diff --git a/.ci/jenkins/Jenkinsfile.deploy b/.ci/jenkins/Jenkinsfile.deploy
index 83298655db..ce1bf0af09 100644
--- a/.ci/jenkins/Jenkinsfile.deploy
+++ b/.ci/jenkins/Jenkinsfile.deploy
@@ -144,28 +144,22 @@ pipeline {
                            .withProperty('maven.test.failure.ignore', true)
                            .withProperty('operator.image.build')
                            .skipTests(params.SKIP_TESTS)
-
+                        def Closure mavenRunClosure = {
+                            configFileProvider([configFile(fileId: env.MAVEN_SETTINGS_CONFIG_FILE_ID, variable: 'MAVEN_SETTINGS_FILE')]) {
+                                mavenCommand.withSettingsXmlFile(MAVEN_SETTINGS_FILE).run("clean $installOrDeploy")
+                            }
+                        }
                         if (isRelease()) {
-                            withCredentials([file(credentialsId: 'asf-release-gpg-signing-key', variable: 'SIGNING_KEY')]) {
-                                withCredentials([file(credentialsId: 'asf-release-gpg-signing-key-password', variable: 'SIGNING_KEY_PASSWORD')]) {
-                                    // copy the key to singkey.gpg file in *plain text* so we can import it
-                                    sh ('cat $SIGNING_KEY > $WORKSPACE/signkey.gpg')
-                                    // Please do not remove list keys command. When gpg is run for the first time, it may initialize some internals.
-                                    sh ('gpg --list-keys')
-                                    sh ("gpg --batch --pinentry-mode=loopback --passphrase \"${SIGNING_KEY_PASSWORD}\" --import signkey.gpg")
-                                    sh ('rm $WORKSPACE/signkey.gpg')
-
+                            release.gpgImportKeyFromFileWithPassword(getReleaseGpgSignKeyCredsId(), getReleaseGpgSignPassphraseCredsId())
+                            withCredentials([string(credentialsId: getReleaseGpgSignPassphraseCredsId(), variable: 'SIGNING_KEY_PASSWORD')]) {
                                     mavenCommand.withProperty('gpg.passphrase', SIGNING_KEY_PASSWORD)
                                     mavenCommand.withProfiles(['apache-release'])
-                                    configFileProvider([configFile(fileId: env.MAVEN_SETTINGS_CONFIG_FILE_ID, variable: 'MAVEN_SETTINGS_FILE')]) {
-                                        mavenCommand.withSettingsXmlFile(MAVEN_SETTINGS_FILE).run("clean $installOrDeploy")
-                                    }
+
+                                    mavenRunClosure()
                                 }
                             }
                         } else {
-                            configFileProvider([configFile(fileId: env.MAVEN_SETTINGS_CONFIG_FILE_ID, variable: 'MAVEN_SETTINGS_FILE')]){
-                                mavenCommand.withSettingsXmlFile(MAVEN_SETTINGS_FILE).run("clean $installOrDeploy")
-                            }
+                            mavenRunClosure()
                         }
 
                     }
@@ -536,3 +530,11 @@ void pushOperatorTemporaryImage() {
 boolean isDeployDisabled() {
     return env.DISABLE_DEPLOY.toBoolean()
 }
+
+String getReleaseGpgSignKeyCredsId() {
+    return env.RELEASE_GPG_SIGN_KEY_CREDS_ID
+}
+
+String getReleaseGpgSignPassphraseCredsId() {
+    return env.RELEASE_GPG_SIGN_PASSPHRASE_CREDS_ID
+}
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diff --git a/.ci/jenkins/config/branch.yaml b/.ci/jenkins/config/branch.yaml
index 65fcae46d8..77a2a539b3 100644
--- a/.ci/jenkins/config/branch.yaml
+++ b/.ci/jenkins/config/branch.yaml
@@ -84,6 +84,11 @@ cloud:
     registry: docker.io
     namespace: apache
     latest_git_branch: main
+release:
+  gpg:
+    sign:
+      key-credentials-id: 'asf-release-gpg-signing-key'
+      passphrase-credentials-id: 'asf-release-gpg-signing-key-passphrase'
 jenkins:
   email_creds_id: OPTAPLANNER_CI_NOTIFICATION_EMAILS
   agent:
diff --git a/.ci/jenkins/dsl/jobs.groovy b/.ci/jenkins/dsl/jobs.groovy
index 5d793dde2e..64a62c5919 100644
--- a/.ci/jenkins/dsl/jobs.groovy
+++ b/.ci/jenkins/dsl/jobs.groovy
@@ -312,6 +312,9 @@ void setupDeployJob(JobType jobType, String envName = '') {
         MAVEN_SETTINGS_CONFIG_FILE_ID: "${MAVEN_SETTINGS_FILE_ID}",
         OPTAPLANNER_LATEST_STREAM: "${GIT_MAIN_BRANCH}",
         DISABLE_DEPLOY: Utils.isDeployDisabled(this),
+
+        RELEASE_GPG_SIGN_KEY_CREDS_ID: Utils.getReleaseGpgSignKeyCredentialsId(this),
+        RELEASE_GPG_SIGN_PASSPHRASE_CREDS_ID: Utils.getReleaseGpgSignPassphraseCredentialsId(this)
     ])
     if (jobType == JobType.PULL_REQUEST) {
         jobParams.env.putAll([
diff --git a/.ci/jenkins/dsl/test.sh b/.ci/jenkins/dsl/test.sh
index d412c5b3e0..cac6dc28be 100755
--- a/.ci/jenkins/dsl/test.sh
+++ b/.ci/jenkins/dsl/test.sh
@@ -41,13 +41,13 @@ fi
 
 git_author="$(echo ${git_url} | awk -F"${git_server_url}" '{print $2}' | awk -F. '{print $1}'  | awk -F/ '{print $1}')"
 
-export DSL_DEFAULT_MAIN_CONFIG_FILE_REPO="${git_author}"/incubator-kie-optaplanner
+export DSL_DEFAULT_MAIN_CONFIG_FILE_REPO="${git_author}"/optaplanner
 export DSL_DEFAULT_FALLBACK_MAIN_CONFIG_FILE_REPO=apache/incubator-kie-optaplanner
 export DSL_DEFAULT_MAIN_CONFIG_FILE_PATH=.ci/jenkins/config/main.yaml
-export DSL_DEFAULT_BRANCH_CONFIG_FILE_REPO="${git_author}"/incubator-kie-optaplanner
+export DSL_DEFAULT_BRANCH_CONFIG_FILE_REPO="${git_author}"/optaplanner
 
 file=$(mktemp)
 # For more usage of the script, use ./test.sh -h
 curl -o ${file} https://raw.githubusercontent.com/apache/incubator-kie-kogito-pipelines/main/dsl/seed/scripts/seed_test.sh
 chmod u+x ${file}
-${file} $@
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+${file} $@