diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 76adb3b..4712abe 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@
     <exec-maven-plugin.version>3.6.4</exec-maven-plugin.version>
     <palantir-java-format.version>2.97.0</palantir-java-format.version>
 
-    <central-publishing-maven-plugin.version>0.11.0</central-publishing-maven-plugin.version>
+    <central-publishing-maven-plugin.version>0.12.0</central-publishing-maven-plugin.version>
     <maven-checkstyle-plugin.version>3.6.0</maven-checkstyle-plugin.version>
     <maven-compiler-plugin.version>3.16.0</maven-compiler-plugin.version>
     <maven-enforcer-plugin.version>3.6.3</maven-enforcer-plugin.version>
diff --git a/scripts/verify-release-artifacts.sh b/scripts/verify-release-artifacts.sh
index df240ca..ff6fcce 100755
--- a/scripts/verify-release-artifacts.sh
+++ b/scripts/verify-release-artifacts.sh
@@ -36,9 +36,23 @@ esac
   --settings "$settings" \
   -Prelease \
   -Dgpg.skip=true \
-  -Dcentral.skipPublishing=true \
+  -DskipUpload=true \
   clean deploy
 
+bundle="$root/target/central-publishing/central-bundle.zip"
+entries=$(unzip -Z1 "$bundle")
+if printf '%s\n' "$entries" | grep -Eq '(^|/)(maven-metadata[^/]*|_remote\.repositories)(/|$)|foundation/aep/aep-(examples|conformance)/'; then
+  echo "Release bundle contains local repository metadata or unpublished modules." >&2
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+for artifact in aep-java aep-bom aep-core aep-json-jackson2 aep-json-jackson3 aep-agent aep-service aep-httpserver aep-servlet aep-spring-webmvc aep-platform; do
+  if ! printf '%s\n' "$entries" | grep -Fxq "foundation/aep/$artifact/$version/$artifact-$version.pom"; then
+    echo "Release bundle is missing the POM for $artifact." >&2
+    exit 1
+  fi
+done
+
 for artifact in aep-core aep-json-jackson2 aep-json-jackson3 aep-agent aep-service aep-httpserver aep-servlet aep-spring-webmvc aep-platform; do
   for classifier in "" -sources -javadoc; do
     file="$root/$artifact/target/$artifact-$version$classifier.jar"
@@ -46,6 +60,10 @@ for artifact in aep-core aep-json-jackson2 aep-json-jackson3 aep-agent aep-servi
       echo "Missing release artifact: $file" >&2
       exit 1
     fi
+    if ! printf '%s\n' "$entries" | grep -Fxq "foundation/aep/$artifact/$version/$artifact-$version$classifier.jar"; then
+      echo "Release bundle is missing $artifact-$version$classifier.jar." >&2
+      exit 1
+    fi
   done
 done