HistoryTrigger can live in Ebean core
+     and not require a separate module for it -->
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>com.h2database</groupId>
+      <artifactId>h2</artifactId>
+      <version>1.4.199</version>
+      <optional>true</optional>
+    </dependency>
+
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>javax.transaction</groupId>
+      <artifactId>jta</artifactId>
+      <version>1.1</version>
+      <optional>true</optional>
+    </dependency>
+
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>javax.servlet</groupId>
+      <artifactId>javax.servlet-api</artifactId>
+      <version>3.1.0</version>
+      <optional>true</optional>
+    </dependency>
+
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>io.avaje</groupId>
+      <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
+      <version>1.0</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+
+  </dependencies>
+
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>2.5</version>
+        <configuration>
+          <archive>
+            <manifestFile>src/main/resources/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF</manifestFile>
+          </archive>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+
+</project>
diff --git a/ebean-autotune/pom.xml b/ebean-autotune/pom.xml
index 6a9ea5871..bd04fae50 100644
--- a/ebean-autotune/pom.xml
+++ b/ebean-autotune/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>ebean-parent</artifactId>
     <groupId>io.ebean</groupId>
-    <version>12.11.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>12.11.4</version>
   </parent>
 <!--  <parent>-->
 <!--    <groupId>org.avaje</groupId>-->
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 
   <scm>
     <developerConnection>scm:git:git@github.com:ebean-orm/ebean.git</developerConnection>
-    <tag>ebean-parent-12.8.0</tag>
+    <tag>ebean-parent-12.11.4</tag>
   </scm>
 
   <name>ebean autotune</name>
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>io.ebean</groupId>
       <artifactId>ebean-core</artifactId>
-      <version>12.11.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>12.11.4</version>
       <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
 
diff --git a/ebean-autotune/pom.xml.releaseBackup b/ebean-autotune/pom.xml.releaseBackup
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6a9ea5871
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ebean-autotune/pom.xml.releaseBackup
@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <artifactId>ebean-parent</artifactId>
+    <groupId>io.ebean</groupId>
+    <version>12.11.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+<!--  <parent>-->
+<!--    <groupId>org.avaje</groupId>-->
+<!--    <artifactId>java8-oss</artifactId>-->
+<!--    <version>2.2</version>-->
+<!--  </parent>-->
+
+  <scm>
+    <developerConnection>scm:git:git@github.com:ebean-orm/ebean.git</developerConnection>
+    <tag>ebean-parent-12.8.0</tag>
+  </scm>
+
+  <name>ebean autotune</name>
+  <description>ebean automatic query tuning module</description>
+  <artifactId>ebean-autotune</artifactId>
+
+  <dependencies>
+
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>io.ebean</groupId>
+      <artifactId>ebean-core</artifactId>
+      <version>12.11.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <scope>provided</scope>
+    </dependency>
+
+    <!-- needed for java 11+ -->
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.glassfish.jaxb</groupId>
+      <artifactId>jaxb-runtime</artifactId>
+      <version>2.3.2</version>
+      <scope>provided</scope>
+    </dependency>
+
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>io.ebean</groupId>
+      <artifactId>ebean-datasource</artifactId>
+      <version>${ebean-datasource.version}</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>io.avaje</groupId>
+      <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
+      <version>1.0</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+
+  </dependencies>
+
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>io.repaint.maven</groupId>
+        <artifactId>tiles-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>2.24</version>
+        <extensions>true</extensions>
+        <configuration>
+          <tiles>
+            <!-- other tiles ... -->
+            <tile>io.ebean.tile:enhancement:12.11.3</tile>
+          </tiles>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
+
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>2.5</version>
+        <configuration>
+          <archive>
+            <manifestFile>src/main/resources/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF</manifestFile>
+          </archive>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
+
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+</project>
diff --git a/ebean-bom/pom.xml b/ebean-bom/pom.xml
index 0d6fea6c8..ebf6e398b 100644
--- a/ebean-bom/pom.xml
+++ b/ebean-bom/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>ebean-parent</artifactId>
     <groupId>io.ebean</groupId>
-    <version>12.11.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>12.11.4</version>
   </parent>
 
   <name>ebean bom</name>
@@ -71,88 +71,88 @@
       <dependency>
         <groupId>io.ebean</groupId>
         <artifactId>ebean</artifactId>
-        <version>12.11.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>12.11.4</version>
       </dependency>
 
       <dependency>
         <groupId>io.ebean</groupId>
         <artifactId>ebean-api</artifactId>
-        <version>12.11.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>12.11.4</version>
       </dependency>
 
       <dependency>
         <groupId>io.ebean</groupId>
         <artifactId>ebean-core</artifactId>
-        <version>12.11.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>12.11.4</version>
       </dependency>
 
       <dependency>
         <groupId>io.ebean</groupId>
         <artifactId>ebean-core-type</artifactId>
-        <version>12.11.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>12.11.4</version>
       </dependency>
 
       <dependency>
         <groupId>io.ebean</groupId>
         <artifactId>ebean-ddl-generator</artifactId>
-        <version>12.11.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>12.11.4</version>
       </dependency>
 
       <dependency>
         <groupId>io.ebean</groupId>
         <artifactId>ebean-externalmapping-api</artifactId>
-        <version>12.11.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>12.11.4</version>
       </dependency>
 
       <dependency>
         <groupId>io.ebean</groupId>
         <artifactId>ebean-externalmapping-xml</artifactId>
-        <version>12.11.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>12.11.4</version>
       </dependency>
 
       <dependency>
         <groupId>io.ebean</groupId>
         <artifactId>ebean-autotune</artifactId>
-        <version>12.11.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>12.11.4</version>
       </dependency>
 
       <dependency>
         <groupId>io.ebean</groupId>
         <artifactId>ebean-querybean</artifactId>
-        <version>12.11.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>12.11.4</version>
       </dependency>
 
       <dependency>
         <groupId>io.ebean</groupId>
         <artifactId>querybean-generator</artifactId>
-        <version>12.11.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>12.11.4</version>
         <scope>provided</scope>
       </dependency>
 
       <dependency>
         <groupId>io.ebean</groupId>
         <artifactId>kotlin-querybean-generator</artifactId>
-        <version>12.11.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>12.11.4</version>
         <scope>provided</scope>
       </dependency>
 
       <dependency>
         <groupId>io.ebean</groupId>
         <artifactId>ebean-test</artifactId>
-        <version>12.11.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>12.11.4</version>
         <scope>test</scope>
       </dependency>
 
       <dependency>
         <groupId>io.ebean</groupId>
         <artifactId>ebean-postgis</artifactId>
-        <version>12.11.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>12.11.4</version>
       </dependency>
 
       <dependency>
         <groupId>io.ebean</groupId>
         <artifactId>ebean-redis</artifactId>
-        <version>12.11.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <version>12.11.4</version>
       </dependency>
 
