diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 6e5066bff1b..a63a9158373 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -1,8 +1,15 @@
 ext {
     isCiBuild = System.getenv('CI')
+    isSnapshot = projectVersion.endsWith('SNAPSHOT')
+    isReleaseVersion = !isSnapshot
     excludeUnusedTransDeps = findProperty('excludeUnusedTransDeps')
 }
 
+if (isReleaseVersion) {
+    // This has to be applied to the root project
+    apply plugin: 'io.github.gradle-nexus.publish-plugin'
+}
+
 String customGroovyVersion = findProperty('groovyVersion') ?: System.getenv('GROOVY_VERSION')
 if (customGroovyVersion) {
     logger.lifecycle("Using custom Groovy version: $customGroovyVersion")
diff --git a/buildSrc/build.gradle b/buildSrc/build.gradle
index fc836be2fbc..838b6f565e4 100644
--- a/buildSrc/build.gradle
+++ b/buildSrc/build.gradle
@@ -25,4 +25,5 @@ repositories {
 dependencies {
     implementation platform("org.grails:grails-bom:${versions.getProperty('grailsVersion')}")
     implementation 'org.grails:grails-gradle-plugin'
+    runtimeOnly 'io.github.gradle-nexus:publish-plugin:2.0.0'
 }
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