diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index ba448809..2e124ec0 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -10,9 +10,9 @@ buildscript {
         }
     }
     dependencies {
-        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:4.1.3'
+        classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:8.1.4'
         classpath 'com.github.dcendents:android-maven-plugin:1.2'
-        classpath 'com.google.gms:google-services:4.3.0'
+        classpath 'com.google.gms:google-services:4.4.2'
 
         // NOTE: Do not place your application dependencies here; they belong
         // in the individual module build.gradle files
diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index 72dc63d0..0bca7cb8 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -31,4 +31,5 @@ POM_LICENCE_DIST=repo
 POM_DEVELOPER_NAME=Countly
 
 # Publishing properties
-SONATYPE_AUTOMATIC_RELEASE=true
+SONATYPE_HOST=CENTRAL_PORTAL
+RELEASE_SIGNING_ENABLED=true
diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index be52383e..fae08049 100644
--- a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-6.7-bin.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.1.1-bin.zip
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 zipStorePath=wrapper/dists
diff --git a/sdk-java/build.gradle b/sdk-java/build.gradle
index 0ecf7508..60f23abd 100644
--- a/sdk-java/build.gradle
+++ b/sdk-java/build.gradle
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 apply plugin: 'java-library'
-apply plugin: 'maven'
+// apply plugin: 'maven'
 
 
 buildscript {
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ buildscript {
     //mavenLocal()
   }
   dependencies {
-    classpath 'com.vanniktech:gradle-maven-publish-plugin:0.18.0' //for publishing
+    classpath 'com.vanniktech:gradle-maven-publish-plugin:0.28.0' //for publishing
   }
 }