diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish.yml b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
index fcc46f3..68fcbe0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
@@ -27,6 +27,9 @@ jobs:
       with:
         distribution: 'temurin'
         java-version: 21
+        server-id: central
+        server-username: MAVEN_USERNAME
+        server-password: MAVEN_PASSWORD
 
     - name: Verify with Maven
       if: github.event_name == 'pull_request'
@@ -59,4 +62,6 @@ jobs:
       run: mvn -B -PsonatypeDeploy deploy -Dserver.username="${{ secrets.MAVEN_USERNAME }}" -Dserver.password="${{ secrets.MAVEN_CENTRAL_TOKEN }}"
       env:
         MAVEN_GPG_PASSPHRASE: ${{ secrets.MAVEN_GPG_PASSPHRASE }}
-        MAVEN_GPG_KEY: ${{ secrets.GPG_SIGNING_KEY }}
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+        MAVEN_GPG_KEY: ${{ secrets.GPG_SIGNING_KEY }}
+        MAVEN_USERNAME: ${{ secrets.MAVEN_USERNAME }}
+        MAVEN_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.MAVEN_CENTRAL_TOKEN }}
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diff --git a/settings.xml b/settings.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index b1d0beb..0000000
--- a/settings.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-<settings xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/SETTINGS/1.0.0"
-  xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-  xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/SETTINGS/1.0.0 https://maven.apache.org/xsd/settings-1.0.0.xsd">
-  <servers>
-    <server>
-      <id>central</id>
-      <username>${server.username}</username>
-      <password>${server.password}</password>
-    </server>
-    <server>
-      <id>gpg.passphrase</id>
-      <passphrase>${env.MAVEN_GPG_PASSPHRASE}</passphrase>
-    </server>
-  </servers>
-</settings>
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