diff --git a/.github/workflows/master-snapshot-release.yml b/.github/workflows/master-snapshot-release.yml
index e185b65..b7b1c66 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/master-snapshot-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/master-snapshot-release.yml
@@ -37,14 +37,18 @@ jobs:
       - name: Set up Java and Maven
         uses: actions/setup-java@v4
         with:
-          distribution: temurin
           java-version: 17
+          distribution: temurin
           cache: 'maven'
-      - name: Release Maven package
-        uses: samuelmeuli/action-maven-publish@v1
-        with:
-          maven_profiles: "release"
-          gpg_private_key: ${{ secrets.GPG_PRIVATE_KEY }}
-          gpg_passphrase: ${{ secrets.GPG_PASSPHRASE }}
-          nexus_username: ${{ secrets.OSSRH_USERNAME }}
-          nexus_password: ${{ secrets.OSSRH_TOKEN }}
+          server-id: central
+          server-username: MAVEN_USERNAME
+          server-password: MAVEN_CENTRAL_TOKEN
+          gpg-private-key: ${{ secrets.GPG_PRIVATE_KEY }}
+          gpg-passphrase: MAVEN_GPG_PASSPHRASE
+
+      - name: Publish to Apache Maven Central
+        run: mvn package deploy -Prelease
+        env:
+          MAVEN_USERNAME: ${{ secrets.NEXUS_USERNAME }}
+          MAVEN_CENTRAL_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NEXUS_PASSWORD }}
+          MAVEN_GPG_PASSPHRASE: ${{ secrets.GPG_PASSPHRASE }}
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diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 15a522b..0e87bb9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -15,19 +15,25 @@ jobs:
           java-version: 17
           distribution: temurin
           cache: 'maven'
+          server-id: central
+          server-username: MAVEN_USERNAME
+          server-password: MAVEN_CENTRAL_TOKEN
+          gpg-private-key: ${{ secrets.GPG_PRIVATE_KEY }}
+          gpg-passphrase: MAVEN_GPG_PASSPHRASE
+
       - name: change version to release version
         # Assume that RELEASE_VERSION will have form like: "v1.0.1". So we cut the "v"
         run: ./mvnw ${MAVEN_ARGS} versions:set -DnewVersion="${RELEASE_VERSION:1}" versions:commit
         env:
           RELEASE_VERSION: ${{ github.event.release.tag_name }}
-      - name: Release Maven package
-        uses: samuelmeuli/action-maven-publish@v1
-        with:
-          maven_profiles: "release"
-          gpg_private_key: ${{ secrets.GPG_PRIVATE_KEY }}
-          gpg_passphrase: ${{ secrets.GPG_PASSPHRASE }}
-          nexus_username: ${{ secrets.OSSRH_USERNAME }}
-          nexus_password: ${{ secrets.OSSRH_TOKEN }}
+
+      - name: Publish to Apache Maven Central
+        run: mvn package deploy -Prelease
+        env:
+          MAVEN_USERNAME: ${{ secrets.NEXUS_USERNAME }}
+          MAVEN_CENTRAL_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NEXUS_PASSWORD }}
+          MAVEN_GPG_PASSPHRASE: ${{ secrets.GPG_PASSPHRASE }}
+
 
   # This is separate job because there were issues with git after release step, was not able to commit changes. See history.
   update-working-version:
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index b87f4b9..21af316 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -44,13 +44,6 @@
     <url>https://github.com/java-operator-sdk/operator-framework-spring-boot-starter.git/tree/master</url>
   </scm>
 
-  <distributionManagement>
-    <snapshotRepository>
-      <id>ossrh</id>
-      <url>https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots</url>
-    </snapshotRepository>
-  </distributionManagement>
-
   <properties>
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     <java.version>17</java.version>
@@ -67,6 +60,7 @@
     <maven-javadoc-plugin.version>3.11.2</maven-javadoc-plugin.version>
     <maven-gpg-plugin.version>3.2.8</maven-gpg-plugin.version>
     <maven-source-plugin.version>3.3.1</maven-source-plugin.version>
+    <central-publishing-maven-plugin.version>0.8.0</central-publishing-maven-plugin.version>
   </properties>
 
   <dependencyManagement>
@@ -238,14 +232,15 @@
             </executions>
           </plugin>
           <plugin>
-            <groupId>org.sonatype.plugins</groupId>
-            <artifactId>nexus-staging-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-            <version>${nexus-staging-maven-plugin.version}</version>
+            <groupId>org.sonatype.central</groupId>
+            <artifactId>central-publishing-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+            <version>${central-publishing-maven-plugin.version}</version>
             <extensions>true</extensions>
             <configuration>
-              <serverId>ossrh</serverId>
-              <nexusUrl>https://oss.sonatype.org/</nexusUrl>
-              <autoReleaseAfterClose>true</autoReleaseAfterClose>
+              <publishingServerId>central</publishingServerId>
+              <tokenAuth>true</tokenAuth>
+              <autoPublish>true</autoPublish>
+              <waitUntil>published</waitUntil>
             </configuration>
           </plugin>
         </plugins>