diff --git a/.github/release-files-spec.json b/.github/release-files-spec.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 222aed3678..0000000000
--- a/.github/release-files-spec.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "files": [
-    {
-      "aql": {
-        "items.find": {
-          "$and": [
-            {
-              "@build.name": "${buildname}",
-              "@build.number": "${buildnumber}",
-              "path": {"$match": "org/springframework/batch*"}
-            },
-            {
-              "$or": [
-                {
-                  "name": {"$match": "*.pom"}
-                },
-                {
-                  "name": {"$match": "*.jar"}
-                }
-              ]
-            }
-          ]
-        }
-      },
-      "target": "nexus/"
-    }
-  ]
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.github/workflows/maven-central-staging-43x.yml b/.github/workflows/maven-central-staging-43x.yml
index 326591ec96..4f85ac5ff0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/maven-central-staging-43x.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/maven-central-staging-43x.yml
@@ -3,11 +3,8 @@ name: Maven Central Staging for 4.3.x
 on:
   workflow_dispatch:
     inputs:
-      buildName:
-        description: "Artifactory build name"
-        required: true
-      buildNumber:
-        description: "Artifactory build number"
+      releaseVersion:
+        description: "Release version"
         required: true
 
 jobs:
@@ -15,33 +12,55 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
 
-      - name: Checkout source code
-        uses: actions/checkout@b4ffde65f46336ab88eb53be808477a3936bae11 # v4.1.1
-        with:
-          ref: '4.3.x'
-
-      # Setup jfrog cli
-      - uses: jfrog/setup-jfrog-cli@v1
-        with:
-          version: 1.43.2
-        env:
-          JF_ARTIFACTORY_SPRING: ${{ secrets.JF_ARTIFACTORY_SPRING }}
+      - name: Capture release version
+        run: echo RELEASE_VERSION=${{ github.event.inputs.releaseVersion }} >> $GITHUB_ENV
 
-      # Extract build id from input
-      - name: Extract Build Id
+      - name: Prepare directory structure
         run: |
-          echo JFROG_CLI_BUILD_NAME=${{ github.event.inputs.buildName }} >> $GITHUB_ENV
-          echo JFROG_CLI_BUILD_NUMBER=${{ github.event.inputs.buildNumber }} >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          mkdir -p nexus/org/springframework/batch/spring-batch-infrastructure/$RELEASE_VERSION
+          mkdir -p nexus/org/springframework/batch/spring-batch-core/$RELEASE_VERSION
+          mkdir -p nexus/org/springframework/batch/spring-batch-test/$RELEASE_VERSION
+          mkdir -p nexus/org/springframework/batch/spring-batch-integration/$RELEASE_VERSION
 
