diff --git a/.release/.gitignore b/.release/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cdd9a17d6b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.release/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# The folder into which we checkout our release scripts into
+*
+!.gitignore
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/build/enforcer/pom.xml b/build/enforcer/pom.xml
index 3a8ad2929a..51f051b11b 100644
--- a/build/enforcer/pom.xml
+++ b/build/enforcer/pom.xml
@@ -45,12 +45,6 @@
 
     <build>
         <plugins>
-            <plugin>
-                <artifactId>maven-gpg-plugin</artifactId>
-                <configuration>
-                    <skip>true</skip>
-                </configuration>
-            </plugin>
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-enforcer-plugin</artifactId>
diff --git a/build/reports/pom.xml b/build/reports/pom.xml
index 96b638dae4..ee02f923bc 100644
--- a/build/reports/pom.xml
+++ b/build/reports/pom.xml
@@ -118,42 +118,6 @@
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
-    <build>
-        <plugins>
-            <!--
-                Hack to deploy in the "reports" module without deploying the "reports" module itself.
-                The default lifecycle bindings of the plugin is to "stage locally" every artifact throughout
-                the maven execution, and only actually deploy the "locally staged" artifacts
-                in the very last executed module, which happens to be this "reports" module.
-                However, this "reports" module does not generate any artifact we want to deploy.
-                Thus, we'd like to prevent even its POM from being deployed: just deploy the "locally staged" artifacts,
-                without adding the POM from the "reports" module to these artifacts.
-                The default lifecycle bindings of the plugin does not offer a configuration option to do that,
-                so we have to explicitly bind it
-             -->
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.sonatype.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>nexus-staging-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <extensions>false</extensions>
-                <!-- The <configuration> element is inherited from the parent module. -->
-                <executions>
-                    <!-- Skip the default deployment, as explained above we don't want it. -->
-                    <execution>
-                        <id>default-deploy</id>
-                        <phase>none</phase>
-                    </execution>
-                    <!-- ... but execute the deferred deployment for the other modules -->
-                    <execution>
-                        <id>deferred-deploy</id>
-                        <phase>deploy</phase>
-                        <goals>
-                            <goal>deploy-staged</goal>
-                        </goals>
-                    </execution>
-                </executions>
-            </plugin>
-        </plugins>
-    </build>
     <profiles>
         <profile>
             <id>coverage-report</id>
diff --git a/distribution/pom.xml b/distribution/pom.xml
index 82b4562882..69b6134077 100644
--- a/distribution/pom.xml
+++ b/distribution/pom.xml
@@ -19,9 +19,6 @@
     <description>Builds the distribution bundles</description>
 
     <properties>
-        <!-- Skip artifact deployment -->
-        <maven.deploy.skip>true</maven.deploy.skip>
-        <gpg.skip>true</gpg.skip>
         <!--
             Any javadoc warnings should've been caught already while the previous modules were built.
             Also see additional explanations on this property in the `hibernate-search-mapper-orm-jakarta-batch-core` module.
diff --git a/documentation/pom.xml b/documentation/pom.xml
index 033f8b03ab..1ac985c756 100644
--- a/documentation/pom.xml
+++ b/documentation/pom.xml
@@ -30,9 +30,6 @@
         <html.meta.project-key>validator</html.meta.project-key>
         <html.outdated-content.project-key>${html.meta.project-key}</html.outdated-content.project-key>
 
-        <!-- Skip artifact deployment -->
-        <maven.deploy.skip>true</maven.deploy.skip>
-        <gpg.skip>true</gpg.skip>
         <surefire.jvm.args.additional>-Duser.language=en -Duser.country=US</surefire.jvm.args.additional>
 
         <forbiddenapis-junit.path>forbidden-allow-junit.txt</forbiddenapis-junit.path>
diff --git a/jenkins/release/Jenkinsfile b/jenkins/release/Jenkinsfile
index c0e7d5e59c..0af27ba9d0 100644
--- a/jenkins/release/Jenkinsfile
+++ b/jenkins/release/Jenkinsfile
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ pipeline {
 
 					def releaseVersion = Version.parseReleaseVersion(params.RELEASE_VERSION)
 					def developmentVersion = Version.parseDevelopmentVersion(params.DEVELOPMENT_VERSION)
+					env.JRELEASER_DRY_RUN = params.RELEASE_DRY_RUN
 					echo "Performing full release for version ${releaseVersion.toString()}"
 
