From 4d6c1777d92985303d5127cf35bbe8e4e72e679a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Gregor Zeitlinger <gregor.zeitlinger@grafana.com>
Date: Fri, 4 Jul 2025 12:02:28 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 01/14] add label to renovate prs

Signed-off-by: Gregor Zeitlinger <gregor.zeitlinger@grafana.com>
---
 .github/renovate.json5 | 9 +++++++--
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/renovate.json5 b/.github/renovate.json5
index d8cb8e634..91930c0c5 100644
--- a/.github/renovate.json5
+++ b/.github/renovate.json5
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 {
-  $schema: "https://docs.renovatebot.com/renovate-schema.json",
-  extends: ["config:recommended"],
+  $schema: "https://docs.renovatebot.com/renovate-schema.json", extends: [
+    "config:best-practices",
+    "config:recommended",
+  ],
   platformCommit: "enabled",
   automerge: true,
   ignorePaths: [
@@ -8,4 +10,7 @@
     // agent resources packages an OTel API that is the minimum required API version
     "**/prometheus-metrics-exporter-opentelemetry-otel-agent-resources/pom.xml",
   ],
+  labels: [
+    "dependencies"
+  ]
 }

From acc22522d359400376daf49a5317ce9b0c33db69 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Gregor Zeitlinger <gregor.zeitlinger@grafana.com>
Date: Fri, 4 Jul 2025 12:21:09 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 02/14] fix release

Signed-off-by: Gregor Zeitlinger <gregor.zeitlinger@grafana.com>
---
 .github/workflows/release.yml                            | 2 +-
 pom.xml                                                  | 1 +
 prometheus-metrics-exporter-opentelemetry-shaded/pom.xml | 2 ++
 prometheus-metrics-exposition-formats-shaded/pom.xml     | 2 ++
 4 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 1407be02b..2851f7403 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ jobs:
           gpg-passphrase: MAVEN_GPG_PASSPHRASE
 
       - name: Publish to Apache Maven Central
-        run: mvn deploy -P 'release,!default' -Dmaven.test.skip=true
+        run: mvn deploy -P 'release,!default' -Dmaven.test.skip=true -Drelease=true
         env:
           MAVEN_USERNAME: ${{ secrets.SONATYPE_MAVEN_REPOSITORY_USERNAME }}
           MAVEN_CENTRAL_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.SONATYPE_MAVEN_REPOSITORY_PASSWORD }}
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 509cc12e4..1017c35a3 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
     <spotless.skip>false</spotless.skip>
     <javadoc.skip>false</javadoc.skip>
     <warnings>-Werror</warnings>
+    <release>false</release>
   </properties>
 
   <modules>
diff --git a/prometheus-metrics-exporter-opentelemetry-shaded/pom.xml b/prometheus-metrics-exporter-opentelemetry-shaded/pom.xml
index 2b5c67da4..9c86b5aaf 100644
--- a/prometheus-metrics-exporter-opentelemetry-shaded/pom.xml
+++ b/prometheus-metrics-exporter-opentelemetry-shaded/pom.xml
@@ -138,6 +138,8 @@
               <goal>copy-resources</goal>
             </goals>
             <configuration>
+              <!-- Skip copying test resources in release builds, where tests are skipped -->
+              <skip>${release}</skip>
               <outputDirectory>target/metrics-exporter-opentelemetry/src/test</outputDirectory>
               <resources>
                 <resource>
diff --git a/prometheus-metrics-exposition-formats-shaded/pom.xml b/prometheus-metrics-exposition-formats-shaded/pom.xml
index 1d64a2ad8..8afa80180 100644
--- a/prometheus-metrics-exposition-formats-shaded/pom.xml
+++ b/prometheus-metrics-exposition-formats-shaded/pom.xml
@@ -70,6 +70,8 @@
               <goal>copy-resources</goal>
             </goals>
             <configuration>
+              <!-- Skip copying test resources in release builds, where tests are skipped -->
+              <skip>${release}</skip>
               <outputDirectory>target/metrics-exposition-formats/src/test</outputDirectory>
               <resources>
                 <resource>

