diff --git a/.github/mvn-rel-settings.xml b/.github/mvn-rel-settings.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 79949b291e9..00000000000
--- a/.github/mvn-rel-settings.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,37 +0,0 @@
-<?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">
-    <activeProfiles>
-        <activeProfile>keycloak-rel</activeProfile>
-    </activeProfiles>
-    <profiles>
-        <profile>
-            <id>keycloak-rel</id>
-            <repositories>
-                <repository>
-                    <id>${env.MAVEN_ID}</id>
-                    <url>${env.MAVEN_URL}</url>
-                    <snapshots>
-                        <enabled>true</enabled>
-                    </snapshots>
-                    <releases>
-                        <enabled>true</enabled>
-                  </releases>
-                </repository>
-            </repositories>
-        </profile>
-    </profiles>
-    <servers>
-        <server>
-            <id>${env.MAVEN_ID}</id>
-            <username>${env.MAVEN_USERNAME}</username>
-           <password>${env.MAVEN_PASSWORD}</password>
-        </server>
-        <server>
-            <id>gpg.passphrase</id>
-            <passphrase>${env.MAVEN_GPG_PASSPHRASE}</passphrase>
-        </server>
-    </servers>
-
-</settings>
diff --git a/boms/pom.xml b/boms/pom.xml
index 4d105b60615..5a54a03310e 100644
--- a/boms/pom.xml
+++ b/boms/pom.xml
@@ -45,14 +45,21 @@
     </licenses>
 
     <properties>
-        <jboss.repo.nexusUrl>https://s01.oss.sonatype.org/</jboss.repo.nexusUrl>
-        <jboss.releases.repo.id>jboss-releases-repository</jboss.releases.repo.id>
-        <jboss.releases.repo.name>keycloak</jboss.releases.repo.name>
-        <jboss.releases.repo.url>https://s01.oss.sonatype.org/service/local/staging/deploy/maven2/</jboss.releases.repo.url>
-        <jboss.snapshots.repo.id>jboss-snapshots-repository</jboss.snapshots.repo.id>
-        <jboss.snapshots.repo.url>https://s01.oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots/</jboss.snapshots.repo.url>
+        <central.publishing.plugin.version>0.7.0</central.publishing.plugin.version>
+        <nexus3.staging.plugin.version>1.0.7</nexus3.staging.plugin.version>
     </properties>
 
+    <distributionManagement>
+        <repository>
+            <id>keycloak-publish</id>
+            <url>https://central.sonatype.com/</url>
+        </repository>
+        <snapshotRepository>
+            <id>keycloak-publish</id>
+            <url>https://central.sonatype.com/repository/maven-snapshots/</url>
+        </snapshotRepository>
+    </distributionManagement>
+
     <modules>
         <module>spi</module>
     </modules>
@@ -105,17 +112,28 @@
                 </plugins>
             </build>
         </profile>
+
         <profile>
-            <id>nexus-staging</id>
+            <id>central-staging</id>
             <build>
                 <plugins>
                     <plugin>
-                        <groupId>org.sonatype.plugins</groupId>
-                        <artifactId>nexus-staging-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+                        <groupId>org.sonatype.central</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>central-publishing-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+                        <version>${central.publishing.plugin.version}</version>
+                        <extensions>true</extensions>
+                        <configuration>
+                            <autoPublish>true</autoPublish>
+                            <checksums>all</checksums>
+                            <deploymentName>keycloak-${project.version}</deploymentName>
+                            <publishingServerId>keycloak-publish</publishingServerId>
+                            <waitUntil>published</waitUntil>
+                        </configuration>
                     </plugin>
                 </plugins>
             </build>
         </profile>
+
         <profile>
             <id>nexus3-staging</id>
             <build>
@@ -123,6 +141,7 @@
                     <plugin>
                         <groupId>org.sonatype.plugins</groupId>
                         <artifactId>nxrm3-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+                        <version>${nexus3.staging.plugin.version}</version>
                         <extensions>true</extensions>
                         <configuration>
                             <serverId>${jboss.releases.repo.id}</serverId>
diff --git a/misc/theme-verifier/pom.xml b/misc/theme-verifier/pom.xml
index 845d4b24216..c83dc9b0ebd 100644
--- a/misc/theme-verifier/pom.xml
+++ b/misc/theme-verifier/pom.xml
@@ -91,7 +91,6 @@
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
-
     <build>
         <plugins>
             <plugin>
@@ -108,25 +107,4 @@
         </plugins>
     </build>
 
