diff --git a/.github/workflows/deploy-to-maven-central.yml b/.github/workflows/deploy-to-maven-central.yml
index 5f73e08..1841106 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/deploy-to-maven-central.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/deploy-to-maven-central.yml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ jobs:
           distribution: temurin
 
     - name: Build and deploy to Maven Central
-      run: mvn deploy #-DrepositoryId=central -Durl=https://mvnrepository.com/gov.cdc.lib-hl7v2-nist-validator#
+      run: mvn deploy -DrepositoryId=central -Durl=https://mvnrepository.com/gov.cdc.lib-hl7v2-nist-validator
       env:
         SONATYPE_USERNAME: ${{ secrets.SONATYPE_USERNAME }}
         SONATYPE_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.SONATYPE_PASSWORD }}
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index b59c960..8444917 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -182,24 +182,10 @@
       <id>github</id>
       <url>https://maven.pkg.github.com/cdcgov/lib-hl7v2-nist-validator</url>
     </repository>
-    </distributionManagement>
-<build>
-    <plugins>
-        <plugin>
-          <groupId>org.sonatype.central</groupId>
-          <artifactId>central-publishing-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-          <version>0.5.0</version>
-          <extensions>true</extensions>
-          <configuration>
-            <publishingServerId>central</publishingServerId>
-          </configuration>
-        </plugin>
-    </plugins>
-</build>
-    <!--Maven Central distribution 
+    <!--Maven Central distribution -->
     <repository>
       <id>central</id>
       <url>https://mvnrepository.com/gov.cdc.lib-hl7v2-nist-validator</url>
     <repository />
-    </distributionManagement> -->
+    </distributionManagement> 
 </project>