diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index d3ac56c3..3fbb1c2b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -49,6 +49,9 @@ jobs:
           cache: maven
           distribution: ${{ matrix.jdk }}
           java-version: ${{ matrix.java }}
+          server-id: ossrh
+          server-username: MAVEN_USERNAME
+          server-password: MAVEN_PASSWORD
 
       - name: Set release version
         shell: bash
@@ -63,9 +66,10 @@ jobs:
         with:
           maven-version: ${{ matrix.maven }}
 
-      - name: Build with Maven
+      - name: Release with Maven
         env:
-          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          MAVEN_USERNAME: ${{ secrets.SONATYPE_USERNAME }}
+          MAVEN_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.SONATYPE_PASSWORD }}
           MAVEN_GPG_PASSPHRASE: ${{ secrets.BUILD_PASSPHRASE }}
           MAVEN_GPG_KEY: ${{ secrets.BUILD_KEY }}
           DOCKER_USERNAME: ${{ secrets.DOCKER_USERNAME }}
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index b5df5364..b881a19b 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@
     <!-- Dependency versions -->
     <microhttp.version>0.11</microhttp.version>
     <jpv3.version>0.0.0-SNAPSHOT</jpv3.version>
+    <freelib.utils.version>5.0.7</freelib.utils.version>
 
     <!-- Configuring Sonar to use the right (i.e., webrepl) branch -->
     <sonar.branch.target>webrepl</sonar.branch.target>
@@ -55,7 +56,6 @@
     <docker.plugin.version>0.45.0</docker.plugin.version>
     <deploy.plugin.version>3.1.3</deploy.plugin.version>
     <shade.plugin.version>3.6.0</shade.plugin.version>
-    <freelib.utils.version>5.0.5</freelib.utils.version>
 
     <!-- Test dependency versions -->
     <junit.version>5.11.0</junit.version>