diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-cd.yml b/.github/workflows/ci-cd.yml
index 19c1eefe8..57ab29f19 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci-cd.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-cd.yml
@@ -122,55 +122,17 @@ jobs:
           push: true
           tags: ${{ secrets.DOCKERHUB_USERNAME }}/athena-example-books:latest
 
-  push-release-tag:
-    name: Bump Semantic Version
-    if: github.ref == 'refs/heads/master'
-    needs: tests
-    uses: QubitPi/hashicorp-aws/.github/workflows/version-bump.yml@master
-    with:
-      user: QubitPi
-      email: jack20220723@gmail.com
-
   release:
-    name: Release athena to Maven Central
+    name: Release
     if: github.ref == 'refs/heads/master'
-    needs: push-release-tag
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
-      - name: Set up JDK
-        uses: QubitPi/hashicorp-aws/.github/actions/jdk-setup@master
-      - name: Configure settings.xml for Maven Central release
-        uses: whelk-io/maven-settings-xml-action@v20
-        with:
-          servers: >
-            [
-              {
-                "id": "paion-data",
-                "username": "${{ secrets.MAVEN_CENTRAL_USERNAME }}",
-                "password": "${{ secrets.MAVEN_CENTRAL_TOKEN }}",
-                "passphrase": "${{ secrets.GPG_PASSPHRASE }}"
-              }
-            ]
-          profiles: >
-            [
-              {
-                "id": "paion-data",
-                "properties": {
-                  "gpg.keyname": "paion-data"
-                }
-                "activation": {
-                  "activeByDefault": "true"
-                }
-              }
-            ]
-      - name: Fetch GPG key
-        run: gpg --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys ${{ secrets.GPG_PUB_KEY }}
-      - name: Bump version
-        run: |
-          VERSION=$(git describe)
-          echo "INFO Last tag: $VERSION"
-          mvn versions:set -DnewVersion=$VERSION -DgenerateBackupPoms=false
-          mvn versions:update-property -Dproperty=version.athena -DnewVersion=$VERSION -DgenerateBackupPoms=false
       - name: Release
-        run: mvn clean deploy -P release -DskipTests
+        uses: QubitPi/maven-central-release-action@master
+        with:
+          user: QubitPi
+          email: jack20220723@gmail.com
+          gpg-private-key: ${{ secrets.GPG_PRIVATE_KEY }}
+          gpg-passphrase: ${{ secrets.GPG_PASSPHRASE }}
+          server-username: ${{ secrets.MAVEN_CENTRAL_USERNAME }}
+          server-password: ${{ secrets.MAVEN_CENTRAL_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index ca8a8d451..6a32ea71c 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -36,14 +36,6 @@
         </license>
     </licenses>
 
-    <distributionManagement>
-        <repository>
-            <id>github</id>
-            <name>GitHub QubitPi Apache Maven Packages</name>
-            <url>https://maven.pkg.github.com/paiondata/athena</url>
-        </repository>
-    </distributionManagement>
-
     <scm>
         <developerConnection>scm:git:ssh://git@github.com/paion-data/athena.git</developerConnection>
         <url>https://github.com/paion-data/athena.git</url>