diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish-release-maven.yml b/.github/workflows/publish-release-maven.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 02c09ee9..00000000
--- a/.github/workflows/publish-release-maven.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-name: Publish Maven Release
-
-on:
-    release:
-        types: [published]
-
-jobs:
-    build:
-        runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-
-        steps:
-            - uses: actions/checkout@v2
-
-            - name: Set up JDK 11
-              uses: actions/setup-java@v1
-              with:
-                  java-version: 11
-
-            - name: Build with Gradle
-              run: gradle build
-
-            - name: Publish to Maven OSS Repos
-              run: gradle publishMavenJavaPublicationToMavenRepoRepository
-              env:
-                  MVN_USERNAME: ${{ secrets.MAVEN_USER }}
-                  MVN_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.MAVEN_PASS }}
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 160ce707..18dac214 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 plugins {
     id 'java'
+    id 'maven'
     id 'maven-publish'
+    id 'signing'
     id 'jacoco'
     id 'com.diffplug.gradle.spotless' version '3.27.2'
 }
@@ -10,9 +12,6 @@ repositories {
     mavenCentral()
 }
 
-group = 'org.arkecosystem'
-version = '1.2.3'
-
 dependencies {
     compile group: 'org.bitcoinj', name: 'bitcoinj-core', version: '0.15.8'
     compile group: 'com.google.code.gson', name: 'gson', version: '2.8.6'
@@ -22,82 +21,96 @@ dependencies {
     testRuntimeOnly 'org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter-engine:5.6.0'
 }
 
-publishing {
+task javadocJar(type: Jar) {
+    classifier = 'javadoc'
+    from javadoc
+}
+
+task sourcesJar(type: Jar) {
+    classifier = 'sources'
+    from sourceSets.main.allSource
+}
+
+artifacts {
+    archives javadocJar, sourcesJar
+}
+
+uploadArchives {
     repositories {
-        jcenter()
-        mavenCentral() {
-            name = "MavenRepo"
-            url = uri("https://oss.sonatype.org/service/local/staging/deploy/maven2")
-            credentials {
-                username = System.getenv("MVN_USERNAME")
-                password = System.getenv("MVN_PASSWORD")
-            }
-        }
+        mavenDeployer {
+            beforeDeployment { MavenDeployment deployment -> signing.signPom(deployment) }
 
-        maven {
-            name = "github"
-            url = uri("https://maven.pkg.github.com/arkecosystem/java-crypto")
-            credentials {
-                username = project.findProperty("gpr.user") ?: System.getenv("USERNAME")
-                password = project.findProperty("gpr.key") ?: System.getenv("PASSWORD")
-            }
-        }
+            repository(url: "file://${buildDir}/repo") {}
 
-        publications {
-            gpr(MavenPublication) {
-                from(components.java)
-            }
-            mavenJava(MavenPublication) {
-                artifactId = 'java-crypto'
-                from(components.java)
-                pom {
-                    name = 'java-crypto'
-                    versionMapping {
-                        usage('java-api') {
-                            fromResolutionOf('runtimeClasspath')
-                        }
-                        usage('java-runtime') {
-                            fromResolutionResult()
-                        }
+            // repository(url: "https://oss.sonatype.org/service/local/staging/deploy/maven2") {
+            //    authentication(userName: '', password: '')
+            //}
+
+            //   snapshotRepository(url: "https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots/") {
+            //      authentication(userName: ossrhUsername, password: ossrhPassword)
+            //  }
+
+            pom.project {
+                groupId = 'org.arkecosystem'
+                version = '1.2.8'
+                artifactId = 'crypto'
+
+                name = 'java-crypto'
+                description = 'A Simple Cryptography Implementation in Java for the ARK CORE Blockchain Framework.'
+                url = 'https://sdk.ark.dev/java/crypto'
+                inceptionYear = '2018'
+
+                licenses {
+                    license {
+                        name = 'MIT'
+                        distribution = 'repo'
                     }
-                    description = 'A Lightweight ARK Core JAVA Crypto SDK Library'
-                    url = 'https://sdk.ark.dev/java/crypto'
-                    licenses {
-                        license {
-                            name = 'MIT License'
-                            url = 'https://github.com/ArkEcosystem/java-crypto/blob/master/LICENSE'
-                        }
+                }
+
+                developers {
+                    developer {
+                        name = 'Kovač Žan'
+                        email = 'zan@ark.io'
+                        organization = 'ARK Ecosystem'
+                        organizationUrl = 'https://ark.io'
+                    }
+                    developer {
+                        name = 'Kristjan Košič'
+                        email = 'kristjan@ark.io'
+                        organization = 'ARK Ecosystem'
+                        organizationUrl = 'https://ark.io'
                     }
-                    developers {
-                        developer {
-                            id = 'kovaczan'
-                            name = 'Žan Kovač'
-                            email = 'zan@ark.io'
-                        }
-                        developer {
-                            id = 'kristjank'
-                            name = 'Kristjan Košič'
-                            email = 'kristjan@ark.io'
-                        }
+                    developer {
+                        name = 'Brian Faust'
+                        email = 'brian@ark.io'
+                        organization = 'ARK Ecosystem'
+                        organizationUrl = 'https://ark.io'
                     }
-                    scm {
-                        connection = 'scm:git:git://github.com/arkecosystem/java-crypto.git'
-                        developerConnection = 'scm:git:ssh://github.com/arkecosystem/java-crypto.git'
-                        url = 'https://sdk.ark.dev/java/crypto'
+                    developer {
+                        name = 'Joshua Noack'
+                        email = 'joshua@ark.io'
+                        organization = 'ARK Ecosystem'
+                        organizationUrl = 'https://ark.io'
                     }
                 }
+
+                scm {
+                    connection = 'scm:git:git://github.com/ArkEcosystem/java-crypto.git'
+                    developerConnection = 'scm:git:ssh://github.com:ArkEcosystem/java-crypto.git'
+                    url = 'https://github.com/ArkEcosystem/java-crypto/tree/1.2.8'
+                }
             }
         }
     }
 }
 
-javadoc {
-    if (JavaVersion.current().isJava9Compatible()) {
-        options.addBooleanOption('html5', true)
+if (project.hasProperty("signing.keyId")) {
+    apply plugin: 'signing'
+    signing {
+        sign configurations.archives
     }
 }
 
-
 test {
     useJUnitPlatform()
     failFast = true
@@ -113,10 +126,6 @@ jacocoTestReport {
     }
 }
 
-wrapper {
-    gradleVersion = '6.2.0'
-}
-
 spotless {
     java {
         target fileTree(projectDir) {
@@ -142,12 +151,8 @@ task fatJar(type: Jar) {
     with jar
 }
 
-task javadocJar(type: Jar) {
-    from javadoc
-}
+build.dependsOn 'spotlessApply'
 
-task sourcesJar(type: Jar) {
-    from sourceSets.main.allSource
+wrapper {
+    gradleVersion = '6.2.0'
 }
-
-build.dependsOn 'spotlessApply'
diff --git a/settings.gradle b/settings.gradle
index f4c75bb5..06eb692b 100644
--- a/settings.gradle
+++ b/settings.gradle
@@ -1 +1 @@
-rootProject.name = 'java-crypto'
+rootProject.name = 'crypto'