diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 3ffbcc3b..3ce332ff 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -114,6 +114,7 @@ jobs:
         server-username: MAVEN_USERNAME # env variable for username in deploy
         server-password: MAVEN_CENTRAL_TOKEN # env variable for token in deploy
         gpg-private-key: ${{ secrets.MAVEN_GPG_PRIVATE_KEY }} # Value of the GPG private key to import
+        gpg-passphrase: MAVEN_GPG_PASSPHRASE
 
     - name: Publish to Apache Maven Central
       run: mvn deploy
diff --git a/__tests__/auth.test.ts b/__tests__/auth.test.ts
index 448df00a..09745a6b 100644
--- a/__tests__/auth.test.ts
+++ b/__tests__/auth.test.ts
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ describe('auth tests', () => {
             <gpg.passphrase>\${env.${gpgPassphrase}}</gpg.passphrase>
           </properties>
         </profile>
-      <profiles>
+      </profiles>
   </settings>
   `);
   });
diff --git a/dist/index.js b/dist/index.js
index b3fd50c0..22077061 100644
Binary files a/dist/index.js and b/dist/index.js differ
diff --git a/src/auth.ts b/src/auth.ts
index 53e058f8..b343f614 100644
--- a/src/auth.ts
+++ b/src/auth.ts
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ export function generate(
             <gpg.passphrase>\${env.${escapeXML(gpgPassphrase)}}</gpg.passphrase>
           </properties>
         </profile>
-      <profiles>
+      </profiles>
   </settings>
   `;
 }