diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-code-analysis.yml b/.github/workflows/ci-code-analysis.yml
index 931bc376a..0adc6f978 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci-code-analysis.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-code-analysis.yml
@@ -39,11 +39,6 @@ jobs:
       with:
         java-version: '17'
         distribution: 'temurin'
-    - name: maven-settings
-      uses: s4u/maven-settings-action@v2
-      with:
-        servers: '[{"id": "github", "username": "dummy", "password": "${env.GITHUB_TOKEN_REF}"}]'
-        githubServer: false
     - name: Run spotbugs
       run: mvn -B -U compile spotbugs:check
       env:
diff --git a/.github/workflows/pr-ci.yaml b/.github/workflows/pr-ci.yaml
index 794cee13e..df72e1752 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pr-ci.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pr-ci.yaml
@@ -118,11 +118,6 @@ jobs:
         java-version: ${{ matrix.java }}
         distribution: 'temurin'
         cache: 'maven'
-    - name: maven-settings
-      uses: s4u/maven-settings-action@v2
-      with:
-        servers: '[{"id": "github", "username": "dummy", "password": "${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}"}]'
-        githubServer: false
     - run: git submodule init && git submodule update
     - name: Cache yarn packages
       uses: actions/cache@v3
diff --git a/.github/workflows/push-ci.yaml b/.github/workflows/push-ci.yaml
index df3f0ac6f..31d15739c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/push-ci.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/push-ci.yaml
@@ -60,11 +60,6 @@ jobs:
         java-version: ${{ matrix.java }}
         distribution: 'temurin'
         cache: 'maven'
-    - name: maven-settings
-      uses: s4u/maven-settings-action@v2
-      with:
-        servers: '[{"id": "github", "username": "dummy", "password": "${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}"}]'
-        githubServer: false
     - run: git submodule init && git submodule update
     - name: Cache yarn packages
       uses: actions/cache@v3
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index e17687d5f..60d77781e 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -6,21 +6,6 @@
   <artifactId>cryostat3</artifactId>
   <version>3.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
 
-  <repositories>
-    <repository>
-      <id>github</id>
-      <url>https://maven.pkg.github.com/cryostatio/cryostat-core</url>
-    </repository>
-  </repositories>
-
-  <distributionManagement>
-    <repository>
-      <id>github</id>
-      <name>GitHub Packages</name>
-      <url>https://maven.pkg.github.com/cryostatio/cryostat-agent</url>
-    </repository>
-  </distributionManagement>
-
   <properties>
     <quarkus.application.version>${cryostat.imageVersionLower}</quarkus.application.version>
     <java.version>17</java.version>
@@ -31,7 +16,7 @@
     <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
     <project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
 
-    <io.cryostat.core.version>2.27.0</io.cryostat.core.version>
+    <io.cryostat.core.version>2.28.0</io.cryostat.core.version>
 
     <org.apache.commons.codec.version>1.16.0</org.apache.commons.codec.version>
     <org.apache.commons.io.version>2.13.0</org.apache.commons.io.version>