diff --git a/.github/workflows/push-trigger.yml b/.github/workflows/push-trigger.yml
index 8a0466121..1ab74b80a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/push-trigger.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/push-trigger.yml
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ jobs:
     secrets:
       OSSRH_USER: ${{ secrets.OSSRH_USER }}
       OSSRH_SECRET: ${{ secrets.OSSRH_SECRET }}
-      OSSRH_URL: ${{ secrets.OSSRH_SNAPSHOT_URL }}
+      OSSRH_URL: ${{ secrets.RELEASE_URL }}
       OSSRH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.OSSRH_TOKEN }}
       GPG_SECRET: ${{ secrets.GPG_SECRET }}
       SLACK_WEBHOOK_URL: ${{ secrets.SLACK_WEBHOOK }}
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ jobs:
     secrets:
       OSSRH_USER: ${{ secrets.OSSRH_USER }}
       OSSRH_SECRET: ${{ secrets.OSSRH_SECRET }}
-      OSSRH_URL: ${{ secrets.OSSRH_SNAPSHOT_URL }}
+      OSSRH_URL: ${{ secrets.RELEASE_URL }}
       OSSRH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.OSSRH_TOKEN }}
       GPG_SECRET: ${{ secrets.GPG_SECRET }}
       SLACK_WEBHOOK_URL: ${{ secrets.SLACK_WEBHOOK }}
diff --git a/esignet-service/pom.xml b/esignet-service/pom.xml
index ca484bf14..bd7c0c0e0 100644
--- a/esignet-service/pom.xml
+++ b/esignet-service/pom.xml
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@
 	
 	<properties>
 		<spring-cloud.version>2023.0.6</spring-cloud.version>
+		<maven.deploy.plugin.version>3.1.1</maven.deploy.plugin.version>
+		<central.publishing.maven.plugin.version>0.7.0</central.publishing.maven.plugin.version>
 	</properties>
 	
 	<dependencies>
@@ -109,6 +111,45 @@
 					</execution>
 				</executions>
 			</plugin>
+			<plugin>
+				<artifactId>maven-deploy-plugin</artifactId>
+				<version>${maven.deploy.plugin.version}</version>
+				<configuration>
+					<skip>true</skip>
+				</configuration>
+				<executions>
+					<execution>
+						<id>default-deploy</id>
+						<phase>none</phase>
+						<goals>
+							<goal>deploy</goal>
+						</goals>
+						<configuration>
+							<skip>true</skip>
+						</configuration>
+					</execution>
+				</executions>
+			</plugin>
+			<plugin>
+				<groupId>org.sonatype.central</groupId>
+				<artifactId>central-publishing-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+				<version>${central.publishing.maven.plugin.version}</version>
+				<extensions>true</extensions>
+				<executions>
+					<execution>
+						<id>default-publish</id>
+						<phase>none</phase>
+						<goals>
+							<goal>publish</goal>
+						</goals>
+					</execution>
+				</executions>
+				<configuration>
+					<publishingServerId>ossrh</publishingServerId>
+					<autoPublish>false</autoPublish>   <!-- do NOT auto publish after staging -->
+				</configuration>
+			</plugin>
+
 		</plugins>
 	</build>