diff --git a/.github/settings.xml b/.github/settings.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index ab7ee0ea9..000000000
--- a/.github/settings.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-<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>sonatype-nexus-snapshots</id>
-         <username>${env.SONATYPE_USERNAME}</username>
-         <password>${env.SONATYPE_PASSWORD}</password>
-      </server>
-      <server>
-         <id>ossrh</id>
-         <username>${env.SONATYPE_USERNAME}</username>
-         <password>${env.SONATYPE_PASSWORD}</password>
-      </server>
-   </servers>
-
-</settings>
diff --git a/.github/workflows/maven-deploy.yml b/.github/workflows/maven-deploy.yml
index 8f23b7aa9..29bb56e78 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/maven-deploy.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/maven-deploy.yml
@@ -5,19 +5,27 @@ on:
     branches:
       - main
       - develop
+      - 'develop-jakartaee-*'
+
+permissions:
+  contents: read
 
 jobs:
   deploy:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
-      - name: Set up JDK 8
+      - name: Set up Maven Central Repository
         uses: actions/setup-java@v3
         with:
           java-version: 17
           distribution: 'temurin'
           cache: 'maven'
-      - run: ./mvnw --batch-mode -s .github/settings.xml -DperformRelease -DskipTests -Dgpg.skip=true deploy
+          server-id: ossrh
+          server-username: MAVEN_USERNAME
+          server-password: MAVEN_PASSWORD
+      - name: Publish snapshot
+        run: mvn deploy -DskipTests
         env:
-          SONATYPE_USERNAME: ${{ secrets.SONATYPE_USERNAME }}
-          SONATYPE_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.SONATYPE_PASSWORD }}
+          MAVEN_USERNAME: ${{ secrets.SONATYPE_USERNAME }}
+          MAVEN_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.SONATYPE_PASSWORD }}
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 9b7a32a59..88cbbab19 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -37,6 +37,13 @@
       <version.arquillian.drone>2.5.5</version.arquillian.drone>
 
       <version.wildfly>26.1.1.Final</version.wildfly>
+   
+      <!-- Official Maven Plugins -->
+      <version.maven-release-plugin>3.0.0-M6</version.maven-release-plugin>
+      <version.maven-flatten-plugin>1.3.0</version.maven-flatten-plugin>
+      <version.maven-gpg-plugin>3.0.1</version.maven-gpg-plugin>
+      <version.pomchecker-maven-plugin>1.3.0</version.pomchecker-maven-plugin>
+      <version.nexus-staging-plugin>1.6.13</version.nexus-staging-plugin>
    </properties>
 
    <modules>
@@ -83,6 +90,21 @@
             <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
             <artifactId>maven-shade-plugin</artifactId>
          </plugin>
+         
+         <plugin>
+            <groupId>org.sonatype.plugins</groupId>
+            <artifactId>nexus-staging-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+            <extensions>true</extensions>
+            <configuration>
+               <serverId>ossrh</serverId>
+               <nexusUrl>https://oss.sonatype.org</nexusUrl>
+               <autoReleaseAfterClose>true</autoReleaseAfterClose>
+            </configuration>
+         </plugin>
+         <plugin>
+            <groupId>org.kordamp.maven</groupId>
+            <artifactId>pomchecker-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+         </plugin>
          <plugin>
             <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
             <artifactId>maven-release-plugin</artifactId>
@@ -96,6 +118,7 @@
                </checkModificationExcludes>
             </configuration>
          </plugin>
+         
          <plugin>
             <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
             <artifactId>maven-failsafe-plugin</artifactId>
@@ -131,6 +154,31 @@
                   <additionalparam>-Xdoclint:none</additionalparam>
                </configuration>
             </plugin>
+            <plugin>
+               <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+               <artifactId>maven-release-plugin</artifactId>
+               <version>${version.maven-release-plugin}</version>
+            </plugin>
+            <plugin>
+               <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+               <artifactId>maven-gpg-plugin</artifactId>
+               <version>${version.maven-gpg-plugin}</version>
+            </plugin>
+            <plugin>
+               <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
+               <artifactId>flatten-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+               <version>${version.maven-flatten-plugin}</version>
+            </plugin>
+            <plugin>
+               <groupId>org.kordamp.maven</groupId>
+               <artifactId>pomchecker-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+               <version>${version.pomchecker-maven-plugin}</version>
+            </plugin>
+            <plugin>
+               <groupId>org.sonatype.plugins</groupId>
+               <artifactId>nexus-staging-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+               <version>${version.nexus-staging-plugin}</version>
+            </plugin>
          </plugins>
       </pluginManagement>