diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
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+version: 2.1
+
+executors:
+  java17:
+    docker:
+      - image: 'cimg/openjdk:17.0'
+    resource_class: small
+
+orbs:
+  slack: circleci/slack@4.10.1
+
+commands:
+  run_maven:
+    parameters:
+      maven_subcommand:
+        default: test
+        type: string
+    steps:
+      - checkout
+      - restore_cache:
+          keys:
+            - v1-dependencies-{{ checksum "pom.xml" }}
+      - run:
+          name: Run Maven
+          command: |
+            mvn -s .circleci/mvn-settings.xml << parameters.maven_subcommand >>
+      - run:
+          name: Save test results
+          command: |
+            mkdir -p ~/test-results/junit/
+            find . -type f -regex ".*/target/surefire-reports/.*xml" -exec cp {} ~/test-results/junit/ \;
+          when: always
+      - store_test_results:
+          path: ~/test-results
+      - save_cache:
+          paths:
+            - ~/.m2
+          key: v1-dependencies-{{ checksum "pom.xml" }}
+
+jobs:
+  mvn_test:
+    executor: java17
+    steps:
+      - run_maven:
+          maven_subcommand: test
+      - slack/notify:
+          event: fail
+
+  mvn_deploy:
+    executor: java17
+    steps:
+      - run_maven:
+          maven_subcommand: deploy
+      - slack/notify:
+          event: always
+
+workflows:
+  test_only:
+    jobs:
+      - mvn_test:
+          context: [ qqq-maven-registry-credentials, kingsrook-slack ]
+## just doing mvn test for all branches in this repo at this time
+##         filters:
+##           branches:
+##             ignore: /dev/
+##           tags:
+##             ignore: /version-.*/
+##
+## deploy:
+##   jobs:
+##     - mvn_deploy:
+##         context: [ qqq-maven-registry-credentials, kingsrook-slack ]
+##         filters:
+##           branches:
+##             only: /dev/
+##           tags:
+##             only: /version-.*/
+##
diff --git a/.circleci/mvn-settings.xml b/.circleci/mvn-settings.xml
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+<settings xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/SETTINGS/1.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/SETTINGS/1.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/settings-1.0.0.xsd">
+    <servers>
+        <server>
+            <id>github-qqq-maven-registry</id>
+            <username>${env.QQQ_MAVEN_REGISTRY_USERNAME}</username>
+            <password>${env.QQQ_MAVEN_REGISTRY_PASSWORD}</password>
+        </server>
+    </servers>
+</settings>