diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index 45fe502e..f33f83ac 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ jobs:
           cache: 'maven'
 
       - name: Build with Maven
-        run: mvn -B -ff -ntp clean install -Dgpg.skip=true
+        run: mvn -B -ff -ntp clean install
 
       - name: Publish Code Coverage
         if: github.ref == 'refs/heads/main' && matrix.java == '11'
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ jobs:
           cache: 'maven'
 
       - name: Build with Maven
-        run: mvn -B -ff -ntp clean install -Dgpg.skip=true
+        run: mvn -B -ff -ntp clean install
 
   build_windows:
     runs-on: windows-latest
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ jobs:
           cache: 'maven'
 
       - name: Build with Maven
-        run: mvn -B -ff -ntp clean install --% -Dgpg.skip=true
+        run: mvn -B -ff -ntp clean install
 
   verify-native:
     name: Verify GraalVM ${{ matrix.java }} compatibility on ${{ matrix.os }}
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ jobs:
           distribution: 'graalvm-community'
 
       - name: Install nitrite
-        run: mvn -B -ff -ntp clean install "-Dgpg.skip=true" -DskipTests
+        run: mvn -B -ff -ntp clean install -DskipTests
 
       - name: Run native tests
         working-directory: ./nitrite-native-tests
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index edb94a0e..be006b80 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ jobs:
           PGP_KEY_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.PGP_KEY_PASSWORD }}
 
       - name: Deploy Release
-        run: mvn -B -ff -ntp deploy -DskipTests -Dgpg.passphrase="$PGP_KEY_PASSWORD"
+        run: mvn -P deploy -B -ff -ntp deploy -DskipTests -Dgpg.passphrase="$PGP_KEY_PASSWORD"
         shell: bash
         env:
           MAVEN_USERNAME: ${{ secrets.OSSRH_USER }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/snapshot.yml b/.github/workflows/snapshot.yml
index 2e4bab89..ddcdc1b8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/snapshot.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/snapshot.yml
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ jobs:
           PGP_KEY_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.PGP_KEY_PASSWORD }}
 
       - name: Deploy Snapshot
-        run: mvn -B -ff -ntp deploy -DskipTests -Dgpg.passphrase="$PGP_KEY_PASSWORD"
+        run: mvn -P deploy -B -ff -ntp  deploy -DskipTests -Dgpg.passphrase="$PGP_KEY_PASSWORD"
         shell: bash
         env:
           MAVEN_USERNAME: ${{ secrets.OSSRH_USER }}
diff --git a/nitrite-bom/pom.xml b/nitrite-bom/pom.xml
index c2cdf4bf..2c9db54b 100644
--- a/nitrite-bom/pom.xml
+++ b/nitrite-bom/pom.xml
@@ -67,17 +67,4 @@
             <snapshots><enabled>true</enabled></snapshots>
         </repository>
     </repositories>
-
-    <build>
-        <plugins>
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-gpg-plugin</artifactId>
-            </plugin>
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.sonatype.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>nexus-staging-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-            </plugin>
-        </plugins>
-    </build>
 </project>
diff --git a/nitrite-jackson-mapper/pom.xml b/nitrite-jackson-mapper/pom.xml
index 8b2d741e..7c6f7a3d 100644
--- a/nitrite-jackson-mapper/pom.xml
+++ b/nitrite-jackson-mapper/pom.xml
@@ -132,18 +132,10 @@
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-source-plugin</artifactId>
             </plugin>
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-gpg-plugin</artifactId>
-            </plugin>
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
                 <artifactId>animal-sniffer-maven-plugin</artifactId>
             </plugin>
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.sonatype.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>nexus-staging-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-            </plugin>
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
diff --git a/nitrite-mvstore-adapter/pom.xml b/nitrite-mvstore-adapter/pom.xml
index 6fce262f..eceb5d4a 100644
--- a/nitrite-mvstore-adapter/pom.xml
+++ b/nitrite-mvstore-adapter/pom.xml
@@ -174,14 +174,6 @@
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-source-plugin</artifactId>
             </plugin>
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-gpg-plugin</artifactId>
-            </plugin>
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.sonatype.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>nexus-staging-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-            </plugin>
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
diff --git a/nitrite-native-tests/pom.xml b/nitrite-native-tests/pom.xml
index 784d9acf..793dbdfe 100644
--- a/nitrite-native-tests/pom.xml
+++ b/nitrite-native-tests/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 
         <assertj.version>3.26.3</assertj.version>
         <junit.version>5.11.3</junit.version>
-        <native-build-tools-plugin.version>0.10.3</native-build-tools-plugin.version>
+        <native-build-tools-plugin.version>0.10.4</native-build-tools-plugin.version>
     </properties>
 
