diff --git a/.ci/jenkins/Jenkinsfile.deploy b/.ci/jenkins/Jenkinsfile.deploy
index 316c7271cd6..d71a8ee87c1 100644
--- a/.ci/jenkins/Jenkinsfile.deploy
+++ b/.ci/jenkins/Jenkinsfile.deploy
@@ -152,11 +152,32 @@ pipeline {
                         if (params.SKIP_TESTS) {
                             mvnCmd.skipTests() // Conflict somehow with Python testing. If `skipTests={anyvalue}` is set, then exec plugin is not executed ...
                         }
-                        configFileProvider([configFile(fileId: env.MAVEN_SETTINGS_CONFIG_FILE_ID, variable: 'MAVEN_SETTINGS_FILE')]){
-                            mvnCmd
-                                .withSettingsXmlFile(MAVEN_SETTINGS_FILE)
-                                .run("clean $installOrDeploy")
+                        if (isRelease()) {
+                            withCredentials([file(credentialsId: 'asf-release-gpg-signing-key', variable: 'SIGNING_KEY')]) {
+                                withCredentials([file(credentialsId: 'asf-release-gpg-signing-key-password', variable: 'SIGNING_KEY_PASSWORD')]) {
+                                    // copy the key to singkey.gpg file in *plain text* so we can import it
+                                    sh ('cat $SIGNING_KEY > $WORKSPACE/signkey.gpg')
+                                    // Please do not remove list keys command. When gpg is run for the first time, it may initialize some internals.
+                                    sh ('gpg --list-keys')
+                                    sh ("gpg --batch --pinentry-mode=loopback --passphrase \"${SIGNING_KEY_PASSWORD}\" --import signkey.gpg")
+                                    sh ('rm $WORKSPACE/signkey.gpg')
+
+                                    mvnCmd.withProperty('gpg.passphrase', SIGNING_KEY_PASSWORD)
+                                        .withProfiles(['apache-release'])
+
+                                    configFileProvider([configFile(fileId: env.MAVEN_SETTINGS_CONFIG_FILE_ID, variable: 'MAVEN_SETTINGS_FILE')]){
+                                        mvnCmd.withSettingsXmlFile(MAVEN_SETTINGS_FILE)
+                                            .run("clean $installOrDeploy")
+                                    }
+                                }
+                            }
+                        } else {
+                            configFileProvider([configFile(fileId: env.MAVEN_SETTINGS_CONFIG_FILE_ID, variable: 'MAVEN_SETTINGS_FILE')]){
+                                mvnCmd.withSettingsXmlFile(MAVEN_SETTINGS_FILE)
+                                    .run("clean $installOrDeploy")
+                            }
                         }
+
                     }
                 }
             }
diff --git a/kogito-build/kogito-build-no-bom-parent/pom.xml b/kogito-build/kogito-build-no-bom-parent/pom.xml
index 3be39d19722..8b3101c356f 100644
--- a/kogito-build/kogito-build-no-bom-parent/pom.xml
+++ b/kogito-build/kogito-build-no-bom-parent/pom.xml
@@ -661,6 +661,16 @@
             </execution>
           </executions>
         </plugin>
+        <plugin>
+          <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+          <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
+          <version>${version.maven-javadoc-plugin}</version>
+          <configuration>
+            <quiet>true</quiet>
+            <doclint>none</doclint>
+            <legacyMode>true</legacyMode>
+          </configuration>
+        </plugin>
       </plugins>
     </pluginManagement>
 
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 039cb0f1460..d4a05d4f29f 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -101,6 +101,7 @@
     <project.build.outputTimestamp>2024-01-16T00:00:00Z</project.build.outputTimestamp>
     <version.maven.artifact.plugin>3.4.1</version.maven.artifact.plugin>
     <version.apache-rat-plugin>0.16.1</version.apache-rat-plugin>
+    <version.maven-javadoc-plugin>3.6.2</version.maven-javadoc-plugin>
   </properties>
 
   <build>