     </dependencies>
diff --git a/ebean-bom/pom.xml.releaseBackup b/ebean-bom/pom.xml.releaseBackup
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0d6fea6c8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ebean-bom/pom.xml.releaseBackup
@@ -0,0 +1,162 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <artifactId>ebean-parent</artifactId>
+    <groupId>io.ebean</groupId>
+    <version>12.11.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <name>ebean bom</name>
+  <description>ebean bill of materials pom</description>
+  <artifactId>ebean-bom</artifactId>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+  <dependencyManagement>
+
+    <dependencies>
+
+      <!-- dependencies external to this ebean.git build -->
+
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>io.ebean</groupId>
+        <artifactId>ebean-ddl-runner</artifactId>
+        <version>${ebean-ddl-runner.version}</version>
+      </dependency>
+
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>io.ebean</groupId>
+        <artifactId>ebean-migration-auto</artifactId>
+        <version>${ebean-migration-auto.version}</version>
+      </dependency>
+
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>io.ebean</groupId>
+        <artifactId>ebean-migration</artifactId>
+        <version>${ebean-migration.version}</version>
+      </dependency>
+
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>io.ebean</groupId>
+        <artifactId>ebean-datasource-api</artifactId>
+        <version>${ebean-datasource.version}</version>
+      </dependency>
+
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>io.ebean</groupId>
+        <artifactId>ebean-datasource</artifactId>
+        <version>${ebean-datasource.version}</version>
+      </dependency>
+
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>io.ebean</groupId>
+        <artifactId>ebean-agent</artifactId>
+        <version>${ebean-agent.version}</version>
+      </dependency>
+
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>io.ebean</groupId>
+        <artifactId>ebean-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>${ebean-maven-plugin.version}</version>
+      </dependency>
+
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>io.ebean</groupId>
+        <artifactId>ebean-test-docker</artifactId>
+        <version>${ebean-test-docker.version}</version>
+      </dependency>
+
+      <!-- modules -->
+
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>io.ebean</groupId>
+        <artifactId>ebean</artifactId>
+        <version>12.11.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      </dependency>
+
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>io.ebean</groupId>
+        <artifactId>ebean-api</artifactId>
+        <version>12.11.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      </dependency>
+
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>io.ebean</groupId>
+        <artifactId>ebean-core</artifactId>
+        <version>12.11.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      </dependency>
+
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>io.ebean</groupId>
+        <artifactId>ebean-core-type</artifactId>
+        <version>12.11.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      </dependency>
+
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>io.ebean</groupId>
+        <artifactId>ebean-ddl-generator</artifactId>
+        <version>12.11.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      </dependency>
+
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>io.ebean</groupId>
+        <artifactId>ebean-externalmapping-api</artifactId>
+        <version>12.11.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      </dependency>
+
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>io.ebean</groupId>
+        <artifactId>ebean-externalmapping-xml</artifactId>
+        <version>12.11.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      </dependency>
+
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>io.ebean</groupId>
+        <artifactId>ebean-autotune</artifactId>
+        <version>12.11.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      </dependency>
+
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>io.ebean</groupId>
+        <artifactId>ebean-querybean</artifactId>
+        <version>12.11.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      </dependency>
+
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>io.ebean</groupId>
+        <artifactId>querybean-generator</artifactId>
+        <version>12.11.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <scope>provided</scope>
+      </dependency>
+
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>io.ebean</groupId>
+        <artifactId>kotlin-querybean-generator</artifactId>
+        <version>12.11.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <scope>provided</scope>
+      </dependency>
+
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>io.ebean</groupId>
+        <artifactId>ebean-test</artifactId>
+        <version>12.11.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <scope>test</scope>
+      </dependency>
+
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>io.ebean</groupId>
+        <artifactId>ebean-postgis</artifactId>
+        <version>12.11.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      </dependency>
+
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>io.ebean</groupId>
+        <artifactId>ebean-redis</artifactId>
+        <version>12.11.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      </dependency>
+
+    </dependencies>
+
+  </dependencyManagement>
+
+</project>
diff --git a/ebean-core-type/pom.xml b/ebean-core-type/pom.xml
index b892e1dad..8192d1900 100644
--- a/ebean-core-type/pom.xml
+++ b/ebean-core-type/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>ebean-parent</artifactId>
     <groupId>io.ebean</groupId>
-    <version>12.11.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>12.11.4</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>ebean-core-type</artifactId>
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>io.ebean</groupId>
       <artifactId>ebean-api</artifactId>
-      <version>12.11.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>12.11.4</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
diff --git a/ebean-core-type/pom.xml.releaseBackup b/ebean-core-type/pom.xml.releaseBackup
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b892e1dad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ebean-core-type/pom.xml.releaseBackup
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <artifactId>ebean-parent</artifactId>
+    <groupId>io.ebean</groupId>
+    <version>12.11.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>ebean-core-type</artifactId>
+  <name>ebean core type</name>
+  <description>ebean scalar types api</description>
+
+  <dependencies>
+
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>io.ebean</groupId>
+      <artifactId>ebean-api</artifactId>
+      <version>12.11.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    </dependency>
+
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
+      <artifactId>jackson-core</artifactId>
+      <version>${jackson.version}</version>
+      <optional>true</optional>
+    </dependency>
+
+  </dependencies>
+
+</project>
diff --git a/ebean-core/pom.xml b/ebean-core/pom.xml
index e4ff17668..33b417bf3 100644
--- a/ebean-core/pom.xml
+++ b/ebean-core/pom.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>ebean-parent</artifactId>
     <groupId>io.ebean</groupId>
-    <version>12.11.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>12.11.4</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>ebean-core</artifactId>
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 
   <scm>
     <developerConnection>scm:git:git@github.com:ebean-orm/ebean.git</developerConnection>
-    <tag>ebean-parent-12.8.0</tag>
+    <tag>ebean-parent-12.11.4</tag>
   </scm>
 
