diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 8603a158c..ce6844cd4 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -103,6 +103,10 @@
             <id>ossrh</id>
             <url>https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots</url>
         </snapshotRepository>
+        <repository>
+            <id>ossrh</id>
+            <url>https://oss.sonatype.org/service/local/staging/deploy/maven2/</url>
+        </repository>
     </distributionManagement>
 
     <profiles>
@@ -179,7 +183,7 @@
                 <configuration>
                     <serverId>ossrh</serverId>
                     <nexusUrl>https://oss.sonatype.org/</nexusUrl>
-                    <autoReleaseAfterClose>true</autoReleaseAfterClose>
+                    <autoReleaseAfterClose>false</autoReleaseAfterClose>
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
             <plugin>