From 2e1f6b4a2f9098a2f3e770867a86c1ff31843d9d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Gregor Zeitlinger <gregor.zeitlinger@grafana.com>
Date: Fri, 4 Jul 2025 12:22:06 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 03/14] fix release

Signed-off-by: Gregor Zeitlinger <gregor.zeitlinger@grafana.com>
---
 scripts/build-release.sh | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/scripts/build-release.sh b/scripts/build-release.sh
index 94348d8ee..7c61bcde4 100755
--- a/scripts/build-release.sh
+++ b/scripts/build-release.sh
@@ -5,4 +5,4 @@ set -euo pipefail
 VERSION=${TAG#v}
 
 ./scripts/set-version.sh "$VERSION"
-mvn -B package -P 'release,!default' -Dmaven.test.skip=true
+mvn -B package -P 'release,!default' -Dmaven.test.skip=true -Drelease=true

From d424e6aeb9f35b65e05d08757ada0f5b875e240c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Gregor Zeitlinger <gregor.zeitlinger@grafana.com>
Date: Fri, 4 Jul 2025 12:26:39 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 04/14] fix release

Signed-off-by: Gregor Zeitlinger <gregor.zeitlinger@grafana.com>
---
 .github/workflows/test-release-build.yml | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-release-build.yml b/.github/workflows/test-release-build.yml
index 78ee73332..abd182304 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-release-build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-release-build.yml
@@ -25,4 +25,7 @@ jobs:
           restore-keys: |
             ${{ runner.os }}-maven-
       - name: Run the Maven verify phase
-        run: mise run build-release
+        run: ./scripts/build-release.sh
+        env:
+          # don't ues the current snapshot version, to test a more realistic release
+          TAG: ${{ github.ref_name }}

From f5cccb546ee2ea5ca1b1b11af30857c3a9c8843e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Gregor Zeitlinger <gregor.zeitlinger@grafana.com>
Date: Fri, 4 Jul 2025 12:42:48 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 05/14] fix release

