diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 14e28d3f4a..4157bf6f28 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -16,3 +16,4 @@ filtered_rat.txt
 dev/dist
 apache-rat-*.jar
 venv
+dev/release/comet-rm/workdir
diff --git a/dev/release/publish-to-maven.sh b/dev/release/publish-to-maven.sh
index 9895c8e1e1..7f252a2e3c 100755
--- a/dev/release/publish-to-maven.sh
+++ b/dev/release/publish-to-maven.sh
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ then
 fi
 
 # Default GPG command to use
-GPG="gpg"
+GPG="gpg --pinentry-mode loopback"
 if [ "$GPG_KEY" != "" ]
 then
   GPG="$GPG -u $GPG_KEY"
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ GIT_HASH=$(git rev-parse --short HEAD)
 echo "Creating Nexus staging repository"
 
 REPO_REQUEST="<promoteRequest><data><description>Apache Datafusion Comet $COMET_VERSION (commit $GIT_HASH)</description></data></promoteRequest>"
-REPO_REQUEST_RESPONSE=$(curl -I -X POST -d "$REPO_REQUEST" -u $ASF_USERNAME:$ASF_PASSWORD \
+REPO_REQUEST_RESPONSE=$(curl -X POST -d "$REPO_REQUEST" -u $ASF_USERNAME:$ASF_PASSWORD \
   -H "Content-Type:application/xml"  \
   $NEXUS_ROOT/profiles/$NEXUS_PROFILE/start)
 if [ $? -ne 0 ]