diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish-maven-central.yml b/.github/workflows/publish-maven-central.yml
index 94483549bf..d434216573 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish-maven-central.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish-maven-central.yml
@@ -5,10 +5,12 @@ name: Publish to Maven Central
 # Trigger this workflow whenever code is pushed to "master" branch.defaults:
 # We would like to publish to maven central for both snapshot and release versions.
 on:
-  push:
-    branches: [ master ]
-
-
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      release_candidate:
+        description: The release candidate number
+        required: true
+        default: '1'
 # A workflow run is made up of one or more jobs that can run sequentially or in parallel
 jobs:
   # This workflow contains a single job called "build"
@@ -18,25 +20,25 @@ jobs:
 
     # Steps represent a sequence of tasks that will be executed as part of the job
     steps:
-    # Checks-out your repository under $GITHUB_WORKSPACE, so your job can access it
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
-
-    - name: Gradle wrapper validation
-      uses: gradle/wrapper-validation-action@v1
-
-    # Runs a single command using the runners shell
-    - name: Install gpg secret key
-      run: |
-        cat <(echo -e "${{ secrets.GPG_SECRET_KEY }}") | gpg --batch --import
-        gpg --export-secret-keys >$HOME/.gnupg/secring.gpg
-        gpg --list-secret-keys --keyid-format LONG
-        ls -l $HOME/.gnupg
-
-    # FIXME Check https://github.com/allure-framework/allure2/blob/430255d8cf5c236ed29bc0df0b72dcd9389c3df9/.github/workflows/release.yaml
-    #- name: Publish release
-    #  run: |
-    #    ./gradlew -PghNexusUsername=${{ secrets.SONATYPE_USER }} -PghNexusPassword=${{ secrets.SONATYPE_PASSWORD }} -Psigning.secretKeyRingFile=$HOME/.gnupg/secring.gpg -Psigning.password="" -Psigning.keyId=${{ secrets.GPG_KEY_ID }} -Prc=1 prepareVote
-
-    #- name: Display next step
-    #  run: |
-    #    echo "Now go to https://oss.sonatype.org/index.html#stagingRepositories, select the repo, Close it and then Release it"
+      # Checks-out your repository under $GITHUB_WORKSPACE, so your job can access it
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3.5.0
+
+      - name: Gradle wrapper validation
+        uses: gradle/wrapper-validation-action@v1.0.6
+
+      # Runs a single command using the runners shell
+      - name: Install gpg secret key
+        run: |
+          cat <(echo -e "${{ secrets.GPG_SECRET_KEY }}") | gpg --batch --import
+          gpg --export-secret-keys >$HOME/.gnupg/secring.gpg
+          gpg --list-secret-keys --keyid-format LONG
+          ls -l $HOME/.gnupg
+
+      # FIXME Check https://github.com/allure-framework/allure2/blob/430255d8cf5c236ed29bc0df0b72dcd9389c3df9/.github/workflows/release.yaml
+      - name: Publish Release Candidate
+        run: |
+          ./gradlew -PghGitSourceUsername=cbeust -PghGitSourcePassword=${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }} -PghDryRun -PghNexusUsername=${{ secrets.SONATYPE_USER }} -PghNexusPassword=${{ secrets.SONATYPE_PASSWORD }} -Psigning.secretKeyRingFile=$HOME/.gnupg/secring.gpg -Psigning.password="" -Psigning.keyId=${{ secrets.GPG_KEY_ID }} -Prc=${{ github.event.inputs.release_candidate }} prepareVote
+
+      - name: Display next step
+        run: |
+          echo "Now run 'release-maven-central.yml' workflow using the same Release Candidate Number (rc #)"
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-maven-central.yml b/.github/workflows/release-maven-central.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..01eefc2e80
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-maven-central.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+# This is a basic workflow to help you get started with Actions
+
+name: Release TestNG to Maven Central
+
+# Trigger this workflow whenever code is pushed to "master" branch.defaults:
+# We would like to publish to maven central for both snapshot and release versions.
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      release_candidate:
+        description: The release candidate number that was already published
+        required: true
+        default: '1'
+      staging_repository_id:
+        description: The staging repository ID obtained from workflow run logs of "publish-maven-central.yml" for e.g., (orgtestng-1082)
+        required: true
+# A workflow run is made up of one or more jobs that can run sequentially or in parallel
+jobs:
+  # This workflow contains a single job called "build"
+  build:
+    # The type of runner that the job will run on
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    # Steps represent a sequence of tasks that will be executed as part of the job
+    steps:
+      # Checks-out your repository under $GITHUB_WORKSPACE, so your job can access it
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3.5.0
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+
+      - name: Gradle wrapper validation
+        uses: gradle/wrapper-validation-action@v1.0.6
+
+      # Runs a single command using the runners shell
+      - name: Install gpg secret key
+        run: |
+          cat <(echo -e "${{ secrets.GPG_SECRET_KEY }}") | gpg --batch --import
+          gpg --export-secret-keys >$HOME/.gnupg/secring.gpg
+          gpg --list-secret-keys --keyid-format LONG
+          ls -l $HOME/.gnupg
+
+      - name: Create Nexus.txt with staging repository details
+        run: |
+          mkdir -p build/stagingRepositories
+          echo -n ${{ github.event.inputs.staging_repository_id }} > build/stagingRepositories/nexus.txt
+
+      # FIXME Check https://github.com/allure-framework/allure2/blob/430255d8cf5c236ed29bc0df0b72dcd9389c3df9/.github/workflows/release.yaml
+      - name: Publish Release Candidate
+        run: |
+          ./gradlew -PghGitSourceUsername=cbeust -PghGitSourcePassword=${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }} -PghDryRun -PghNexusUsername=${{ secrets.SONATYPE_USER }} -PghNexusPassword=${{ secrets.SONATYPE_PASSWORD }} -Psigning.secretKeyRingFile=$HOME/.gnupg/secring.gpg -Psigning.password="" -Psigning.keyId=${{ secrets.GPG_KEY_ID }} -Prc=${{ github.event.inputs.release_candidate }} publishDist
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 412e5342d2..95f89094f6 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -24,5 +24,6 @@ test-output-tests
 testng.iml
 z_build
 .DS_Store
+**/bin/
 
 **/Version.java
diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index dba9f5f4a4..4bd597caa9 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ kotlin.code.style=official
 # Note: testng.kotlin-library.gradle.kts adds kotlin-stdlib for testImplementation
 kotlin.stdlib.default.dependency=false
 
-testng.version=7.5
+testng.version=7.5.1
 
 group=org.testng
 
diff --git a/versions.properties b/versions.properties
index ba5f8e8459..e51ec4239b 100644
--- a/versions.properties
+++ b/versions.properties
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ plugin.com.github.johnrengelman.shadow=7.0.0
 
 plugin.com.github.vlsi.gradle-extensions=1.74
 
-plugin.com.github.vlsi.stage-vote-release=1.74
+plugin.com.github.vlsi.stage-vote-release=1.78
 
 version.ch.qos.logback..logback-classic=1.2.3