diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 02b47bc..c695a3a 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -123,18 +123,6 @@ commands:
       - run:
           name: Deploy to Apache Maven Central
           command: mvn -s .circleci/maven-release-settings.xml -Ddeploy -Dmaven.test.skip=true -Pscala-<<parameters.scala-version>> -Pspark-<<parameters.spark-version>> deploy
-  release:
-    parameters:
-      scala-version:
-        type: 'string'
-      spark-version:
-        type: 'string'
-    steps:
-      - run:
-          name: Release to Apache Maven Central
-          command: mvn -s .circleci/maven-release-settings.xml -Ddeploy -Dmaven.test.skip=true -Pscala-<<parameters.scala-version>> -Pspark-<<parameters.spark-version>> nexus-staging:release
-          environment:
-            MAVEN_OPTS: "--add-opens=java.base/java.util=ALL-UNNAMED --add-opens=java.base/java.lang.reflect=ALL-UNNAMED --add-opens=java.base/java.text=ALL-UNNAMED --add-opens=java.desktop/java.awt.font=ALL-UNNAMED"
 
 jobs:
 
@@ -349,27 +337,6 @@ jobs:
           spark-version: <<parameters.spark-version>>
       - store_cache
 
-  release:
-    parameters:
-      scala-version:
-        type: 'string'
-      spark-version:
-        type: 'string'
-    executor: 'j17'
-    steps:
-      - timeout:
-          duration: '20m'
-      - checkout
-      - load_cache
-      - config_gpg
-      - deploy:
-          scala-version: <<parameters.scala-version>>
-          spark-version: <<parameters.spark-version>>
-      - release:
-          scala-version: <<parameters.scala-version>>
-          spark-version: <<parameters.spark-version>>
-      - store_cache
-
 workflows:
   test-adb-version:
     when:
@@ -565,22 +532,3 @@ workflows:
               only: /^deploy.*/
             branches:
               ignore: /.*/
-  release:
-    jobs:
-      - release:
-          name: release-spark<<matrix.spark-version>>-scala<<matrix.scala-version>>
-          matrix:
-            parameters:
-              spark-version:
-                - '3.3'
-                - '3.4'
-                - '3.5'
-              scala-version:
-                - '2.12'
-                - '2.13'
-          context: java-release
-          filters:
-            tags:
-              only: /^release.*/
-            branches:
-              ignore: /.*/
diff --git a/.circleci/maven-release-settings.xml b/.circleci/maven-release-settings.xml
index be5b9ae..d8e10fc 100644
--- a/.circleci/maven-release-settings.xml
+++ b/.circleci/maven-release-settings.xml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
     <profiles>
         <profile>
-            <id>ossrh</id>
+            <id>central</id>
             <activation>
                 <activeByDefault>true</activeByDefault>
             </activation>
@@ -16,9 +16,9 @@
 
     <servers>
         <server>
-            <id>ossrh</id>
-            <username>${env.OSSRH_USERNAME}</username>
-            <password>${env.OSSRH_PASSWORD}</password>
+            <id>central</id>
+            <username>${env.CENTRAL_USERNAME}</username>
+            <password>${env.CENTRAL_PASSWORD}</password>
         </server>
     </servers>
 
diff --git a/arangodb-spark-commons/pom.xml b/arangodb-spark-commons/pom.xml
index 8411101..5b44445 100644
--- a/arangodb-spark-commons/pom.xml
+++ b/arangodb-spark-commons/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     <parent>
         <artifactId>arangodb-spark-datasource</artifactId>
         <groupId>com.arangodb</groupId>
-        <version>1.8.0</version>
+        <version>1.9.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
@@ -47,14 +47,6 @@
                     </execution>
                 </executions>
             </plugin>
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.sonatype.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>nexus-staging-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <extensions>true</extensions>
-                <configuration>
-                    <skipNexusStagingDeployMojo>false</skipNexusStagingDeployMojo>
-                </configuration>
-            </plugin>
         </plugins>
     </build>
 
diff --git a/arangodb-spark-datasource-3.3/pom.xml b/arangodb-spark-datasource-3.3/pom.xml
index 7008c9c..cd23bd6 100644
--- a/arangodb-spark-datasource-3.3/pom.xml
+++ b/arangodb-spark-datasource-3.3/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     <parent>
         <artifactId>arangodb-spark-datasource</artifactId>
         <groupId>com.arangodb</groupId>
-        <version>1.8.0</version>
+        <version>1.9.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
@@ -61,14 +61,6 @@
                     </execution>
                 </executions>
             </plugin>
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.sonatype.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>nexus-staging-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <extensions>true</extensions>
-                <configuration>
-                    <skipNexusStagingDeployMojo>false</skipNexusStagingDeployMojo>
-                </configuration>
-            </plugin>
         </plugins>
     </build>
 
diff --git a/arangodb-spark-datasource-3.4/pom.xml b/arangodb-spark-datasource-3.4/pom.xml
index 35f9758..5bc8519 100644
--- a/arangodb-spark-datasource-3.4/pom.xml
+++ b/arangodb-spark-datasource-3.4/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     <parent>
         <artifactId>arangodb-spark-datasource</artifactId>
         <groupId>com.arangodb</groupId>
-        <version>1.8.0</version>
+        <version>1.9.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
@@ -61,14 +61,6 @@
                     </execution>
                 </executions>
             </plugin>
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.sonatype.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>nexus-staging-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <extensions>true</extensions>
-                <configuration>
-                    <skipNexusStagingDeployMojo>false</skipNexusStagingDeployMojo>
-                </configuration>
-            </plugin>
         </plugins>
     </build>
 