   <dependencies>
@@ -41,19 +41,19 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>io.ebean</groupId>
       <artifactId>ebean-api</artifactId>
-      <version>12.11.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>12.11.4</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>io.ebean</groupId>
       <artifactId>ebean-core-type</artifactId>
-      <version>12.11.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>12.11.4</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>io.ebean</groupId>
       <artifactId>ebean-externalmapping-api</artifactId>
-      <version>12.11.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>12.11.4</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
diff --git a/ebean-core/pom.xml.releaseBackup b/ebean-core/pom.xml.releaseBackup
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e4ff17668
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ebean-core/pom.xml.releaseBackup
@@ -0,0 +1,246 @@
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <artifactId>ebean-parent</artifactId>
+    <groupId>io.ebean</groupId>
+    <version>12.11.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>ebean-core</artifactId>
+  <packaging>jar</packaging>
+
+  <name>ebean core</name>
+  <description>ebean core module</description>
+  <url>https://ebean.io/</url>
+
+  <scm>
+    <developerConnection>scm:git:git@github.com:ebean-orm/ebean.git</developerConnection>
+    <tag>ebean-parent-12.8.0</tag>
+  </scm>
+
+  <dependencies>
+
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>io.ebean</groupId>
+      <artifactId>ebean-ddl-runner</artifactId>
+      <version>1.0</version>
+    </dependency>
+
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>io.avaje</groupId>
+      <artifactId>classpath-scanner</artifactId>
+      <version>6.0</version>
+    </dependency>
+
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>io.ebean</groupId>
+      <artifactId>ebean-migration-auto</artifactId>
+      <version>1.1</version>
+    </dependency>
+
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>io.ebean</groupId>
+      <artifactId>ebean-api</artifactId>
+      <version>12.11.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    </dependency>
+
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>io.ebean</groupId>
+      <artifactId>ebean-core-type</artifactId>
+      <version>12.11.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    </dependency>
+
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>io.ebean</groupId>
+      <artifactId>ebean-externalmapping-api</artifactId>
+      <version>12.11.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    </dependency>
+
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.antlr</groupId>
+      <artifactId>antlr4-runtime</artifactId>
+      <version>4.8-1</version>
+    </dependency>
+
+    <!--
+    Class retention Nonnull and Nullable annotations
+    to assist with IDE auto-completion with Ebean API
+    -->
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>io.avaje</groupId>
+      <artifactId>avaje-jsr305</artifactId>
+      <version>1.0</version>
+      <scope>provided</scope>
+    </dependency>
+
+    <!-- Provided scope so that the H2HistoryTrigger can live in Ebean core
+         and not require a separate module for it -->
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>com.h2database</groupId>
+      <artifactId>h2</artifactId>
+      <version>1.4.199</version>
+      <scope>provided</scope>
+    </dependency>
+
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>javax.transaction</groupId>
+      <artifactId>jta</artifactId>
+      <version>1.1</version>
+      <optional>true</optional>
+    </dependency>
+
+    <!-- validation annotations Size etc -->
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>javax.validation</groupId>
+      <artifactId>validation-api</artifactId>
+      <version>1.1.0.Final</version>
+      <optional>true</optional>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>jakarta.validation</groupId>
+      <artifactId>jakarta.validation-api</artifactId>
+      <version>3.0.0</version>
+      <optional>true</optional>
+    </dependency>
+
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>joda-time</groupId>
+      <artifactId>joda-time</artifactId>
+      <version>2.9.7</version>
+      <optional>true</optional>
+    </dependency>
+
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>javax.annotation</groupId>
+      <artifactId>javax.annotation-api</artifactId>
+      <version>1.3.2</version>
+      <optional>true</optional>
+    </dependency>
+
+    <!-- Jackson core used internally by Ebean -->
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
+      <artifactId>jackson-core</artifactId>
+      <version>${jackson.version}</version>
+      <optional>true</optional>
+    </dependency>
+
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
+      <artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
+      <version>${jackson.version}</version>
+      <optional>true</optional>
+    </dependency>
+
+    <!-- Provided scope for Postgres JSON/JSONB support -->
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.postgresql</groupId>
+      <artifactId>postgresql</artifactId>
+      <version>42.2.20</version>
+      <optional>true</optional>
+    </dependency>
+
+    <!-- Test scope -->
+
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>io.ebean</groupId>
+      <artifactId>ebean-datasource</artifactId>
+      <version>${ebean-datasource.version}</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>io.avaje</groupId>
+      <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
+      <version>1.0</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+
+  </dependencies>
+
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>io.ebean</groupId>
+        <artifactId>ebean-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>${ebean-maven-plugin.version}</version>
+        <executions>
+          <execution>
+            <id>test</id>
+            <phase>process-test-classes</phase>
+            <configuration>
+              <transformArgs>debug=0</transformArgs>
+            </configuration>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>testEnhance</goal>
+            </goals>
+          </execution>
+        </executions>
+      </plugin>
+
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>3.0.0-M4</version>
+        <configuration>
+          <useSystemClassLoader>false</useSystemClassLoader>
+          <trimStackTrace>false</trimStackTrace>
+          <failIfNoTests>false</failIfNoTests>
+          <includes>
+            <include>**/Test*.java</include>
+            <include>**/*Test.java</include>
+            <include>**/*Tests.java</include>
+          </includes>
+          <systemProperties>
+            <property>
+              <!-- transfer datasource.default parameter -->
+              <name>datasource.default</name>
+              <value>${datasource.default}</value>
+            </property>
+            <property>
+              <!-- transfer dbClockDelta parameter -->
+              <name>dbClockDelta</name>
+              <value>${dbClockDelta}</value>
+            </property>
+          </systemProperties>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
+
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>2.5</version>
+        <configuration>
+          <archive>
+            <manifestFile>src/main/resources/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF</manifestFile>
+          </archive>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
+
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>3.1.1</version>
+        <configuration>
+          <doctitle>Ebean 12</doctitle>
+          <overview>src/main/java/io/ebean/overview.html</overview>
+          <excludePackageNames>io.ebeaninternal.*:io.ebeanservice:io.ebean.common:io.ebean.bean:io.ebean.service:io.ebean.metric:io.ebean.util:io.ebean.config.properties:io.ebean.config.dbplatform</excludePackageNames>
+          <linksource>true</linksource>
+          <overview>src/main/java/com/avaje/ebean/overview.html</overview>
+        </configuration>
+        <executions>
+          <execution>
+            <id>attach-javadocs</id>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>jar</goal>
+            </goals>
+          </execution>
+        </executions>
+      </plugin>
+
+    </plugins>
+
+  </build>
+
+</project>
diff --git a/ebean-ddl-generator/pom.xml b/ebean-ddl-generator/pom.xml
index 53be2b49a..a4bf66b2b 100644
--- a/ebean-ddl-generator/pom.xml
+++ b/ebean-ddl-generator/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>ebean-parent</artifactId>
     <groupId>io.ebean</groupId>
-    <version>12.11.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>12.11.4</version>
   </parent>
 
   <name>ebean ddl generation</name>
@@ -29,14 +29,14 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>io.ebean</groupId>
       <artifactId>ebean-core-type</artifactId>
-      <version>12.11.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>12.11.4</version>
       <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>io.ebean</groupId>
       <artifactId>ebean-core</artifactId>
-      <version>12.11.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>12.11.4</version>
       <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
 
diff --git a/ebean-ddl-generator/pom.xml.releaseBackup b/ebean-ddl-generator/pom.xml.releaseBackup
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..53be2b49a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ebean-ddl-generator/pom.xml.releaseBackup
@@ -0,0 +1,108 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <artifactId>ebean-parent</artifactId>
+    <groupId>io.ebean</groupId>
+    <version>12.11.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <name>ebean ddl generation</name>
+  <description>DDL and DB Migration generation</description>
+  <artifactId>ebean-ddl-generator</artifactId>
+<!--  <version>12.11.4A</version>-->
+
+  <dependencies>
+
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>io.ebean</groupId>
+      <artifactId>ebean-ddl-runner</artifactId>
+      <version>1.0</version>
+    </dependency>
+
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>io.ebean</groupId>
+      <artifactId>ebean-migration</artifactId>
+      <version>12.11.0</version>
+    </dependency>
+
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>io.ebean</groupId>
+      <artifactId>ebean-core-type</artifactId>
+      <version>12.11.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <scope>provided</scope>
+    </dependency>
+
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>io.ebean</groupId>
+      <artifactId>ebean-core</artifactId>
+      <version>12.11.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <scope>provided</scope>
+    </dependency>
+
+    <!-- needed for java 11+ -->
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.glassfish.jaxb</groupId>
+      <artifactId>jaxb-runtime</artifactId>
+      <version>2.3.2</version>
+      <scope>provided</scope>
+    </dependency>
+
+    <!-- test dependencies -->
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>io.avaje</groupId>
+      <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
+      <version>1.0</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>io.ebean</groupId>
+      <artifactId>ebean-datasource</artifactId>
+      <version>${ebean-datasource.version}</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>javax.validation</groupId>
+      <artifactId>validation-api</artifactId>
+      <version>1.1.0.Final</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+
+  </dependencies>
+
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>io.ebean</groupId>
+        <artifactId>ebean-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>${ebean-maven-plugin.version}</version>
+        <executions>
+          <execution>
+            <id>test</id>
+            <phase>process-test-classes</phase>
+            <configuration>
+              <transformArgs>debug=0</transformArgs>
+            </configuration>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>testEnhance</goal>
+            </goals>
+          </execution>
+        </executions>
+      </plugin>
+
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>2.5</version>
+        <configuration>
+          <archive>
+            <manifestFile>src/main/resources/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF</manifestFile>
+          </archive>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
+
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+</project>
diff --git a/ebean-externalmapping-api/pom.xml b/ebean-externalmapping-api/pom.xml
index e09f3c5c0..4b6908cc6 100644
--- a/ebean-externalmapping-api/pom.xml
+++ b/ebean-externalmapping-api/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>ebean-parent</artifactId>
     <groupId>io.ebean</groupId>
-    <version>12.11.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>12.11.4</version>
   </parent>
 
