diff --git a/.release/.gitignore b/.release/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..cdd9a17d6b0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.release/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# The folder into which we checkout our release scripts into
+*
+!.gitignore
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/build/reports/pom.xml b/build/reports/pom.xml
index 593bfca93cc..52f36013fe4 100644
--- a/build/reports/pom.xml
+++ b/build/reports/pom.xml
@@ -186,38 +186,6 @@
                     </dependency>
                 </dependencies>
             </plugin>
-            <!--
-                Hack to deploy in the "reports" module without deploying the "reports" module itself.
-                The default lifecycle bindings of the plugin is to "stage locally" every artifact throughout
-                the maven execution, and only actually deploy the "locally staged" artifacts
-                in the very last executed module, which happens to be this "reports" module.
-                However, this "reports" module does not generate any artifact we want to deploy.
-                Thus, we'd like to prevent even its POM from being deployed: just deploy the "locally staged" artifacts,
-                without adding the POM from the "reports" module to these artifacts.
-                The default lifecycle bindings of the plugin does not offer a configuration option to do that,
-                so we have to explicitly bind it
-             -->
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.sonatype.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>nexus-staging-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <extensions>false</extensions>
-                <!-- The <configuration> element is inherited from the parent module. -->
-                <executions>
-                    <!-- Skip the default deployment, as explained above we don't want it. -->
-                    <execution>
-                        <id>default-deploy</id>
-                        <phase>none</phase>
-                    </execution>
-                    <!-- ... but execute the deferred deployment for the other modules -->
-                    <execution>
-                        <id>deferred-deploy</id>
-                        <phase>deploy</phase>
-                        <goals>
-                            <goal>deploy-staged</goal>
-                        </goals>
-                    </execution>
-                </executions>
-            </plugin>
         </plugins>
     </build>
 
diff --git a/ci/release/Jenkinsfile b/ci/release/Jenkinsfile
index f1348f25c42..b9cef215b8c 100644
--- a/ci/release/Jenkinsfile
+++ b/ci/release/Jenkinsfile
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ pipeline {
 
 					def releaseVersion = Version.parseReleaseVersion(params.RELEASE_VERSION)
 					def developmentVersion = Version.parseDevelopmentVersion(params.DEVELOPMENT_VERSION)
+					env.JRELEASER_DRY_RUN = params.RELEASE_DRY_RUN
 					echo "Performing full release for version ${releaseVersion.toString()}"
 
 					withMaven(mavenSettingsConfig: params.RELEASE_DRY_RUN ? null : 'ci-hibernate.deploy.settings.maven',
@@ -70,13 +71,16 @@ pipeline {
 											configFile(fileId: 'release.config.ssh.knownhosts', targetLocation: env.HOME + '/.ssh/known_hosts')]) {
 							// using MAVEN_GPG_PASSPHRASE (the default env variable name for passphrase in maven gpg plugin)
 							withCredentials([file(credentialsId: 'release.gpg.private-key', variable: 'RELEASE_GPG_PRIVATE_KEY_PATH'),
-											 string(credentialsId: 'release.gpg.passphrase', variable: 'MAVEN_GPG_PASSPHRASE')]) {
+											 string(credentialsId: 'release.gpg.passphrase', variable: 'JRELEASER_GPG_PASSPHRASE'),
+											 usernamePassword(credentialsId: 'central.sonatype.com', passwordVariable: 'JRELEASER_MAVENCENTRAL_TOKEN', usernameVariable: 'JRELEASER_MAVENCENTRAL_USERNAME'),
+											 string(credentialsId: 'Hibernate-CI.github.com', variable: 'JRELEASER_GITHUB_TOKEN')]) {
 								sshagent(['ed25519.Hibernate-CI.github.com', 'hibernate.filemgmt.jboss.org', 'hibernate-ci.frs.sourceforge.net']) {
 									sh 'cat $HOME/.ssh/config'
-									sh 'git clone https://github.com/hibernate/hibernate-release-scripts.git'
-									env.RELEASE_GPG_HOMEDIR = env.WORKSPACE_TMP + '/.gpg'
+									dir('.release/scripts') {
+										sh 'git clone https://github.com/hibernate/hibernate-release-scripts.git .'
+									}
 									sh """
-										bash -xe hibernate-release-scripts/release.sh ${params.RELEASE_DRY_RUN ? '-d' : ''} \
+										bash -xe .release/scripts/release.sh -j ${params.RELEASE_DRY_RUN ? '-d' : ''} \
 												search ${releaseVersion.toString()} ${developmentVersion.toString()}
 									"""
 								}
diff --git a/distribution/src/main/assembly/dist.xml b/distribution/src/main/assembly/dist.xml
index f0925c08d5b..0e7556bc27f 100644
--- a/distribution/src/main/assembly/dist.xml
+++ b/distribution/src/main/assembly/dist.xml
@@ -192,9 +192,8 @@
                 <exclude>copyright.txt</exclude>
                 <exclude>lgpl.txt</exclude>
 
