diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-maven-publish-release.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci-maven-publish-release.yaml
index df530ba2..d9491599 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci-maven-publish-release.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-maven-publish-release.yaml
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ concurrency:
   cancel-in-progress: true
 jobs:
   build:
+    name: Release to Maven Central
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Set up JDK 17
@@ -31,23 +32,15 @@ jobs:
         uses: arduino/setup-protoc@v1
         with:
           repo-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-      - name: Build and Verify
-        run: mvn --no-transfer-progress --batch-mode verify
-      - name: Package surefire test results
-        if: failure()
-        run: |
-          rm -rf test-results
-          mkdir test-results
-          find . -type d -name "*surefire*" -exec cp --parents -R {} test-results/ \;
-          zip -r test-results.zip test-results
-      - name: Upload test results
-        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
-        if: failure()
+
+      - name: Release Maven package
+        uses: samuelmeuli/action-maven-publish@v1
         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 }}
+          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 install deploy
+          maven_args: -DskipTests
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index a08fa132..df20afd7 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -41,6 +41,13 @@
         </license>
     </licenses>
 
+    <developers>
+        <developer>
+            <organization>StreamNative Inc.</organization>
+            <organizationUrl>https://streamnative.io/</organizationUrl>
+        </developer>
+    </developers>
+
     <modules>
         <module>client</module>
         <module>client-metrics-api</module>
@@ -448,43 +455,23 @@
             <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>
@@ -510,21 +497,18 @@
                         </executions>
                     </plugin>
                     <plugin>
-                        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                        <artifactId>maven-source-plugin</artifactId>
-                        <version>3.3.0</version>
-                        <executions>
-                            <execution>
-                                <goals>
-                                    <goal>jar-no-fork</goal>
-                                </goals>
-                                <phase>verify</phase>
-                            </execution>
-                        </executions>
+                        <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://s01.oss.sonatype.org/</nexusUrl>
+                            <autoReleaseAfterClose>true</autoReleaseAfterClose>
+                        </configuration>
                     </plugin>
                 </plugins>
             </build>
         </profile>
     </profiles>
-
 </project>