diff --git a/.github/workflows/central-release.yml b/.github/workflows/central-release.yml
index 5863bbac..2d21a0b1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/central-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/central-release.yml
@@ -4,9 +4,7 @@ on:
   workflow_dispatch:
 
 env:
-  GRADLE_ENTERPRISE_CACHE_USER: ${{ secrets.GRADLE_ENTERPRISE_CACHE_USER }}
-  GRADLE_ENTERPRISE_CACHE_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.GRADLE_ENTERPRISE_CACHE_PASSWORD }}
-  GRADLE_ENTERPRISE_ACCESS_KEY: ${{ secrets.GRADLE_ENTERPRISE_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY }}
+  DEVELOCITY_ACCESS_KEY: ${{ secrets.GRADLE_ENTERPRISE_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY }}
 
 jobs:
   release_sonatype_repo:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/check-samples.yml b/.github/workflows/check-samples.yml
index 1c44e9dd..2f01cc44 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/check-samples.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/check-samples.yml
@@ -5,9 +5,7 @@ on:
 
 env:
   SLACK_WEBHOOK_URL: ${{ secrets.SLACK_WEBHOOK_URL }}
-  GRADLE_ENTERPRISE_CACHE_USER: ${{ secrets.GRADLE_ENTERPRISE_CACHE_USER }}
-  GRADLE_ENTERPRISE_CACHE_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.GRADLE_ENTERPRISE_CACHE_PASSWORD }}
-  GRADLE_ENTERPRISE_ACCESS_KEY: ${{ secrets.GRADLE_ENTERPRISE_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY }}
+  DEVELOCITY_ACCESS_KEY: ${{ secrets.GRADLE_ENTERPRISE_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY }}
   COMMIT_OWNER: ${{ github.event.pusher.name }}
   COMMIT_SHA: ${{ github.sha }}
   ARTIFACTORY_USERNAME: ${{ secrets.ARTIFACTORY_USERNAME }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index ba321132..b3be3c58 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -9,10 +9,8 @@ on:
   workflow_dispatch:
 
 env:
-  SLACK_WEBHOOK_URL: ${{ secrets.SLACK_WEBHOOK_URL }}
-  GRADLE_ENTERPRISE_CACHE_USER: ${{ secrets.GRADLE_ENTERPRISE_CACHE_USER }}
-  GRADLE_ENTERPRISE_CACHE_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.GRADLE_ENTERPRISE_CACHE_PASSWORD }}
-  GRADLE_ENTERPRISE_ACCESS_KEY: ${{ secrets.GRADLE_ENTERPRISE_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY }}
+  GCHAT_WEBHOOK_URL: ${{ secrets.SPRING_RELEASE_GCHAT_WEBHOOK_URL }}
+  DEVELOCITY_ACCESS_KEY: ${{ secrets.GRADLE_ENTERPRISE_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY }}
   COMMIT_OWNER: ${{ github.event.pusher.name }}
   COMMIT_SHA: ${{ github.sha }}
   ARTIFACTORY_USERNAME: ${{ secrets.ARTIFACTORY_USERNAME }}
@@ -87,6 +85,7 @@ jobs:
               -PlocalRepositoryPath="$LOCAL_REPOSITORY_PATH" \
               -PspringPulsarVersion="$VERSION" \
               -PspringBootVersion="$BOOT_VERSION" \
+              -PsampleTests \
               :runAllSampleTests
   scan:
     needs: [prerequisites]
@@ -185,7 +184,7 @@ jobs:
           git push --tags origin
       - name: Install tooling for Github release
         run: |
-          curl -sSL -O https://github.com/spring-io/github-changelog-generator/releases/download/v0.0.8/github-changelog-generator.jar
+          curl -sSL -O https://github.com/spring-io/github-changelog-generator/releases/download/v0.0.10/github-changelog-generator.jar
       - name: Create Github release
         env:
           RELEASE_NOTES_FILE: ${{runner.temp}}/release_notes.md5
@@ -200,26 +199,12 @@ jobs:
           --title "Spring Pulsar $VERSION" \
           --generate-notes \
           --notes-file $RELEASE_NOTES_FILE
-      - name: Announce Release on Slack
-        id: spring-pulsar-announcing
-        uses: slackapi/slack-github-action@v1.27.0
+      - name: Announce Release in Chat
+        uses: julb/action-post-googlechat-message@v1
+        if: env.GCHAT_WEBHOOK_URL
         with:
-          payload: |
-            {
-              "text": "spring-pulsar-announcing `${{ env.VERSION }}` is available now",
-              "blocks": [
-                {
-                  "type": "section",
-                  "text": {
-                    "type": "mrkdwn",
-                    "text": "spring-pulsar-announcing `${{ env.VERSION }}` is available now"
-                  }
-                }
-              ]
-            }
-        env:
-          SLACK_WEBHOOK_URL: ${{ secrets.SPRING_RELEASE_SLACK_WEBHOOK_URL }}
-          SLACK_WEBHOOK_TYPE: INCOMING_WEBHOOK
+          message: "spring-pulsar-announcing `${{ env.VERSION }}`"
+          gchat_webhook_url: ${{ env.GCHAT_WEBHOOK_URL }}
       - name: Update next snapshot version
         run: |
           echo "Updating $REPO@$VERSION to next snapshot version."