diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/release.yaml b/.gitea/workflows/release.yaml
index cca1d9b..acdfe92 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/release.yaml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/release.yaml
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ env:
   ORG_GRADLE_PROJECT_BUILD_VERSION: ${{ gitea.ref_name }}
   DEVSOAP_GPG_KEY: ${{ secrets.GPG_DEVSOAP_PRIVATE_KEY }}
   DEVSOAP_GPG_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.GPG_DEVSOAP_PASSPHRASE }}
+  SONATYPE_USER: ${{ secrets.SONATYPE_USER }}
+  SONATYPE_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.SONATYPE_PASSWORD }}
   TAG: ${{ gitea.ref_name }}
   RUNNER_TOOL_CACHE: /toolcache
 
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index b63da45..3060674 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,42 +1,3 @@
 .gradle
-build/
-!gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.jar
-!**/src/main/**/build/
-!**/src/test/**/build/
-
-### IntelliJ IDEA ###
-.idea/modules.xml
-.idea/jarRepositories.xml
-.idea/compiler.xml
-.idea/libraries/
-*.iws
-*.iml
-*.ipr
-out/
-!**/src/main/**/out/
-!**/src/test/**/out/
-
-### Eclipse ###
-.apt_generated
-.classpath
-.factorypath
-.project
-.settings
-.springBeans
-.sts4-cache
-bin/
-!**/src/main/**/bin/
-!**/src/test/**/bin/
-
-### NetBeans ###
-/nbproject/private/
-/nbbuild/
-/dist/
-/nbdist/
-/.nb-gradle/
-
-### VS Code ###
-.vscode/
-
-### Mac OS ###
-.DS_Store
\ No newline at end of file
+build
+.idea
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index fbc4bf4..d5eab77 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -38,6 +38,16 @@ test {
 }
 
 publishing {
+    repositories {
+        maven {
+            name = "sonatype"
+            url = uri("https://s01.oss.sonatype.org/service/local/staging/deploy/maven2/")
+            credentials {
+                username = findProperty('SONATYPE_USER') as String
+                password = findProperty('SONATYPE_PASSWORD') as String
+            }
+        }
+    }
     publications {
         mavenJava(MavenPublication) {
             artifactId = 'assertj-json'