diff --git a/.github/workflows/deploy.yml b/.github/workflows/deploy.yml
index e5b91a41..7b7bcf90 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/deploy.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/deploy.yml
@@ -18,13 +18,14 @@ jobs:
           distribution: 'adopt'
           java-version: '17'
           cache: 'maven'
-          server-username: ${{ secrets.SONATYPE_USERNAME }}
-          server-password: ${{ secrets.SONATYPE_PASSWORD }}
+          server-id: ossrh
+          server-username: SONATYPE_USERNAME
+          server-password: SONATYPE_PASSWORD
           gpg-private-key: ${{ secrets.MAVEN_GPG_PRIVATE_KEY }}
-          gpg-passphrase: ${{ secrets.MAVEN_GPG_PASSPHRASE }}
+          gpg-passphrase: MAVEN_GPG_PASSPHRASE
 
       - name: Publish to Apache Maven Central
-        run: mvn clean -DskipTests deploy --settings .settings.xml -P release,ossrh
+        run: mvn clean -DskipTests deploy -P release,ossrh
         env:
           SONATYPE_USERNAME: ${{ secrets.SONATYPE_USERNAME }}
           SONATYPE_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.SONATYPE_PASSWORD }}
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index bb6de10a..8c6d9d21 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@
         <junit.version>5.10.2</junit.version>
         <maven-checkstyle-plugin.version>3.3.1</maven-checkstyle-plugin.version>
         <maven-compiler-plugin.version>3.13.0</maven-compiler-plugin.version>
-        <maven.gpg.plugin.version>3.1.0</maven.gpg.plugin.version>
+        <maven.gpg.plugin.version>3.2.4</maven.gpg.plugin.version>
         <maven.javadoc.plugin.version>3.6.3</maven.javadoc.plugin.version>
         <maven-project-info-reports-plugin.version>3.5.0</maven-project-info-reports-plugin.version>
         <maven-site-plugin.version>3.12.1</maven-site-plugin.version>