diff --git a/.github/workflows/gradle-publish.yml b/.github/workflows/gradle-publish.yml
index cf42b893..2883e999 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/gradle-publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/gradle-publish.yml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ name: Release
 
 on:
   release:
-    types: [created]
+    types: [ created ]
 
 jobs:
   build:
@@ -27,12 +27,9 @@ jobs:
         with:
           java-version: '21'
           distribution: 'temurin'
-          server-id: ossrh # Value of the distributionManagement/repository/id field of the pom.xml
-          server-username: JRELEASER_MAVENCENTRAL_USERNAME
-          server-password: JRELEASER_MAVENCENTRAL_PASSWORD
 
       - name: Setup Gradle
-        uses: gradle/actions/setup-gradle@ac638b010cf58a27ee6c972d7336334ccaf61c96 # v4.4.1
+        uses: gradle/actions/setup-gradle@v4
 
       - name: Verify publication configuration
         run: ./gradlew jreleaserConfig
@@ -53,8 +50,9 @@ jobs:
           JRELEASER_GPG_SECRET_KEY: ${{ secrets.GPG_SECRET_KEY }}
           JRELEASER_GPG_PASSPHRASE: ${{ secrets.SIGNING_PASSPHRASE }}
 
-      - name: Publish to OSSRH repository
-        run: ./gradlew publish jreleaserFullRelease
+      - name: Publish to Maven Central Portal
+        id: publish
+        run: ./gradlew publish jreleaserFullRelease --info --stacktrace -Djreleaser.verbose=true
         env:
           JRELEASER_MAVENCENTRAL_USERNAME: ${{ secrets.OSSRH_USERNAME }}
           JRELEASER_MAVENCENTRAL_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.OSSRH_TOKEN }}
@@ -62,3 +60,70 @@ jobs:
           JRELEASER_GPG_SECRET_KEY: ${{ secrets.GPG_SECRET_KEY }}
           JRELEASER_GPG_PASSPHRASE: ${{ secrets.SIGNING_PASSPHRASE }}
           JRELEASER_GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+
+      - name: Query Central Portal for validation errors
+        if: failure()
+        shell: bash
+        env:
+          OSSRH_USERNAME: ${{ secrets.OSSRH_USERNAME }}
+          OSSRH_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.OSSRH_TOKEN }}
+        run: |
+          set -euo pipefail
+          
+          OUTPUT_PROPS="build/jreleaser/output.properties"
+          
+          if [[ ! -f "$OUTPUT_PROPS" ]]; then
+            echo "::error title=File Missing::The file '$OUTPUT_PROPS' does not exist."
+            exit 1
+          fi
+          
+          DEPLOY_ID=$(grep '^deploymentId=' "$OUTPUT_PROPS" | cut -d= -f2 || true)
+          if [[ -z "$DEPLOY_ID" ]]; then
+            echo "::error title=Missing Deployment ID::The 'deploymentId' key was not found in '$OUTPUT_PROPS'."
+            exit 1
+          fi
+          
+          echo "Portal deploymentId: $DEPLOY_ID"
+          
+          if [ -z "$OSSRH_USERNAME" ]; then
+            echo "::error title='OSSRH_USERNAME' is not set."
+            exit 1
+          fi
+  
+          if [ -z "$OSSRH_TOKEN" ]; then
+            echo "::error title='OSSRH_TOKEN' is not set."
+            exit 1
+          fi
+          
+          AUTH=$(printf "%s:%s" "$OSSRH_USERNAME" "$OSSRH_TOKEN" | base64)
+          echo "::add-mask::$AUTH"
+          
+          STATUS_JSON=$(curl -sS \
+            -H "Authorization: Bearer $AUTH" \
+            -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
+            -X POST \
+            "https://central.sonatype.com/api/v1/publisher/status?id=$DEPLOY_ID")
+          
+          echo "$STATUS_JSON" | jq .
+          
+          echo "$STATUS_JSON" | jq -r '.errors[]?.message' |
+            while read -r MSG; do
+              echo "::error title=Sonatype validation::$MSG"
+            done
+          
+          {
+            echo "### Sonatype Central Portal validation result"
+            echo
+            echo '```json'
+            echo "$STATUS_JSON"
+            echo '```'
+          } >> "$GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY"
+
+      - name: Upload JReleaser artefacts
+        if: always()
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: jreleaser-logs
+          path: |
+            build/jreleaser/trace.log
+            build/jreleaser/output.properties
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/build.gradle.kts b/build.gradle.kts
index d31409d9..723d0789 100644
--- a/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/build.gradle.kts
@@ -40,12 +40,12 @@ publishing {
 
 jreleaser {
     gitRootSearch = true
-    strict.set(true)
+    strict = true
 
     signing {
-        active.set(Active.ALWAYS)
-        armored.set(true)
-        artifacts.set(true)
+        active = Active.ALWAYS
+        armored = true
+        artifacts = true
     }
 
     deploy {
@@ -138,13 +138,12 @@ fun MavenPom.configureMavenCentralMetadata() {
 }
 
 fun MavenPublication.signPublicationIfKeyPresent() {
-    val keyId = project.getSensitiveProperty("SIGNING_KEY_ID")
     val signingKey = project.getSensitiveProperty("SIGNING_KEY_PRIVATE")
     val signingKeyPassphrase = project.getSensitiveProperty("SIGNING_PASSPHRASE")
 
     if (!signingKey.isNullOrBlank()) {
         the<SigningExtension>().apply {
-            useInMemoryPgpKeys(keyId, signingKey, signingKeyPassphrase)
+            useInMemoryPgpKeys(signingKey, signingKeyPassphrase)
 
             sign(this@signPublicationIfKeyPresent)
         }
diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index 74a401c1..7a184e54 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@
 kotlin.code.style=official
-#org.gradle.jvmargs=-XX:+UseParallelGC
-#org.gradle.parallel=true
-#org.gradle.configuration-cache.parallel=true
+org.gradle.jvmargs=-Xmx4g -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8
+org.gradle.parallel=true
 org.gradle.caching=true
-org.gradle.jvmargs=-Xmx4g
 
 org.jetbrains.dokka.experimental.gradle.pluginMode=V2Enabled
 org.jetbrains.dokka.experimental.gradle.pluginMode.noWarn=true