   <name>ebean external mapping api</name>
diff --git a/ebean-externalmapping-api/pom.xml.releaseBackup b/ebean-externalmapping-api/pom.xml.releaseBackup
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e09f3c5c0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ebean-externalmapping-api/pom.xml.releaseBackup
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <artifactId>ebean-parent</artifactId>
+    <groupId>io.ebean</groupId>
+    <version>12.11.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <name>ebean external mapping api</name>
+  <description>API for mapping external named queries</description>
+  <artifactId>ebean-externalmapping-api</artifactId>
+
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>2.5</version>
+        <configuration>
+          <archive>
+            <manifestFile>src/main/resources/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF</manifestFile>
+          </archive>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+</project>
diff --git a/ebean-externalmapping-xml/pom.xml b/ebean-externalmapping-xml/pom.xml
index 246b915d8..26d6dbad9 100644
--- a/ebean-externalmapping-xml/pom.xml
+++ b/ebean-externalmapping-xml/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>ebean-parent</artifactId>
     <groupId>io.ebean</groupId>
-    <version>12.11.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>12.11.4</version>
   </parent>
 <!--  <parent>-->
 <!--    <groupId>org.avaje</groupId>-->
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 
   <scm>
     <developerConnection>scm:git:git@github.com:ebean-orm/ebean.git</developerConnection>
-    <tag>ebean-parent-12.8.0</tag>
+    <tag>ebean-parent-12.11.4</tag>
   </scm>
 
   <name>ebean external mapping xml</name>
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>io.ebean</groupId>
       <artifactId>ebean-externalmapping-api</artifactId>
-      <version>12.11.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>12.11.4</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
@@ -59,14 +59,14 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>io.ebean</groupId>
       <artifactId>ebean-core</artifactId>
-      <version>12.11.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>12.11.4</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>io.ebean</groupId>
       <artifactId>ebean-ddl-generator</artifactId>
-      <version>12.11.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>12.11.4</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
 
diff --git a/ebean-externalmapping-xml/pom.xml.releaseBackup b/ebean-externalmapping-xml/pom.xml.releaseBackup
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..246b915d8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ebean-externalmapping-xml/pom.xml.releaseBackup
@@ -0,0 +1,110 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <artifactId>ebean-parent</artifactId>
+    <groupId>io.ebean</groupId>
+    <version>12.11.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+<!--  <parent>-->
+<!--    <groupId>org.avaje</groupId>-->
+<!--    <artifactId>java8-oss</artifactId>-->
+<!--    <version>2.2</version>-->
+<!--  </parent>-->
+
+  <scm>
+    <developerConnection>scm:git:git@github.com:ebean-orm/ebean.git</developerConnection>
+    <tag>ebean-parent-12.8.0</tag>
+  </scm>
+
+  <name>ebean external mapping xml</name>
+  <description>XML implementation for mapping external named queries</description>
+  <artifactId>ebean-externalmapping-xml</artifactId>
+
+  <dependencies>
+
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+      <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
+      <version>1.7.30</version>
+      <scope>provided</scope>
+    </dependency>
+
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>io.ebean</groupId>
+      <artifactId>ebean-externalmapping-api</artifactId>
+      <version>12.11.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    </dependency>
+
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.glassfish.jaxb</groupId>
+      <artifactId>jaxb-runtime</artifactId>
+      <version>2.3.2</version>
+    </dependency>
+
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>io.avaje</groupId>
+      <artifactId>classpath-scanner</artifactId>
+      <version>6.0</version>
+    </dependency>
+
+    <!-- test dependencies -->
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>io.ebean</groupId>
+      <artifactId>ebean-datasource</artifactId>
+      <version>${ebean-datasource.version}</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>io.ebean</groupId>
+      <artifactId>ebean-core</artifactId>
+      <version>12.11.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>io.ebean</groupId>
+      <artifactId>ebean-ddl-generator</artifactId>
+      <version>12.11.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>io.avaje</groupId>
+      <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
+      <version>1.0</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+
+  </dependencies>
+
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>io.repaint.maven</groupId>
+        <artifactId>tiles-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>2.24</version>
+        <extensions>true</extensions>
+        <configuration>
+          <tiles>
+            <!-- other tiles ... -->
+            <tile>io.ebean.tile:enhancement:12.11.3</tile>
+          </tiles>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
+
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>2.5</version>
+        <configuration>
+          <archive>
+            <manifestFile>src/main/resources/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF</manifestFile>
+          </archive>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
+
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+</project>
diff --git a/ebean-postgis/pom.xml b/ebean-postgis/pom.xml
index 91035b7d9..a45515fe7 100644
--- a/ebean-postgis/pom.xml
+++ b/ebean-postgis/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>ebean-parent</artifactId>
     <groupId>io.ebean</groupId>
-    <version>12.11.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>12.11.4</version>
   </parent>
 
   <name>ebean postgis</name>
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>io.ebean</groupId>
       <artifactId>ebean-core</artifactId>
-      <version>12.11.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>12.11.4</version>
       <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
 
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>io.ebean</groupId>
       <artifactId>ebean-test</artifactId>
-      <version>12.11.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>12.11.4</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
 
diff --git a/ebean-postgis/pom.xml.releaseBackup b/ebean-postgis/pom.xml.releaseBackup
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..91035b7d9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ebean-postgis/pom.xml.releaseBackup
@@ -0,0 +1,117 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <artifactId>ebean-parent</artifactId>
+    <groupId>io.ebean</groupId>
+    <version>12.11.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <name>ebean postgis</name>
+  <description>ebean postgis module</description>
+  <url>https://ebean.io/</url>
+
+  <artifactId>ebean-postgis</artifactId>
+
+  <properties>
+    <postgis.jdbc.version>2.2.1</postgis.jdbc.version>
+  </properties>
+
+  <dependencies>
+
+    <!-- provided scope -->
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>io.ebean</groupId>
+      <artifactId>ebean-core</artifactId>
+      <version>12.11.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <scope>provided</scope>
+    </dependency>
+
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
+      <artifactId>jackson-core</artifactId>
+      <version>${jackson.version}</version>
+      <optional>true</optional>
+    </dependency>
+
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>net.postgis</groupId>
+      <artifactId>postgis-jdbc</artifactId>
+      <version>[${postgis.jdbc.version}]</version>
+    </dependency>
+
+    <!-- expected to be provided -->
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.postgresql</groupId>
+      <artifactId>postgresql</artifactId>
+      <version>42.2.8</version>
+      <scope>provided</scope>
+    </dependency>
+
+    <!-- expected to be provided -->
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+      <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
+      <version>1.7.30</version>
+      <scope>provided</scope>
+    </dependency>
+
+    <!-- optionally use geolatte-geom -->
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.geolatte</groupId>
+      <artifactId>geolatte-geom</artifactId>
+      <version>1.0.6</version>
+      <scope>provided</scope>
+    </dependency>
+
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>io.ebean</groupId>
+      <artifactId>ebean-datasource</artifactId>
+      <version>${ebean-datasource.version}</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>io.ebean</groupId>
+      <artifactId>ebean-test</artifactId>
+      <version>12.11.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.avaje.composite</groupId>
+      <artifactId>logback</artifactId>
+      <version>1.1</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>io.avaje</groupId>
+      <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
+      <version>1.0</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+
+  </dependencies>
+
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+
+      <!-- for testing -->
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>io.repaint.maven</groupId>
+        <artifactId>tiles-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>2.24</version>
+        <extensions>true</extensions>
+        <configuration>
+          <tiles>
+            <tile>io.ebean.tile:enhancement:12.11.3</tile>
+          </tiles>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
+
+    </plugins>
+
+  </build>
+
+</project>
diff --git a/ebean-querybean/pom.xml b/ebean-querybean/pom.xml
index a1e4f6fc9..62cf72399 100644
--- a/ebean-querybean/pom.xml
+++ b/ebean-querybean/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>ebean-parent</artifactId>
     <groupId>io.ebean</groupId>
-    <version>12.11.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>12.11.4</version>
   </parent>
 
