diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-maven-publish-release.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci-maven-publish-release.yaml
index df530ba2..add5090d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci-maven-publish-release.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-maven-publish-release.yaml
@@ -46,8 +46,15 @@ jobs:
         with:
           name: test-results
           path: test-results.zip
-      - name: Publish to the Maven Central Repository
-        run: mvn --batch-mode -Prelease -DskipTests deploy
-        env:
-          MAVEN_USERNAME: ${{ secrets.SONATYPE_USERNAME }}
-          MAVEN_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.SONATYPE_PASSWORD }}
+
+      - name: Release Maven package
+        uses: samuelmeuli/action-maven-publish@v1
+        with:
+          gpg_private_key: ${{ secrets.GPG_PRIVATE_KEY }}
+          gpg_passphrase: ${{ secrets.GPG_PRIVATE_KEY_PASSPHRASE }}
+          nexus_username: ${{ secrets.SONATYPE_USERNAME }}
+          nexus_password: ${{ secrets.SONATYPE_PASSWORD }}
+          server_id: ossrh
+          maven_profiles: release
+          maven_goals_phases: clean deploy
+          maven_args: -DskipTests
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index a08fa132..edb814ad 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -448,43 +448,24 @@
             <id>release</id>
             <build>
                 <plugins>
-                    <!-- calculate checksums of source release for Apache dist area -->
-                    <plugin>
-                        <groupId>net.nicoulaj.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                        <artifactId>checksum-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                        <version>1.11</version>
-                        <executions>
-                            <execution>
-                                <id>source-release-checksum</id>
-                                <goals>
-                                    <goal>artifacts</goal>
-                                </goals>
-                                <phase>post-integration-test</phase>
-                                <configuration>
-                                    <algorithms>
-                                        <algorithm>MD5</algorithm>
-                                        <algorithm>SHA-1</algorithm>
-                                        <algorithm>SHA-512</algorithm>
-                                    </algorithms>
-                                    <includeClassifiers>source-release</includeClassifiers>
-                                    <excludeMainArtifact>true</excludeMainArtifact>
-                                    <csvSummary>false</csvSummary>
-                                    <attachChecksums>true</attachChecksums>
-                                </configuration>
-                            </execution>
-                        </executions>
-                    </plugin>
                     <!-- We want to sign the artifact, the POM, and all attached artifacts (except for SHA-512 checksum) -->
                     <plugin>
-                        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                         <artifactId>maven-gpg-plugin</artifactId>
                         <version>3.1.0</version>
+                        <configuration>
+                            <!-- Prevent `gpg` from using pinentry programs -->
+                            <gpgArguments>
+                                <arg>--pinentry-mode</arg>
+                                <arg>loopback</arg>
+                            </gpgArguments>
+                        </configuration>
                         <executions>
                             <execution>
-                                <id>sign-release-artifacts</id>
+                                <id>sign-artifacts</id>
                                 <goals>
                                     <goal>sign</goal>
                                 </goals>
+                                <phase>verify</phase>
                             </execution>
                         </executions>
                     </plugin>
@@ -522,9 +503,19 @@
                             </execution>
                         </executions>
                     </plugin>
+                    <plugin>
+                        <groupId>org.sonatype.plugins</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>nexus-staging-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+                        <version>1.6.13</version>
+                        <extensions>true</extensions>
+                        <configuration>
+                            <serverId>ossrh</serverId>
+                            <nexusUrl>https://oss.sonatype.org/</nexusUrl>
+                            <autoReleaseAfterClose>true</autoReleaseAfterClose>
+                        </configuration>
+                    </plugin>
                 </plugins>
             </build>
         </profile>
     </profiles>
-
 </project>