diff --git a/client/pom.xml b/client/pom.xml
index d0ae4a78..1d4b32f4 100644
--- a/client/pom.xml
+++ b/client/pom.xml
@@ -19,12 +19,15 @@
             <build>
                 <plugins>
                     <plugin>
-                        <groupId>org.sonatype.plugins</groupId>
-                        <artifactId>nexus-staging-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                        <version>1.6.3</version>
+                        <groupId>org.sonatype.central</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>central-publishing-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+                        <version>0.8.0</version>
                         <extensions>true</extensions>
                         <configuration>
-                            <skipNexusStagingDeployMojo>false</skipNexusStagingDeployMojo>
+                            <ignorePublishedComponents>true</ignorePublishedComponents>
+                            <publishingServerId>central</publishingServerId>
+                            <autoPublish>false</autoPublish>
+                            <waitUntil>published</waitUntil>
                         </configuration>
                     </plugin>
                 </plugins>
diff --git a/okhttp-modules/pom.xml b/okhttp-modules/pom.xml
index a8645f9c..3a842c81 100644
--- a/okhttp-modules/pom.xml
+++ b/okhttp-modules/pom.xml
@@ -20,12 +20,15 @@
             <build>
                 <plugins>
                     <plugin>
-                        <groupId>org.sonatype.plugins</groupId>
-                        <artifactId>nexus-staging-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                        <version>1.6.3</version>
+                        <groupId>org.sonatype.central</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>central-publishing-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+                        <version>0.8.0</version>
                         <extensions>true</extensions>
                         <configuration>
-                            <skipNexusStagingDeployMojo>false</skipNexusStagingDeployMojo>
+                            <ignorePublishedComponents>true</ignorePublishedComponents>
+                            <publishingServerId>central</publishingServerId>
+                            <autoPublish>false</autoPublish>
+                            <waitUntil>published</waitUntil>
                         </configuration>
                     </plugin>
                 </plugins>
diff --git a/pluggable-storage/pom.xml b/pluggable-storage/pom.xml
index 21b0bdac..d5b1a995 100644
--- a/pluggable-storage/pom.xml
+++ b/pluggable-storage/pom.xml
@@ -21,15 +21,15 @@
             <build>
                 <plugins>
                     <plugin>
-                        <groupId>org.sonatype.plugins</groupId>
-                        <artifactId>nexus-staging-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                        <version>1.6.3</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>
-                            <skipNexusStagingDeployMojo>true</skipNexusStagingDeployMojo>
+                            <ignorePublishedComponents>true</ignorePublishedComponents>
+                            <publishingServerId>central</publishingServerId>
+                            <autoPublish>false</autoPublish>
+                            <waitUntil>published</waitUntil>
                         </configuration>
                     </plugin>
                 </plugins>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 7b21f1ec..fe966220 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -47,16 +47,7 @@
         <developerConnection>scm:git@github.com:splitio/java-client.git</developerConnection>
         <url>git@github.com:splitio/java-client.git</url>
     </scm>
-    <distributionManagement>
-        <snapshotRepository>
-            <id>ossrh</id>
-            <url>https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots</url>
-        </snapshotRepository>
-        <repository>
-            <id>ossrh</id>
-            <url>https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/releases</url>
-        </repository>
-    </distributionManagement>
+    <!-- distributionManagement block removed as it's not needed with central-publishing-maven-plugin -->
     <repositories>
         <repository>
             <id>ossrh</id>
@@ -188,16 +179,7 @@
 
         <profile>
             <id>release</id>
-            <distributionManagement>
-                <snapshotRepository>
-                    <id>ossrh</id>
-                    <url>https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots</url>
-                </snapshotRepository>
-                <repository>
-                    <id>ossrh</id>
-                    <url>https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/releases</url>
-                </repository>
-            </distributionManagement>
