diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 6b412c2..6ea6bb8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -43,13 +43,16 @@ jobs:
           JRELEASER_GPG_PUBLIC_KEY: ${{ vars.GPG_PUBLIC_KEY }}
           JRELEASER_GPG_SECRET_KEY: ${{ secrets.GPG_SECRET_KEY }}
           JRELEASER_GPG_PASSPHRASE: ""
-          JRELEASER_DEPLOY_MAVEN_MAVENCENTRAL_SONATYPE_USERNAME: ${{ secrets.SONATYPE_USERNAME }}
-          JRELEASER_DEPLOY_MAVEN_MAVENCENTRAL_SONATYPE_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.SONATYPE_PASSWORD }}
+          SONATYPE_USERNAME: ${{ secrets.SONATYPE_USERNAME }}
+          SONATYPE_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.SONATYPE_PASSWORD }}
         run: |
           echo "=== JReleaser Environment Variables ==="
-          echo "SONATYPE_USERNAME is set: $([ -n "$JRELEASER_DEPLOY_MAVEN_MAVENCENTRAL_SONATYPE_USERNAME" ] && echo YES || echo NO)"
-          echo "SONATYPE_PASSWORD is set: $([ -n "$JRELEASER_DEPLOY_MAVEN_MAVENCENTRAL_SONATYPE_PASSWORD" ] && echo YES || echo NO)"
-          env | grep JRELEASER | sort
+          echo "SONATYPE_USERNAME is set: $([ -n "$SONATYPE_USERNAME" ] && echo YES || echo NO)"
+          echo "SONATYPE_PASSWORD is set: $([ -n "$SONATYPE_PASSWORD" ] && echo YES || echo NO)"
+          echo "SONATYPE_USERNAME value (first 10 chars): ${SONATYPE_USERNAME:0:10}***"
+          echo "SONATYPE_PASSWORD value (first 20 chars): ${SONATYPE_PASSWORD:0:20}***"
+          echo "All JRELEASER and SONATYPE variables:"
+          env | grep -E "(JRELEASER|SONATYPE)" | sort
           echo "====================================="
       
       - name: Validate JReleaser configuration
@@ -59,8 +62,8 @@ jobs:
           JRELEASER_GPG_PUBLIC_KEY: ${{ vars.GPG_PUBLIC_KEY }}
           JRELEASER_GPG_SECRET_KEY: ${{ secrets.GPG_SECRET_KEY }}
           JRELEASER_GPG_PASSPHRASE: ""
-          JRELEASER_DEPLOY_MAVEN_MAVENCENTRAL_SONATYPE_USERNAME: ${{ secrets.SONATYPE_USERNAME }}
-          JRELEASER_DEPLOY_MAVEN_MAVENCENTRAL_SONATYPE_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.SONATYPE_PASSWORD }}
+          SONATYPE_USERNAME: ${{ secrets.SONATYPE_USERNAME }}
+          SONATYPE_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.SONATYPE_PASSWORD }}
         run: |
           ./gradlew jreleaserConfig --no-daemon
       
@@ -71,8 +74,8 @@ jobs:
           JRELEASER_GPG_PUBLIC_KEY: ${{ vars.GPG_PUBLIC_KEY }}
           JRELEASER_GPG_SECRET_KEY: ${{ secrets.GPG_SECRET_KEY }}
           JRELEASER_GPG_PASSPHRASE: ""
-          JRELEASER_DEPLOY_MAVEN_MAVENCENTRAL_SONATYPE_USERNAME: ${{ secrets.SONATYPE_USERNAME }}
-          JRELEASER_DEPLOY_MAVEN_MAVENCENTRAL_SONATYPE_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.SONATYPE_PASSWORD }}
+          SONATYPE_USERNAME: ${{ secrets.SONATYPE_USERNAME }}
+          SONATYPE_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.SONATYPE_PASSWORD }}
         run: |
           ./gradlew jreleaserFullRelease --no-daemon --stacktrace
 
diff --git a/jreleaser.yml b/jreleaser.yml
index 1164522..cc5ce03 100644
--- a/jreleaser.yml
+++ b/jreleaser.yml
@@ -27,7 +27,9 @@ deploy:
       sonatype:
         active: ALWAYS
         url: https://central.sonatype.com/api/v1/publisher
-        authorization: BASIC
+        username: ${SONATYPE_USERNAME}
+        password: ${SONATYPE_PASSWORD}
+        authorization: BEARER
         sign: true
         stagingRepositories:
           - build/staging-deploy