diff --git a/.release/.gitignore b/.release/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cdd9a17
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.release/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# The folder into which we checkout our release scripts into
+*
+!.gitignore
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/ci/release/Jenkinsfile b/ci/release/Jenkinsfile
index 70e1f89..705b31e 100644
--- a/ci/release/Jenkinsfile
+++ b/ci/release/Jenkinsfile
@@ -63,10 +63,11 @@ pipeline {
                                          string(credentialsId: 'Hibernate-CI.github.com', variable: 'JRELEASER_GITHUB_TOKEN')]) {
                             sshagent(['ed25519.Hibernate-CI.github.com']) {
                                 sh 'cat $HOME/.ssh/config'
-                                sh 'git clone https://github.com/hibernate/hibernate-release-scripts.git'
-                                env.RELEASE_GPG_HOMEDIR = env.WORKSPACE_TMP + '/.gpg'
+                                dir('.release/scripts') {
+                                    sh 'git clone https://github.com/hibernate/hibernate-release-scripts.git .'
+                                }
                                 sh """
-                                    bash -xe hibernate-release-scripts/release.sh ${params.RELEASE_DRY_RUN ? '-d' : ''} \
+                                    bash -xe .release/scripts/release.sh -j ${params.RELEASE_DRY_RUN ? '-d' : ''} \
                                             models ${releaseVersion.toString()} ${developmentVersion.toString()}
                                 """
                             }
diff --git a/jreleaser.yml b/jreleaser.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 7286da1..0000000
--- a/jreleaser.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,39 +0,0 @@
-project:
-  languages:
-    java:
-      groupId: org.hibernate.models
-
-release:
-  github:
-    skipTag: true
-    skipRelease: true
-    tagName: '{{projectVersion}}'
-
-# File signing is always active
-signing:
-  mode: COMMAND
-  active: RELEASE
-  armored: true
-
-# Deploy JARs and POMs to Maven Central
-deploy:
-  maven:
-    nexus2:
-      maven-central:
-        active: RELEASE
-        url: https://oss.sonatype.org/service/local
-        snapshotUrl: https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots/
-        closeRepository: true
-        stagingRepositories:
-          - build/staging-deploy/maven
-    mavenCentral:
-      maven-central:
-        # TODO: Change to RELEASE once switching to Maven-Central:
-        active: NEVER
-        url: https://central.sonatype.com/api/v1/publisher
-        snapshotSupported: false
-        applyMavenCentralRules: true
-        stagingRepositories:
-          - build/staging-deploy/maven
-        # Deployment identifier used for publication.
-        # deploymentId: dd9991b0-18a7-41e7-b1fe-37b8ea936f85