now using central-publishing-maven-plugin to publish to Maven Central

pom.xml

@@ -165,6 +165,30 @@
         <artifactId>maven-project-info-reports-plugin</artifactId>
         <version>3.5.0</version>
       </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-gpg-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>3.0.1</version>
+        <executions>
+          <execution>
+            <id>sign-artifacts</id>
+            <phase>verify</phase>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>sign</goal>
+            </goals>
+          </execution>
+        </executions>
+      </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.sonatype.central</groupId>
+        <artifactId>central-publishing-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>0.4.0</version>
+        <extensions>true</extensions>
+        <configuration>
+          <publishingServerId>central</publishingServerId>
+          <tokenAuth>true</tokenAuth>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
     </plugins>
   </build>
 
@@ -178,33 +202,6 @@
         <maven.compiler.release>11</maven.compiler.release>
       </properties>
     </profile>
-    <profile>
-      <id>release-sign-artifacts</id>
-      <activation>
-        <property>
-          <name>performRelease</name>
-          <value>true</value>
-        </property>
-      </activation>
-      <build>
-        <plugins>
-          <plugin>
-            <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-            <artifactId>maven-gpg-plugin</artifactId>
-            <version>3.1.0</version>
-            <executions>
-              <execution>
-                <id>sign-artifacts</id>
-                <phase>verify</phase>
-                <goals>
-                  <goal>sign</goal>
-                </goals>
-              </execution>
-            </executions>
-          </plugin>
-        </plugins>
-      </build>
-    </profile>
   </profiles>
 
   <dependencies>