diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish.yml b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
index 1252ae4a..afd12f0e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ jobs:
         env:
           MAVEN_GPG_PASSPHRASE: ${{ secrets.GPG_PASSPHRASE }}
 
-      - name: Deploy to Sonatype OSSRH
+      - name: Deploy to Maven Central
         run: mvn -B -ntp deploy -DskipTests -P release
         env:
           CENTRAL_USERNAME: ${{ secrets.CENTRAL_USERNAME }}
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 9b1d8475..eb0edf69 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -2,12 +2,6 @@
 <project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
 
-    <parent>
-        <groupId>org.sonatype.oss</groupId>
-        <artifactId>oss-parent</artifactId>
-        <version>7</version>
-    </parent>
-
   <groupId>org.smartregister</groupId>
     <artifactId>easy-rules</artifactId>
     <version>4.1.1-SNAPSHOT</version>
@@ -47,6 +41,18 @@
         <maven-enforcer-plugin.version>3.4.1</maven-enforcer-plugin.version>
     </properties>
 
+<!--    <distributionManagement>
+        &lt;!&ndash; Overrides oss-parent:7 — targets Sonatype Central Portal with server ID matching settings.xml &ndash;&gt;
+        <snapshotRepository>
+            <id>central</id>
+            <url>https://central.sonatype.com/repository/maven-snapshots/</url>
+        </snapshotRepository>
+        <repository>
+            <id>central</id>
+            <url>https://central.sonatype.com/repository/maven-releases/</url>
+        </repository>
+    </distributionManagement>-->
+
     <scm>
         <url>git@github.com:opensrp/easy-rules.git</url>
         <connection>scm:git:git@github.com:opensrp/easy-rules.git</connection>