diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index f17d3c2d67..c2a70eb02e 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -580,17 +580,20 @@
 			<id>release</id>
 			<build>
 				<plugins>
-					<!-- for deployment on OSS Sonatype -->
-					<!-- handles propagating the build to the staging repository -->
+					<!-- handles uploading the build to the maven central repository -->
 					<plugin>
-						<groupId>org.sonatype.plugins</groupId>
-						<artifactId>nexus-staging-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-						<version>1.6.13</version>
+						<groupId>org.sonatype.central</groupId>
+						<artifactId>central-publishing-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+						<version>0.8.0</version>
 						<extensions>true</extensions>
 						<configuration>
-							<serverId>ossrh</serverId>
-							<nexusUrl>https://oss.sonatype.org/</nexusUrl>
-							<autoReleaseAfterClose>true</autoReleaseAfterClose>
+							<!-- Note your maven settings.xml needs a server section with <id> that matches this one and valid credentials for maven central -->
+							<publishingServerId>central</publishingServerId>
+							<!-- If this is set to false, the artifact is only staged and then needs pushing manually via the web interface at https://central.sonatype.com/publishing/deployments -->
+							<!-- With true it publishes automatically -->
+							<autoPublish>true</autoPublish>
+							<!-- NOTE this is to wait for the new release to be validated and publicly available. Not essential but nice that when build is done, we know the artifacts are available publicly -->
+							<waitUntil>published</waitUntil>
 						</configuration>
 					</plugin>