diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 214269ea..c40765cd 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -56,17 +56,6 @@ jobs:
           server-id: ossrh
           server-username: MAVEN_USERNAME
           server-password: MAVEN_PASSWORD
-      # Maven 3.10 leaves maven-metadata-local.xml and _remote.repositories in the
-      # central-publishing staging directory, and Maven Central rejects the bundle.
-      - name: Set up Maven 3.9
-        env:
-          MAVEN_VERSION: 3.9.16
-          MAVEN_SHA512: 831a8591fe20c8243b1dbe7d71e3244f31d1665b0804b2e825e38cbbe5ce0cafb8338851f90780735568773e0a6cd07bbec107cda0b896b008b861075358b6f6
-        run: |
-          curl -fsSL --retry 5 -o "$RUNNER_TEMP/maven.tar.gz" "https://archive.apache.org/dist/maven/maven-3/$MAVEN_VERSION/binaries/apache-maven-$MAVEN_VERSION-bin.tar.gz"
-          echo "$MAVEN_SHA512  $RUNNER_TEMP/maven.tar.gz" | sha512sum -c -
-          tar xzf "$RUNNER_TEMP/maven.tar.gz" -C "$RUNNER_TEMP"
-          echo "$RUNNER_TEMP/apache-maven-$MAVEN_VERSION/bin" >> "$GITHUB_PATH"
       - name: Cache Maven packages
         uses: actions/cache@v6
         with:
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 2c078ed0..66c9155e 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -327,7 +327,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.sonatype.central</groupId>
             				<artifactId>central-publishing-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-            				<version>0.11.0</version>
+                <version>0.12.0</version>
             				<extensions>true</extensions>
             				<configuration>
             				    <publishingServerId>ossrh</publishingServerId>