diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish.yml b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
index eeb9edc29..f9cd24ae2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ jobs:
         working-directory: accessibility-checker/test-act-w3
       - run: gitactions/publish/achecker-engine.sh
         env:
-          NPM_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NODE_AUTH_TOKEN }}
+          NPM_TOKEN: ${{ env.NODE_AUTH_TOKEN }}
 
   accessibility-checker-publish:
       runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ jobs:
         working-directory: accessibility-checker
       - run: gitactions/publish/achecker.sh
         env:
-          NPM_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NODE_AUTH_TOKEN }}
+          NPM_TOKEN: ${{ env.NODE_AUTH_TOKEN }}
 
   karma-accessibility-checker-publish:
       runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ jobs:
         working-directory: karma-accessibility-checker
       - run: gitactions/publish/karma-achecker.sh
         env:
-          NPM_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NODE_AUTH_TOKEN }}
+          NPM_TOKEN: ${{ env.NODE_AUTH_TOKEN }}
 
   cypress-accessibility-checker-publish:
       runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ jobs:
         working-directory: cypress-accessibility-checker
       - run: gitactions/publish/cypress-achecker.sh
         env:
-          NPM_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NODE_AUTH_TOKEN }}
+          NPM_TOKEN: ${{ env.NODE_AUTH_TOKEN }}
 
   vitest-accessibility-checker-publish:
       runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ jobs:
         working-directory: vitest-accessibility-checker
       - run: gitactions/publish/vitest-achecker.sh
         env:
-          NPM_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.NODE_AUTH_TOKEN }}
+          NPM_TOKEN: ${{ env.NODE_AUTH_TOKEN }}
 
   extension-build:
     runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
diff --git a/gitactions/publish/achecker-engine.sh b/gitactions/publish/achecker-engine.sh
index a729ccaeb..9c13ea0a0 100755
--- a/gitactions/publish/achecker-engine.sh
+++ b/gitactions/publish/achecker-engine.sh
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ if [ -n "${GITHUB_REF:10}" ]; then
     cp ../../accessibility-checker/test-act-w3/act-report-v2.json ./
     cp ../../accessibility-checker/test-act-w3/act-report-v2.txt ./
     echo "//registry.npmjs.org/:_authToken=$NPM_TOKEN" >.npmrc;
+    export NODE_AUTH_TOKEN=$NPM_TOKEN;
     NPM_VERSION="${GITHUB_REF:10}";
     echo "Deploy accessibility-checker-engine version ${NPM_VERSION}...";
     npm --no-git-tag-version version ${NPM_VERSION};
diff --git a/java-accessibility-checker/pom.xml b/java-accessibility-checker/pom.xml
index a4752714a..f175a6a1a 100644
--- a/java-accessibility-checker/pom.xml
+++ b/java-accessibility-checker/pom.xml
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.sonatype.central</groupId>
                 <artifactId>central-publishing-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>0.6.0</version>
+                <version>0.11.0</version>
                 <extensions>true</extensions>
                 <configuration>
                     <publishingServerId>central</publishingServerId>