diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 52a75316..c6404e5d 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -97,15 +97,13 @@
                         </executions>
                     </plugin>
                     <plugin>
-                        <groupId>org.sonatype.plugins</groupId>
-                        <artifactId>nexus-staging-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                        <version>1.6.13</version>
+                        <groupId>org.sonatype.central</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>central-publishing-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+                        <version>0.9.0</version>
                         <extensions>true</extensions>
                         <configuration>
-                            <serverId>ossrh</serverId>
-                            <nexusUrl>https://s01.oss.sonatype.org/</nexusUrl>
-                            <autoReleaseAfterClose>false</autoReleaseAfterClose>
-                            <stagingProgressTimeoutMinutes>60</stagingProgressTimeoutMinutes>
+                            <publishingServerId>central</publishingServerId>
+                            <excludeArtifacts>ocfl-java-itest</excludeArtifacts>
                         </configuration>
                     </plugin>
                 </plugins>
@@ -342,7 +340,6 @@
             <dependency>
                 <groupId>software.amazon.awssdk</groupId>
                 <artifactId>bom</artifactId>
-                <!-- moving to 2.30 seems to break the range requests for reasons that aren't clear to me -->
                 <version>2.39.1</version>
                 <type>pom</type>
                 <scope>import</scope>