diff --git a/Jenkinsfile b/Jenkinsfile
index 9aeeee42..b9903149 100644
--- a/Jenkinsfile
+++ b/Jenkinsfile
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ pipeline {
 
 			environment {
 				ARTIFACTORY = credentials('02bd1690-b54f-4c9f-819d-a77cb7a9822c')
-				SONATYPE = credentials('oss-token')
+				SONATYPE = credentials('oss-login')
 				KEYRING = credentials('spring-signing-secring.gpg')
 				PASSPHRASE = credentials('spring-gpg-passphrase')
 			}
@@ -144,6 +144,11 @@ pipeline {
 
 					if (RELEASE_TYPE == 'release') {
 						sh "PROFILE=ci,central ci/build-and-deploy-to-maven-central.sh ${PROJECT_VERSION}"
+
+						slackSend(
+                                color: (currentBuild.currentResult == 'SUCCESS') ? 'good' : 'danger',
+                                channel: '#spring-hateoas',
+                                message: "@here Spring HATEOAS ${PROJECT_VERSION} is staged on Sonatype awaiting closure and release.")
 					} else {
 						sh "PROFILE=ci,${RELEASE_TYPE} ci/build-and-deploy-to-artifactory.sh"
 					}
diff --git a/README.adoc b/README.adoc
index 64a7ecf5..a38bfc40 100644
--- a/README.adoc
+++ b/README.adoc
@@ -40,8 +40,10 @@ git config core.commentchar "/"
 
 NOTE: You can chain the previous set of commands together using `&&`.
 
-The pipeline will build and release the "release" branch. It will also build a new a new snapshot and stage it on artifactory.
-And if it's a `.RELEASE`, the pipeline will push it out to Maven Central.
+The pipeline will build and release the "release" branch. It will also build a new snapshot and stage it on artifactory.
+And if it's a `.RELEASE`, the pipeline will push it out to Maven Central. To complete a release on Maven Central, you must login
+to the server shown in `pom.xml`, close, and release. This is a stop gap to guard against bad releases accidentally getting pushed
+out to Maven Central.
 
 === Running CI tasks locally
 
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index d15e1d7d..325ebb52 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -705,10 +705,10 @@
 							<extensions>true</extensions>
 							<configuration>
 								<serverId>sonatype</serverId>
-								<nexusUrl>https://oss.sonatype.org/</nexusUrl>
-								<autoReleaseAfterClose>true</autoReleaseAfterClose>
+								<nexusUrl>https://s01.oss.sonatype.org/</nexusUrl>
+								<autoReleaseAfterClose>false</autoReleaseAfterClose>
 								<keepStagingRepositoryOnFailure>true</keepStagingRepositoryOnFailure>
-								<skipStagingRepositoryClose>false</skipStagingRepositoryClose>
+								<skipStagingRepositoryClose>true</skipStagingRepositoryClose>
 							</configuration>
 						</plugin>
 					</plugins>
@@ -734,7 +734,7 @@
 			<distributionManagement>
 				<repository>
 					<id>sonatype</id>
-					<url>https://oss.sonatype.org/service/local/staging/deploy/maven2/</url>
+					<url>https://s01.oss.sonatype.org//service/local/staging/deploy/maven2/</url>
 				</repository>
 			</distributionManagement>