   <name>ebean querybean</name>
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>io.ebean</groupId>
       <artifactId>ebean-core</artifactId>
-      <version>12.11.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>12.11.4</version>
       <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
 
@@ -57,21 +57,21 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>io.ebean</groupId>
       <artifactId>ebean-ddl-generator</artifactId>
-      <version>12.11.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>12.11.4</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>io.ebean</groupId>
       <artifactId>querybean-generator</artifactId>
-      <version>12.11.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>12.11.4</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>io.ebean</groupId>
       <artifactId>ebean-test</artifactId>
-      <version>12.11.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>12.11.4</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
 
diff --git a/ebean-querybean/pom.xml.releaseBackup b/ebean-querybean/pom.xml.releaseBackup
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a1e4f6fc9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ebean-querybean/pom.xml.releaseBackup
@@ -0,0 +1,124 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <artifactId>ebean-parent</artifactId>
+    <groupId>io.ebean</groupId>
+    <version>12.11.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <name>ebean querybean</name>
+  <description>Ebean querybean support</description>
+  <artifactId>ebean-querybean</artifactId>
+
+  <dependencies>
+
+    <!-- provided scope -->
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>io.ebean</groupId>
+      <artifactId>ebean-core</artifactId>
+      <version>12.11.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <scope>provided</scope>
+    </dependency>
+
+    <!--
+    Class retention Nonnull and Nullable annotations
+    to assist with IDE auto-completion with Ebean API
+    -->
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>io.avaje</groupId>
+      <artifactId>avaje-jsr305</artifactId>
+      <version>1.0</version>
+      <scope>provided</scope>
+    </dependency>
+
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>joda-time</groupId>
+      <artifactId>joda-time</artifactId>
+      <version>1.6</version>
+      <optional>true</optional>
+    </dependency>
+
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>javax.validation</groupId>
+      <artifactId>validation-api</artifactId>
+      <version>1.0.0.GA</version>
+      <optional>true</optional>
+    </dependency>
+
+    <!-- test dependencies -->
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>io.ebean</groupId>
+      <artifactId>ebean-datasource</artifactId>
+      <version>${ebean-datasource.version}</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>io.ebean</groupId>
+      <artifactId>ebean-ddl-generator</artifactId>
+      <version>12.11.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>io.ebean</groupId>
+      <artifactId>querybean-generator</artifactId>
+      <version>12.11.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>io.ebean</groupId>
+      <artifactId>ebean-test</artifactId>
+      <version>12.11.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>io.avaje</groupId>
+      <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
+      <version>1.0</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.avaje.composite</groupId>
+      <artifactId>logback</artifactId>
+      <version>1.1</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+
+  </dependencies>
+
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+
+      <!-- Enhancement -->
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>io.repaint.maven</groupId>
+        <artifactId>tiles-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>2.24</version>
+        <extensions>true</extensions>
+        <configuration>
+          <tiles>
+            <tile>io.ebean.tile:enhancement:12.11.3</tile>
+          </tiles>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
+
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>2.5</version>
+        <configuration>
+          <archive>
+            <manifestFile>src/main/resources/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF</manifestFile>
+          </archive>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
+
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+
+</project>
diff --git a/ebean-redis/pom.xml b/ebean-redis/pom.xml
index 5a55646d0..42a2eada6 100644
--- a/ebean-redis/pom.xml
+++ b/ebean-redis/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>ebean-parent</artifactId>
     <groupId>io.ebean</groupId>
-    <version>12.11.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>12.11.4</version>
   </parent>
 
   <artifactId>ebean-redis</artifactId>
@@ -22,35 +22,35 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>io.ebean</groupId>
       <artifactId>ebean-api</artifactId>
-      <version>12.11.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>12.11.4</version>
       <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>io.ebean</groupId>
       <artifactId>ebean-core</artifactId>
-      <version>12.11.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>12.11.4</version>
       <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>io.ebean</groupId>
       <artifactId>ebean-querybean</artifactId>
-      <version>12.11.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>12.11.4</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>io.ebean</groupId>
       <artifactId>querybean-generator</artifactId>
-      <version>12.11.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>12.11.4</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>io.ebean</groupId>
       <artifactId>ebean-test</artifactId>
-      <version>12.11.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>12.11.4</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
 
diff --git a/ebean-redis/pom.xml.releaseBackup b/ebean-redis/pom.xml.releaseBackup
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5a55646d0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ebean-redis/pom.xml.releaseBackup
@@ -0,0 +1,92 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <artifactId>ebean-parent</artifactId>
+    <groupId>io.ebean</groupId>
+    <version>12.11.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <artifactId>ebean-redis</artifactId>
+  <name>ebean redis</name>
+  <description>Ebean Redis L2 Cache</description>
+
+  <dependencies>
+
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>redis.clients</groupId>
+      <artifactId>jedis</artifactId>
+      <version>3.6.3</version>
+    </dependency>
+
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>io.ebean</groupId>
+      <artifactId>ebean-api</artifactId>
+      <version>12.11.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <scope>provided</scope>
+    </dependency>
+
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>io.ebean</groupId>
+      <artifactId>ebean-core</artifactId>
+      <version>12.11.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <scope>provided</scope>
+    </dependency>
+
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>io.ebean</groupId>
+      <artifactId>ebean-querybean</artifactId>
+      <version>12.11.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>io.ebean</groupId>
+      <artifactId>querybean-generator</artifactId>
+      <version>12.11.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>io.ebean</groupId>
+      <artifactId>ebean-test</artifactId>
+      <version>12.11.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>io.avaje</groupId>
+      <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
+      <version>1.0</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.avaje.composite</groupId>
+      <artifactId>logback</artifactId>
+      <version>1.1</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+
+  </dependencies>
+
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>io.repaint.maven</groupId>
+        <artifactId>tiles-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>2.24</version>
+        <extensions>true</extensions>
+        <configuration>
+          <tiles>
+            <tile>io.ebean.tile:enhancement:12.11.3</tile>
+          </tiles>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
+
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+
+</project>
+
diff --git a/ebean-test/pom.xml b/ebean-test/pom.xml
index 5d6dccd65..8299dcb19 100644
--- a/ebean-test/pom.xml
+++ b/ebean-test/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>ebean-parent</artifactId>
     <groupId>io.ebean</groupId>
-    <version>12.11.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>12.11.4</version>
   </parent>
 
