diff --git a/.github/workflows/deploy.yml b/.github/workflows/deploy.yml
index 541c7e4..93e1bb8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/deploy.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/deploy.yml
@@ -26,12 +26,15 @@ jobs:
           server-id: github
           server-username: MAVEN_USERNAME
           server-password: MAVEN_TOKEN
+          gpg-private-key: ${{ secrets.MAVEN_GPG_PRIVATE_KEY }} # Value of the GPG private key to import
+          gpg-passphrase: MAVEN_GPG_PASSPHRASE # env variable for GPG private key passphrase
 
       - name: "Maven Deploy"
         run: mvn -B deploy --file pom.xml -DskipTests
         env:
           MAVEN_USERNAME: ${{ github.repository_owner }}
-          MAVEN_TOKEN: ${{secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN}}
+          MAVEN_TOKEN: ${{secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN}} # env variable for gpg signing in deploy
+          MAVEN_GPG_PASSPHRASE: ${{ secrets.MAVEN_GPG_PASSPHRASE }}
 
       - name: "Javadoc Deploy Staging"
         run: |