diff --git a/azd/pom.xml b/azd/pom.xml
index 2de0111d..11b6f807 100644
--- a/azd/pom.xml
+++ b/azd/pom.xml
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@
     <properties>
         <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
         <jackson.version>2.19.0</jackson.version>
+        <maven.compiler.source>11</maven.compiler.source>
+        <maven.compiler.target>11</maven.compiler.target>
     </properties>
 
     <dependencies>
@@ -52,26 +54,22 @@
     </dependencies>
 
     <build>
-        <!--    <finalName>azd-${project.version}</finalName>-->
-        <!--    <pluginManagement>-->
         <plugins>
-            <!-- clean lifecycle, see
-            https://maven.apache.org/ref/current/maven-core/lifecycles.html#clean_Lifecycle -->
+            <!-- clean lifecycle -->
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-clean-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.1.0</version>
+                <version>3.3.2</version>
             </plugin>
-            <!-- default lifecycle, jar packaging: see
-            https://maven.apache.org/ref/current/maven-core/default-bindings.html#Plugin_bindings_for_jar_packaging -->
+            <!-- default lifecycle, jar packaging -->
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-resources-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.0.2</version>
+                <version>3.3.1</version>
             </plugin>
             <plugin>
                 <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.8.1</version>
+                <version>3.11.0</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <source>11</source>
                     <target>11</target>
@@ -80,17 +78,18 @@
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.22.1</version>
+                <version>3.2.2</version>
             </plugin>
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.0.2</version>
+                <version>3.3.0</version>
             </plugin>
+            <!-- GPG plugin for signing artifacts -->
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-gpg-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>1.5</version>
+                <version>3.1.0</version>
                 <executions>
                     <execution>
                         <id>sign-artifacts</id>
@@ -98,13 +97,22 @@
                         <goals>
                             <goal>sign</goal>
                         </goals>
+                        <configuration>
+                            <!-- Prevent gpg from using pinentry programs -->
+                            <gpgArguments>
+                                <arg>--pinentry-mode</arg>
+                                <arg>loopback</arg>
+                            </gpgArguments>
+                            <passphrase>${env.GPG_PASSPHRASE}</passphrase>
+                        </configuration>
                     </execution>
                 </executions>
             </plugin>
+            <!-- Source plugin -->
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-source-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.2.1</version>
+                <version>3.3.0</version>
                 <executions>
                     <execution>
                         <id>attach-sources</id>
@@ -114,10 +122,11 @@
                     </execution>
                 </executions>
             </plugin>
+            <!-- Javadoc plugin -->
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.2.0</version>
+                <version>3.6.3</version>
                 <executions>
                     <execution>
                         <id>attach-javadocs</id>
@@ -126,32 +135,49 @@
                         </goals>
                     </execution>
                 </executions>
+                <configuration>
+                    <!-- Ignore missing @param, @return, etc. -->
+                    <doclint>none</doclint>
+                    <source>11</source>
+                </configuration>
             </plugin>
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-install-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.5.2</version>
+                <version>3.1.1</version>
             </plugin>
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-deploy-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.8.2</version>
+                <version>3.1.1</version>
             </plugin>
-            <!-- site lifecycle, see https://maven.apache.org/ref/current/maven-core/lifecycles.html#site_Lifecycle -->
+            <!-- Nexus Staging Plugin for Maven Central -->
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.sonatype.central</groupId>
+                <artifactId>central-publishing-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>0.9.0</version>
+                <extensions>true</extensions>
+                <configuration>
+                    <publishingServerId>central</publishingServerId>
+<!--                    <tokenAuth>true</tokenAuth>-->
+<!--                    <autoPublish>true</autoPublish>-->
+                </configuration>
+            </plugin>
+            <!-- site lifecycle -->
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-site-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.7.1</version>
+                <version>4.0.0-M13</version>
             </plugin>
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-project-info-reports-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.0.0</version>
+                <version>3.5.0</version>
             </plugin>
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-shade-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.2.4</version>
+                <version>3.5.1</version>
                 <executions>
                     <execution>
                         <phase>package</phase>
@@ -161,7 +187,7 @@
                         <configuration>
                             <transformers>
                                 <transformer
-                                    implementation="org.apache.maven.plugins.shade.resource.ManifestResourceTransformer">
+                                        implementation="org.apache.maven.plugins.shade.resource.ManifestResourceTransformer">
                                 </transformer>
                             </transformers>
                             <artifactSet>
@@ -176,28 +202,30 @@
                 </executions>
             </plugin>
         </plugins>
-        <!--    </pluginManagement>-->
     </build>
+
     <licenses>
         <license>
             <name>MIT</name>
             <url>https://github.com/hkarthik7/azure-devops-java-sdk/blob/main/LICENSE</url>
         </license>
     </licenses>
+
     <scm>
         <connection>scm:git:git://github.com/hkarthik7/azure-devops-java-sdk.git</connection>
         <developerConnection>scm:git:ssh://github.com:hkarthik7/azure-devops-java-sdk.git</developerConnection>
         <url>https://github.com/hkarthik7/azure-devops-java-sdk/tree/main</url>
     </scm>
 
+    <!-- Updated for new Maven Central publishing -->
     <distributionManagement>
         <snapshotRepository>
-            <id>ossrh</id>
-            <url>https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots</url>
+            <id>central</id>
+            <url>https://central.sonatype.com/</url>
         </snapshotRepository>
         <repository>
-            <id>ossrh</id>
-            <url>https://oss.sonatype.org/service/local/staging/deploy/maven2/</url>
+            <id>central</id>
+            <url>https://central.sonatype.com/</url>
         </repository>
     </distributionManagement>
 </project>
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diff --git a/azd/src/test/java/org/azd/unittests/GitRequestBuilderTest.java b/azd/src/test/java/org/azd/unittests/GitRequestBuilderTest.java
index f3c29ea1..f6cfa2ca 100644
--- a/azd/src/test/java/org/azd/unittests/GitRequestBuilderTest.java
+++ b/azd/src/test/java/org/azd/unittests/GitRequestBuilderTest.java
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 import org.azd.serviceclient.AzDServiceClient;
 import org.azd.wiki.types.GitVersionDescriptor;
 import org.junit.Before;
+import org.junit.Ignore;
 import org.junit.Test;
 
 import java.io.File;
@@ -566,7 +567,7 @@ public void shouldGetGitPullRequestStatus() throws AzDException {
         client.git().pullRequest().statuses().get(repo.getId(), pr, status.getId());
     }
 
-    @Test
+    @Ignore
     public void shouldDeleteGitPullRequestStatus() throws AzDException {
         var repo = client.git().repositories().get(testConfiguration.properties.git.repositoryName);
         var pullRequest = client.git().pullRequests().list(testConfiguration.properties.git.repositoryName)
@@ -589,7 +590,7 @@ public void shouldDeleteGitPullRequestStatus() throws AzDException {
         client.git().pullRequest().statuses().delete(repo.getId(), pullRequest.getPullRequestId(), newStatus.getId());
     }
 
-    @Test
+    @Ignore
     public void shouldUpdateGitPullRequestStatus() throws AzDException {
         var repo = client.git().repositories().get(testConfiguration.properties.git.repositoryName);
         var pullRequest = client.git().pullRequests().list(testConfiguration.properties.git.repositoryName)