   <name>ebean test</name>
@@ -29,14 +29,14 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>io.ebean</groupId>
       <artifactId>ebean-core</artifactId>
-      <version>12.11.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>12.11.4</version>
       <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>io.ebean</groupId>
       <artifactId>ebean-ddl-generator</artifactId>
-      <version>12.11.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>12.11.4</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
diff --git a/ebean-test/pom.xml.releaseBackup b/ebean-test/pom.xml.releaseBackup
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5d6dccd65
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ebean-test/pom.xml.releaseBackup
@@ -0,0 +1,242 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <artifactId>ebean-parent</artifactId>
+    <groupId>io.ebean</groupId>
+    <version>12.11.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <name>ebean test</name>
+  <description>Testing support for Ebean</description>
+  <artifactId>ebean-test</artifactId>
+
+  <dependencies>
+
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+      <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
+      <version>1.7.30</version>
+      <scope>provided</scope>
+    </dependency>
+
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>io.ebean</groupId>
+      <artifactId>ebean-datasource</artifactId>
+      <version>${ebean-datasource.version}</version>
+    </dependency>
+
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>io.ebean</groupId>
+      <artifactId>ebean-core</artifactId>
+      <version>12.11.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <scope>provided</scope>
+    </dependency>
+
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>io.ebean</groupId>
+      <artifactId>ebean-ddl-generator</artifactId>
+      <version>12.11.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    </dependency>
+
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
+      <artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
+      <version>${jackson.version}</version>
+      <optional>true</optional>
+    </dependency>
+
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.datatype</groupId>
+      <artifactId>jackson-datatype-jsr310</artifactId>
+      <version>${jackson.version}</version>
+      <optional>true</optional>
+    </dependency>
+
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>io.ebean</groupId>
+      <artifactId>ebean-test-docker</artifactId>
+      <version>4.2</version>
+    </dependency>
+
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.assertj</groupId>
+      <artifactId>assertj-core</artifactId>
+      <version>3.14.0</version>
+    </dependency>
+
+    <!-- Including JAXB for DB Migration generation with Java 11+ -->
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.glassfish.jaxb</groupId>
+      <artifactId>jaxb-runtime</artifactId>
+      <version>2.3.2</version>
+    </dependency>
+
+    <!-- Not strictly required but bring in H2 Driver because we use it so much -->
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>com.h2database</groupId>
+      <artifactId>h2</artifactId>
+      <version>1.4.199</version>
+    </dependency>
+
+    <!-- Test dependencies -->
+
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>io.avaje</groupId>
+      <artifactId>avaje-jsr305</artifactId>
+      <version>1.0</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>io.ebean</groupId>
+      <artifactId>ebean-migration</artifactId>
+      <version>12.4.0</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>io.avaje</groupId>
+      <artifactId>mod-uuid</artifactId>
+      <version>1.1</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>javax.transaction</groupId>
+      <artifactId>jta</artifactId>
+      <version>1.1</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+
+    <!-- validation annotations Size etc -->
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>javax.validation</groupId>
+      <artifactId>validation-api</artifactId>
+      <version>1.1.0.Final</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>jakarta.validation</groupId>
+      <artifactId>jakarta.validation-api</artifactId>
+      <version>3.0.0</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>joda-time</groupId>
+      <artifactId>joda-time</artifactId>
+      <version>2.9.7</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>javax.annotation</groupId>
+      <artifactId>javax.annotation-api</artifactId>
+      <version>1.3.2</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>commons-io</groupId>
+      <artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
+      <version>2.7</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.postgresql</groupId>
+      <artifactId>postgresql</artifactId>
+      <version>42.2.18</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>com.microsoft.sqlserver</groupId>
+      <artifactId>mssql-jdbc</artifactId>
+      <version>6.2.2.jre8</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>mysql</groupId>
+      <artifactId>mysql-connector-java</artifactId>
+      <version>8.0.16</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.mariadb.jdbc</groupId>
+      <artifactId>mariadb-java-client</artifactId>
+      <version>2.6.0</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>com.sap.cloud.db.jdbc</groupId>
+      <artifactId>ngdbc</artifactId>
+      <version>2.3.48</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
+      <artifactId>logback-classic</artifactId>
+      <version>1.2.3</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>io.avaje</groupId>
+      <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
+      <version>1.0</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+
+  </dependencies>
+
+  <profiles>
+    <profile>
+      <id>db2</id>
+      <dependencies>
+        <!-- https://mvnrepository.com/artifact/com.ibm.db2/jcc -->
+        <dependency>
+          <groupId>com.ibm.db2</groupId>
+          <artifactId>jcc</artifactId>
+          <version>11.5.5.0</version>
+          <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+      </dependencies>
+    </profile>
+  </profiles>
+
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>io.repaint.maven</groupId>
+        <artifactId>tiles-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>2.24</version>
+        <extensions>true</extensions>
+        <configuration>
+          <tiles>
+            <tile>io.ebean.tile:enhancement:12.11.3</tile>
+          </tiles>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
+
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>2.5</version>
+        <configuration>
+          <archive>
+            <manifestFile>src/main/resources/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF</manifestFile>
+          </archive>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
+
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+
+</project>
diff --git a/ebean/pom.xml b/ebean/pom.xml
index 02f283b23..72e43f507 100644
--- a/ebean/pom.xml
+++ b/ebean/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>ebean-parent</artifactId>
     <groupId>io.ebean</groupId>
-    <version>12.11.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>12.11.4</version>
   </parent>
 
   <name>ebean composite</name>
@@ -22,20 +22,20 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>io.ebean</groupId>
       <artifactId>ebean-api</artifactId>
-      <version>12.11.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>12.11.4</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <dependency>
       <groupId>io.ebean</groupId>
       <artifactId>ebean-core</artifactId>
-      <version>12.11.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>12.11.4</version>
     </dependency>
 
     <!-- Technically optional but most expected to use query beans -->
     <dependency>
       <groupId>io.ebean</groupId>
       <artifactId>ebean-querybean</artifactId>
-      <version>12.11.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>12.11.4</version>
     </dependency>
 
   </dependencies>
diff --git a/ebean/pom.xml.releaseBackup b/ebean/pom.xml.releaseBackup
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..02f283b23
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ebean/pom.xml.releaseBackup
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <artifactId>ebean-parent</artifactId>
+    <groupId>io.ebean</groupId>
+    <version>12.11.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <name>ebean composite</name>
+  <description>Composite of common runtime dependencies</description>
+  <artifactId>ebean</artifactId>
+
+  <dependencies>
+
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>io.ebean</groupId>
+      <artifactId>ebean-datasource</artifactId>
+      <version>${ebean-datasource.version}</version>
+    </dependency>
+
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>io.ebean</groupId>
+      <artifactId>ebean-api</artifactId>
+      <version>12.11.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    </dependency>
+
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>io.ebean</groupId>
+      <artifactId>ebean-core</artifactId>
+      <version>12.11.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    </dependency>
+
+    <!-- Technically optional but most expected to use query beans -->
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>io.ebean</groupId>
+      <artifactId>ebean-querybean</artifactId>
+      <version>12.11.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    </dependency>
+
+  </dependencies>
+
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>2.5</version>
+        <configuration>
+          <archive>
+            <manifestFile>src/main/resources/META-INF/MANIFEST.MF</manifestFile>
+          </archive>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+</project>
diff --git a/kotlin-querybean-generator/pom.xml b/kotlin-querybean-generator/pom.xml
index 1747c3975..d0f2c7855 100644
--- a/kotlin-querybean-generator/pom.xml
+++ b/kotlin-querybean-generator/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>ebean-parent</artifactId>
     <groupId>io.ebean</groupId>
-    <version>12.11.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>12.11.4</version>
   </parent>
 
   <name>kotlin querybean generator</name>
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>io.ebean</groupId>
       <artifactId>ebean-querybean</artifactId>
-      <version>12.11.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>12.11.4</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
 
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>io.ebean</groupId>
       <artifactId>ebean-core</artifactId>
-      <version>12.11.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>12.11.4</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
 