Signed-off-by: Gregor Zeitlinger <gregor.zeitlinger@grafana.com>
---
 .github/renovate.json5                        | 10 +--
 .../pom.xml                                   | 84 +++++++++++--------
 .../pom.xml                                   | 35 ++++++--
 scripts/build-release.sh                      |  2 +-
 4 files changed, 80 insertions(+), 51 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.github/renovate.json5 b/.github/renovate.json5
index 91930c0c5..3b6beecd9 100644
--- a/.github/renovate.json5
+++ b/.github/renovate.json5
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 {
-  $schema: "https://docs.renovatebot.com/renovate-schema.json", extends: [
-    "config:best-practices",
-    "config:recommended",
-  ],
+  $schema: "https://docs.renovatebot.com/renovate-schema.json",
+  extends: ["config:best-practices", "config:recommended"],
   platformCommit: "enabled",
   automerge: true,
   ignorePaths: [
@@ -10,7 +8,5 @@
     // agent resources packages an OTel API that is the minimum required API version
     "**/prometheus-metrics-exporter-opentelemetry-otel-agent-resources/pom.xml",
   ],
-  labels: [
-    "dependencies"
-  ]
+  labels: ["dependencies"],
 }
diff --git a/prometheus-metrics-exporter-opentelemetry-shaded/pom.xml b/prometheus-metrics-exporter-opentelemetry-shaded/pom.xml
index 9c86b5aaf..6cd36f0d2 100644
--- a/prometheus-metrics-exporter-opentelemetry-shaded/pom.xml
+++ b/prometheus-metrics-exporter-opentelemetry-shaded/pom.xml
@@ -68,39 +68,57 @@
       <groupId>io.opentelemetry.instrumentation</groupId>
       <artifactId>opentelemetry-resources</artifactId>
     </dependency>
-
-    <!-- test dependencies -->
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.wiremock</groupId>
-      <artifactId>wiremock</artifactId>
-      <version>3.13.1</version>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-      <exclusions>
-        <exclusion>
-          <groupId>org.hamcrest</groupId>
-          <artifactId>hamcrest-core</artifactId>
-        </exclusion>
-      </exclusions>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.awaitility</groupId>
-      <artifactId>awaitility</artifactId>
-      <version>4.3.0</version>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>io.opentelemetry</groupId>
-      <artifactId>opentelemetry-proto</artifactId>
-      <version>1.7.1-alpha</version>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>io.opentelemetry</groupId>
-      <artifactId>opentelemetry-sdk-testing</artifactId>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 
+  <profiles>
+    <!-- just to make sure that default profile is only activated if no profiles are specified -->
+    <profile>
+      <id>javadoc</id>
+    </profile>
+    <profile>
+      <id>release</id>
+    </profile>
+    <profile>
+      <id>default</id>
+      <activation>
+        <activeByDefault>true</activeByDefault>
+      </activation>
+      <dependencies>
+        <!-- GH pages and release task try to resolve this and fail -->
+        <dependency>
+          <groupId>org.wiremock</groupId>
+          <artifactId>wiremock</artifactId>
+          <version>3.13.1</version>
+          <scope>test</scope>
+          <exclusions>
+            <exclusion>
+              <groupId>org.hamcrest</groupId>
+              <artifactId>hamcrest-core</artifactId>
+            </exclusion>
+          </exclusions>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+          <groupId>org.awaitility</groupId>
+          <artifactId>awaitility</artifactId>
+          <version>4.3.0</version>
+          <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+          <groupId>io.opentelemetry</groupId>
+          <artifactId>opentelemetry-proto</artifactId>
+<!--          extract version-->
+          <version>1.7.1-alpha</version>
+          <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+          <groupId>io.opentelemetry</groupId>
+          <artifactId>opentelemetry-sdk-testing</artifactId>
+          <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+      </dependencies>
+    </profile>
+  </profiles>
+
   <build>
     <resources>
       <resource>
@@ -127,7 +145,7 @@
                   <directory>../prometheus-metrics-exporter-opentelemetry/src/main</directory>
                 </resource>
                 <resources>
-              </resources>
+                </resources>
               </resources>
             </configuration>
           </execution>
@@ -138,8 +156,6 @@
               <goal>copy-resources</goal>
             </goals>
             <configuration>
-              <!-- Skip copying test resources in release builds, where tests are skipped -->
-              <skip>${release}</skip>
               <outputDirectory>target/metrics-exporter-opentelemetry/src/test</outputDirectory>
               <resources>
                 <resource>
diff --git a/prometheus-metrics-exposition-formats-shaded/pom.xml b/prometheus-metrics-exposition-formats-shaded/pom.xml
index 8afa80180..178dbebe4 100644
--- a/prometheus-metrics-exposition-formats-shaded/pom.xml
+++ b/prometheus-metrics-exposition-formats-shaded/pom.xml
@@ -33,15 +33,34 @@
       <artifactId>protobuf-java</artifactId>
       <version>${protobuf-java.version}</version>
     </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>io.prometheus</groupId>
-      <artifactId>prometheus-metrics-exposition-textformats</artifactId>
-      <version>${project.version}</version>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-      <type>test-jar</type>
-    </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 
+  <profiles>
+    <!-- just to make sure that default profile is only activated if no profiles are specified -->
+    <profile>
+      <id>javadoc</id>
+    </profile>
+    <profile>
+      <id>release</id>
+    </profile>
+    <profile>
+      <id>default</id>
+      <activation>
+        <activeByDefault>true</activeByDefault>
+      </activation>
+      <dependencies>
+        <!-- GH pages and release task try to resolve this and fail -->
+        <dependency>
+          <groupId>io.prometheus</groupId>
+          <artifactId>prometheus-metrics-exposition-textformats</artifactId>
+          <version>${project.version}</version>
+          <scope>test</scope>
+          <type>test-jar</type>
+        </dependency>
+      </dependencies>
+    </profile>
+  </profiles>
+
   <build>
     <plugins>
       <plugin>
@@ -70,8 +89,6 @@
               <goal>copy-resources</goal>
             </goals>
             <configuration>
-              <!-- Skip copying test resources in release builds, where tests are skipped -->
-              <skip>${release}</skip>
               <outputDirectory>target/metrics-exposition-formats/src/test</outputDirectory>
               <resources>
                 <resource>
diff --git a/scripts/build-release.sh b/scripts/build-release.sh
index 7c61bcde4..94348d8ee 100755
--- a/scripts/build-release.sh
+++ b/scripts/build-release.sh
@@ -5,4 +5,4 @@ set -euo pipefail
 VERSION=${TAG#v}
 
