try deploy using regular maven command instead of special action

.github/workflows/master.yml

@@ -36,14 +36,24 @@ jobs:
           path: pom.xml
           if-no-files-found: error
 
-      - name: Release Maven package
-        uses: samuelmeuli/action-maven-publish@v1
-        with:
-          maven_profiles: release
-          gpg_private_key: ${{ secrets.gpg_private_key }}
-          gpg_passphrase: ${{ secrets.gpg_passphrase }}
-          nexus_username: ${{ secrets.MAVEN_USERNAME }}
-          nexus_password: ${{ secrets.MAVEN_PASSWORD }}
+      - name: Set up Apache Maven Central
+        uses: actions/setup-java@v3
+        with: # running setup-java again overwrites the settings.xml
+          java-version: '8'
+          distribution: 'zulu'
+          cache: 'maven'
+          server-id: ossrh
+          server-username: MAVEN_USERNAME # env variable for username in deploy
+          server-password: MAVEN_CENTRAL_TOKEN # env variable for token in deploy
+          gpg-private-key: ${{ secrets.gpg_private_key }}
+          gpg-passphrase: MAVEN_GPG_PASSPHRASE # env variable for GPG private key passphrase
+
+      - name: Publish to Apache Maven Central
+        run: mvn clean deploy -P release
+        env:
+          MAVEN_USERNAME: ${{ secrets.MAVEN_USERNAME }}
+          MAVEN_CENTRAL_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.MAVEN_PASSWORD }}
+          MAVEN_GPG_PASSPHRASE: ${{ secrets.gpg_passphrase }}
 
       - name: upload packages
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3

pom.xml

@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.fitnesse</groupId>
 			<artifactId>fitnesse</artifactId>
-			<version>20221219</version>
+			<version>20230503</version>
 			<scope>provided</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		<!-- Testing -->