+            <!-- distributionManagement block removed as it's not needed with central-publishing-maven-plugin -->
             <build>
                 <plugins>
                     <plugin>
@@ -230,16 +212,16 @@
                             </execution>
                         </executions>
                     </plugin>
-                    <!-- Release plugin -->
+                    <!-- Central Repository publishing plugin -->
                     <plugin>
-                        <groupId>org.sonatype.plugins</groupId>
-                        <artifactId>nexus-staging-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                        <version>1.6.3</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>
+                            <publishingServerId>central</publishingServerId>
+                            <autoPublish>false</autoPublish>
+                            <waitUntil>published</waitUntil>
                         </configuration>
                     </plugin>
                 </plugins>
diff --git a/redis-wrapper/pom.xml b/redis-wrapper/pom.xml
index 301739ce..64c5a115 100644
--- a/redis-wrapper/pom.xml
+++ b/redis-wrapper/pom.xml
@@ -43,15 +43,15 @@
             <build>
                 <plugins>
                     <plugin>
-                        <groupId>org.sonatype.plugins</groupId>
-                        <artifactId>nexus-staging-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                        <version>1.6.3</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>
-                            <skipNexusStagingDeployMojo>true</skipNexusStagingDeployMojo>
+                            <ignorePublishedComponents>true</ignorePublishedComponents>
+                            <publishingServerId>central</publishingServerId>
+                            <autoPublish>false</autoPublish>
+                            <waitUntil>published</waitUntil>
                         </configuration>
                     </plugin>
                 </plugins>
diff --git a/testing/pom.xml b/testing/pom.xml
index 0fae6cdf..de58f526 100644
--- a/testing/pom.xml
+++ b/testing/pom.xml
@@ -31,15 +31,15 @@
             <build>
                 <plugins>
                     <plugin>
-                        <groupId>org.sonatype.plugins</groupId>
-                        <artifactId>nexus-staging-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                        <version>1.6.3</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>
-                            <skipNexusStagingDeployMojo>false</skipNexusStagingDeployMojo>
+                            <publishingServerId>central</publishingServerId>
+                            <autoPublish>false</autoPublish>
+                            <waitUntil>published</waitUntil>
+                            <ignorePublishedComponents>true</ignorePublishedComponents>
                         </configuration>
                     </plugin>
                 </plugins>
diff --git a/update_maven_settings.sh b/update_maven_settings.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..8bea975f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/update_maven_settings.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,161 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Script to update Maven settings.xml with Central Repository credentials using xmlstarlet
+
+# ANSI color codes
+GREEN='\033[0;32m'
+YELLOW='\033[0;33m'
+BLUE='\033[0;34m'
+RED='\033[0;31m'
+NC='\033[0m' # No Color
+
+# Check if xmlstarlet is installed
+if ! command -v xmlstarlet &> /dev/null; then
+    echo -e "${RED}Error: xmlstarlet is not installed.${NC}"
+    echo "Please install xmlstarlet first:"
+    echo "  macOS: brew install xmlstarlet"
+    echo "  Debian/Ubuntu: sudo apt-get install xmlstarlet"
+    echo "  RHEL/CentOS/Fedora: sudo yum install xmlstarlet"
+    echo "Then run this script again."
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+# Default values
+DEFAULT_SETTINGS_PATH="$HOME/.m2/settings.xml"
+DEFAULT_SERVER_ID="central"
+
+echo -e "${BLUE}Maven Settings.xml Update Script${NC}"
+echo "This script will update your Maven settings.xml with Central Repository credentials."
+echo
+
+# Ask for settings.xml path or use default
+read -p "Path to settings.xml [$DEFAULT_SETTINGS_PATH]: " SETTINGS_PATH
+SETTINGS_PATH=${SETTINGS_PATH:-$DEFAULT_SETTINGS_PATH}
+
+# Variables to store existing values
+EXISTING_USERNAME=""
+EXISTING_PASSWORD=""
+
+# Extract existing values if settings.xml exists
+if [ -f "$SETTINGS_PATH" ] && command -v xmlstarlet &> /dev/null; then
+    # Check if the file is valid XML
+    if xmlstarlet val "$SETTINGS_PATH" &> /dev/null; then
+        echo -e "${YELLOW}Reading existing settings from ${SETTINGS_PATH}...${NC}"
+        
+        # Extract existing server ID
+        DEFAULT_SERVER_ID=$(xmlstarlet sel -t -v "/settings/servers/server[1]/id" "$SETTINGS_PATH" 2>/dev/null || echo "$DEFAULT_SERVER_ID")