     <dependencyManagement>
diff --git a/nitrite-rocksdb-adapter/pom.xml b/nitrite-rocksdb-adapter/pom.xml
index b011bc0f..edd368ff 100644
--- a/nitrite-rocksdb-adapter/pom.xml
+++ b/nitrite-rocksdb-adapter/pom.xml
@@ -172,14 +172,6 @@
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-source-plugin</artifactId>
             </plugin>
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-gpg-plugin</artifactId>
-            </plugin>
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.sonatype.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>nexus-staging-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-            </plugin>
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
diff --git a/nitrite-spatial/pom.xml b/nitrite-spatial/pom.xml
index 653f8bca..346d5242 100644
--- a/nitrite-spatial/pom.xml
+++ b/nitrite-spatial/pom.xml
@@ -122,10 +122,6 @@
                 <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
                 <artifactId>animal-sniffer-maven-plugin</artifactId>
             </plugin>
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-gpg-plugin</artifactId>
-            </plugin>
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.sonatype.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>nexus-staging-maven-plugin</artifactId>
diff --git a/nitrite-support/pom.xml b/nitrite-support/pom.xml
index 4d3c3ace..0c022902 100644
--- a/nitrite-support/pom.xml
+++ b/nitrite-support/pom.xml
@@ -125,14 +125,6 @@
                 <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
                 <artifactId>animal-sniffer-maven-plugin</artifactId>
             </plugin>
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-gpg-plugin</artifactId>
-            </plugin>
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.sonatype.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>nexus-staging-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-            </plugin>
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
diff --git a/nitrite/pom.xml b/nitrite/pom.xml
index aa5159c5..d8cdee59 100644
--- a/nitrite/pom.xml
+++ b/nitrite/pom.xml
@@ -206,18 +206,10 @@
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-source-plugin</artifactId>
             </plugin>
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-gpg-plugin</artifactId>
-            </plugin>
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
                 <artifactId>animal-sniffer-maven-plugin</artifactId>
             </plugin>
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.sonatype.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>nexus-staging-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-            </plugin>
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 0922b837..0c56a8e5 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
         <maven.compiler.source>11</maven.compiler.source>
         <maven.compiler.target>11</maven.compiler.target>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-        <jackson.version>2.18.1</jackson.version>
+        <jackson.version>2.18.2</jackson.version>
         <slf4j.version>2.0.16</slf4j.version>
         <jasypt.version>1.9.3</jasypt.version>
         <h2.version>2.3.232</h2.version>
@@ -60,16 +60,16 @@
         <kryo5.version>5.6.2</kryo5.version>
         <jts.version>1.20.0</jts.version>
         <commons-codec.version>1.17.1</commons-codec.version>
-        <commons-io.version>2.17.0</commons-io.version>
-        <kotlin.version>2.0.21</kotlin.version>
+        <commons-io.version>2.18.0</commons-io.version>
+        <kotlin.version>2.1.0</kotlin.version>
         <kotlinx-serialization.version>1.7.3</kotlinx-serialization.version>
         <kotlinx-datetime.version>0.6.1</kotlinx-datetime.version>
-        <lombok.version>1.18.34</lombok.version>
+        <lombok.version>1.18.36</lombok.version>
         <lombok-maven-plugin.version>1.18.20.0</lombok-maven-plugin.version>
         <junit.version>4.13.2</junit.version>
         <mockito.version>5.14.2</mockito.version>
         <podam.version>8.0.2.RELEASE</podam.version>
-        <log4j.version>2.24.1</log4j.version>
+        <log4j.version>2.24.3</log4j.version>
         <awaitility.version>4.2.2</awaitility.version>
         <joda-time.version>2.13.0</joda-time.version>
         <meanbean.version>2.0.3</meanbean.version>
@@ -80,11 +80,13 @@
         <guava.version>33.3.1-jre</guava.version>
         <threetenbp.version>1.7.0</threetenbp.version>
 
-        <error-prone.version>2.35.1</error-prone.version>
+        <!-- Error Prone version > 2.31.0 can't run on JDK 11. see https://errorprone.info/docs/installation -->
+        <error-prone.version>2.31.0</error-prone.version>
+
         <jacoco.version>0.8.12</jacoco.version>
         <surefire.version>3.5.2</surefire.version>
         <maven-compiler-plugin.version>3.13.0</maven-compiler-plugin.version>
-        <maven-javadoc-plugin.version>3.11.1</maven-javadoc-plugin.version>
+        <maven-javadoc-plugin.version>3.11.2</maven-javadoc-plugin.version>
         <maven-source-plugin.version>3.3.1</maven-source-plugin.version>
         <dokka.version>1.9.20</dokka.version>
         <animal-sniffer.version>1.24</animal-sniffer.version>
@@ -522,19 +524,27 @@
                 </plugin>
             </plugins>
         </pluginManagement>
-
-        <plugins>
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-gpg-plugin</artifactId>
-            </plugin>
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.sonatype.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>nexus-staging-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-            </plugin>
-        </plugins>
     </build>
 
+    <profiles>
+        <profile>
+            <id>deploy</id>
+            <build>
+                <plugins>
+                    <plugin>
+                        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>maven-gpg-plugin</artifactId>
+                    </plugin>
+                    <plugin>
+                        <groupId>org.sonatype.plugins</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>nexus-staging-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+                    </plugin>
+                </plugins>
+            </build>
+        </profile>
+
+    </profiles>
+
     <distributionManagement>
         <!-- Repository for snapshots -->
         <snapshotRepository>
diff --git a/potassium-nitrite/pom.xml b/potassium-nitrite/pom.xml
index 3432c940..2e596b54 100644
--- a/potassium-nitrite/pom.xml
+++ b/potassium-nitrite/pom.xml
@@ -162,14 +162,6 @@
                 <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
                 <artifactId>animal-sniffer-maven-plugin</artifactId>
             </plugin>
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-gpg-plugin</artifactId>
-            </plugin>
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.sonatype.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>nexus-staging-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-            </plugin>
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>