diff --git a/.woodpecker/dockerhub.yaml b/.woodpecker/dockerhub.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index a443560..0000000
--- a/.woodpecker/dockerhub.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,17 +0,0 @@
-when:
-  instance: ci.kokuwa.io
-  repo: keycloak/keycloak-event-metrics
-  event: [manual, push]
-  branch: main
-  path: [.woodpecker/dockerhub.yaml, README.md]
-
-steps:
-
-  metadata:
-    image: kokuwaio/dockerhub-metadata
-    settings:
-      repository: kokuwaio/keycloak-event-metrics
-      description-short: Provides metrics for Keycloak user/admin events and user/client/session count.
-      categories: monitoring-and-observability
-      username: {from_secret: dockerhub_username}
-      password: {from_secret: dockerhub_password}
diff --git a/.woodpecker/lint.yaml b/.woodpecker/lint.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 7de51db..0000000
--- a/.woodpecker/lint.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-when:
-  event: [manual, pull_request, push]
-  branch: main
-  path: [.woodpecker/lint.yaml, renovate.json, Dockerfile, "**/*.y*ml", "**/*.md"]
-
-steps:
-
-  renovate:
-    image: kokuwaio/renovate-config-validator
-    depends_on: []
-    when: [path: [.woodpecker/lint.yaml, renovate.json]]
-
-  yaml:
-    image: kokuwaio/yamllint
-    depends_on: []
-    when: [path: [.woodpecker/lint.yaml, .yamllint.yaml, "**/*.y*ml"]]
-
-  markdown:
-    image: kokuwaio/markdownlint
-    depends_on: []
-    when: [path: [.woodpecker/lint.yaml, .markdownlint.yaml, "**/*.md"]]
-
-  dockerfile:
-    image: kokuwaio/hadolint
-    depends_on: []
-    when: [path: [.woodpecker/lint.yaml, Dockerfile]]
diff --git a/.woodpecker/release.yaml b/.woodpecker/release.yaml
index 9e41181..f4d8a94 100644
--- a/.woodpecker/release.yaml
+++ b/.woodpecker/release.yaml
@@ -6,27 +6,6 @@ when:
 
 steps:
 
-  maven:
-    image: maven:3.9.10-eclipse-temurin-17
-    commands:
-      # setup git
-      - git config user.email "$GIT_USER_EMAIL"
-      - git config user.name "$GIT_USER_NAME"
-      - git config gpg.format ssh
-      - git config user.signingkey /run/secrets/sign.key
-      - echo $GIT_SIGN_KEY > /run/secrets/sign.key
-      # release & write version to env file for image
-      - mvn release:prepare release:perform
-      - echo "VERSION=$(grep "scm.tag=" release.properties | cut -d= -f2)" > maven.env
-    environment:
-      MAVEN_ARGS: --batch-mode --color=always --no-transfer-progress --settings=.woodpecker/maven/settings.xml
-      MAVEN_GPG_KEY: {from_secret: woodpecker_gpg_key}
-      GIT_SIGN_KEY: {from_secret: woodpecker_sign_key}
-      FORGEJO_USERNAME: {from_secret: woodpecker_username}
-      FORGEJO_PASSWORD: {from_secret: woodpecker_password}
-      SONATYPE_ORG_USERNAME: {from_secret: sonatype_org_username}
-      SONATYPE_ORG_PASSWORD: {from_secret: sonatype_org_password}
-
   image:
     image: kokuwaio/buildctl
     settings:
diff --git a/.woodpecker/verify.yaml b/.woodpecker/verify.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 5d9002b..0000000
--- a/.woodpecker/verify.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-when:
-  event: [manual, pull_request]
-  path: [.woodpecker/verify.yaml, pom.xml, src/**]
-
-services:
-  - name: dockerd
-    image: kokuwaio/dockerd
-    privileged: true
-    ports: [2375, 8080]
-
-steps:
-
-  test:
-    image: maven:3.9.10-eclipse-temurin-17
-    commands: mvn verify -P-deploy
-    environment:
-      MAVEN_ARGS: --batch-mode --color=always --no-transfer-progress --settings=.woodpecker/maven/settings.xml
-
-  image:
-    image: kokuwaio/buildctl
-    settings:
-      platform: [linux/amd64, linux/arm64]
-    when:
-      instance: ci.kokuwa.io
diff --git a/.woodpecker/versions.yaml b/.woodpecker/versions.yaml
deleted file mode 100644
index 47a286e..0000000
--- a/.woodpecker/versions.yaml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-when:
-  event: [manual, pull_request]
-  path: [.woodpecker/versions.yaml, pom.xml, src/**]
-
-depends_on: [verify]
-matrix:
-  KEYCLOAK_VERSION:
-    - 22.0.5
-    - 23.0.7
-    - 24.0.5
-    - 25.0.6
-    - 26.2.5
-
-services:
-  - name: dockerd
-    image: kokuwaio/dockerd
-    privileged: true
-    ports: [2375, 8080]
-
-steps:
-
-  test:
-    image: maven:3.9.10-eclipse-temurin-17
-    commands: mvn verify -Dversion.org.keycloak.test="$KEYCLOAK_VERSION" -P-deploy,-check
-    environment:
-      MAVEN_ARGS: --batch-mode --color=always --no-transfer-progress --settings=.woodpecker/maven/settings.xml
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index ac146cd..919f2b2 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -257,13 +257,12 @@
 					<artifactId>maven-release-plugin</artifactId>
 					<version>3.1.1</version>
 					<configuration>
-						<preparationGoals>test</preparationGoals>
-						<preparationProfiles>check</preparationProfiles>
-						<goals>deploy -DskipITs</goals>
-						<releaseProfiles>deploy,release</releaseProfiles>
+						<preparationGoals>clean</preparationGoals>
+						<goals>clean</goals>
 						<signTag>true</signTag>
 						<scmReleaseCommitComment>@{prefix} prepare release @{releaseLabel} [CI SKIP]</scmReleaseCommitComment>
 						<tagNameFormat>@{project.version}</tagNameFormat>
+						<remoteTagging>false</remoteTagging>
 					</configuration>
 				</plugin>
 				<plugin>