diff --git a/.github/workflows/maven-publish.yml b/.github/workflows/maven-publish.yml
index b9494d1..44153d1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/maven-publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/maven-publish.yml
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 name: Maven Package
 
 on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
   push:
     # Sequence of patterns matched against refs/tags
     tags:
@@ -39,10 +40,10 @@ jobs:
         java-version: 11
         distribution: temurin
         cache: maven
-        server-id: ossrh # Value of the distributionManagement/repository/id field of the pom.xml
-        server-username: OSSRH_USERNAME  # env variable for username in deploy
-        server-password: OSSRH_PASSWORD  # env variable for token in deploy
-        gpg-passphrase: GPG_PASSPHRASE  # env variable for GPG private key passphrase
+        server-id: central # Value of the distributionManagement/repository/id field of the pom.xml
+        server-username: MAVEN_CENTRAL_USER  # env variable for username in deploy
+        server-password: MAVEN_CENTRAL_PASSWORD  # env variable for token in deploy
+        gpg-passphrase: MAVEN_GPG_PASSPHRASE  # env variable for GPG private key passphrase
 
     - name: Build and Verify with Maven
       run: mvn --batch-mode --update-snapshots clean compile verify
@@ -51,9 +52,9 @@ jobs:
       # run: mvn deploy --batch-mode --update-snapshots -P sign,!build-extras -Dmaven.test.skip=true
       run: mvn deploy --batch-mode --update-snapshots -P sign,!build-extras,deploy-ossrh -Dmaven.test.skip=true
       env:
-        OSSRH_USERNAME: ${{ secrets.OSSRH_JIRA_USERNAME }}
-        OSSRH_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.OSSRH_JIRA_PASSWORD }}
-        GPG_PASSPHRASE: ${{ secrets.GPG_PASSPHRASE }}
+        MAVEN_CENTRAL_USER: ${{ secrets.MAVEN_CENTRAL_USER }}
+        MAVEN_CENTRAL_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.MAVEN_CENTRAL_PASSWORD }}
+        MAVEN_GPG_PASSPHRASE: ${{ secrets.GPG_PASSPHRASE }}
 
     - name: Set up Java for publishing to GitHub Packages
       uses: actions/setup-java@v4
@@ -62,6 +63,7 @@ jobs:
         distribution: temurin
         cache: maven
         
+
     - name: Publish to GitHub Packages
     #  -DaltDeploymentRepository=github::default::https://maven.pkg.github.com/csowada/ebus
       run: mvn deploy --batch-mode --update-snapshots -P !sign,!build-extras,!deploy-ossrh,deploy-github -Dmaven.test.skip=true
diff --git a/BUILD-HELP.md b/BUILD-HELP.md
index a56296e..4603121 100644
--- a/BUILD-HELP.md
+++ b/BUILD-HELP.md
@@ -5,4 +5,8 @@
 ```bash
 # create a new release
 mvn gitflow:release
+
+
+mvn deploy --batch-mode --update-snapshots -P sign,!build-extras,deploy-ossrh -Dmaven.test.skip=true
+
 ```
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 8c57e59..7074a99 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@
 			<plugin>
 				<groupId>org.apache.felix</groupId>
 				<artifactId>maven-bundle-plugin</artifactId>
-				<version>3.5.1</version>
+				<version>5.1.9</version>
 				<extensions>true</extensions>
 				<configuration>
 					<instructions>
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@
 					<plugin>
 						<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
 						<artifactId>maven-gpg-plugin</artifactId>
-						<version>1.6</version>
+						<version>3.2.8</version>
 						<executions>
 							<execution>
 								<id>sign-artifacts</id>
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@
 					<plugin>
 						<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
 						<artifactId>maven-source-plugin</artifactId>
-						<version>3.0.1</version>
+						<version>3.3.1</version>
 						<executions>
 							<execution>
 								<id>attach-sources</id>
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@
 					<plugin>
 						<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
 						<artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
-						<version>3.0.0</version>
+						<version>3.12.0</version>
 						<configuration>
 							<doclint>none</doclint>
 						</configuration>
@@ -246,14 +246,14 @@
 			<build>
 				<plugins>
 					<plugin>
-						<groupId>org.sonatype.plugins</groupId>
-						<artifactId>nexus-staging-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-						<version>1.6.8</version>
+						<groupId>org.sonatype.central</groupId>
+						<artifactId>central-publishing-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+						<version>0.9.0</version>
 						<extensions>true</extensions>
 						<configuration>
-							<serverId>ossrh</serverId>
-							<nexusUrl>https://oss.sonatype.org/</nexusUrl>
-							<autoReleaseAfterClose>false</autoReleaseAfterClose>
+							<publishingServerId>central</publishingServerId>
+							<autoPublish>false</autoPublish>
+							<checksums>all</checksums>
 						</configuration>
 					</plugin>
 				</plugins>
@@ -261,12 +261,12 @@
 
 			<distributionManagement>
 				<snapshotRepository>
-					<id>ossrh</id>
-					<url>https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots</url>
+					<id>central</id>
+					<url>https://central.sonatype.com/repository/maven-snapshots/</url>
 				</snapshotRepository>
 				<repository>
-					<id>ossrh</id>
-					<url>https://oss.sonatype.org/service/local/staging/deploy/maven2/</url>
+					<id>central</id>
+					<url>https://ossrh-staging-api.central.sonatype.com/service/local/staging/deploy/maven2/</url>
 				</repository>
 			</distributionManagement>
 		</profile>