diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index a908d38..eea5249 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 
     <organization>
         <name>LYRASIS</name>
-        <url>http://www.dspace.org</url>
+        <url>https://www.dspace.org</url>
     </organization>
 
     <properties>
@@ -162,9 +162,9 @@
                 </plugin>
                 <!-- Used to generate a new release via Sonatype (see release profile). -->
                 <plugin>
-                    <groupId>org.sonatype.plugins</groupId>
-                    <artifactId>nexus-staging-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>1.7.0</version>
+                    <groupId>org.sonatype.central</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>central-publishing-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+                    <version>0.8.0</version>
                 </plugin>
                 <!-- Used to generate JavaDocs for new releases (see release profile). -->
                 <plugin>
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@
     <profiles>
         <!--
           The 'release' profile is used by the 'maven-release-plugin' (see above)
-          to actually perform an dspace-replicate release to Maven central.
+          to actually perform an dspace-replicate release to Maven Central.
           This profile contains settings which are ONLY enabled when performing
           a DSpace module release. See also https://wiki.lyrasis.org/display/DSPACE/Release+Procedure
           NOTE: You MUST trigger this profile by running "-Drelease"
@@ -252,26 +252,24 @@
             </activation>
             <build>
                 <plugins>
-                    <!-- Configure Nexus plugin for new releases via Sonatype.
-                         See: http://central.sonatype.org/pages/apache-maven.html -->
+                    <!--
+                      Configure Central Publishing Plugin for new releases via Sonatype.
+                      See: https://central.sonatype.org/publish/publish-portal-maven/
+                      A few notes on how this plugin works:
+                      1. In your settings.xml, your user/password tokens MUST be specified for a <server> tag
+                         with <id>central</id>. Otherwise, you will see a 401 Unauthorized error.
+                      2. The <distributionManagement> POM section is no longer needed. This plugin defaults to
+                         uploading releases to Central Portal (https://central.sonatype.com/publishing)
+                         and -SNAPSHOT releases to https://central.sonatype.com/repository/maven-snapshots/
+                      3. Sonatype has publishing *requirements* which must be met. Our POM is already configured to
+                         meet those requirements: https://central.sonatype.org/publish/requirements/
+                    -->
                     <plugin>
-                        <groupId>org.sonatype.plugins</groupId>
-                        <artifactId>nexus-staging-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+                        <groupId>org.sonatype.central</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>central-publishing-maven-plugin</artifactId>
                         <extensions>true</extensions>
-                        <configuration>
-                            <!-- In your settings.xml, your username/password
-                                 MUST be specified for server 'ossrh' -->
-                            <serverId>ossrh</serverId>
-                            <nexusUrl>https://oss.sonatype.org/</nexusUrl>
-                            <!-- Disable autoclose of repository after upload, as this sometimes times out -->
-                            <skipStagingRepositoryClose>true</skipStagingRepositoryClose>
-                            <!-- Require manual verification / release to Maven Central -->
-                            <autoReleaseAfterClose>false</autoReleaseAfterClose>
-                            <!-- Increase Staging timeout to 10mins -->
-                            <stagingProgressTimeoutMinutes>10</stagingProgressTimeoutMinutes>
-                        </configuration>
                     </plugin>
-                    <!-- For new releases, generate Source JAR files -->
+                    <!-- Per Sonatype publishing requirements, generate Source JAR files -->
                     <plugin>
                         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                         <artifactId>maven-source-plugin</artifactId>
@@ -284,7 +282,7 @@
                             </execution>
                         </executions>
                     </plugin>
-                    <!-- For new releases, generate JavaDocs -->
+                    <!-- Per Sonatype publishing requirements, generate JavaDocs -->
                     <plugin>
                         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                         <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
@@ -297,7 +295,7 @@
                             </execution>
                         </executions>
                     </plugin>
-                    <!-- Sign any new releases via GPG.
+                    <!-- Per Sonatype publishing requirements, sign any new releases via GPG.
                          NOTE: you may optionally specify the "gpg.passphrase" in your settings.xml -->
                     <plugin>
                         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
@@ -457,23 +455,10 @@
     <scm>
         <connection>scm:git:git@github.com:DSpace/dspace-replicate.git</connection>
         <developerConnection>scm:git:git@github.com:DSpace/dspace-replicate.git</developerConnection>
-        <url>git@github.com:DSpace/dspace-replicate.git</url>
+        <url>https://github.com/DSpace/dspace-replicate</url>
         <tag>HEAD</tag>
     </scm>
 
-    <!-- Configure our release repositories to use Sonatype.
-         See: http://central.sonatype.org/pages/apache-maven.html -->
-    <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>
-
     <developers>
         <developer>
             <name>DSpace Committers</name>