 					withMaven(mavenSettingsConfig: params.RELEASE_DRY_RUN ? null : 'ci-hibernate.deploy.settings.maven',
@@ -68,13 +69,20 @@ pipeline {
 											configFile(fileId: 'release.config.ssh.knownhosts', targetLocation: env.HOME + '/.ssh/known_hosts')]) {
 							// using MAVEN_GPG_PASSPHRASE (the default env variable name for passphrase in maven gpg plugin)
 							withCredentials([file(credentialsId: 'release.gpg.private-key', variable: 'RELEASE_GPG_PRIVATE_KEY_PATH'),
-											 string(credentialsId: 'release.gpg.passphrase', variable: 'MAVEN_GPG_PASSPHRASE')]) {
+											 string(credentialsId: 'release.gpg.passphrase', variable: 'JRELEASER_GPG_PASSPHRASE'),
+											 // TODO: Once we switch to maven-central publishing (from nexus2) we need to add a new credentials
+											 //  to use the following env variable names to set the user/password:
+											 //  JRELEASER_MAVENCENTRAL_USERNAME
+											 //  JRELEASER_MAVENCENTRAL_TOKEN
+											 usernamePassword(credentialsId: 'ossrh.sonatype.org', passwordVariable: 'JRELEASER_NEXUS2_PASSWORD', usernameVariable: 'JRELEASER_NEXUS2_USERNAME'),
+											 string(credentialsId: 'Hibernate-CI.github.com', variable: 'JRELEASER_GITHUB_TOKEN')]) {
 								sshagent(['ed25519.Hibernate-CI.github.com', 'hibernate.filemgmt.jboss.org', 'hibernate-ci.frs.sourceforge.net']) {
 									sh 'cat $HOME/.ssh/config'
-									sh 'git clone https://github.com/hibernate/hibernate-release-scripts.git'
-									env.RELEASE_GPG_HOMEDIR = env.WORKSPACE_TMP + '/.gpg'
+									dir('.release/scripts') {
+										sh 'git clone https://github.com/hibernate/hibernate-release-scripts.git .'
+									}
 									sh """
-										bash -xe hibernate-release-scripts/release.sh ${params.RELEASE_DRY_RUN ? '-d' : ''} \
+										bash -xe .release/scripts/release.sh -j ${params.RELEASE_DRY_RUN ? '-d' : ''} \
 												validator ${releaseVersion.toString()} ${developmentVersion.toString()}
 									"""
 								}
diff --git a/jenkins/snapshot-publish/Jenkinsfile b/jenkins/snapshot-publish/Jenkinsfile
index cc58dda587..6bf1890b65 100644
--- a/jenkins/snapshot-publish/Jenkinsfile
+++ b/jenkins/snapshot-publish/Jenkinsfile
@@ -33,13 +33,16 @@ pipeline {
 		stage('Publish') {
 			steps {
 				script {
-					withMaven(mavenSettingsConfig: 'ci-hibernate.deploy.settings.maven',
-							mavenLocalRepo: env.WORKSPACE_TMP + '/.m2repository') {
-						sh """mvn \
-								-Pci-build \
-								-DskipTests \
-								clean deploy \
-						"""
+					withMaven(mavenSettingsConfig: 'ci-hibernate.deploy.settings.maven', mavenLocalRepo: env.WORKSPACE_TMP + '/.m2repository') {
+						dir('.release/scripts') {
+							sh 'git clone https://github.com/hibernate/hibernate-release-scripts.git .'
+						}
+						def version = sh(
+								script: ".release/scripts/determine-current-version.sh validator",
+								returnStdout: true
+						).trim()
+						echo "Current version: '${version}'"
+						sh "bash -xe .release/scripts/snapshot-deploy.sh validator ${version}"
 					}
 				}
 			}
diff --git a/parents/public/pom.xml b/parents/public/pom.xml
index db55e4c203..08c0e63bc8 100644
--- a/parents/public/pom.xml
+++ b/parents/public/pom.xml
@@ -57,10 +57,6 @@
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-source-plugin</artifactId>
             </plugin>
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-gpg-plugin</artifactId>
-            </plugin>
         </plugins>
     </build>
 
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index e26bcda91a..9a1a7575bb 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -246,7 +246,6 @@
         <!-- Note: when updating this version, consider reviewing the list of JDKs the forbidden API plugin is targeting. -->
         <version.forbiddenapis.plugin>3.9</version.forbiddenapis.plugin>
         <version.gmavenplus.plugin>4.2.0</version.gmavenplus.plugin>
-        <version.gpg.plugin>3.2.7</version.gpg.plugin>
         <version.install.plugin>3.1.4</version.install.plugin>
         <version.japicmp.plugin>0.23.1</version.japicmp.plugin>
         <version.jar.plugin>3.4.2</version.jar.plugin>
@@ -260,7 +259,6 @@
         <version.surefire.plugin>3.5.3</version.surefire.plugin>
         <version.surefire.plugin.java-version.asm>9.8</version.surefire.plugin.java-version.asm>
         <version.failsafe.plugin>${version.surefire.plugin}</version.failsafe.plugin>
-        <version.nexus-staging-maven-plugin>1.7.0</version.nexus-staging-maven-plugin>
         <version.flatten-maven-plugin>1.7.0</version.flatten-maven-plugin>
         <version.moditect.plugin>1.2.2.Final</version.moditect.plugin>
         <version.sisu-maven-plugin>0.9.0.M3</version.sisu-maven-plugin>
@@ -276,9 +274,9 @@
 