+        
+        # Extract existing username and password for the server
+        EXISTING_USERNAME=$(xmlstarlet sel -t -v "/settings/servers/server[id='$DEFAULT_SERVER_ID']/username" "$SETTINGS_PATH" 2>/dev/null || echo "")
+        EXISTING_PASSWORD=$(xmlstarlet sel -t -v "/settings/servers/server[id='$DEFAULT_SERVER_ID']/password" "$SETTINGS_PATH" 2>/dev/null || echo "")
+    fi
+fi
+
+# Ask for server ID or use default/existing
+read -p "Server ID [$DEFAULT_SERVER_ID]: " SERVER_ID
+SERVER_ID=${SERVER_ID:-$DEFAULT_SERVER_ID}
+
+# Ask for username (show existing if available)
+USERNAME_PROMPT="Username"
+if [ -n "$EXISTING_USERNAME" ]; then
+    USERNAME_PROMPT="Username (current: $EXISTING_USERNAME)"
+fi
+read -p "$USERNAME_PROMPT: " USERNAME
+USERNAME=${USERNAME:-$EXISTING_USERNAME}
+
+# Ask for password (indicate if existing)
+PASSWORD_PROMPT="Password"
+if [ -n "$EXISTING_PASSWORD" ]; then
+    PASSWORD_PROMPT="Password (leave empty to keep current)"
+fi
+read -s -p "$PASSWORD_PROMPT: " PASSWORD
+echo
+# Only use existing password if the user didn't enter a new one
+if [ -z "$PASSWORD" ] && [ -n "$EXISTING_PASSWORD" ]; then
+    PASSWORD="$EXISTING_PASSWORD"
+fi
+
+# Create .m2 directory if it doesn't exist
+M2_DIR=$(dirname "$SETTINGS_PATH")
+mkdir -p "$M2_DIR"
+
+# No GPG configuration needed
+
+# Function to create a new settings.xml file
+create_new_settings() {
+    echo -e "${YELLOW}Creating new settings.xml file...${NC}"
+    cat > "$SETTINGS_PATH" << EOF
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<settings xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/SETTINGS/1.0.0"
+          xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+          xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/SETTINGS/1.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/settings-1.0.0.xsd">
+  <servers>
+    <server>
+      <id>$SERVER_ID</id>
+      <username>$USERNAME</username>
+      <password>$PASSWORD</password>
+    </server>
+  </servers>
+</settings>
+EOF
+}
+
+# Check if settings.xml exists
+if [ -f "$SETTINGS_PATH" ]; then
+    echo -e "${YELLOW}Existing settings.xml found. Backing up to ${SETTINGS_PATH}.bak${NC}"
+    cp "$SETTINGS_PATH" "${SETTINGS_PATH}.bak"
+    
+    # Check if the file is valid XML
+    if ! xmlstarlet val "$SETTINGS_PATH" &> /dev/null; then
+        echo -e "${RED}Warning: The existing settings.xml is not valid XML.${NC}"
+        read -p "Do you want to create a new settings.xml file? (y/n): " CREATE_NEW
+        if [[ $CREATE_NEW =~ ^[Yy]$ ]]; then
+            create_new_settings
+        else
+            echo -e "${RED}Exiting without making changes.${NC}"
+            exit 1
+        fi
+    else
+        # Check if servers element exists
+        if ! xmlstarlet sel -t -v "/settings/servers" "$SETTINGS_PATH" &> /dev/null; then
+            echo -e "${YELLOW}No servers section found. Adding servers section...${NC}"
+            xmlstarlet ed --inplace \
+                -s "/settings" -t elem -n "servers" \
+                -s "/settings/servers" -t elem -n "server" \
+                -s "/settings/servers/server" -t elem -n "id" -v "$SERVER_ID" \
+                -s "/settings/servers/server" -t elem -n "username" -v "$USERNAME" \
+                -s "/settings/servers/server" -t elem -n "password" -v "$PASSWORD" \
+                "$SETTINGS_PATH"
+        else
+            # Check if server with this ID already exists
+            if xmlstarlet sel -t -v "/settings/servers/server[id='$SERVER_ID']" "$SETTINGS_PATH" &> /dev/null; then
+                echo -e "${YELLOW}Server with ID '$SERVER_ID' already exists. Updating credentials...${NC}"
+                # Update existing server credentials
+                xmlstarlet ed --inplace \
+                    -u "/settings/servers/server[id='$SERVER_ID']/username" -v "$USERNAME" \
+                    -u "/settings/servers/server[id='$SERVER_ID']/password" -v "$PASSWORD" \
+                    "$SETTINGS_PATH"
+            else
+                echo -e "${YELLOW}Adding new server with ID '$SERVER_ID'...${NC}"
+                # Add new server to existing servers section
+                xmlstarlet ed --inplace \
+                    -s "/settings/servers" -t elem -n "server" \
+                    -s "/settings/servers/server[last()]" -t elem -n "id" -v "$SERVER_ID" \
+                    -s "/settings/servers/server[last()]" -t elem -n "username" -v "$USERNAME" \
+                    -s "/settings/servers/server[last()]" -t elem -n "password" -v "$PASSWORD" \
+                    "$SETTINGS_PATH"
+            fi
+        fi
+    fi
+else
+    create_new_settings
+fi
+
+# Make sure the file has the right permissions
+chmod 600 "$SETTINGS_PATH"
+
+echo -e "${GREEN}Maven settings.xml updated successfully at $SETTINGS_PATH${NC}"
+echo -e "${GREEN}Server ID: $SERVER_ID${NC}"
+echo -e "${GREEN}Username: $USERNAME${NC}"
+echo -e "${GREEN}Password: ********${NC}"
+