-                <!-- only needed for documentation and helper scripts, no need to include them -->
-                <exclude>hibernate-noorm-release-scripts/**</exclude>
-                <exclude>hibernate-release-scripts/**</exclude>
+				<!-- only needed for documentation and helper scripts, no need to include them -->
+				<exclude>.release/**</exclude>
 
                 <!-- actual files which should be ignored -->
                 <exclude>.git</exclude>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 54db6552ecd..a96aaf6b912 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -264,9 +264,7 @@
         <version.enforcer.plugin>3.4.0</version.enforcer.plugin>
         <version.project-info.plugin>3.5.0</version.project-info.plugin>
         <version.japicmp.plugin>0.18.3</version.japicmp.plugin>
-        <version.nexus-staging.plugin>1.6.13</version.nexus-staging.plugin>
         <version.deploy.plugin>3.1.1</version.deploy.plugin>
-        <version.gpg.plugin>3.1.0</version.gpg.plugin>
         <version.flatten-maven-plugin>1.5.0</version.flatten-maven-plugin>
         <version.assembly.plugin>3.6.0</version.assembly.plugin>
         <version.buildhelper.plugin>3.5.0</version.buildhelper.plugin>
@@ -308,11 +306,13 @@
 
         <!-- Repository Deployment URLs -->
 
-        <ossrh.releases.repo.id>ossrh</ossrh.releases.repo.id>
-        <ossrh.releases.repo.url>https://oss.sonatype.org/service/local/staging/deploy/maven2/</ossrh.releases.repo.url>
-        <ossrh.releases.repo.baseUrl>https://oss.sonatype.org/</ossrh.releases.repo.baseUrl>
-        <ossrh.snapshots.repo.id>ossrh</ossrh.snapshots.repo.id>
-        <ossrh.snapshots.repo.url>https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots</ossrh.snapshots.repo.url>
+        <!-- We always publish to a local directory, JReleaser is supposed to take care of publishing to Nexus: -->
+        <local.staging.releases.repo.id>staging-deploy</local.staging.releases.repo.id>
+        <local.staging.releases.repo.url>file:${maven.multiModuleProjectDirectory}/target/staging-deploy/maven</local.staging.releases.repo.url>
+        <central.releases.repo.id>central-releases</central.releases.repo.id>
+        <central.releases.repo.url>https://central.sonatype.com/api/v1/publisher/</central.releases.repo.url>
+        <central.snapshots.repo.id>central-snapshots</central.snapshots.repo.id>
+        <central.snapshots.repo.url>https://central.sonatype.com/repository/maven-snapshots/</central.snapshots.repo.url>
 
