diff --git a/.github/workflows/maven-publish.yml b/.github/workflows/maven-publish.yml
index 4345480d4..08bd21b52 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/maven-publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/maven-publish.yml
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ jobs:
         GITHUB_REPO: ${{ github.repository }}
 
     - name: Publish to GitHub Packages Apache Maven
-      run: ./mvnw -B -s $GITHUB_WORKSPACE/settings.xml -Dgithub.repository=$GITHUB_REPO -DskipTests=true deploy
+      run: ./mvnw -B -s $GITHUB_WORKSPACE/settings.xml -Dgithub.repository=$GITHUB_REPO -DskipTests=true -P release deploy
       env:
         GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ github.token }}
         GITHUB_REPO: ${{ github.repository }}