diff --git a/.github/workflows/maven-central-release.yml b/.github/workflows/maven-central-release.yml
index 854db61b..fba02df6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/maven-central-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/maven-central-release.yml
@@ -7,6 +7,12 @@ on:
     #   version:
     #     description: 'Release version'
     #     required: true
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - main
+      - v[0-9]+
+      - v[0-9]+.[0-9]+
+      - cryostat-v[0-9]+.[0-9]+
 
 jobs:
   build:
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 0b43ca43..a57cf5c5 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -589,6 +589,9 @@
                       <closeRepository>true</closeRepository>
                       <releaseRepository>true</releaseRepository>
                       <stagingRepositories>target/staging-deploy</stagingRepositories>
+                      <!-- TODO this is needed so that the <repositories> block at the top is accepted,
+                      which we need because of our dependency on -SNAPSHOT versions of libcryostat -->
+                      <verifyPom>false</verifyPom>
                     </maven-central>
                   </nexus2>
                 </maven>