-    <profiles>
-        <profile>
-            <id>nexus3-staging</id>
-            <build>
-                <plugins>
-                    <plugin>
-                        <groupId>org.sonatype.plugins</groupId>
-                        <artifactId>nxrm3-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                        <version>${nexus3.staging.plugin.version}</version>
-                        <extensions>true</extensions>
-                        <configuration>
-                            <serverId>${jboss.releases.repo.id}</serverId>
-                            <nexusUrl>${jboss.repo.nexusUrl}</nexusUrl>
-                            <repository>${jboss.releases.repo.name}</repository>
-                        </configuration>
-                    </plugin>
-                </plugins>
-            </build>
-        </profile>
-    </profiles>
-
 </project>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 63dcfc358f2..2c9a48ddb5c 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -45,13 +45,6 @@
 
         <asciidoctor.plugin.version>1.5.8</asciidoctor.plugin.version>
 
-        <jboss.repo.nexusUrl>https://s01.oss.sonatype.org/</jboss.repo.nexusUrl>
-        <jboss.releases.repo.id>jboss-releases-repository</jboss.releases.repo.id>
-        <jboss.releases.repo.name>keycloak</jboss.releases.repo.name>
-        <jboss.releases.repo.url>https://s01.oss.sonatype.org/service/local/staging/deploy/maven2/</jboss.releases.repo.url>
-        <jboss.snapshots.repo.id>jboss-snapshots-repository</jboss.snapshots.repo.id>
-        <jboss.snapshots.repo.url>https://s01.oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots/</jboss.snapshots.repo.url>
-
         <quarkus.version>3.20.1</quarkus.version>
         <quarkus.build.version>3.20.1</quarkus.build.version>
         <jboss-logging-annotations.version>3.0.4.Final</jboss-logging-annotations.version> <!-- keep in sync with the version used by quarkus -->
@@ -196,7 +189,7 @@
         <jmeter.plugin.version>1.9.0</jmeter.plugin.version>
         <jmeter.analysis.plugin.version>1.0.4</jmeter.analysis.plugin.version>
         <wildfly.plugin.version>5.0.0.Final</wildfly.plugin.version>
-        <nexus.staging.plugin.version>1.6.13</nexus.staging.plugin.version>
+        <central.publishing.plugin.version>0.7.0</central.publishing.plugin.version>
         <nexus3.staging.plugin.version>1.0.7</nexus3.staging.plugin.version>
         <frontend.plugin.version>1.15.0</frontend.plugin.version>
         <docker.maven.plugin.version>0.40.3</docker.maven.plugin.version>
@@ -258,10 +251,13 @@
 
     <distributionManagement>
         <repository>
-            <id>${jboss.releases.repo.id}</id>
-            <name>JBoss Releases Repository</name>
-            <url>${jboss.releases.repo.url}</url>
+            <id>keycloak-publish</id>
+            <url>https://central.sonatype.com/</url>
         </repository>
+        <snapshotRepository>
+            <id>keycloak-publish</id>
+            <url>https://central.sonatype.com/repository/maven-snapshots/</url>
+        </snapshotRepository>
     </distributionManagement>
 
     <issueManagement>
@@ -1318,16 +1314,6 @@
     <build>
         <pluginManagement>
             <plugins>
-                <plugin>
-                    <groupId>org.sonatype.plugins</groupId>
-                    <artifactId>nexus-staging-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>${nexus.staging.plugin.version}</version>
-                    <extensions>true</extensions>
-                    <configuration>
-                        <serverId>${jboss.releases.repo.id}</serverId>
-                        <nexusUrl>${jboss.repo.nexusUrl}</nexusUrl>
-                    </configuration>
-                </plugin>
                 <plugin>
                     <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                     <artifactId>maven-shade-plugin</artifactId>
@@ -1637,12 +1623,21 @@
         </profile>
 
         <profile>
-            <id>nexus-staging</id>
+            <id>central-staging</id>
             <build>
                 <plugins>
                     <plugin>
-                        <groupId>org.sonatype.plugins</groupId>
-                        <artifactId>nexus-staging-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+                        <groupId>org.sonatype.central</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>central-publishing-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+                        <version>${central.publishing.plugin.version}</version>
+                        <extensions>true</extensions>
+                        <configuration>
+                            <autoPublish>true</autoPublish>
+                            <checksums>all</checksums>
+                            <deploymentName>keycloak-${project.version}</deploymentName>
+                            <publishingServerId>keycloak-publish</publishingServerId>
+                            <waitUntil>published</waitUntil>
+                        </configuration>
                     </plugin>
                 </plugins>
             </build>