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>io.ebean</groupId>
       <artifactId>ebean-ddl-generator</artifactId>
-      <version>12.11.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <version>12.11.4</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
 
diff --git a/kotlin-querybean-generator/pom.xml.releaseBackup b/kotlin-querybean-generator/pom.xml.releaseBackup
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1747c3975
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kotlin-querybean-generator/pom.xml.releaseBackup
@@ -0,0 +1,186 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <artifactId>ebean-parent</artifactId>
+    <groupId>io.ebean</groupId>
+    <version>12.11.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <name>kotlin querybean generator</name>
+  <description>Generates Kotlin querybeans</description>
+  <artifactId>kotlin-querybean-generator</artifactId>
+
+  <properties>
+    <kotlin.version>1.5.30-M1</kotlin.version>
+  </properties>
+
+  <dependencies>
+
+    <!-- test dependencies -->
+
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>io.avaje</groupId>
+      <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
+      <version>1.0</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>io.ebean</groupId>
+      <artifactId>ebean-querybean</artifactId>
+      <version>12.11.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>io.ebean</groupId>
+      <artifactId>ebean-datasource</artifactId>
+      <version>${ebean-datasource.version}</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>io.ebean</groupId>
+      <artifactId>ebean-core</artifactId>
+      <version>12.11.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.jetbrains.kotlin</groupId>
+      <artifactId>kotlin-stdlib-jdk8</artifactId>
+      <version>${kotlin.version}</version>
+      <scope>provided</scope>
+    </dependency>
+
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.jetbrains.kotlin</groupId>
+      <artifactId>kotlin-test</artifactId>
+      <version>${kotlin.version}</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>io.ebean</groupId>
+      <artifactId>ebean-ddl-generator</artifactId>
+      <version>12.11.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>javax.validation</groupId>
+      <artifactId>validation-api</artifactId>
+      <version>1.1.0.Final</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+
+  </dependencies>
+
+
+  <build>
+    <testSourceDirectory>src/test/kotlin</testSourceDirectory>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.jetbrains.kotlin</groupId>
+        <artifactId>kotlin-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>${kotlin.version}</version>
+        <executions>
+          <execution>
+            <id>test-compile</id>
+            <phase>test-compile</phase>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>test-compile</goal>
+            </goals>
+          </execution>
+          <execution>
+            <id>test-kapt</id>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>test-kapt</goal>
+            </goals>
+            <configuration>
+              <sourceDirs>
+                <sourceDir>src/test/kotlin</sourceDir>
+              </sourceDirs>
+              <annotationProcessorPaths>
+                <annotationProcessorPath>
+                  <groupId>io.ebean</groupId>
+                  <artifactId>kotlin-querybean-generator</artifactId>
+                  <version>12.8.2</version>
+                </annotationProcessorPath>
+              </annotationProcessorPaths>
+            </configuration>
+          </execution>
+          <execution>
+            <id>compile</id>
+            <phase>compile</phase>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>compile</goal>
+            </goals>
+            <configuration>
+              <sourceDirs>
+                <source>src/main/java</source>
+                <source>target/generated-sources/kapt/test</source>
+                <source>target/generated-sources/kaptKotlin/test</source>
+              </sourceDirs>
+            </configuration>
+          </execution>
+        </executions>
+        <configuration>
+          <jvmTarget>1.8</jvmTarget>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>3.8.1</version>
+        <executions>
+          <execution>
+            <id>default-testCompile</id>
+            <phase>none</phase>
+          </execution>
+          <execution>
+            <id>java-test-compile</id>
+            <phase>test-compile</phase>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>testCompile</goal>
+            </goals>
+          </execution>
+          <execution>
+            <id>compile</id>
+            <phase>compile</phase>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>compile</goal>
+            </goals>
+          </execution>
+        </executions>
+        <configuration>
+          <source>1.8</source>
+          <target>1.8</target>
+          <!-- Turn off annotation processing for building -->
+          <compilerArgument>-proc:none</compilerArgument>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
+
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>io.ebean</groupId>
+        <artifactId>ebean-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>${ebean-maven-plugin.version}</version>
+        <executions>
+          <execution>
+            <id>test</id>
+            <phase>process-test-classes</phase>
+            <configuration>
+              <transformArgs>debug=1</transformArgs>
+            </configuration>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>testEnhance</goal>
+            </goals>
+          </execution>
+        </executions>
+      </plugin>
+
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+
+</project>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 68cdce53d..e428483d1 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 
   <groupId>io.ebean</groupId>
   <artifactId>ebean-parent</artifactId>
-  <version>12.11.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>12.11.4</version>
   <packaging>pom</packaging>
 
   <name>ebean parent</name>
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 
   <scm>
     <developerConnection>scm:git:git@github.com:ebean-orm/ebean.git</developerConnection>
-    <tag>ebean-parent-12.8.0</tag>
+    <tag>ebean-parent-12.11.4</tag>
   </scm>
 
   <licenses>
diff --git a/pom.xml.releaseBackup b/pom.xml.releaseBackup
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..68cdce53d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pom.xml.releaseBackup
@@ -0,0 +1,97 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>org.avaje</groupId>
+    <artifactId>java8-oss</artifactId>
+    <version>3.2</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <groupId>io.ebean</groupId>
+  <artifactId>ebean-parent</artifactId>
+  <version>12.11.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+  <name>ebean parent</name>
+  <description>Parent for ebean modules</description>
+  <url>https://ebean.io/</url>
+
+  <scm>
+    <developerConnection>scm:git:git@github.com:ebean-orm/ebean.git</developerConnection>
+    <tag>ebean-parent-12.8.0</tag>
+  </scm>
+
+  <licenses>
+    <license>
+      <name>The Apache Software License, Version 2.0</name>
+      <url>http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.txt</url>
+      <distribution>repo</distribution>
+    </license>
+  </licenses>
+
+  <developers>
+    <developer>
+      <id>rbygrave</id>
+      <name>Rob Bygrave</name>
+      <email>robin.bygrave@gmail.com</email>
+    </developer>
+  </developers>
+
+  <properties>
+    <nexus.staging.autoReleaseAfterClose>true</nexus.staging.autoReleaseAfterClose>
+    <jackson.version>2.12.1</jackson.version>
+    <ebean-ddl-runner.version>1.0</ebean-ddl-runner.version>
+    <ebean-migration-auto.version>1.1</ebean-migration-auto.version>
+    <ebean-migration.version>12.11.0</ebean-migration.version>
+    <ebean-test-docker.version>4.1</ebean-test-docker.version>
+    <ebean-datasource.version>7.2</ebean-datasource.version>
+    <ebean-agent.version>12.11.2</ebean-agent.version>
+    <ebean-maven-plugin.version>12.11.2</ebean-maven-plugin.version>
+  </properties>
+
+  <dependencies>
+
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+      <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
+      <version>1.7.30</version>
+      <scope>provided</scope>
+    </dependency>
+
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
+      <artifactId>logback-classic</artifactId>
+      <version>1.2.3</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>com.h2database</groupId>
+      <artifactId>h2</artifactId>
+      <version>1.4.199</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+
+  </dependencies>
+
+  <modules>
+    <module>ebean</module>
+    <module>ebean-api</module>
+    <module>ebean-bom</module>
+    <module>ebean-core-type</module>
+    <module>ebean-core</module>
+    <module>ebean-ddl-generator</module>
+    <module>ebean-autotune</module>
+    <module>ebean-externalmapping-api</module>
+    <module>ebean-externalmapping-xml</module>
+    <module>ebean-test</module>
+    <module>querybean-generator</module>
+    <module>kotlin-querybean-generator</module>
+    <module>ebean-querybean</module>
+    <module>ebean-postgis</module>
+    <module>ebean-redis</module>
+    <!-- <module>tests</module> -->
+  </modules>
+
+</project>
+
diff --git a/querybean-generator/pom.xml b/querybean-generator/pom.xml
index 6a9960694..bf75d6127 100644
--- a/querybean-generator/pom.xml
+++ b/querybean-generator/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   <parent>
     <artifactId>ebean-parent</artifactId>
     <groupId>io.ebean</groupId>
-    <version>12.11.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>12.11.4</version>
   </parent>
 
