diff --git a/CI/update-v1-readme.sh b/CI/update-v1-readme.sh
index a5f86274a0..02942942e4 100755
--- a/CI/update-v1-readme.sh
+++ b/CI/update-v1-readme.sh
@@ -8,12 +8,12 @@ CUR=$(pwd)
 ### update v2 versions in readme
 #####################
 sc_find="$SC_LAST_RELEASE (\*\*current stable\*\*)"
-sc_replace="$SC_LAST_RELEASE                     "
+sc_replace="$SC_LAST_RELEASE "
 sed -i -e "s/$sc_find/$sc_replace/g" $CUR/README.md
 
 # update readme with a line for the new release replacing the previous
 CURDATE=$(date +"%Y-%m-%d")
 sc_find="------------------------- | ------------ | -------------------------- | ----- | ----"
-sc_add="$SC_VERSION (**current stable**)| $CURDATE   | 3.x           | [tag v$SC_VERSION](https:\/\/github.com\/swagger-api\/swagger-core\/tree\/v$SC_VERSION) | Supported"
+sc_add="$SC_VERSION (**current stable**)| $CURDATE | 3.x | [tag v$SC_VERSION](https:\/\/github.com\/swagger-api\/swagger-core\/tree\/v$SC_VERSION) | Supported"
 sc_replace="$sc_find\n$sc_add"
 sed -i -e "s/$sc_find/$sc_replace/g" $CUR/README.md
diff --git a/modules/swagger-project-jakarta/pom.xml b/modules/swagger-project-jakarta/pom.xml
index c2263f7912..3d522deb08 100644
--- a/modules/swagger-project-jakarta/pom.xml
+++ b/modules/swagger-project-jakarta/pom.xml
@@ -110,6 +110,7 @@
                     <publishingServerId>central</publishingServerId>
                     <autoPublish>true</autoPublish>
                     <waitUntil>published</waitUntil>
+                    <waitMaxTime>3600</waitMaxTime>
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
         </plugins>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index e59f9e40b2..32e92deaca 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -206,6 +206,7 @@
                     <publishingServerId>central</publishingServerId>
                     <autoPublish>true</autoPublish>
                     <waitUntil>published</waitUntil>
+                    <waitMaxTime>3600</waitMaxTime>
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
         </plugins>