 ./scripts/set-version.sh "$VERSION"
-mvn -B package -P 'release,!default' -Dmaven.test.skip=true -Drelease=true
+mvn -B package -P 'release,!default' -Dmaven.test.skip=true

From 98302883152d220d0469a8cd4abbc8e209a0327e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Gregor Zeitlinger <gregor.zeitlinger@grafana.com>
Date: Fri, 4 Jul 2025 12:51:08 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 06/14] fix release

Signed-off-by: Gregor Zeitlinger <gregor.zeitlinger@grafana.com>
---
 pom.xml                                       | 29 +++++++++++
 .../pom.xml                                   | 49 -------------------
 .../pom.xml                                   | 31 ------------
 3 files changed, 29 insertions(+), 80 deletions(-)

diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 1017c35a3..de677d438 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -114,6 +114,35 @@
       <version>2.3.0</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.awaitility</groupId>
+      <artifactId>awaitility</artifactId>
+      <version>4.3.0</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.wiremock</groupId>
+      <artifactId>wiremock</artifactId>
+      <version>3.13.1</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+      <exclusions>
+        <exclusion>
+          <groupId>org.hamcrest</groupId>
+          <artifactId>hamcrest-core</artifactId>
+        </exclusion>
+      </exclusions>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>io.opentelemetry</groupId>
+      <artifactId>opentelemetry-proto</artifactId>
+      <version>1.7.1-alpha</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>io.opentelemetry</groupId>
+      <artifactId>opentelemetry-sdk-testing</artifactId>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 
   <build>
diff --git a/prometheus-metrics-exporter-opentelemetry-shaded/pom.xml b/prometheus-metrics-exporter-opentelemetry-shaded/pom.xml
index 6cd36f0d2..6b815c6b8 100644
--- a/prometheus-metrics-exporter-opentelemetry-shaded/pom.xml
+++ b/prometheus-metrics-exporter-opentelemetry-shaded/pom.xml
@@ -70,55 +70,6 @@
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 
-  <profiles>
-    <!-- just to make sure that default profile is only activated if no profiles are specified -->
-    <profile>
-      <id>javadoc</id>
-    </profile>
-    <profile>
-      <id>release</id>
-    </profile>
-    <profile>
-      <id>default</id>
-      <activation>
-        <activeByDefault>true</activeByDefault>
-      </activation>
-      <dependencies>
-        <!-- GH pages and release task try to resolve this and fail -->
-        <dependency>
-          <groupId>org.wiremock</groupId>
-          <artifactId>wiremock</artifactId>
-          <version>3.13.1</version>
-          <scope>test</scope>
-          <exclusions>
-            <exclusion>
-              <groupId>org.hamcrest</groupId>
-              <artifactId>hamcrest-core</artifactId>
-            </exclusion>
-          </exclusions>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-          <groupId>org.awaitility</groupId>
-          <artifactId>awaitility</artifactId>
-          <version>4.3.0</version>
-          <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-          <groupId>io.opentelemetry</groupId>
-          <artifactId>opentelemetry-proto</artifactId>
-<!--          extract version-->
-          <version>1.7.1-alpha</version>
-          <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-          <groupId>io.opentelemetry</groupId>
-          <artifactId>opentelemetry-sdk-testing</artifactId>
-          <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
-      </dependencies>
-    </profile>
-  </profiles>
-
   <build>
     <resources>
       <resource>
diff --git a/prometheus-metrics-exporter-opentelemetry/pom.xml b/prometheus-metrics-exporter-opentelemetry/pom.xml
index 3d4d5c2f3..12eeca1f7 100644
--- a/prometheus-metrics-exporter-opentelemetry/pom.xml
+++ b/prometheus-metrics-exporter-opentelemetry/pom.xml
@@ -69,37 +69,6 @@
       <groupId>io.opentelemetry.instrumentation</groupId>
       <artifactId>opentelemetry-resources</artifactId>
     </dependency>
-
-    <!-- test dependencies -->
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.wiremock</groupId>
-      <artifactId>wiremock</artifactId>
-      <version>3.13.1</version>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-      <exclusions>
-        <exclusion>
-          <groupId>org.hamcrest</groupId>
-          <artifactId>hamcrest-core</artifactId>
-        </exclusion>
-      </exclusions>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.awaitility</groupId>
-      <artifactId>awaitility</artifactId>
-      <version>4.3.0</version>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>io.opentelemetry</groupId>
-      <artifactId>opentelemetry-proto</artifactId>
-      <version>1.7.1-alpha</version>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>io.opentelemetry</groupId>
-      <artifactId>opentelemetry-sdk-testing</artifactId>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 
   <build>

