diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-to-maven-central.yml b/.github/workflows/release-to-maven-central.yml
index d3e3ade3ea3..29bd2d19be2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-to-maven-central.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-to-maven-central.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-name: release-to-maven-central
+name: Release To Maven Central
 
 on:
   workflow_dispatch:
@@ -39,12 +39,16 @@ jobs:
         with:
           distribution: 'temurin'
           java-version: '17'
-          server-id: oss.sonatype.org
+          server-id: central
           server-username: MAVEN_USERNAME
           server-password: MAVEN_PASSWORD
           gpg-private-key: ${{ secrets.MAVEN_GPG_PRIVATE_KEY }}
           gpg-passphrase: MAVEN_GPG_PASSPHRASE
           cache: 'maven'
+        env:
+          MAVEN_USERNAME: ${{ secrets.OSS_SONATYPE_USERNAME }}
+          MAVEN_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.OSS_SONATYPE_PASSWORD }}
+          MAVEN_GPG_PASSPHRASE: ${{ secrets.MAVEN_GPG_PASSPHRASE }}
 
       - name: Cache node modules
         uses: actions/cache@v4
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index aee41872e95..a314c642232 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@
         <maven-checkstyle-plugin.version>3.6.0</maven-checkstyle-plugin.version>
         <checkstyle.version>10.21.2</checkstyle.version>
         <spring-javaformat-checkstyle.version>0.0.43</spring-javaformat-checkstyle.version>
-        <nexus-staging-maven-plugin.version>1.7.0</nexus-staging-maven-plugin.version>
+        <central-publishing-maven-plugin.version>0.7.0</central-publishing-maven-plugin.version>
         <node.version>v22.12.0</node.version>
         <jolokia-support-spring.version>2.2.2</jolokia-support-spring.version>
     </properties>
@@ -150,7 +150,6 @@
                 <configuration>
                     <configLocation>src/checkstyle/checkstyle.xml</configLocation>
                     <headerLocation>src/checkstyle/checkstyle-header.txt</headerLocation>
-                    <encoding>UTF-8</encoding>
                     <consoleOutput>true</consoleOutput>
                     <failOnViolation>true</failOnViolation>
                     <includeTestSourceDirectory>true</includeTestSourceDirectory>
@@ -388,9 +387,9 @@
                     <version>${jacoco-maven-plugin.version}</version>
                 </plugin>
                 <plugin>
-                    <groupId>org.sonatype.plugins</groupId>
-                    <artifactId>nexus-staging-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>${nexus-staging-maven-plugin.version}</version>
+                    <groupId>org.sonatype.central</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>central-publishing-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+                    <version>${central-publishing-maven-plugin.version}</version>
                 </plugin>
             </plugins>
         </pluginManagement>
@@ -462,28 +461,12 @@
                     </plugin>
 
                     <plugin>
-                        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                        <artifactId>maven-deploy-plugin</artifactId>
-                        <configuration>
-                            <skip>true</skip>
-                        </configuration>
-                    </plugin>
-                    <plugin>
-                        <groupId>org.sonatype.plugins</groupId>
-                        <artifactId>nexus-staging-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                        <executions>
-                            <execution>
-                                <id>deploy-to-sonatype</id>
-                                <phase>deploy</phase>
-                                <goals>
-                                    <goal>deploy</goal>
-                                    <goal>release</goal>
-                                </goals>
-                            </execution>
-                        </executions>
+                        <groupId>org.sonatype.central</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>central-publishing-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+                        <extensions>true</extensions>
                         <configuration>
-                            <serverId>oss.sonatype.org</serverId>
-                            <nexusUrl>https://oss.sonatype.org</nexusUrl>
+                            <publishingServerId>central</publishingServerId>
+                            <autoPublish>true</autoPublish>
                         </configuration>
                     </plugin>
                 </plugins>
@@ -559,10 +542,5 @@
             <name>GitHub Packages</name>
             <url>https://maven.pkg.github.com/codecentric/spring-boot-admin</url>
         </snapshotRepository>
-        <repository>
-            <id>sonatype-nexus-staging</id>
-            <name>Nexus Release Repository</name>
-            <url>https://oss.sonatype.org/service/local/staging/deploy/maven2/</url>
-        </repository>
     </distributionManagement>
 </project>
diff --git a/spring-boot-admin-docs/src/site/package.json b/spring-boot-admin-docs/src/site/package.json
index 463c4e76781..0b457eacc27 100644
--- a/spring-boot-admin-docs/src/site/package.json
+++ b/spring-boot-admin-docs/src/site/package.json
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     "start": "docusaurus start",
     "build:current-version-redirect": "sed \"s/@@VERSION@@/$VERSION/g\" current/index.template.html > current/index.html && sed \"s/@@VERSION@@/$VERSION/g\" current/404.template.html > current/404.html",
     "build": "docusaurus build",
-    "build:prod": "npm run build && npm run build:current-version-redirect && mv ./build ../../target/generated-docs"
+    "build:prod": "npm run build && npm run build:current-version-redirect && rm -rf ../../target/generated-docs && mv ./build ../../target/generated-docs"
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "@docusaurus/core": "^3.6.3",
diff --git a/spring-boot-admin-samples/spring-boot-admin-sample-servlet/pom.xml b/spring-boot-admin-samples/spring-boot-admin-sample-servlet/pom.xml
index dcbab3a9d6d..6eda9483aa5 100644
--- a/spring-boot-admin-samples/spring-boot-admin-sample-servlet/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-boot-admin-samples/spring-boot-admin-sample-servlet/pom.xml
@@ -125,7 +125,6 @@
                 <configuration>
                     <mainClass>de.codecentric.boot.admin.sample.SpringBootAdminServletApplication</mainClass>
                     <addResources>false</addResources>
-                    <executable>true</executable>
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
         </plugins>