diff --git a/.github/workflows/check.yml b/.github/workflows/check.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..16da83e54
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/check.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+name: CI/CD pipeline for successful merge
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+  pull_request:
+    branches:
+      - main
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: Setup java
+        uses: actions/setup-java@v4
+        with:
+          java-version: '21'
+          cache: 'maven'
+          distribution: 'corretto'
+
+
+      - name: Maven install dependencies
+        run: ./mvnw clean install -Dmaven.test.skip=true
+
+  docker:
+    if: ${{ github.event.pull_request.merged }}
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    needs: [build, test]
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Login to Docker Hub
+        uses: docker/login-action@v3
+        with:
+          username: ${{ secrets.DOCKERHUB_USERNAME }}
+          password: ${{ secrets.DOCKERHUB_TOKEN }}
+
+      - name: Docker Build
+        uses: docker/build-push-action@v6
+        with:
+          push: false
+          tags: |
+            ${{ secrets.DOCKERHUB_USERNAME }}/apiprotector:$${{ github.sha }}
+
+      - name: Docker Push
+        uses: docker/build-push-action@v6
+        with:
+          push: true
+          tags: ${{ secrets.DOCKERHUB_USERNAME }}/apiprotector:$${{ github.sha }}
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 1fc18f0e7..ae09aae0b 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -165,6 +165,11 @@
       <artifactId>spring-boot-docker-compose</artifactId>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+    <groupId>org.mockito</groupId>
+    <artifactId>mockito-core</artifactId>
+    <scope>test</scope>
+</dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>org.testcontainers</groupId>
       <artifactId>junit-jupiter</artifactId>
@@ -329,11 +334,6 @@
       </plugin>
       <!-- Spring Boot Actuator displays sbom-related information if a CycloneDX SBOM file is
       present at the classpath -->
-      <plugin>
-        <?m2e ignore?>
-        <groupId>org.cyclonedx</groupId>
-        <artifactId>cyclonedx-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-      </plugin>
 
     </plugins>
   </build>