From bb0164d559f2db97320fdffa4c3eabc090a73254 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Gregor Zeitlinger <gregor.zeitlinger@grafana.com>
Date: Fri, 4 Jul 2025 12:54:05 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 07/14] fix release

Signed-off-by: Gregor Zeitlinger <gregor.zeitlinger@grafana.com>
---
 pom.xml | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index de677d438..c5ca8b332 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -141,6 +141,7 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>io.opentelemetry</groupId>
       <artifactId>opentelemetry-sdk-testing</artifactId>
+      <version>1.49.0</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>

From e6bcd437c73d814ec3fcbc510298a6021650ae3e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Gregor Zeitlinger <gregor.zeitlinger@grafana.com>
Date: Fri, 4 Jul 2025 12:57:22 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 08/14] fix release

Signed-off-by: Gregor Zeitlinger <gregor.zeitlinger@grafana.com>
---
 pom.xml | 8 +++++++-
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index c5ca8b332..7175f6c29 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -141,7 +141,6 @@
     <dependency>
       <groupId>io.opentelemetry</groupId>
       <artifactId>opentelemetry-sdk-testing</artifactId>
-      <version>1.49.0</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
@@ -418,6 +417,13 @@
             <type>pom</type>
             <scope>import</scope>
           </dependency>
+          <dependency>
+            <groupId>io.opentelemetry.instrumentation</groupId>
+            <artifactId>opentelemetry-instrumentation-bom-alpha</artifactId>
+            <version>${otel.instrumentation.version}</version>
+            <type>pom</type>
+            <scope>import</scope>
+          </dependency>
         </dependencies>
       </dependencyManagement>
     </profile>

From fef238acc1a4cfaed9b032f947cc39d14101952f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Gregor Zeitlinger <gregor.zeitlinger@grafana.com>
Date: Fri, 4 Jul 2025 13:00:11 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 09/14] fix release

