diff --git a/nbactions.xml b/nbactions.xml
index c5f8ed5..c988a5e 100644
--- a/nbactions.xml
+++ b/nbactions.xml
@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<actions>
-        <action>
-            <actionName>CUSTOM-maven central distribution</actionName>
-            <displayName>maven central distribution</displayName>
-            <goals>
-                <goal>clean</goal>
-                <goal>deploy</goal>
-            </goals>
-        </action>
-    </actions>
+<actions>    
+    <action>
+        <actionName>CUSTOM-maven release</actionName>
+        <displayName>maven release</displayName>
+        <goals>
+            <goal>clean</goal>
+            <goal>deploy</goal>
+            <goal>-P</goal>
+            <goal>release</goal>
+        </goals>
+    </action>
+</actions>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index f645a51..f992d6d 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
 
         <!-- Only when performing a release (i.e. not for snapshots) -->
         <profile>
-            <id>sonatype-oss-release</id>
+            <id>release</id>
             <build>
                 <plugins>
                     <plugin>
@@ -73,7 +73,6 @@
                             </execution>
                         </executions>
                     </plugin>
-
                     <plugin>
                         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                         <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
@@ -90,8 +89,6 @@
                             </execution>
                         </executions>
                     </plugin>
-
-                    <!-- Artifact signing -->
                     <plugin>
                         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                         <artifactId>maven-gpg-plugin</artifactId>