diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 23d629f3..b7e3b4fa 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -50,6 +50,41 @@ jobs:
           server-username: MAVEN_USERNAME
           server-password: MAVEN_PASSWORD
           gpg-private-key: ${{ secrets.OSSRH_GPG_SECRET_KEY }}
+
+      - name: Create Maven settings.xml
+        run: |
+          mkdir -p ~/.m2
+          cat > ~/.m2/settings.xml << 'EOF'
+          <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+          <settings xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/SETTINGS/1.0.0"
+                    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+                    xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/SETTINGS/1.0.0 
+                    http://maven.apache.org/xsd/settings-1.0.0.xsd">
+            <servers>
+              <server>
+                <id>central</id>
+                <username>${env.MAVEN_CENTRAL_USERNAME}</username>
+                <password>${env.MAVEN_CENTRAL_TOKEN}</password>
+              </server>
+            </servers>
+          </settings>
+          EOF
+        env:
+          MAVEN_CENTRAL_USERNAME: ${{ secrets.MAVEN_CENTRAL_USERNAME }}
+          MAVEN_CENTRAL_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.MAVEN_CENTRAL_TOKEN }}
+
+      - name: Debug Maven Settings
+        run: |
+          echo "Checking if settings.xml exists:"
+          ls -la ~/.m2/
+          echo "Content of settings.xml:"
+          cat ~/.m2/settings.xml || echo "No settings.xml found"
+          echo "Environment variables:"
+          echo "MAVEN_CENTRAL_USERNAME is set: $([[ -n "$MAVEN_CENTRAL_USERNAME" ]] && echo "YES" || echo "NO")"
+          echo "MAVEN_CENTRAL_TOKEN is set: $([[ -n "$MAVEN_CENTRAL_TOKEN" ]] && echo "YES" || echo "NO")"
+        env:
+          MAVEN_CENTRAL_USERNAME: ${{ secrets.MAVEN_CENTRAL_USERNAME }}
+          MAVEN_CENTRAL_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.MAVEN_CENTRAL_TOKEN }}
         
       - name: Build with Maven
         run: mvn clean package -B
@@ -58,5 +93,5 @@ jobs:
         run: |
             mvn deploy -Dgpg.passphrase=${{ secrets.MAVEN_GPG_PASSPHRASE }}
         env:
-          MAVEN_USERNAME: ${{ secrets.OSSRH_USERNAME }}
-          MAVEN_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.OSSRH_TOKEN }}
+          MAVEN_CENTRAL_USERNAME: ${{ secrets.MAVEN_CENTRAL_USERNAME }}
+          MAVEN_CENTRAL_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.MAVEN_CENTRAL_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 6080f058..2a99c8f7 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -97,17 +97,6 @@
 
   </dependencies>
 
-  <distributionManagement>
-    <snapshotRepository>
-      <id>ossrh</id>
-      <url>https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/releases/</url>
-    </snapshotRepository>
-    <repository>
-      <id>ossrh</id>
-      <url>https://oss.sonatype.org/service/local/repositories/releases/content/</url>
-    </repository>
-  </distributionManagement>
-
   <build>
 
     <resources>
@@ -119,14 +108,14 @@
 
     <plugins>
       <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.sonatype.plugins</groupId>
-        <artifactId>nexus-staging-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>1.6.9</version>
+        <groupId>org.sonatype.central</groupId>
+        <artifactId>central-publishing-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>0.4.0</version>
         <extensions>true</extensions>
         <configuration>
-          <serverId>ossrh</serverId>
-          <nexusUrl>https://oss.sonatype.org/</nexusUrl>
-          <autoReleaseAfterClose>true</autoReleaseAfterClose>
+          <publishingServerId>central</publishingServerId>
+          <tokenAuth>true</tokenAuth>
+          <autoPublish>false</autoPublish>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
       <plugin>