Signed-off-by: Gregor Zeitlinger <gregor.zeitlinger@grafana.com>
---
 pom.xml | 147 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------------------------
 1 file changed, 74 insertions(+), 73 deletions(-)

diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 7175f6c29..44a922daa 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -70,79 +70,6 @@
       <version>3.0.2</version>
       <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
-
-    <!-- test dependencies -->
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.junit.jupiter</groupId>
-      <artifactId>junit-jupiter</artifactId>
-      <version>${junit-jupiter.version}</version>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.junit.jupiter</groupId>
-      <artifactId>junit-jupiter-params</artifactId>
-      <version>${junit-jupiter.version}</version>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.mockito</groupId>
-      <artifactId>mockito-core</artifactId>
-      <version>5.18.0</version>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.assertj</groupId>
-      <artifactId>assertj-core</artifactId>
-      <version>3.27.3</version>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
-      <artifactId>guava</artifactId>
-      <version>${guava.version}</version>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-      <artifactId>slf4j-simple</artifactId>
-      <version>2.0.17</version>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.junit-pioneer</groupId>
-      <artifactId>junit-pioneer</artifactId>
-      <version>2.3.0</version>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.awaitility</groupId>
-      <artifactId>awaitility</artifactId>
-      <version>4.3.0</version>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.wiremock</groupId>
-      <artifactId>wiremock</artifactId>
-      <version>3.13.1</version>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-      <exclusions>
-        <exclusion>
-          <groupId>org.hamcrest</groupId>
-          <artifactId>hamcrest-core</artifactId>
-        </exclusion>
-      </exclusions>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>io.opentelemetry</groupId>
-      <artifactId>opentelemetry-proto</artifactId>
-      <version>1.7.1-alpha</version>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>io.opentelemetry</groupId>
-      <artifactId>opentelemetry-sdk-testing</artifactId>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 
   <build>
@@ -426,6 +353,80 @@
           </dependency>
         </dependencies>
       </dependencyManagement>
+      <dependencies>
+        <!-- test dependencies -->
+        <dependency>
+          <groupId>org.junit.jupiter</groupId>
+          <artifactId>junit-jupiter</artifactId>
+          <version>${junit-jupiter.version}</version>
+          <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+          <groupId>org.junit.jupiter</groupId>
+          <artifactId>junit-jupiter-params</artifactId>
+          <version>${junit-jupiter.version}</version>
+          <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+          <groupId>org.mockito</groupId>
+          <artifactId>mockito-core</artifactId>
+          <version>5.18.0</version>
+          <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+          <groupId>org.assertj</groupId>
+          <artifactId>assertj-core</artifactId>
+          <version>3.27.3</version>
+          <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+          <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
+          <artifactId>guava</artifactId>
+          <version>${guava.version}</version>
+          <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+          <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+          <artifactId>slf4j-simple</artifactId>
+          <version>2.0.17</version>
+          <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+          <groupId>org.junit-pioneer</groupId>
+          <artifactId>junit-pioneer</artifactId>
+          <version>2.3.0</version>
+          <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+          <groupId>org.awaitility</groupId>
+          <artifactId>awaitility</artifactId>
+          <version>4.3.0</version>
+          <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+          <groupId>org.wiremock</groupId>
+          <artifactId>wiremock</artifactId>
+          <version>3.13.1</version>
+          <scope>test</scope>
+          <exclusions>
+            <exclusion>
+              <groupId>org.hamcrest</groupId>
+              <artifactId>hamcrest-core</artifactId>
+            </exclusion>
+          </exclusions>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+          <groupId>io.opentelemetry</groupId>
+          <artifactId>opentelemetry-proto</artifactId>
+          <version>1.7.1-alpha</version>
+          <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+          <groupId>io.opentelemetry</groupId>
+          <artifactId>opentelemetry-sdk-testing</artifactId>
+          <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+      </dependencies>
     </profile>
     <profile>
       <id>javadoc</id>

From 076128824c1601b89082d235c4261d7f066a58d7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Gregor Zeitlinger <gregor.zeitlinger@grafana.com>
Date: Fri, 4 Jul 2025 13:07:41 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 10/14] fix release

