diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index 6885ba6ff..36d641bf0 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -66,16 +66,9 @@ matrix:
         && mvn -q install -T 4C -am -DskipTests -DmFaven.javadoc.skip -Dcheckstyle.skip -pl :taskana-rest-spring-test
         && mvn -q prepare-package -pl :taskana-rest-spring-test
         && mvn -q install -DskipTests -Dmaven.javadoc.skip -Dcheckstyle.skip -pl :taskana-rest-spring-example
-      env: RELEASE_PROFILE=$([[ "$TRAVIS_TAG" =~ ^v[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+$ ]] && echo "release" || echo "snapshot")
+      env: DEPLOY_MODULES=". lib lib/taskana-core lib/taskana-cdi lib/taskana-spring web rest rest/taskana-rest-spring rest/taskana-rest-spring rest/taskana-rest-spring-base"
       name: release / deploy / commit
-      # decoding gpg key and importing it. Gpg key is necessary to sign artifacts for release.
-      before_script: |
-        openssl aes-256-cbc -K "$encrypted_21a5d40e43a3_key" -iv "$encrypted_21a5d40e43a3_iv"
-        -in "ci/codesigning.asc.enc" -out "ci/codesigning.asc" -d && gpg --import "ci/codesigning.asc"
-      script: |
-        mvn deploy -P "$RELEASE_PROFILE" --settings ci/mvnsettings.xml
-        -pl \!taskana-cdi-example,\!taskana-spring-example,\!taskana-rest-spring-test,\!taskana-rest-spring-example,
-        \!taskana-rest-spring-wildfly-example -DskipTests -Dmaven.javadoc.skip -Dcheckstyle.skip
+      script: for i in $DEPLOY_MODULES; do ci/release.sh $i; done
       after_success: ci/change_version.sh -i -m . && ci/commitPoms.sh
       before_cache: rm -rf $HOME/.m2/repository/pro/taskana
       deploy:
diff --git a/ci/release.sh b/ci/release.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..4fd16a5ed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ci/release.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+set -e # fail fast
+
+#H Usage:
+#H release.sh -h | release.sh --help
+#H
+#H prints this help and exits
+#H 
+#H release.sh <module> [version]
+#H
+#H   an easy deployment tool to deploy maven projects.
+#H
+#H module:
+#H
+#H   path to maven project
+#H
+#H version:
+#H
+#H   new version for the <module>.
+#H   format: ^v[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+$
+#H   if the format is wrong it will be ignored.
+#H   
+#H requirements:
+#H
+#H   - <module>'s pom file contains the profiles 'release' and 'snapshot'
+#H   - the files
+#H       * mvnsettings.xml
+#H       * codesigning.asc.enc
+#H     have to exist in the same folder as this script
+#H   - the environment variables 
+#H       * encrypted_21a5d40e43a3_key 
+#H       * encrypted_21a5d40e43a3_iv
+#H     have to exist (in order to decode codesigning.asc.enc)
+# Arguments:
+#   $1: exit code
+function helpAndExit {
+  cat "$0" | grep "^#H" | cut -c4-
+  exit "$1"
+}
+
+# decripting gpg keys and importing them (needed to sign artifacts)
+# Global:
+#   $encrypted_21a5d40e43a3_key: decription key
+#   $encrypted_21a5d40e43a3_iv: initialisation vector
+# Arguments:
+#   $1: basedir
+function decodeAndImportKeys {
+  if [[ ! -f "$1/codesigning.asc" ]]; then
+    openssl aes-256-cbc -K "$encrypted_21a5d40e43a3_key" -iv "$encrypted_21a5d40e43a3_iv" -in "$1/codesigning.asc.enc" -out "$1/codesigning.asc" -d
+    gpg --import "$1/codesigning.asc"
+  fi
+}
+
+# deploying a given project
+# Arguments:
+#   $1: project folder (dir)
+#   $2: profile name
+#   $3: settings file (dir)
+function release {
+  mvn deploy -f "$1" -P "$2" --settings "$3" -DskipTests=true -B -U -N
+}
+
+# changing version in pom and all its children
+# Arguments:
+#   $1: directory of pom
+#   $2: new version
+function change_version {
+  mvn versions:set -f "$1" -DnewVersion="$2"   -DartifactId=*  -DgroupId=* versions:commit
+}
+
+function main {
+  [[ $# -eq 0 || "$1" == '-h' || "$1" == '--help' ]] && helpAndExit 0
+  [[ "$1" == '.' && "$2" =~ ^v[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+$ ]] && change_version "$1" "${2##v}"
+  decodeAndImportKeys `dirname "$0"`
+  release "$1" `[[ "$2" =~ ^v[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+$ ]] && echo "release" || echo "snapshot"` "`dirname "$0"`/mvnsettings.xml"
+}
+
+main "$@"