diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index bcb0b9be..21282c8b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -116,7 +116,6 @@ jobs:
           server-username: MAVEN_CENTRAL_USERNAME # env variable for username in deploy (1)
           server-password: MAVEN_CENTRAL_PASSWORD # env variable for token in deploy (2)
           gpg-private-key: ${{ secrets.GPG_KEY }} # Value of the GPG private key to import
-          gpg-passphrase: MAVEN_CENTRAL_GPG_PASSPHRASE # env variable for GPG private key passphrase (3)
       - name: Get Project Version
         run: |
           echo "PROJECT_VERSION=$(mvn --batch-mode help:evaluate -Dexpression=project.version -q -DforceStdout)" >> $GITHUB_ENV
@@ -126,4 +125,4 @@ jobs:
         env:
           MAVEN_CENTRAL_USERNAME: ${{ secrets.SONATYPE_USERNAME }} # must be the same env variable name as (1)
           MAVEN_CENTRAL_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.SONATYPE_PASSWORD }} # must be the same env variable name as (2)
-          MAVEN_CENTRAL_GPG_PASSPHRASE: ${{ secrets.GPG_PASSPHRASE }} # must be the same env variable name as (3)
+          MAVEN_GPG_PASSPHRASE: ${{ secrets.GPG_PASSPHRASE }} # must be the same env variable name as (3)