diff --git a/lib/prepare.js b/lib/prepare.js
index 2475142..fb4eeed 100644
--- a/lib/prepare.js
+++ b/lib/prepare.js
@@ -1,18 +1,15 @@
 const { exec, findMaven } = require('./util')
 
 module.exports = async function publish(pluginConfig, context) {
-  const { env, cwd, logger, nextRelease } = context
+  const { logger, nextRelease } = context
   logger.log(`Updating pom.xml to version ${nextRelease.version}`)
 
   const mvn = await findMaven()
-  await exec(
-    mvn,
-    [
-      'versions:set',
-      '-B',
-      '-DgenerateBackupPoms=false',
-      `-DnewVersion=${nextRelease.version}`
-    ],
-    { cwd, env }
-  )
+  await exec(mvn, [
+    'versions:set',
+    '-B',
+    '-ntp',
+    '-DgenerateBackupPoms=false',
+    `-DnewVersion=${nextRelease.version}`
+  ])
 }
diff --git a/lib/publish.js b/lib/publish.js
index 63258a8..f28123e 100644
--- a/lib/publish.js
+++ b/lib/publish.js
@@ -3,14 +3,14 @@ const path = require('path')
 const { exec, findMaven } = require('./util')
 
 module.exports = async function publish(pluginConfig, context) {
-  const { env, cwd, logger, nextRelease } = context
+  const { logger, nextRelease } = context
   logger.log('Deploying version %s with maven', nextRelease.version)
 
   const mvn = await findMaven()
   const settings = path.join(__dirname, '../settings.xml')
-  const args = ['deploy', '-B', '-DskipTests', '--settings', settings]
+  const args = ['deploy', '-B', '-ntp', '-DskipTests', '-s', settings]
   if (pluginConfig.profile) {
     args.push('-P', pluginConfig.profile)
   }
-  await exec(mvn, args, { cwd, env })
+  await exec(mvn, args)
 }
diff --git a/lib/verify.js b/lib/verify.js
index 177cf57..76efed1 100644
--- a/lib/verify.js
+++ b/lib/verify.js
@@ -39,8 +39,8 @@ module.exports = async function verifyConditions(pluginConfig, context) {
     throw new AggregateError(errors)
   }
 
-  const key = path.join(__dirname, '../secret.asc')
-  fs.writeFileSync(key, getEnv('GPG_PRIVATE_KEY'))
-  await exec('gpg', ['--import', '--batch', key])
-  fs.unlinkSync(key)
+  const secret = path.join(__dirname, '../secret.asc')
+  fs.writeFileSync(secret, getEnv('GPG_PRIVATE_KEY'))
+  await exec('gpg', ['--import', '--batch', secret])
+  fs.unlinkSync(secret)
 }