diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index 3650654..8c5146d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -25,20 +25,27 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         # follows https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Java_version_history#Release_table
-        java-versions: ['8', '11', '17', '21']
+        versions: [
+          { java: '11', gradle: '8.14.3' },
+          { java: '17', gradle: 'current' },
+          { java: '21', gradle: 'current' },
+          { java: '25', gradle: 'current' },
+        ]
 
     steps:
     - name: Checkout
       uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
-    - name: Set up Java ${{ matrix.java-versions }}
+    - name: Set up Java ${{ matrix.versions.java }}
       uses: actions/setup-java@v4
       with:
-        java-version: ${{ matrix.java-versions }}
+        java-version: ${{ matrix.versions.java }}
         distribution: 'temurin'
-        cache: 'gradle'
 
-    - name: Build & Test
-      uses: gradle/gradle-build-action@v3
+    - name: Setup Gradle ${{ matrix.versions.gradle }}
+      uses: gradle/actions/setup-gradle@v5
       with:
-        arguments: build test
+        gradle-version: ${{ matrix.versions.gradle }}
+
+    - name: Build & Test
+      run: gradle build test --stacktrace
diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish-maven.yml b/.github/workflows/publish-maven.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8cf0625
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish-maven.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+name: Publish to Maven Central
+
+on:
+  push:
+    tags:
+      - v*
+
+jobs:
+  publish:
+    name: Publish release
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Set up JDK 17
+        uses: actions/setup-java@v4
+        with:
+          java-version: '17'
+          distribution: 'temurin'
+          cache: gradle
+
+      - name: Publish library to Maven Central
+        run: ./gradlew :publishAndReleaseToMavenCentral --no-configuration-cache
+        env:
+          ORG_GRADLE_PROJECT_mavenCentralUsername: ${{ secrets.MAVEN_CENTRAL_USERNAME }}
+          ORG_GRADLE_PROJECT_mavenCentralPassword: ${{ secrets.MAVEN_CENTRAL_PASSWORD }}
+          ORG_GRADLE_PROJECT_signingInMemoryKeyId: ${{ secrets.GPG_KEY_ID }}
+          ORG_GRADLE_PROJECT_signingInMemoryKey: ${{ secrets.GPG_SIGNING_KEY }}
+          ORG_GRADLE_PROJECT_signingInMemoryKeyPassword: ${{ secrets.GPG_SIGNING_PASSWORD }}
diff --git a/build.gradle.kts b/build.gradle.kts
index fe99ae3..14c0510 100644
--- a/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/build.gradle.kts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import org.jetbrains.kotlin.gradle.dsl.JvmTarget
+import com.vanniktech.maven.publish.SonatypeHost
 
 plugins {
     // Apply the org.jetbrains.kotlin.jvm Plugin to add support for Kotlin.
@@ -7,7 +8,9 @@ plugins {
 
     // Apply the java-library plugin for API and implementation separation.
     `java-library`
-    `maven-publish`
+
+    // maven publishing
+    id("com.vanniktech.maven.publish") version "0.29.0"
 }
 
 // from: https://discuss.kotlinlang.org/t/use-git-hash-as-version-number-in-build-gradle-kts/19818/8
@@ -75,51 +78,50 @@ java {
 }
 
 // Javadocs
-val javadocJar = tasks.named<Jar>("javadocJar") {
-    from(tasks.named("dokkaJavadoc"))
-}
+// val javadocJar = tasks.named<Jar>("javadocJar") {
+//     from(tasks.named("dokkaJavadoc"))
+// }
+
+
+mavenPublishing {
+    publishToMavenCentral(SonatypeHost.CENTRAL_PORTAL)
+
+    signAllPublications()
+
+    coordinates(finalGroup, artifact, finalVersion)
+
+    pom {
+        name.set("TCGdex SDK")
+        description.set("Communicate with the Open Source TCGdex API in Kotlin/Java using the SDK")
+        url.set("https://github.com/tcgdex/java-sdk")
+        inceptionYear.set("2022")
 
-publishing {
-    publications {
-        create<MavenPublication>("maven") {
-            groupId = finalGroup
-            artifactId = artifact
-            version = finalVersion
-
-            from(components["java"])
-
-            pom {
-                name.set("TCGdex SDK")
-                description.set("Communicate with the Open Source TCGdex API in Kotlin/Java using the SDK")
-                url.set("https://github.com/tcgdex/java-sdk")
-                licenses {
-                    license {
-                        name.set("MIT License")
-                        url.set("https://github.com/tcgdex/java-sdk/blob/master/LICENSE.txt")
-                    }
-                }
-                developers {
-                    developer {
-                        id.set("avior")
-                        name.set("Avior")
-                        email.set("contact@tcgdex.net")
-                    }
-                }
-                scm {
-                    connection.set("scm:git@github.com:tcgdex/java-sdk.git")
-                    url.set("https://github.com/tcgdex/java-sdk")
-                }
+        licenses {
+            license {
+                name.set("MIT License")
+                url.set("https://github.com/tcgdex/java-sdk/blob/master/LICENSE.md")
+                distribution.set("repo")
             }
         }
-    }
-    repositories {
-        maven {
-            name = "GithubPackages"
-            url = uri("https://maven.pkg.github.com/tcgdex/java-sdk")
-            credentials {
-                username = project.findProperty("gpr.user") as String? ?: System.getenv("USERNAME")
-                password = project.findProperty("gpr.key") as String? ?: System.getenv("TOKEN")
+
+        developers {
+            developer {
+                id.set("avior")
+                name.set("Avior")
+                email.set("contact@dze.io")
+                url.set("https://github.com/Aviortheking")
             }
         }
+
+        scm {
+            url.set("https://github.com/tcgdex/java-sdk")
+            connection.set("scm:git:git://github.com/tcgdex/java-sdk.git")
+            developerConnection.set("scm:git:ssh://git@github.com/tcgdex/java-sdk.git")
+        }
+
+        issueManagement {
+            system.set("GitHub Issues")
+            url.set("https://github.com/tcgdex/java-sdk/issues")
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index a595206..094fb91 100644
--- a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
+#Wed Mar 11 13:36:49 CET 2026
 distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.5-bin.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.14-bin.zip
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 zipStorePath=wrapper/dists