         <!-- Repository Deployment URLs -->
 
-        <ossrh.releases.repo.id>ossrh</ossrh.releases.repo.id>
-        <ossrh.releases.repo.url>https://oss.sonatype.org/service/local/staging/deploy/maven2/</ossrh.releases.repo.url>
-        <ossrh.releases.repo.baseUrl>https://oss.sonatype.org/</ossrh.releases.repo.baseUrl>
+        <!-- We always publish to a local directory, JReleaser is supposed to take care of publishing to Nexus: -->
+        <local.staging.releases.repo.id>staging-deploy</local.staging.releases.repo.id>
+        <local.staging.releases.repo.url>file:${maven.multiModuleProjectDirectory}/target/staging-deploy/maven</local.staging.releases.repo.url>
         <ossrh.snapshots.repo.id>ossrh</ossrh.snapshots.repo.id>
         <ossrh.snapshots.repo.url>https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots</ossrh.snapshots.repo.url>
 
@@ -745,36 +743,6 @@
                     </execution>
                 </executions>
             </plugin>
-            <!--
-                 Configure the nexus-staging-maven-plugin explicitly (without <extension>true</extension>)
-                 in order to work around a problem in the "reports" module (see that module's POM for more info).
-             -->
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.sonatype.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>nexus-staging-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <extensions>false</extensions><!-- This is essential: do not put true here -->
-                <configuration>
-                    <serverId>${ossrh.releases.repo.id}</serverId>
-                    <!-- The following, by default, is only used for actual releases, not for snapshot deployments -->
-                    <nexusUrl>${ossrh.releases.repo.baseUrl}</nexusUrl>
-                    <!-- oss.sonatype.org has been very slow when closing repositories lately;
-                         let's raise the timeout until we switch to s01.sonatype.org -->
-                    <stagingProgressTimeoutMinutes>60</stagingProgressTimeoutMinutes>
-                </configuration>
-                <executions>
-                    <execution>
-                        <id>default-deploy</id>
-                        <phase>deploy</phase>
-                        <goals>
-                            <!--
-                                This will only put artifacts in a staging directory.
-                                See the "reports" module for actual deployment, at the end of the build.
-                             -->
-                            <goal>deploy</goal>
-                        </goals>
-                    </execution>
-                </executions>
-            </plugin>
         </plugins>
         <pluginManagement>
             <plugins>
@@ -1199,13 +1167,9 @@
                     <version>${version.deploy.plugin}</version>
                     <configuration>
                         <!-- we use the nexus-staging plugin -->
-                        <skip>${maven-deploy-plugin.skip}</skip>
+                        <skip>${deploy.skip}</skip>
                     </configuration>
                 </plugin>
-                <plugin>
-                    <artifactId>maven-gpg-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>${version.gpg.plugin}</version>
-                </plugin>
                 <plugin>
                     <artifactId>maven-resources-plugin</artifactId>
                     <version>${version.resources.plugin}</version>
@@ -1563,14 +1527,6 @@
                     <artifactId>versions-maven-plugin</artifactId>
                     <version>${version.versions.plugin}</version>
                 </plugin>
-                <plugin>
-                    <groupId>org.sonatype.plugins</groupId>
-                    <artifactId>nexus-staging-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>${version.nexus-staging-maven-plugin}</version>
-                    <configuration>
-                        <skipNexusStagingDeployMojo>${deploy.skip}</skipNexusStagingDeployMojo>
-                    </configuration>
-                </plugin>
                 <plugin>
                     <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                     <artifactId>maven-wrapper-plugin</artifactId>
@@ -1639,9 +1595,9 @@
 
     <distributionManagement>
         <repository>
-            <id>${ossrh.releases.repo.id}</id>
-            <name>OSSRH Releases Repository</name>
-            <url>${ossrh.releases.repo.url}</url>
+            <id>${local.staging.releases.repo.id}</id>
+            <name>Local Staging Directory Releases Repository</name>
+            <url>${local.staging.releases.repo.url}</url>
         </repository>
         <snapshotRepository>
             <id>${ossrh.snapshots.repo.id}</id>
@@ -1700,23 +1656,6 @@
                             </execution>
                         </executions>
                     </plugin>
-                    <plugin>
-                        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                        <artifactId>maven-gpg-plugin</artifactId>
-                        <executions>
-                            <execution>
-                                <id>sign-artifacts</id>
-                                <phase>verify</phase>
-                                <goals>
-                                    <goal>sign</goal>
-                                </goals>
-                                <configuration>
-                                    <homedir>${env.RELEASE_GPG_HOMEDIR}</homedir>
-                                    <bestPractices>true</bestPractices>
-                                </configuration>
-                            </execution>
-                        </executions>
-                    </plugin>
                 </plugins>
             </build>
         </profile>