diff --git a/.github/workflows/maven-publish.yml b/.github/workflows/maven-publish.yml
index c454cce..0cf1a93 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/maven-publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/maven-publish.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
-# This workflow will build a package using Maven and then publish it to GitHub packages when a release is created
-# For more information see: https://github.com/actions/setup-java/blob/main/docs/advanced-usage.md#apache-maven-with-a-settings-path
-
 name: Publish OntoUML4j to the Maven Central Repository
 
 on:
@@ -11,36 +8,24 @@ jobs:
   publish:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - name: Set up Apache Maven Central
-        uses: actions/setup-java@v3
-        with: # running setup-java again overwrites the settings.xml
-          java-version: 21
-          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_TOKEN # env variable for token in deploy
-          gpg-private-key: ${{ secrets.GPG_SIGNING_KEY }} # Value of the GPG private key to import
-          gpg-passphrase: ${{ secrets.GPG_PASSWORD }}
+      - name: Checkout repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-      - name: Set up Maven Central Repository
+      - name: Set up JDK 21
         uses: actions/setup-java@v4
         with:
           java-version: '21'
           distribution: 'temurin'
-          server-id: ossrh
-          server-username: MAVEN_USERNAME
-          server-password: MAVEN_PASSWORD
-          
+          cache: 'maven'
+
       - name: Import GPG Key
         run: |
-          echo "${{ secrets.GPG_SIGNING_KEY }}" | gpg --import
-        env:
-          GPG_SIGNING_KEY: ${{ secrets.GPG_SIGNING_KEY }}
+          echo "${{ secrets.GPG_SIGNING_KEY }}" | base64 --decode | gpg --import
+          gpg --list-secret-keys --keyid-format LONG
 
       - name: Publish package
-        run: mvn --batch-mode deploy
+        run: |
+          mvn clean deploy -P release -Dgpg.passphrase=${{ secrets.GPG_PASSWORD }} -Dgpg.keyname=KEY_ID_FROM_LIST_COMMAND
         env:
           MAVEN_USERNAME: ${{ secrets.OSSRH_USERNAME }}
           MAVEN_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.OSSRH_TOKEN }}