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diff --git a/documentation/ESAPI-release-steps.pdf b/documentation/ESAPI-release-steps.pdf
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diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index f0bc96e7b..6797acc2a 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -7,14 +7,12 @@
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
 
     <distributionManagement>
-        <snapshotRepository>
-            <id>sonatype-nexus-snapshots</id>
-            <url>https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots</url>
-        </snapshotRepository>
-        <repository>
-            <id>sonatype-nexus-staging</id>
-            <url>https://oss.sonatype.org/service/local/staging/deploy/maven2</url>
+      <repository>
+        <id>central</id>
+          <url>https://central.sonatype.org/publish/publish-portal-maven/</url>
         </repository>
+        <!-- You can pick up the ESAPI configuration jars here, under the Assets section of each release. -->
+        <downloadUrl>https://github.com/ESAPI/esapi-java-legacy/releases</downloadUrl>
     </distributionManagement>
 
     <licenses>
@@ -427,6 +425,16 @@
         </pluginManagement>
 
         <plugins>
+            <plugin>
+              <groupId>org.sonatype.central</groupId>
+              <artifactId>central-publishing-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+              <version>0.9.0</version>
+              <extensions>true</extensions>
+              <configuration>
+                <deploymentName>${project.name}-${project.version}</deploymentName>
+                <publishingServerId>central</publishingServerId>
+              </configuration>
+            </plugin>
                 <!-- Create SBOM -->
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.cyclonedx</groupId>
@@ -515,12 +523,6 @@
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
 
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-deploy-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.1.4</version>
-            </plugin>
-
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-eclipse-plugin</artifactId>