diff --git a/.github/workflows/maven-publish.yml b/.github/workflows/maven-publish.yml
index 5d7fc50..3608115 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/maven-publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/maven-publish.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-name: Maven Package
+name: Maven Release Package
 
 on:
   release:
@@ -8,26 +8,27 @@ on:
   workflow_dispatch:
 
 jobs:
-  build:
+  build-and-deploy:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     permissions:
       contents: read
-      packages: write
 
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v3
-    - name: Set up JDK 11
+    
+    - name: Set up JDK 17
       uses: actions/setup-java@v3
       with:
-        java-version: '11'
+        java-version: '17'
         distribution: 'temurin'
-        server-id: github # Value of the distributionManagement/repository/id field of the pom.xml
-        settings-path: ${{ github.workspace }} # location for the settings.xml file
+        server-id: ossrh # Server ID from your settings.xml
+        gpg-private-key: ${{ secrets.GPG_PRIVATE_KEY }} # Imported from GitHub secrets
+        gpg-passphrase: ${{ secrets.GPG_PASSPHRASE }} # Imported from GitHub secrets
 
     - name: Build with Maven
-      run: mvn -B package -DskipTests --file pom.xml
+      run: mvn clean install -B -P release --file pax-sdk/pom.xml
 
-    - name: Publish to GitHub Packages Apache Maven
-      run: mvn deploy -s $GITHUB_WORKSPACE/settings.xml
+    - name: Sign and Deploy to OSSRH
+      run: mvn deploy -B -P release --settings pax-sdk/settings.xml --file pax-sdk/pom.xml
       env:
-       GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+        GPG_PASSPHRASE: ${{ secrets.GPG_PASSPHRASE }}
diff --git a/pax-sdk/pom.xml b/pax-sdk/pom.xml
index 98900d4..033df28 100644
--- a/pax-sdk/pom.xml
+++ b/pax-sdk/pom.xml
@@ -3,13 +3,32 @@
 	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 	<groupId>org.unigrid</groupId>
 	<artifactId>pax-sdk</artifactId>
-	<version>0.0.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	<version>0.0.1</version>
 	<packaging>jar</packaging>
+	<!-- Project Information -->
+	<name>pax-sdk</name>
+	<description>A Java SDK to connect to the Unigrid Cosmos SDK Network</description>
+	<url>https://unigrid.org</url>
+	<!-- Developers Information -->
+	<developers>
+		<developer>
+			<id>dekm</id>
+			<name>Evan Green</name>
+			<email>info@unigrid.org</email>
+		</developer>
+	</developers>
 	<properties>
 		<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
 		<maven.compiler.source>17</maven.compiler.source>
 		<maven.compiler.target>17</maven.compiler.target>
 	</properties>
+	<!-- MAVEN CENTRAL -->
+	<scm>
+		<url>https://github.com/unigrid-project/pax-sdk-java</url>
+		<connection>scm:git:git://github.com/unigrid-project/pax-sdk-java.git</connection>
+		<developerConnection>scm:git:ssh://github.com:unigrid-project/pax-sdk-java.git</developerConnection>
+	</scm>
+
 	<dependencies>
 		<!-- gRPC dependencies -->
 		<dependency>
@@ -93,20 +112,15 @@
 	<!-- MAVEN PUBLISH -->
     
 	<distributionManagement>
+		<snapshotRepository>
+			<id>ossrh</id>
+			<url>https://s01.oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots</url>
+		</snapshotRepository>
 		<repository>
-			<id>github</id>
-			<name>GitHub Apache Maven Packages</name>
-			<url>https://maven.pkg.github.com/unigrid-project/pax-sdk-java</url>
+			<id>ossrh</id>
+			<url>https://s01.oss.sonatype.org/service/local/staging/deploy/maven2/</url>
 		</repository>
 	</distributionManagement>
-
-	<repositories>
-		<repository>
-			<id>github</id>
-			<name>Unigrid Cosmos SDK Java Apache Maven Packages</name>
-			<url>https://maven.pkg.github.com/unigrid-project/pax-sdk-java</url>
-		</repository>
-	</repositories>
     
 	<build>
 		<extensions>
@@ -828,6 +842,44 @@
 					<release>17</release>
 				</configuration>
 			</plugin>
+			<plugin>
+				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+				<artifactId>maven-gpg-plugin</artifactId>
+				<version>1.6</version>
+				<executions>
+					<execution>
+						<id>sign-artifacts</id>
+						<phase>verify</phase>
+						<goals>
+							<goal>sign</goal>
+						</goals>
+					</execution>
+				</executions>
+			</plugin>
+			<plugin>
+				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+				<artifactId>maven-source-plugin</artifactId>
+				<executions>
+					<execution>
+						<id>attach-sources</id>
+						<goals>
+							<goal>jar-no-fork</goal>
+						</goals>
+					</execution>
+				</executions>
+			</plugin>
+			<plugin>
+				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+				<artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
+				<executions>
+					<execution>
+						<id>attach-javadocs</id>
+						<goals>
+							<goal>jar</goal>
+						</goals>
+					</execution>
+				</executions>
+			</plugin>
 		</plugins>
 	</build>
 </project>
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diff --git a/pax-sdk/settings.xml b/pax-sdk/settings.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..af81f32
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pax-sdk/settings.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+<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 https://maven.apache.org/xsd/settings-1.0.0.xsd">
+    <!-- other profiles if needed -->
+
+    <servers>
+        <server>
+            <id>ossrh</id>
+            <username>${env.OSSRH_USERNAME}</username>
+            <password>${env.OSSRH_PASSWORD}</password>
+        </server>
+    </servers>
+</settings>
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