   <name>querybean generator</name>
diff --git a/querybean-generator/pom.xml.releaseBackup b/querybean-generator/pom.xml.releaseBackup
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6a9960694
--- /dev/null
+++ b/querybean-generator/pom.xml.releaseBackup
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <artifactId>ebean-parent</artifactId>
+    <groupId>io.ebean</groupId>
+    <version>12.11.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+
+  <name>querybean generator</name>
+  <description>Querybean generator</description>
+  <artifactId>querybean-generator</artifactId>
+
+  <dependencies>
+
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>io.avaje</groupId>
+      <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
+      <version>1.0</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+
+  </dependencies>
+
+  <build>
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>3.2</version>
+        <configuration>
+          <source>1.8</source>
+          <target>1.8</target>
+          <!-- Turn off annotation processing for building -->
+          <compilerArgument>-proc:none</compilerArgument>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+
+</project>
diff --git a/release.properties b/release.properties
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..293899571
--- /dev/null
+++ b/release.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+#release configuration
+#Thu Sep 09 21:41:10 NZST 2021
+projectVersionPolicyId=default
+project.scm.io.ebean\:ebean-core-type.tag=ebean-parent-12.8.0
+scm.branchCommitComment=@{prefix} prepare branch @{releaseLabel}
+project.rel.io.ebean\:ebean-ddl-generator=12.11.4
+project.dev.io.ebean\:ebean-core=12.11.5-SNAPSHOT
+project.scm.io.ebean\:ebean-api.tag=ebean-parent-12.8.0
+project.scm.io.ebean\:ebean-redis.developerConnection=scm\:git\:git@github.com\:ebean-orm/ebean.git
+project.scm.io.ebean\:ebean-querybean.tag=ebean-parent-12.8.0
+project.scm.io.ebean\:ebean-api.developerConnection=scm\:git\:git@github.com\:ebean-orm/ebean.git
+project.dev.io.ebean\:ebean-api=12.11.5-SNAPSHOT
+project.rel.io.ebean\:ebean=12.11.4
+project.dev.io.ebean\:ebean-core-type=12.11.5-SNAPSHOT
+project.scm.io.ebean\:ebean-ddl-generator.developerConnection=scm\:git\:git@github.com\:ebean-orm/ebean.git
+exec.activateProfiles=release
+project.dev.io.ebean\:ebean-test=12.11.5-SNAPSHOT
+project.scm.io.ebean\:kotlin-querybean-generator.developerConnection=scm\:git\:git@github.com\:ebean-orm/ebean.git
+project.scm.io.ebean\:ebean-querybean.developerConnection=scm\:git\:git@github.com\:ebean-orm/ebean.git
+project.scm.io.ebean\:ebean-bom.developerConnection=scm\:git\:git@github.com\:ebean-orm/ebean.git
+project.scm.io.ebean\:ebean-core.developerConnection=scm\:git\:git@github.com\:ebean-orm/ebean.git
+project.rel.io.ebean\:ebean-core-type=12.11.4
+project.rel.io.ebean\:kotlin-querybean-generator=12.11.4
+project.dev.io.ebean\:querybean-generator=12.11.5-SNAPSHOT
+project.scm.io.ebean\:ebean-autotune.developerConnection=scm\:git\:git@github.com\:ebean-orm/ebean.git
+scm.commentPrefix=[maven-release-plugin] 
+releaseStrategyId=default
+project.rel.io.ebean\:ebean-querybean=12.11.4
+project.scm.io.ebean\:ebean-externalmapping-api.developerConnection=scm\:git\:git@github.com\:ebean-orm/ebean.git
+project.scm.io.ebean\:querybean-generator.developerConnection=scm\:git\:git@github.com\:ebean-orm/ebean.git
+project.dev.io.ebean\:kotlin-querybean-generator=12.11.5-SNAPSHOT
+project.scm.io.ebean\:ebean-core-type.developerConnection=scm\:git\:git@github.com\:ebean-orm/ebean.git
+completedPhase=generate-release-poms
+project.rel.io.ebean\:ebean-redis=12.11.4
+project.scm.io.ebean\:ebean-test.developerConnection=scm\:git\:git@github.com\:ebean-orm/ebean.git
+project.scm.io.ebean\:ebean-postgis.developerConnection=scm\:git\:git@github.com\:ebean-orm/ebean.git
+project.dev.io.ebean\:ebean-autotune=12.11.5-SNAPSHOT
+project.rel.io.ebean\:ebean-api=12.11.4
+project.scm.io.ebean\:ebean-postgis.tag=ebean-parent-12.8.0
+project.scm.io.ebean\:querybean-generator.tag=ebean-parent-12.8.0
+project.rel.io.ebean\:querybean-generator=12.11.4
+scm.tag=ebean-parent-12.11.4
+project.rel.io.ebean\:ebean-externalmapping-xml=12.11.4
+project.scm.io.ebean\:ebean-ddl-generator.tag=ebean-parent-12.8.0
+project.rel.io.ebean\:ebean-externalmapping-api=12.11.4
+project.scm.io.ebean\:ebean-externalmapping-xml.tag=ebean-parent-12.8.0
+preparationGoals=clean verify
+exec.pomFileName=pom.xml
+project.dev.io.ebean\:ebean-externalmapping-api=12.11.5-SNAPSHOT
+project.dev.io.ebean\:ebean=12.11.5-SNAPSHOT
+project.scm.io.ebean\:ebean.developerConnection=scm\:git\:git@github.com\:ebean-orm/ebean.git
+project.dev.io.ebean\:ebean-parent=12.11.5-SNAPSHOT
+project.dev.io.ebean\:ebean-externalmapping-xml=12.11.5-SNAPSHOT
+project.rel.io.ebean\:ebean-core=12.11.4
+project.dev.io.ebean\:ebean-redis=12.11.5-SNAPSHOT
+project.dev.io.ebean\:ebean-postgis=12.11.5-SNAPSHOT
+project.scm.io.ebean\:ebean-redis.tag=ebean-parent-12.8.0
+project.scm.io.ebean\:ebean-parent.tag=ebean-parent-12.8.0
+pushChanges=true
+project.scm.io.ebean\:ebean-externalmapping-xml.developerConnection=scm\:git\:git@github.com\:ebean-orm/ebean.git
+project.rel.io.ebean\:ebean-test=12.11.4
+project.scm.io.ebean\:kotlin-querybean-generator.tag=ebean-parent-12.8.0
+project.scm.io.ebean\:ebean-bom.tag=ebean-parent-12.8.0
+project.scm.io.ebean\:ebean-autotune.tag=ebean-parent-12.8.0
+project.scm.io.ebean\:ebean.tag=ebean-parent-12.8.0
+project.scm.io.ebean\:ebean-core.tag=ebean-parent-12.8.0
+project.rel.io.ebean\:ebean-autotune=12.11.4
+scm.rollbackCommitComment=@{prefix} rollback the release of @{releaseLabel}
+remoteTagging=true
+project.dev.io.ebean\:ebean-bom=12.11.5-SNAPSHOT
+project.dev.io.ebean\:ebean-querybean=12.11.5-SNAPSHOT
+project.rel.io.ebean\:ebean-bom=12.11.4
+project.scm.io.ebean\:ebean-parent.developerConnection=scm\:git\:git@github.com\:ebean-orm/ebean.git
+scm.url=scm\:git\:git@github.com\:ebean-orm/ebean.git
+scm.developmentCommitComment=@{prefix} prepare for next development iteration
+project.scm.io.ebean\:ebean-externalmapping-api.tag=ebean-parent-12.8.0
+scm.tagNameFormat=@{project.artifactId}-@{project.version}
+project.scm.io.ebean\:ebean-test.tag=ebean-parent-12.8.0
+project.dev.io.ebean\:ebean-ddl-generator=12.11.5-SNAPSHOT
+exec.snapshotReleasePluginAllowed=false
+scm.releaseCommitComment=@{prefix} prepare release @{releaseLabel}
+project.rel.io.ebean\:ebean-postgis=12.11.4
+project.rel.io.ebean\:ebean-parent=12.11.4