diff --git a/.github/workflows/build_deploy_java_language_bindings.yml b/.github/workflows/build_deploy_java_language_bindings.yml
index 63a56a42..86bc2e6f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build_deploy_java_language_bindings.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build_deploy_java_language_bindings.yml
@@ -47,5 +47,5 @@ jobs:
           mvn install -pl rule-factory
 
       - name: Deploy with Maven
-        run: mvn -B clean deploy -pl gbfs-java-model
+        run: mvn -B clean deploy -pl gbfs-java-model -Pci-cd
           
diff --git a/models/java/README.md b/models/java/README.md
index 19b882a1..f42a4776 100644
--- a/models/java/README.md
+++ b/models/java/README.md
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ classes are prefixed with "GBFS".
 Packages include GBFS versions to accommodate for future releases which may include older versions,
 since some consumers may need to handle multiple non-compatible versions in the same application 
 (i.e. you should be able to parse v2.1 feeds with the v2.2 package, but v3.0 package would not
-be able to parse v2.2 feeds)
+be able to parse v2.2 feeds).
 
 ## Add the Dependency 
 
diff --git a/models/java/gbfs-java-model/pom.xml b/models/java/gbfs-java-model/pom.xml
index 49270d19..115cc7b3 100644
--- a/models/java/gbfs-java-model/pom.xml
+++ b/models/java/gbfs-java-model/pom.xml
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
+    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+    xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <groupId>org.mobilitydata</groupId>
     <artifactId>gbfs-java-model</artifactId>
@@ -396,6 +398,36 @@
         </plugins>
     </build>
     <profiles>
+        <profile>
+            <id>ci-cd</id>
+            <build>
+                <plugins>
+                    <plugin>
+                        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>maven-gpg-plugin</artifactId>
+                        <version>1.6</version>
+                        <executions>
+                            <execution>
+                                <id>sign-artifacts</id>
+                                <phase>verify</phase>
+                                <goals>
+                                    <goal>sign</goal>
+                                </goals>
+                                <configuration>
+                                    <!-- Prevent gpg from using pinentry programs. Fixes: gpg:
+                                    signing
+                                        failed: Inappropriate ioctl for device -->
+                                    <gpgArguments>
+                                        <arg>--pinentry-mode</arg>
+                                        <arg>loopback</arg>
+                                    </gpgArguments>
+                                </configuration>
+                            </execution>
+                        </executions>
+                    </plugin>
+                </plugins>
+            </build>
+        </profile>
         <profile>
             <id>release</id>
             <activation>
@@ -438,7 +470,8 @@
                         <configuration>
                             <serverId>ossrh</serverId>
                             <nexusUrl>https://oss.sonatype.org/</nexusUrl>
-                            <!-- Set this to true and the release will automatically proceed and sync to Central Repository will follow  -->
+                            <!-- Set this to true and the release will automatically proceed and
+                            sync to Central Repository will follow  -->
                             <autoReleaseAfterClose>true</autoReleaseAfterClose>
                         </configuration>
                     </plugin>
@@ -446,4 +479,4 @@
             </build>
         </profile>
     </profiles>
-</project>
+</project>
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