         <!--
             We don't want to publish or sign any modules by default.
@@ -539,39 +539,13 @@
                     </executions>
                 </plugin>
                 <!-- We want to deploy the public BOM, so we manage this plugin in the root pom. -->
-                <plugin>
-                    <groupId>org.sonatype.plugins</groupId>
-                    <artifactId>nexus-staging-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>${version.nexus-staging.plugin}</version>
-                    <configuration>
-                        <skipNexusStagingDeployMojo>${deploy.skip}</skipNexusStagingDeployMojo>
-                    </configuration>
-                </plugin>
-                <!-- We want to disable this plugin as soon as possible, hence we manage it in the root pom. -->
                 <plugin>
                     <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                     <artifactId>maven-deploy-plugin</artifactId>
                     <version>${version.deploy.plugin}</version>
-                </plugin>
-                <!-- Public BOM must be also signed, so we manage this plugin in the root pom. -->
-                <plugin>
-                    <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                    <artifactId>maven-gpg-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>${version.gpg.plugin}</version>
-                    <executions>
-                        <execution>
-                            <id>sign-artifacts</id>
-                            <phase>verify</phase>
-                            <goals>
-                                <goal>sign</goal>
-                            </goals>
-                            <configuration>
-                                <skip>${deploy.skip}</skip>
-                                <homedir>${env.RELEASE_GPG_HOMEDIR}</homedir>
-                                <bestPractices>true</bestPractices>
-                            </configuration>
-                        </execution>
-                    </executions>
+                    <configuration>
+                        <skip>${deploy.skip}</skip>
+                    </configuration>
                 </plugin>
                 <!-- Public BOM will be flattened too, so we manage this plugin in the root pom. -->
                 <plugin>
@@ -1051,44 +1025,6 @@
             </plugins>
         </pluginManagement>
         <plugins>
-            <!-- Skip the deploy plugin explicitly: we use nexus-staging-maven-plugin instead -->
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-deploy-plugin</artifactId>
-                <configuration>
-                    <skip>true</skip>
-                </configuration>
-            </plugin>
-            <!--
-                 Configure the nexus-staging-maven-plugin explicitly (without <extension>true</extension>)
-                 in order to work around a problem in the "reports" module (see that module's POM for more info).
-             -->
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.sonatype.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>nexus-staging-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <extensions>false</extensions><!-- This is essential: do not put true here -->
-                <configuration>
-                    <serverId>${ossrh.releases.repo.id}</serverId>
-                    <!-- The following, by default, is only used for actual releases, not for snapshot deployments -->
-                    <nexusUrl>${ossrh.releases.repo.baseUrl}</nexusUrl>
-                    <!-- oss.sonatype.org has been very slow when closing repositories lately;
-                         let's raise the timeout until we switch to s01.sonatype.org -->
-                    <stagingProgressTimeoutMinutes>60</stagingProgressTimeoutMinutes>
-                </configuration>
-                <executions>
-                    <execution>
-                        <id>default-deploy</id>
-                        <phase>deploy</phase>
-                        <goals>
-                            <!--
-                                This will only put artifacts in a staging directory.
-                                See the "reports" module for actual deployment, at the end of the build.
-                             -->
-                            <goal>deploy</goal>
-                        </goals>
-                    </execution>
-                </executions>
-            </plugin>
             <plugin>
                 <artifactId>exec-maven-plugin</artifactId>
                 <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
@@ -1283,14 +1219,14 @@
 
     <distributionManagement>
         <repository>
-            <id>${ossrh.releases.repo.id}</id>
-            <name>OSSRH Releases Repository</name>
-            <url>${ossrh.releases.repo.url}</url>
+            <id>${central.releases.repo.id}</id>
+            <name>Maven Central Releases Repository</name>
+            <url>${central.releases.repo.url}</url>
         </repository>
         <snapshotRepository>
-            <id>${ossrh.snapshots.repo.id}</id>
-            <name>OSSRH Snapshots Repository</name>
-            <url>${ossrh.snapshots.repo.url}</url>
+            <id>${central.snapshots.repo.id}</id>
+            <name>Maven Central Snapshots Repository</name>
+            <url>${central.snapshots.repo.url}</url>
         </snapshotRepository>
     </distributionManagement>
 
@@ -1380,12 +1316,16 @@
                 <javadoc.generate.jar.phase>prepare-package</javadoc.generate.jar.phase>
             </properties>
             <build>
-                <plugins>
-                    <plugin>
-                        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                        <artifactId>maven-gpg-plugin</artifactId>
-                    </plugin>
-                </plugins>
+                <pluginManagement>
+                    <plugins>
+                        <plugin>
+                            <artifactId>maven-deploy-plugin</artifactId>
+                            <configuration>
+                                <altReleaseDeploymentRepository>${local.staging.releases.repo.id}::${local.staging.releases.repo.url}</altReleaseDeploymentRepository>
+                            </configuration>
+                        </plugin>
+                    </plugins>
+                </pluginManagement>
             </build>
         </profile>