diff --git a/.github/workflows/java-publish.yml b/.github/workflows/java-publish.yml
index dc07ac27b6..8ca6fbfda2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/java-publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/java-publish.yml
@@ -100,10 +100,10 @@ jobs:
           cp ../liblance_jni_linux_aarch64.zip/liblance_jni.so ./core/target/classes/nativelib/linux-aarch64/liblance_jni.so
       - name: Build and publish with Java 8
         run: |
-          mvn release:prepare -DskipTests
+          mvn release:prepare -B -DskipTests
       - name: Publish with Java 8
         run: |
-          mvn -DskipTests --batch-mode clean deploy -P deploy-to-ossrh
+          mvn --batch-mode -DskipTests clean deploy -P deploy-to-ossrh
         env:
           MAVEN_USERNAME: ${{ secrets.SONATYPE_USER }}
           MAVEN_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.SONATYPE_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/java/pom.xml b/java/pom.xml
index c1b17be030..3e518c0db9 100644
--- a/java/pom.xml
+++ b/java/pom.xml
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 <?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">
+<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>
 
     <groupId>com.lancedb</groupId>
@@ -143,6 +141,14 @@
                     </execution>
                 </executions>
             </plugin>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-release-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>3.1.0</version>
+                <configuration>
+                    <autoVersionSubmodules>true</autoVersionSubmodules>
+                </configuration>
+            </plugin>
         </plugins>
         <pluginManagement>
             <plugins>
@@ -203,8 +209,7 @@
                         <version>3.2.5</version>
                         <configuration>
                             <argLine>--add-opens=java.base/java.nio=ALL-UNNAMED</argLine>
-                            <forkNode
-                                implementation="org.apache.maven.plugin.surefire.extensions.SurefireForkNodeFactory" />
+                            <forkNode implementation="org.apache.maven.plugin.surefire.extensions.SurefireForkNodeFactory" />
                             <useSystemClassLoader>false</useSystemClassLoader>
                         </configuration>
                     </plugin>