diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index dea6fbceb..c93aa86a5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -693,7 +693,9 @@ jobs:
           gpg-passphrase: MAVEN_GPG_PASSPHRASE
 
       - name: Publish to Apache Maven Central
-        run: mvn deploy
+        run: |
+          cd src/java/iced-x86
+          mvn deploy
         #TODO: remove this once this works
         continue-on-error: true
         env:
diff --git a/build/build-java b/build/build-java
index 7e57474be..64b4086c8 100755
--- a/build/build-java
+++ b/build/build-java
@@ -22,7 +22,12 @@ new_func() {
 build_test() {
 	new_func "Build, test"
 
+	curr_dir=$(pwd)
+	cd "$root_dir/src/java/iced-x86"
+
 	mvn clean package
+
+	cd "$curr_dir"
 }
 
 while [ "$#" -gt 0 ]; do
@@ -41,7 +46,7 @@ echo "=================================================="
 echo
 
 echo "java version"
-java -showversion
+java -showversion || true
 echo "maven version"
 mvn --version