diff --git a/.github/workflows/maven-publish-release.yml b/.github/workflows/maven-publish-release.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c9fe461
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/maven-publish-release.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+name: Publish release package to the Maven Central Repository
+on:
+  release:
+    types: [ created ]
+
+jobs:
+  publish:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Install gpg secret key
+        run: |
+          # Install gpg secret key
+          cat <(echo -e "${{ secrets.OSSRH_GPG_SECRET_KEY }}") | gpg --batch --import
+          # Verify gpg secret key
+          gpg --list-secret-keys --keyid-format LONG
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - name: Set up JDK
+        uses: actions/setup-java@v3
+        with:
+          java-version: 17
+          distribution: 'temurin'
+          cache: maven
+          server-id: ossrh
+          server-username: MAVEN_USERNAME
+          server-password: MAVEN_PASSWORD
+      - name: Publish package
+        run: mvn --batch-mode -Dgpg.passphrase=${{ secrets.OSSRH_GPG_SECRET_KEY_PASSWORD }} -P osslabz-release clean deploy
+        env:
+          MAVEN_USERNAME: ${{ secrets.OSSRH_USERNAME }}
+          MAVEN_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.OSSRH_TOKEN }}
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diff --git a/.github/workflows/maven-publish.yml b/.github/workflows/maven-publish.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 44ce252..0000000
--- a/.github/workflows/maven-publish.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-name: Publish package to the Maven Central Repository
-on:
-  release:
-    types: [created]
-jobs:
-  publish:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
-      - name: Set up Maven Central Repository
-        uses: actions/setup-java@v3
-        with:
-          java-version: '11'
-          distribution: 'adopt'
-          server-id: ossrh
-          server-username: MAVEN_USERNAME
-          server-password: MAVEN_PASSWORD
-      - name: Publish package
-        run: mvn --batch-mode deploy
-        env:
-          MAVEN_USERNAME: ${{ secrets.OSSRH_USERNAME }}
-          MAVEN_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.OSSRH_TOKEN }}
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diff --git a/.github/workflows/maven.yml b/.github/workflows/maven.yml
index de04e1f..34f4391 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/maven.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/maven.yml
@@ -10,16 +10,14 @@ on:
 
 jobs:
   build:
-
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
-    - name: Set up JDK 11
-      uses: actions/setup-java@v3
-      with:
-        java-version: '11'
-        distribution: 'adopt'
-        cache: maven
-    - name: Build with Maven
-      run: mvn --batch-mode --update-snapshots package
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - name: Set up JDK
+        uses: actions/setup-java@v3
+        with:
+            java-version: 17
+            distribution: 'temurin'
+            cache: maven
+      - name: Build with Maven
+        run: mvn --batch-mode --update-snapshots package
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diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index f084961..599974a 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
     <groupId>net.osslabz</groupId>
     <artifactId>evm-client</artifactId>
-    <version>0.0.14-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>0.0.14</version>
 
     <name>EvmClient (${project.groupId}:${project.artifactId})</name>
     <description>A simple wrapper around web3j to simplify common use-cases. Also provides pre-configured information
@@ -195,4 +195,4 @@
             <url>https://s01.oss.sonatype.org/service/local/staging/deploy/maven2/</url>
         </repository>
     </distributionManagement>
-</project>
+</project>
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