diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 75775afe..00000000
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-dist: bionic
-language: scala
-install:
- - mvn install -DskipTests
-script: 
- # test with bouncycastle
- - mvn test -DargLine="-Dfr.acinq.secp256k1.lib.name=foo"
- # test with libsecp256k1
- - mvn test
-scala:
-- 2.11.11
-jdk:
-- openjdk11
-
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index a6f3e2a0..dfa75963 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -39,17 +39,17 @@
         </developer>
     </developers>
 
-    <distributionManagement>
-        <snapshotRepository>
-            <id>ossrh</id>
-            <url>https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots</url>
-        </snapshotRepository>
-    </distributionManagement>
-
     <repositories>
         <repository>
-            <id>ossrh</id>
-            <url>https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots</url>
+            <id>central-snapshots</id>
+            <name>Sonatype Central Portal (snapshots)</name>
+            <url>https://central.sonatype.com/repository/maven-snapshots</url>
+            <releases>
+                <enabled>false</enabled>
+            </releases>
+            <snapshots>
+                <enabled>true</enabled>
+            </snapshots>
         </repository>
     </repositories>
 
@@ -139,31 +139,6 @@
                     </execution>
                 </executions>
             </plugin>
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-release-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.0.1</version>
-                <configuration>
-                    <autoVersionSubmodules>true</autoVersionSubmodules>
-                    <useReleaseProfile>false</useReleaseProfile>
-                    <releaseProfiles>release</releaseProfiles>
-                    <goals>deploy</goals>
-                    <tagNameFormat>v@{project.version}</tagNameFormat>
-                    <pushChanges>false</pushChanges>
-                    <localCheckout>true</localCheckout>
-                </configuration>
-            </plugin>
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.sonatype.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>nexus-staging-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>1.6.13</version>
-                <extensions>true</extensions>
-                <configuration>
-                    <serverId>ossrh</serverId>
-                    <nexusUrl>https://oss.sonatype.org/</nexusUrl>
-                    <autoReleaseAfterClose>false</autoReleaseAfterClose>
-                </configuration>
-            </plugin>
         </plugins>
     </build>
 
@@ -177,12 +152,12 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>fr.acinq.bitcoin</groupId>
             <artifactId>bitcoin-kmp-jvm</artifactId>
-            <version>0.24.0</version>
+            <version>0.25.0</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>fr.acinq.secp256k1</groupId>
             <artifactId>secp256k1-kmp-jni-jvm</artifactId>
-            <version>0.17.3</version>
+            <version>0.18.0</version>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.scodec</groupId>
@@ -229,14 +204,32 @@
     <profiles>
         <profile>
             <id>release</id>
-            <activation>
-                <property>
-                    <name>performRelease</name>
-                    <value>true</value>
-                </property>
-            </activation>
             <build>
                 <plugins>
+                    <plugin>
+                        <groupId>org.sonatype.central</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>central-publishing-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+                        <version>0.8.0</version>
+                        <extensions>true</extensions>
+                        <configuration>
+                            <publishingServerId>central</publishingServerId>
+                            <centralSnapshotsUrl>https://central.sonatype.com/repository/maven-snapshots</centralSnapshotsUrl>
+                        </configuration>
+                    </plugin>
+                    <plugin>
+                        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>maven-gpg-plugin</artifactId>
+                        <version>1.6</version>
+                        <executions>
+                            <execution>
+                                <id>sign-artifacts</id>
+                                <phase>verify</phase>
+                                <goals>
+                                    <goal>sign</goal>
+                                </goals>
+                            </execution>
+                        </executions>
+                    </plugin>
                     <plugin>
                         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                         <artifactId>maven-gpg-plugin</artifactId>