diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 03438ebf..8ff3ea65 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ buildscript {
     repositories {
         mavenCentral()
         maven {
-            url "https://releases.jfrog.io/artifactory/oss-releases"
+            url = "https://releases.jfrog.io/artifactory/oss-releases"
         }
     }
     dependencies {
@@ -10,15 +10,11 @@ buildscript {
     }
 }
 
-plugins {
-    id 'io.github.gradle-nexus.publish-plugin' version '1.0.0'
-}
-
 allprojects {
     repositories {
         mavenCentral()
         maven {
-            url "https://releases.jfrog.io/artifactory/oss-releases"
+            url = "https://releases.jfrog.io/artifactory/oss-releases"
         }
     }
 
@@ -30,8 +26,8 @@ allprojects {
     version = currentVersion
     status = version.endsWith('-SNAPSHOT') ? 'integration' : 'release'
 
-    project.tasks.withType(Jar).each {
-        it.version = currentVersion
+    tasks.withType(Jar).configureEach {
+        version = currentVersion
     }
 }
 
@@ -45,23 +41,14 @@ artifactory {
     }
 }
 
-nexusPublishing {
-    repositories {
-        sonatype {
-            nexusUrl.set(uri("https://ossrh-staging-api.central.sonatype.com/service/local/"))
-            snapshotRepositoryUrl.set(uri("https://central.sonatype.com/repository/maven-snapshots/"))
-            username = System.getenv("MAVEN_USERNAME")
-            password = System.getenv("MAVEN_PASSWORD")
-        }
-    }
-}
-
 subprojects {
     apply plugin: 'java-library'
     apply plugin: 'signing'
 
-    sourceCompatibility = 1.8
-    targetCompatibility = 1.8
+    java {
+        sourceCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
+        targetCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_1_8
+    }
 
     // Force secure versions to fix vulnerabilities
     configurations.all {
@@ -91,12 +78,14 @@ subprojects {
         api 'org.jfrog.buildinfo:build-info-api:2.43.9'
     }
 
-    task sourcesJar(type: Jar, dependsOn: classes) {
+    tasks.register('sourcesJar', Jar) {
+        dependsOn classes
         archiveClassifier.set('sources')
         from sourceSets.main.allSource
     }
 
-    task javadocJar(type: Jar, dependsOn: javadoc) {
+    tasks.register('javadocJar', Jar) {
+        dependsOn javadoc
         archiveClassifier.set('javadoc')
         from javadoc.destinationDir
     }
@@ -104,9 +93,9 @@ subprojects {
     test {
         useTestNG()
         testLogging {
-            exceptionFormat "full"
+            exceptionFormat = "full"
             events "started", "passed", "skipped", "failed", "standardOut", "standardError"
-            minGranularity 0
+            minGranularity = 0
         }
         ignoreFailures = System.getenv("IGNORE_FAILURES") ? System.getenv("IGNORE_FAILURES").toBoolean() : false
     }
diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index dd3620d6..549d507e 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -1 +1 @@
-currentVersion=2.22.0
+currentVersion=2.23.0-SNAPSHOT
diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index c7d437bb..9bf7bd33 100644
--- a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-7.6.4-bin.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.12.1-bin.zip
 networkTimeout=10000
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 zipStorePath=wrapper/dists
diff --git a/services/src/main/resources/artifactory.client.release.properties b/services/src/main/resources/artifactory.client.release.properties
index 6ed6a3cf..d5c1c3bc 100644
--- a/services/src/main/resources/artifactory.client.release.properties
+++ b/services/src/main/resources/artifactory.client.release.properties
@@ -1 +1 @@
-version=2.22.0-SNAPSHOT
\ No newline at end of file
+version=2.23.0-SNAPSHOT
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/settings.gradle b/settings.gradle
index 93647276..3db6ba3d 100644
--- a/settings.gradle
+++ b/settings.gradle
@@ -1,3 +1,15 @@
+plugins {
+    id 'com.gradleup.nmcp.settings' version '1.6.1'
+}
+
+nmcpSettings {
+    centralPortal {
+        username = System.getenv("MAVEN_USERNAME")
+        password = System.getenv("MAVEN_PASSWORD")
+        publishingType = "USER_MANAGED"
+    }
+}
+
 String rootName = 'artifactory-java-client'
 String api = 'api'
 String services = 'services'