diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yaml b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
index 4ef1ae14..ab05fe2d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ jobs:
       env:
           SONATYPE_USER: ${{ secrets.OSSRH_S01_TOKEN_USERNAME }}
           SONATYPE_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.OSSRH_S01_TOKEN_PASSWORD }}
-          GPG_PASSPHRASE: ${{ secrets.GPG_PASSPHRASE }}
+          MAVEN_GPG_PASSPHRASE: ${{ secrets.GPG_PASSPHRASE }}
       run: |
         ./mvnw -B clean install -DskipTests
         ./mvnw -B clean deploy -Pci,sonatype -s settings.xml
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 892b616f..89726397 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@
 							</execution>
 						</executions>
 						<configuration>
-							<passphrase>${env.GPG_PASSPHRASE}</passphrase>
+							<!-- Password via MAVEN_GPG_PASSWORD -->
 						</configuration>
 					</plugin>
 					 <plugin>