diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yaml b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
index 03b8788..5bf79fe 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ name: Release new version to Maven
 
 on:
   release:
-    type: [published]
+    types: [published]
 
 jobs:
   publish:
@@ -15,12 +15,14 @@ jobs:
         with:
           java-version: 11
           distribution: 'zulu'
-          server_id: ossrh-nexus
-          server-username: ${{ secrets.OSSRH_USERNAME }}
-          server-password: ${{ secrets.OSSRH_PASSWORD }}
+          server-id: ossrh-nexus
+          server-username: MAVEN_USERNAME
+          server-password: MAVEN_PASSWORD
           gpg-private-key: ${{ secrets.GPG_KEY }}
-          gpg-passphrase: ${{ secrets.GPG_PASSPHRASE }}
-      - name: Verify the pom.xml
-        run: mvn verify
+          gpg-passphrase: GPG_PASSPHRASE
       - name: Publish to the Maven Central Repository
-        run: mvn clean deploy
+        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
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 42e214f..d2c7d62 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -187,4 +187,32 @@
         </dependencies>
     </dependencyManagement>
 
+    <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>
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