diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish.yml b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
index bcd5b4c..fc53849 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish.yml
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ jobs:
       # Obviously reguired step 
       - name: Publish package
         # wraped the signing.password with single quotes as the password could contain special characters
-        run: ./gradlew publish -Psigning.keyId=${{secrets.OSSRH_GPG_SECRET_KEY_ID}} -Psigning.password='${{secrets.OSSRH_GPG_SECRET_KEY_PASSWORD}}' -Psigning.secretKeyRingFile=$(echo ~/.gradle/secring.gpg) --warn --stacktrace
+        run: ./gradlew publishToSonatype closeAndReleaseSonatypeStagingRepository -Psigning.keyId=${{secrets.OSSRH_GPG_SECRET_KEY_ID}} -Psigning.password='${{secrets.OSSRH_GPG_SECRET_KEY_PASSWORD}}' -Psigning.secretKeyRingFile=$(echo ~/.gradle/secring.gpg) --warn --stacktrace
         env:
           MAVEN_USERNAME: ${{secrets.OSSRH_USERNAME}}
           MAVEN_PASSWORD: ${{secrets.OSSRH_PASSWORD}}
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 3d7a087..7edeff0 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ plugins {
     id 'java-library'
     id 'maven-publish'
     id 'signing'
+    id "io.github.gradle-nexus.publish-plugin" version "1.1.0"
 }
 
 repositories {
@@ -26,7 +27,7 @@ java {
 
 group = 'io.github.robbilie'
 archivesBaseName = 'node-green'
-version = '0.0.2'
+version = '0.0.4'
 
 publishing {
     publications {
@@ -67,14 +68,15 @@ publishing {
             }
         }
     }
+}
+
+nexusPublishing {
     repositories {
-        maven {
-            name = "OSSRH"
-            url = "https://s01.oss.sonatype.org/service/local/staging/deploy/maven2/"
-            credentials {
-                username = System.getenv("MAVEN_USERNAME")
-                password = System.getenv("MAVEN_PASSWORD")
-            }
+        sonatype {
+            nexusUrl = uri("https://s01.oss.sonatype.org/service/local/")
+            snapshotRepositoryUrl = uri("https://s01.oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots/")
+            username = System.getenv("MAVEN_USERNAME")
+            password = System.getenv("MAVEN_PASSWORD")
         }
     }
 }