Signed-off-by: Gregor Zeitlinger <gregor.zeitlinger@grafana.com>
---
 .github/workflows/test-release-build.yml | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-release-build.yml b/.github/workflows/test-release-build.yml
index abd182304..f1aa44073 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-release-build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-release-build.yml
@@ -28,4 +28,4 @@ jobs:
         run: ./scripts/build-release.sh
         env:
           # don't ues the current snapshot version, to test a more realistic release
-          TAG: ${{ github.ref_name }}
+          TAG: ${{ github.run_number }}

From e84641dafd2bdebada61d29b216c673e7a2d6b4e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Gregor Zeitlinger <gregor.zeitlinger@grafana.com>
Date: Fri, 4 Jul 2025 13:20:39 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 11/14] fix release

Signed-off-by: Gregor Zeitlinger <gregor.zeitlinger@grafana.com>
---
 pom.xml | 1 -
 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 44a922daa..db046b084 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -34,7 +34,6 @@
     <spotless.skip>false</spotless.skip>
     <javadoc.skip>false</javadoc.skip>
     <warnings>-Werror</warnings>
-    <release>false</release>
   </properties>
 
   <modules>

From c9ab8dc4d801ab149fa48f4c2a3867321ec7c4f4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Gregor Zeitlinger <gregor.zeitlinger@grafana.com>
Date: Fri, 4 Jul 2025 13:22:07 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 12/14] fix release

Signed-off-by: Gregor Zeitlinger <gregor.zeitlinger@grafana.com>
---
 .github/workflows/release.yml | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 2851f7403..1407be02b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ jobs:
           gpg-passphrase: MAVEN_GPG_PASSPHRASE
 
       - name: Publish to Apache Maven Central
-        run: mvn deploy -P 'release,!default' -Dmaven.test.skip=true -Drelease=true
+        run: mvn deploy -P 'release,!default' -Dmaven.test.skip=true
         env:
           MAVEN_USERNAME: ${{ secrets.SONATYPE_MAVEN_REPOSITORY_USERNAME }}
           MAVEN_CENTRAL_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.SONATYPE_MAVEN_REPOSITORY_PASSWORD }}

From 21b6aa2632937e371b9df56dbe901dffaf49a967 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Gregor Zeitlinger <gregor.zeitlinger@grafana.com>
Date: Fri, 4 Jul 2025 13:45:12 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 13/14] fix release

