diff --git a/.github/workflows/netlicensing-client-release.yml b/.github/workflows/netlicensing-client-release.yml
index 481c2455..2d5afbd3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/netlicensing-client-release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/netlicensing-client-release.yml
@@ -11,9 +11,9 @@ on:
 
 jobs:
   release:
-    name: Release ${{ github.event.inputs.release-version }}
+    name: Release ${{ github.event.inputs.release-version }} / Java ${{ matrix.java-version }}
     runs-on: self-hosted
-    container: maven:3-amazoncorretto-17
+    container: maven:3-amazoncorretto-17-al2023
     strategy:
       matrix:
         java-version: [11, 17]
@@ -24,13 +24,20 @@ jobs:
             jdk-suffix: -jdk17
 
     steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+    # Specific to the maven:3-amazoncorretto-17-al2023 image
+    - name: Install required tooling
+      run: yum install -y git
+ 
+    - name: Checkout the sources
+      uses: actions/checkout@v4
       with:
+        path: 'nlic-client-release'
         ssh-key: '${{ secrets.REPO_SSH_KEY }}'
 
     # Relies on actions/checkout with 'ssh-key' parameter.
     - name: Prepare git config
       run: |
+        cd nlic-client-release
         git config user.name "GitHub Actions Bot"
         git config user.email "netlicensing@labs64.com"
 
@@ -61,6 +68,7 @@ jobs:
 
     - name: Release to Maven Central staging
       run: |
+        cd nlic-client-release
         mvn -s ~/.m2/settings.xml -B \
             clean deploy scm:tag \
             -P release \