diff --git a/.github/workflows/mvn-deploy-release.yaml b/.github/workflows/mvn-deploy-release.yaml
index 6b4fb08..19db719 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/mvn-deploy-release.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/mvn-deploy-release.yaml
@@ -1,37 +1,28 @@
-name: Logback Appender Maven CI
+name: Release new version to Maven
 
 on:
   release:
-    types: [created]
+    types: [published]
 
 jobs:
   publish:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    env:
-      OSSRH_USERNAME: ${{ secrets.OSSRH_USERNAME }}
-      OSSRH_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.OSSRH_PASSWORD }}
-      GPG_KEY: ${{ secrets.GPG_KEY }}
-      GPG_PASSPHRASE: ${{ secrets.GPG_PASSPHRASE }}
-      MVN_MASTER_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.MVN_MASTER_PASSWORD }}    
     steps:
-      - name: Check out Git repository
+      - name: Get the code
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
-      - name: Install Java and Maven
+      - name: Setup Java 11
         uses: actions/setup-java@v4
         with:
           java-version: 11
           distribution: 'zulu'
-      - name: Create settings-security.xml
-        run: |
-          echo '<settingsSecurity>' > ~/.m2/settings-security.xml
-          echo "  <master>${{ secrets.MVN_MASTER_PASSWORD }}</master>" >> ~/.m2/settings-security.xml
-          echo '</settingsSecurity>' >> ~/.m2/settings-security.xml               
-      - name: Release Maven package
-        uses: samuelmeuli/action-maven-publish@v1.4.0
-        with:
-          maven_profiles: deploy
-          gpg_private_key: ${{ secrets.GPG_KEY }}
-          gpg_passphrase: ${{ secrets.GPG_PASSPHRASE }}
-          nexus_username: ${{ secrets.OSSRH_USERNAME }}
-          nexus_password: ${{ secrets.OSSRH_PASSWORD }}
-          server_id: ossrh-nexus
+          server-id: ossrh-nexus
+          server-username: MAVEN_USERNAME
+          server-password: MAVEN_PASSWORD
+          gpg-private-key: ${{ secrets.GPG_KEY }}
+          gpg-passphrase: GPG_PASSPHRASE
+      - name: Publish to the Maven Central Repository
+        env:
+          MAVEN_USERNAME: ${{ secrets.OSSRH_USERNAME }}
+          MAVEN_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.OSSRH_PASSWORD }}
+          GPG_PASSPHRASE: ${{ secrets.GPG_PASSPHRASE }}
+        run: mvn deploy --batch-mode -D skipTests --activate-profiles release --no-transfer-progress
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diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 80b51bc..4c78753 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -211,4 +211,33 @@
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
+
+    <profiles>
+        <profile>
+            <id>release</id>
+            <build>
+                <plugins>
+                    <plugin>
+                        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>maven-gpg-plugin</artifactId>
+                        <executions>
+                            <execution>
+                                <id>sign-artifacts</id>
+                                <phase>verify</phase>
+                                <goals>
+                                    <goal>sign</goal>
+                                </goals>
+                                <configuration>
+                                    <gpgArguments>
+                                        <arg>--pinentry-mode</arg>
+                                        <arg>loopback</arg>
+                                    </gpgArguments>
+                                </configuration>
+                            </execution>
+                        </executions>
+                    </plugin>
+                </plugins>
+            </build>
+        </profile>
+    </profiles>
 </project>