diff --git a/.circleci.settings.xml b/.circleci.settings.xml
index c8679f5..aea839f 100644
--- a/.circleci.settings.xml
+++ b/.circleci.settings.xml
@@ -6,5 +6,9 @@
             <username>${env.OSS_SONATYPE_USERNAME}</username>
             <password>${env.OSS_SONATYPE_PASSWORD}</password>
         </server>
+        <server>
+            <id>gpg.passphrase</id>
+            <passphrase>${env.OSS_SONATYPE_PASSPHRASE}</passphrase>
+        </server>
     </servers>
 </settings>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/circle.yml b/circle.yml
index 32482a0..20cd122 100644
--- a/circle.yml
+++ b/circle.yml
@@ -6,4 +6,4 @@ deployment:
   main:
     branch: master
     commands:
-      - mvn -s .circleci.settings.xml -DskipTests deploy
+      - mvn -P release -s .circleci.settings.xml -DskipTests deploy