diff --git a/arangodb-spark-datasource-3.5/pom.xml b/arangodb-spark-datasource-3.5/pom.xml
index 1b8ccf2..95b24d5 100644
--- a/arangodb-spark-datasource-3.5/pom.xml
+++ b/arangodb-spark-datasource-3.5/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     <parent>
         <artifactId>arangodb-spark-datasource</artifactId>
         <groupId>com.arangodb</groupId>
-        <version>1.8.0</version>
+        <version>1.9.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
@@ -61,14 +61,6 @@
                     </execution>
                 </executions>
             </plugin>
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.sonatype.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>nexus-staging-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <extensions>true</extensions>
-                <configuration>
-                    <skipNexusStagingDeployMojo>false</skipNexusStagingDeployMojo>
-                </configuration>
-            </plugin>
         </plugins>
     </build>
 
diff --git a/demo/README.md b/demo/README.md
index 927406b..efc3c52 100644
--- a/demo/README.md
+++ b/demo/README.md
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ For the python demo, you will also need
 Set environment variables:
 
 ```shell
-export ARANGO_SPARK_VERSION=1.8.0
+export ARANGO_SPARK_VERSION=1.9.0-SNAPSHOT
 ```
 
 Start ArangoDB cluster with docker:
diff --git a/demo/pom.xml b/demo/pom.xml
index 57a3cd0..9baf056 100644
--- a/demo/pom.xml
+++ b/demo/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
     <groupId>com.arangodb</groupId>
     <artifactId>demo</artifactId>
-    <version>1.8.0</version>
+    <version>1.9.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
 
     <properties>
         <maven.compiler.source>1.8</maven.compiler.source>
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.arangodb</groupId>
             <artifactId>arangodb-spark-datasource-${spark.compat.version}_${scala.compat.version}</artifactId>
-            <version>1.8.0</version>
+            <version>1.9.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.apache.spark</groupId>
diff --git a/integration-tests/pom.xml b/integration-tests/pom.xml
index ce8f1ba..21d9895 100644
--- a/integration-tests/pom.xml
+++ b/integration-tests/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     <parent>
         <artifactId>arangodb-spark-datasource</artifactId>
         <groupId>com.arangodb</groupId>
-        <version>1.8.0</version>
+        <version>1.9.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     </parent>
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index d7074d9..464799c 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     <groupId>com.arangodb</groupId>
     <artifactId>arangodb-spark-datasource</artifactId>
     <packaging>pom</packaging>
-    <version>1.8.0</version>
+    <version>1.9.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
 
     <name>${project.artifactId}</name>
     <description>ArangoDB Datasource for Apache Spark</description>
@@ -123,57 +123,6 @@
                 <module>integration-tests</module>
             </modules>
         </profile>
-        <profile>
-            <id>deploy-gh</id>
-            <activation>
-                <property>
-                    <name>deployGH</name>
-                </property>
-            </activation>
-            <distributionManagement>
-                <repository>
-                    <id>github</id>
-                    <name>GitHub arangodb/arangodb-spark-datasource Apache Maven Packages</name>
-                    <url>https://maven.pkg.github.com/arangodb/arangodb-spark-datasource</url>
-                </repository>
-            </distributionManagement>
-        </profile>
-        <profile>
-            <id>deploy-ossrh</id>
-            <activation>
-                <property>
-                    <name>deploy</name>
-                </property>
-            </activation>
-            <distributionManagement>
-                <snapshotRepository>
-                    <id>ossrh</id>
-                    <url>https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots</url>
-                </snapshotRepository>
-                <repository>
-                    <id>ossrh</id>
-                    <url>https://oss.sonatype.org/service/local/staging/deploy/maven2/</url>
-                </repository>
-            </distributionManagement>
-            <build>
-                <plugins>
-                    <plugin>
-                        <groupId>org.sonatype.plugins</groupId>
-                        <artifactId>nexus-staging-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                        <version>1.7.0</version>
-                        <extensions>true</extensions>
-                        <configuration>
-                            <serverId>ossrh</serverId>
-                            <nexusUrl>https://oss.sonatype.org/</nexusUrl>
-                            <stagingProfileId>84aff6e87e214c</stagingProfileId>
-                            <autoReleaseAfterClose>false</autoReleaseAfterClose>
-                            <skipNexusStagingDeployMojo>true</skipNexusStagingDeployMojo>
-                            <stagingProgressTimeoutMinutes>15</stagingProgressTimeoutMinutes>
-                        </configuration>
-                    </plugin>
-                </plugins>
-            </build>
-        </profile>
     </profiles>
 
     <dependencies>
@@ -379,11 +328,14 @@
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
             <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-deploy-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.1.2</version>
+                <groupId>org.sonatype.central</groupId>
+                <artifactId>central-publishing-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>0.8.0</version>
+                <extensions>true</extensions>
                 <configuration>
-                    <retryFailedDeploymentCount>10</retryFailedDeploymentCount>
+                    <publishingServerId>central</publishingServerId>
+                    <autoPublish>true</autoPublish>
+                    <waitUntil>published</waitUntil>
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
             <plugin>