diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 4af73a69b..2f6fad889 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -104,24 +104,6 @@
                     </execution>
                 </executions>
             </plugin>
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-gpg-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>3.0.1</version>
-                <executions>
-                    <execution>
-                        <id>sign-artifacts</id>
-                        <phase>verify</phase>
-                        <goals>
-                            <goal>sign</goal>
-                        </goals>
-                        <configuration>
-                            <keyname>${gpg.keyname}</keyname>
-                            <passphraseServerId>${gpg.keyname}</passphraseServerId>
-                        </configuration>
-                    </execution>
-                </executions>
-            </plugin>
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.sonatype.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>nexus-staging-maven-plugin</artifactId>
@@ -140,6 +122,32 @@
         <profile>
             <id>dockerfile-build</id>
         </profile>
+        <profile>
+            <id>sign-with-gpg-for-release</id>
+            <build>
+                <plugins>
+                    <plugin>
+                        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>maven-gpg-plugin</artifactId>
+                        <version>3.0.1</version>
+                        <executions>
+                            <execution>
+                                <id>sign-artifacts</id>
+                                <phase>verify</phase>
+                                <goals>
+                                    <goal>sign</goal>
+                                </goals>
+                                <configuration>
+                                    <keyname>${gpg.keyname}</keyname>
+                                    <passphraseServerId>${gpg.keyname}</passphraseServerId>
+                                </configuration>
+                            </execution>
+                        </executions>
+                    </plugin>
+                </plugins>
+            </build>
+        </profile>
+
     </profiles>
 
 </project>