-      # Download released files
-      - name: Download Release Files
+      - name: Download release files from Artifactory
+        env:
+          ARTIFACTORY_URL: "https://repo.spring.io/libs-staging-local/org/springframework/batch"
+          ARTIFACTORY_USERNAME: ${{ secrets.ARTIFACTORY_USERNAME }}
+          ARTIFACTORY_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.ARTIFACTORY_PASSWORD }}
         run: |
-          jfrog rt download \
-            --spec .github/release-files-spec.json \
-            --spec-vars "buildname=$JFROG_CLI_BUILD_NAME;buildnumber=$JFROG_CLI_BUILD_NUMBER"
+          echo "Downloading infrastructure artifacts"
+          cd nexus/org/springframework/batch/spring-batch-infrastructure/$RELEASE_VERSION
+          wget --user="$ARTIFACTORY_USERNAME" --password="$ARTIFACTORY_PASSWORD" $ARTIFACTORY_URL/spring-batch-infrastructure/$RELEASE_VERSION/spring-batch-infrastructure-$RELEASE_VERSION.pom
+          wget --user="$ARTIFACTORY_USERNAME" --password="$ARTIFACTORY_PASSWORD" $ARTIFACTORY_URL/spring-batch-infrastructure/$RELEASE_VERSION/spring-batch-infrastructure-$RELEASE_VERSION.jar
+          wget --user="$ARTIFACTORY_USERNAME" --password="$ARTIFACTORY_PASSWORD" $ARTIFACTORY_URL/spring-batch-infrastructure/$RELEASE_VERSION/spring-batch-infrastructure-$RELEASE_VERSION-javadoc.jar
+          wget --user="$ARTIFACTORY_USERNAME" --password="$ARTIFACTORY_PASSWORD" $ARTIFACTORY_URL/spring-batch-infrastructure/$RELEASE_VERSION/spring-batch-infrastructure-$RELEASE_VERSION-sources.jar
+
+          echo "Downloading core artifacts"
+          cd ../../../../../..
+          cd nexus/org/springframework/batch/spring-batch-core/$RELEASE_VERSION
+          wget --user="$ARTIFACTORY_USERNAME" --password="$ARTIFACTORY_PASSWORD" $ARTIFACTORY_URL/spring-batch-core/$RELEASE_VERSION/spring-batch-core-$RELEASE_VERSION.pom
+          wget --user="$ARTIFACTORY_USERNAME" --password="$ARTIFACTORY_PASSWORD" $ARTIFACTORY_URL/spring-batch-core/$RELEASE_VERSION/spring-batch-core-$RELEASE_VERSION.jar
+          wget --user="$ARTIFACTORY_USERNAME" --password="$ARTIFACTORY_PASSWORD" $ARTIFACTORY_URL/spring-batch-core/$RELEASE_VERSION/spring-batch-core-$RELEASE_VERSION-javadoc.jar
+          wget --user="$ARTIFACTORY_USERNAME" --password="$ARTIFACTORY_PASSWORD" $ARTIFACTORY_URL/spring-batch-core/$RELEASE_VERSION/spring-batch-core-$RELEASE_VERSION-sources.jar
+
+          echo "Downloading test artifacts"
+          cd ../../../../../..
+          cd nexus/org/springframework/batch/spring-batch-test/$RELEASE_VERSION
+          wget --user="$ARTIFACTORY_USERNAME" --password="$ARTIFACTORY_PASSWORD" $ARTIFACTORY_URL/spring-batch-test/$RELEASE_VERSION/spring-batch-test-$RELEASE_VERSION.pom
+          wget --user="$ARTIFACTORY_USERNAME" --password="$ARTIFACTORY_PASSWORD" $ARTIFACTORY_URL/spring-batch-test/$RELEASE_VERSION/spring-batch-test-$RELEASE_VERSION.jar
+          wget --user="$ARTIFACTORY_USERNAME" --password="$ARTIFACTORY_PASSWORD" $ARTIFACTORY_URL/spring-batch-test/$RELEASE_VERSION/spring-batch-test-$RELEASE_VERSION-javadoc.jar
+          wget --user="$ARTIFACTORY_USERNAME" --password="$ARTIFACTORY_PASSWORD" $ARTIFACTORY_URL/spring-batch-test/$RELEASE_VERSION/spring-batch-test-$RELEASE_VERSION-sources.jar
 
-      # Create checksums, signatures and create staging repo on central and upload
-      - uses: jvalkeal/nexus-sync@v0
+          echo "Downloading integration artifacts"
+          cd ../../../../../..
+          cd nexus/org/springframework/batch/spring-batch-integration/$RELEASE_VERSION
+          wget --user="$ARTIFACTORY_USERNAME" --password="$ARTIFACTORY_PASSWORD" $ARTIFACTORY_URL/spring-batch-integration/$RELEASE_VERSION/spring-batch-integration-$RELEASE_VERSION.pom
+          wget --user="$ARTIFACTORY_USERNAME" --password="$ARTIFACTORY_PASSWORD" $ARTIFACTORY_URL/spring-batch-integration/$RELEASE_VERSION/spring-batch-integration-$RELEASE_VERSION.jar
+          wget --user="$ARTIFACTORY_USERNAME" --password="$ARTIFACTORY_PASSWORD" $ARTIFACTORY_URL/spring-batch-integration/$RELEASE_VERSION/spring-batch-integration-$RELEASE_VERSION-javadoc.jar
+          wget --user="$ARTIFACTORY_USERNAME" --password="$ARTIFACTORY_PASSWORD" $ARTIFACTORY_URL/spring-batch-integration/$RELEASE_VERSION/spring-batch-integration-$RELEASE_VERSION-sources.jar
+
+      - name: Sign artifacts and release them to Maven Central
+        uses: jvalkeal/nexus-sync@v0
         id: nexus
         with:
           url: ${{ secrets.OSSRH_URL }}
@@ -50,11 +69,9 @@ jobs:
           staging-profile-name: ${{ secrets.OSSRH_STAGING_PROFILE_NAME }}
           create: true
           upload: true
+          close: true
+          release: true
           generate-checksums: true
           pgp-sign: true
           pgp-sign-passphrase: ${{ secrets.GPG_PASSPHRASE }}
           pgp-sign-private-key: ${{ secrets.GPG_PRIVATE_KEY }}
-
-      # Print staging repo id
-      - name: Print Staging Repo Id
-        run: echo ${{ steps.nexus.outputs.staged-repository-id }}