diff --git a/ci/release/Jenkinsfile b/ci/release/Jenkinsfile
index b2931215db51..91fb48d0060d 100644
--- a/ci/release/Jenkinsfile
+++ b/ci/release/Jenkinsfile
@@ -169,6 +169,7 @@ pipeline {
 					env.RELEASE_VERSION = releaseVersion.toString()
 					env.DEVELOPMENT_VERSION = developmentVersion.toString()
 					env.SCRIPT_OPTIONS = params.RELEASE_DRY_RUN ? "-d" : ""
+					env.JRELEASER_DRY_RUN = params.RELEASE_DRY_RUN
 
 					// Determine version id to check if Jira version exists
 					sh ".release/scripts/determine-jira-version-id.sh ${env.JIRA_KEY} ${releaseVersion.withoutFinalQualifier}"
@@ -194,7 +195,7 @@ pipeline {
 									// Increase the amount of memory for this part since asciidoctor doc rendering consumes a lot of metaspace
 									"GRADLE_OPTS=-Dorg.gradle.jvmargs='-Dlog4j2.disableJmx -Xmx4g -XX:MaxMetaspaceSize=768m -XX:+HeapDumpOnOutOfMemoryError -Duser.language=en -Duser.country=US -Duser.timezone=UTC -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8'"
 							]) {
-								sh ".release/scripts/prepare-release.sh -b ${env.GIT_BRANCH} -d ${env.DEVELOPMENT_VERSION} ${env.PROJECT} ${env.RELEASE_VERSION}"
+								sh ".release/scripts/prepare-release.sh -j -b ${env.GIT_BRANCH} -v ${env.DEVELOPMENT_VERSION} ${env.PROJECT} ${env.RELEASE_VERSION}"
 							}
 						}
 					}
@@ -233,8 +234,7 @@ pipeline {
 								withEnv([
 										"DISABLE_REMOTE_GRADLE_CACHE=true"
 								]) {
-									env.RELEASE_GPG_HOMEDIR = env.WORKSPACE_TMP + '/.gpg'
-									sh ".release/scripts/publish.sh ${env.SCRIPT_OPTIONS} ${env.PROJECT} ${env.RELEASE_VERSION} ${env.DEVELOPMENT_VERSION} ${env.GIT_BRANCH}"
+									sh ".release/scripts/publish.sh -j ${env.SCRIPT_OPTIONS} ${env.PROJECT} ${env.RELEASE_VERSION} ${env.DEVELOPMENT_VERSION} ${env.GIT_BRANCH}"
 								}
 							}
 						}
diff --git a/jreleaser.yml b/jreleaser.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index a5974acec1e4..000000000000
--- a/jreleaser.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,41 +0,0 @@
-project:
-  languages:
-    java:
-      groupId: org.hibernate.orm
-
-release:
-  github:
-    skipTag: true
-    skipRelease: true
-    tagName: '{{projectVersion}}'
-
-# File signing is always active
-signing:
-  mode: COMMAND
-  active: RELEASE
-  armored: true
-
-deploy:
-  maven:
-    # TODO: HHH-19309: Remove the entire nexus2 section:
-    nexus2:
-      maven-central:
-        active: RELEASE
-        url: https://oss.sonatype.org/service/local
-        snapshotUrl: https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots/
-        closeRepository: true
-        releaseRepository: false
-        stagingRepositories:
-          - target/staging-deploy/maven
-    mavenCentral:
-      maven-central:
-        # TODO: HHH-19309: Change to RELEASE once switching to Maven-Central:
-        # Note, this is an untested configuration, hence might need further adjustments
-        active: NEVER
-        url: https://central.sonatype.com/api/v1/publisher
-        snapshotSupported: false
-        applyMavenCentralRules: true
-        stagingRepositories:
-          - target/staging-deploy/maven
-        # Deployment identifier used for publication.
-        # deploymentId: dd9991b0-18a7-41e7-b1fe-37b8ea936f85