diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..785001252
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+name: publish sdks
+
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+jobs:
+  publish:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - name: Set up Maven Central Repository
+        uses: actions/setup-java@v1
+        with:
+          java-version: 8
+          server-id: ossrh
+          server-username: MAVEN_USERNAME
+          server-password: MAVEN_PASSWORD
+          gpg-private-key: ${{ secrets.MAVEN_GPG_PRIVATE_KEY }}
+          gpg-passphrase: MAVEN_GPG_PASSPHRASE
+      - name: Publish to Apache Maven Central
+        run: mvn clean deploy -Dmaven.test.skip=true -Prelease
+        env:
+          MAVEN_USERNAME: ${{ secrets.MAVEN_USERNAME }}
+          MAVEN_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.MAVEN_PASSWORD }}
+          MAVEN_GPG_PASSPHRASE: ${{ secrets.MAVEN_GPG_PASSPHRASE }}
diff --git a/client/all/pom.xml b/client/all/pom.xml
index 897ff39ab..b25c91cf3 100644
--- a/client/all/pom.xml
+++ b/client/all/pom.xml
@@ -213,8 +213,9 @@
                     <plugin>
                         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                         <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
-                        <version>2.10.4</version>
+                        <version>3.2.0</version>
                         <configuration>
+                            <doclint>none</doclint>
                             <encoding>${project.build.sourceEncoding}</encoding>
                             <detectOfflineLinks>true</detectOfflineLinks>
                             <breakiterator>true</breakiterator>
@@ -252,7 +253,14 @@
                     <plugin>
                         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                         <artifactId>maven-gpg-plugin</artifactId>
-                        <version>1.5</version>
+                        <version>3.0.1</version>
+                        <configuration>
+                            <!-- Prevent gpg from using pinentry programs -->
+                            <gpgArguments>
+                                <arg>--pinentry-mode</arg>
+                                <arg>loopback</arg>
+                            </gpgArguments>
+                        </configuration>
                         <executions>
                             <execution>
                                 <id>sign-artifacts</id>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 1ee625bdb..75b9c0942 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -730,7 +730,6 @@
                 </pluginRepository>
             </pluginRepositories>
         </profile>
-
             <profile>
                 <id>release</id>
                 <build>
@@ -738,7 +737,10 @@
                         <plugin>
                             <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                             <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
-                            <version>2.9.1</version>
+                            <version>3.2.0</version>
+                            <configuration>
+                                <doclint>none</doclint>
+                            </configuration>
                             <executions>
                                 <execution>
                                     <id>attach-javadocs</id>
@@ -762,7 +764,14 @@
                         <plugin>
                             <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                             <artifactId>maven-gpg-plugin</artifactId>
-                            <version>1.6</version>
+                            <version>3.0.1</version>
+                            <configuration>
+                                <!-- Prevent gpg from using pinentry programs -->
+                                <gpgArguments>
+                                    <arg>--pinentry-mode</arg>
+                                    <arg>loopback</arg>
+                                </gpgArguments>
+                            </configuration>
                             <executions>
                                 <execution>
                                     <id>sign-artifacts</id>