diff --git a/.github/workflows/deploy-release.yaml b/.github/workflows/deploy-release.yaml
index bd101611..8fade122 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/deploy-release.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/deploy-release.yaml
@@ -28,4 +28,4 @@ jobs:
           ORG_GPG_PRIVATE_KEY: ${{ secrets.ORG_GPG_PRIVATE_KEY }}
           ORG_OSSRH_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.ORG_OSSRH_PASSWORD }}
           ORG_OSSRH_USERNAME: ${{ secrets.ORG_OSSRH_USERNAME }}
-        run: ./gradlew publishAllPublicationsToOSSRHReleaseRepository
+        run: ./gradlew publishToSonatype closeAndReleaseSonatypeStagingRepository
diff --git a/.github/workflows/deploy-snapshot.yaml b/.github/workflows/deploy-snapshot.yaml
index 89c05d83..285e9340 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/deploy-snapshot.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/deploy-snapshot.yaml
@@ -31,4 +31,4 @@ jobs:
           ORG_GPG_PRIVATE_KEY: ${{ secrets.ORG_GPG_PRIVATE_KEY }}
           ORG_OSSRH_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.ORG_OSSRH_PASSWORD }}
           ORG_OSSRH_USERNAME: ${{ secrets.ORG_OSSRH_USERNAME }}
-        run: ./gradlew publishAllPublicationsToOSSRHSnapshotRepository
+        run: ./gradlew publishToSonatype
diff --git a/build.gradle.kts b/build.gradle.kts
index ecaf5eed..999a2814 100644
--- a/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/build.gradle.kts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2023 Contributors to the Eclipse Foundation
+ * Copyright (c) 2023 - 2025 Contributors to the Eclipse Foundation
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 
 import com.android.build.api.dsl.LibraryExtension
 import com.android.build.gradle.internal.dsl.BaseAppModuleExtension
+import org.eclipse.kuksa.version.SemanticVersion
 import org.eclipse.kuksa.version.VERSION_FILE_DEFAULT_NAME
 import org.eclipse.kuksa.version.VERSION_FILE_DEFAULT_PATH_KEY
 import java.nio.file.FileVisitResult
@@ -34,6 +35,9 @@ import kotlin.io.path.visitFileTree
 
 val versionDefaultPath = "$rootDir/$VERSION_FILE_DEFAULT_NAME"
 rootProject.ext[VERSION_FILE_DEFAULT_PATH_KEY] = versionDefaultPath
+val semanticVersion = SemanticVersion(versionDefaultPath)
+version = semanticVersion.versionName
+group = "org.eclipse.velocitas"
 
 plugins {
     base
@@ -41,6 +45,16 @@ plugins {
     version
     kotlin("jvm")
     jacoco
+    alias(libs.plugins.gradle.nexus.publish.plugin)
+}
+
+nexusPublishing {
+    repositories {
+        sonatype {
+            username = System.getenv("ORG_OSSRH_USERNAME")
+            password = System.getenv("ORG_OSSRH_PASSWORD")
+        }
+    }
 }
 
 subprojects {
diff --git a/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/publish.gradle.kts b/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/publish.gradle.kts
index efb71751..a9a2bee5 100644
--- a/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/publish.gradle.kts
+++ b/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/publish.gradle.kts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2023 Contributors to the Eclipse Foundation
+ * Copyright (c) 2023 - 2025 Contributors to the Eclipse Foundation
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -23,6 +23,9 @@ plugins {
 }
 
 interface PublishPluginExtension {
+    val artifactGroup: Property<String>
+    val artifactName: Property<String>
+    val artifactVersion: Property<String>
     val mavenPublicationName: Property<String>
     val componentName: Property<String>
     val description: Property<String>
@@ -32,26 +35,6 @@ val extension = project.extensions.create<PublishPluginExtension>("publish")
 
 afterEvaluate {
     publishing {
-        repositories {
-            maven {
-                name = "OSSRHRelease"
-
-                url = uri("https://oss.sonatype.org/service/local/staging/deploy/maven2/")
-                credentials {
-                    username = System.getenv("ORG_OSSRH_USERNAME")
-                    password = System.getenv("ORG_OSSRH_PASSWORD")
-                }
-            }
-            maven {
-                name = "OSSRHSnapshot"
-
-                url = uri("https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots/")
-                credentials {
-                    username = System.getenv("ORG_OSSRH_USERNAME")
-                    password = System.getenv("ORG_OSSRH_PASSWORD")
-                }
-            }
-        }
         publications {
             register<MavenPublication>(extension.mavenPublicationName.get()) {
                 from(components[extension.componentName.get()])
diff --git a/gradle/libs.versions.toml b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
index 365dbaa2..1f826581 100644
--- a/gradle/libs.versions.toml
+++ b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
@@ -58,3 +58,4 @@ detekt-gradlePlugin = { group = "io.gitlab.arturbosch.detekt", name = "detekt-gr
 detekt-formatting = { group = "io.gitlab.arturbosch.detekt", name = "detekt-formatting", version.ref = "detekt" }
 
 [plugins]
+gradle-nexus-publish-plugin = { id = "io.github.gradle-nexus.publish-plugin", version = "2.0.0" }