Signed-off-by: Gregor Zeitlinger <gregor.zeitlinger@grafana.com>
---
 pom.xml                                       | 17 ++++-------
 .../pom.xml                                   | 29 +++++++++++++++++++
 .../pom.xml                                   | 12 ++++++++
 3 files changed, 47 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index db046b084..334f4dc7e 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -350,6 +350,12 @@
             <type>pom</type>
             <scope>import</scope>
           </dependency>
+          <dependency>
+            <groupId>io.opentelemetry</groupId>
+            <artifactId>opentelemetry-proto</artifactId>
+            <version>1.7.1-alpha</version>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+          </dependency>
         </dependencies>
       </dependencyManagement>
       <dependencies>
@@ -414,17 +420,6 @@
             </exclusion>
           </exclusions>
         </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-          <groupId>io.opentelemetry</groupId>
-          <artifactId>opentelemetry-proto</artifactId>
-          <version>1.7.1-alpha</version>
-          <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-          <groupId>io.opentelemetry</groupId>
-          <artifactId>opentelemetry-sdk-testing</artifactId>
-          <scope>test</scope>
-        </dependency>
       </dependencies>
     </profile>
     <profile>
diff --git a/prometheus-metrics-exporter-opentelemetry-shaded/pom.xml b/prometheus-metrics-exporter-opentelemetry-shaded/pom.xml
index 6b815c6b8..1abee8d6c 100644
--- a/prometheus-metrics-exporter-opentelemetry-shaded/pom.xml
+++ b/prometheus-metrics-exporter-opentelemetry-shaded/pom.xml
@@ -70,6 +70,35 @@
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 
+  <profiles>
+    <!-- just to make sure that default profile is only activated if no profiles are specified -->
+    <profile>
+      <id>javadoc</id>
+    </profile>
+    <profile>
+      <id>release</id>
+    </profile>
+    <profile>
+      <id>default</id>
+      <activation>
+        <activeByDefault>true</activeByDefault>
+      </activation>
+      <dependencies>
+        <!-- GH pages and release task try to resolve this and fail -->
+        <dependency>
+          <groupId>io.opentelemetry</groupId>
+          <artifactId>opentelemetry-proto</artifactId>
+          <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+          <groupId>io.opentelemetry</groupId>
+          <artifactId>opentelemetry-sdk-testing</artifactId>
+          <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+      </dependencies>
+    </profile>
+  </profiles>
+
   <build>
     <resources>
       <resource>
diff --git a/prometheus-metrics-exporter-opentelemetry/pom.xml b/prometheus-metrics-exporter-opentelemetry/pom.xml
index 12eeca1f7..95b27237d 100644
--- a/prometheus-metrics-exporter-opentelemetry/pom.xml
+++ b/prometheus-metrics-exporter-opentelemetry/pom.xml
@@ -69,6 +69,18 @@
       <groupId>io.opentelemetry.instrumentation</groupId>
       <artifactId>opentelemetry-resources</artifactId>
     </dependency>
+
+    <!-- test dependencies -->
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>io.opentelemetry</groupId>
+      <artifactId>opentelemetry-proto</artifactId>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>io.opentelemetry</groupId>
+      <artifactId>opentelemetry-sdk-testing</artifactId>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 
   <build>

From 1fba7220e942c402c34e863686e34a11ab6adb28 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Gregor Zeitlinger <gregor.zeitlinger@grafana.com>
Date: Fri, 4 Jul 2025 13:51:26 +0200
Subject: [PATCH 14/14] fix release

Signed-off-by: Gregor Zeitlinger <gregor.zeitlinger@grafana.com>
---
 .../pom.xml                                   | 41 +++++++++++++------
 1 file changed, 29 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/prometheus-metrics-exporter-opentelemetry/pom.xml b/prometheus-metrics-exporter-opentelemetry/pom.xml
index 95b27237d..30eece5ae 100644
--- a/prometheus-metrics-exporter-opentelemetry/pom.xml
+++ b/prometheus-metrics-exporter-opentelemetry/pom.xml
@@ -69,20 +69,37 @@
       <groupId>io.opentelemetry.instrumentation</groupId>
       <artifactId>opentelemetry-resources</artifactId>
     </dependency>
-
-    <!-- test dependencies -->
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>io.opentelemetry</groupId>
-      <artifactId>opentelemetry-proto</artifactId>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>io.opentelemetry</groupId>
-      <artifactId>opentelemetry-sdk-testing</artifactId>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 
+  <profiles>
+    <!-- just to make sure that default profile is only activated if no profiles are specified -->
+    <profile>
+      <id>javadoc</id>
+    </profile>
+    <profile>
+      <id>release</id>
+    </profile>
+    <profile>
+      <id>default</id>
+      <activation>
+        <activeByDefault>true</activeByDefault>
+      </activation>
+      <dependencies>
+        <!-- GH pages and release task try to resolve this and fail -->
+        <dependency>
+          <groupId>io.opentelemetry</groupId>
+          <artifactId>opentelemetry-proto</artifactId>
+          <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+          <groupId>io.opentelemetry</groupId>
+          <artifactId>opentelemetry-sdk-testing</artifactId>
+          <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+      </dependencies>
+    </profile>
+  </profiles>
+
   <build>
     <resources>
       <resource>