diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 9cedc57..bc58aa1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 name: Release
 on:
   push:
-    branches: [ main ]
+    branches: [ main, test_changes]
   workflow_dispatch:
 
 jobs:
@@ -35,8 +35,8 @@ jobs:
         gpg --quiet --output $GITHUB_WORKSPACE/release.gpg --dearmor ./release.asc
 
         SONATYPE_PASSWORD_ESCAPED=$(printf '%s\n' "$SONATYPE_PASSWORD" | sed -e 's/[\/&]/\\&/g')
-        sed -i -e "s,sonatypeUsername=,sonatypeUsername=$SONATYPE_USERNAME,g" gradle.properties
-        sed -i -e "s,sonatypePassword=,sonatypePassword=$SONATYPE_PASSWORD_ESCAPED,g" gradle.properties
+        sed -i -e "s,mavenCentralUsername=,mavenCentralUsername=$SONATYPE_USERNAME,g" gradle.properties
+        sed -i -e "s,mavenCentralPassword=,mavenCentralPassword=$SONATYPE_PASSWORD_ESCAPED,g" gradle.properties
         sed -i -e "s,githubPassword=,githubPassword=$GITHUB_PASSWORD,g" gradle.properties
         sed -i -e "s,signing.keyId=,signing.keyId=$GPG_KEY_ID,g" gradle.properties
         sed -i -e "s,signing.password=,signing.password=$GPG_PASSWORD,g" gradle.properties
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index d3f28b9..6dfd195 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+
 buildscript {    // Configuration for building
     repositories {
         mavenCentral()
@@ -7,7 +8,7 @@ buildscript {    // Configuration for building
 plugins {
     id 'java-library'
     id 'maven-publish'
-    id 'signing'
+    id "com.vanniktech.maven.publish" version "0.34.0"
 }
 
 apply plugin: 'java'                              // standard Java tasks
@@ -29,60 +30,45 @@ repositories {   // repositories for Jar's you access in your code
     mavenCentral()
 }
 
-publishing {
-    publications {
-        authLib(MavenPublication) {
-            pom {
-                name = 'Fleet Engine Auth Library'
-                description = 'Provides a set of tools to simplify the Fleet Engine setup process.'
-                url = 'https://github.com/googlemaps/java-fleetengine-auth'
-                licenses {
-                    license {
-                        name = 'The Apache License, Version 2.0'
-                        url = 'http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.txt'
-                    }
-                }
-                organization {
-                    name = 'Google, Inc.'
-                    url = 'http://www.google.com'
-                }
-                issueManagement {
-                    system = 'GitHub Issues'
-                    url = 'http://github.com/googlemaps/java-fleetengine-auth/issues'
-                }
-                scm {
-                    connection = 'scm:git:git://github.com/googlemaps/java-fleetengine-auth.git'
-                    developerConnection = 'scm:git:ssh://github.com/googlemaps/java-fleetengine-auth.git'
-                    url = 'http://github.com/googlemaps/java-fleetengine-auth/'
-                    tag = 'HEAD'
-                }
-                developers {
-                    developer {
-                        id = 'danielfbright'
-                        name = 'Daniel Bright'
-                    }
-                }
+mavenPublishing {
+    publishToMavenCentral()
+    signAllPublications()
+    pom {
+        name = "Fleet Engine Auth Library"
+        description = "Provides a set of tools to simplify the Fleet Engine setup process."
+        url = "https://github.com/googlemaps/java-fleetengine-auth"
+        licenses {
+            license {
+                name = "The Apache License, Version 2.0"
+                url = "http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.txt"
+                distribution = "http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.txt"
             }
-            groupId group
-            artifactId project.ext.artifactId
-            version version
-            from components.java
         }
-    }
-    repositories {
-        maven {
-            name = "mavencentral"
-            url = "https://oss.sonatype.org/service/local/staging/deploy/maven2/"
-            credentials {
-                username sonatypeUsername
-                password sonatypePassword
+        organization {
+            name = 'Google, Inc.'
+            url = 'http://www.google.com'
+        }
+        issueManagement {
+            system = 'GitHub Issues'
+            url = 'http://github.com/googlemaps/java-fleetengine-auth/issues'
+        }
+        scm {
+            connection = 'scm:git:git://github.com/googlemaps/java-fleetengine-auth.git'
+            developerConnection = 'scm:git:ssh://github.com/googlemaps/java-fleetengine-auth.git'
+            url = 'http://github.com/googlemaps/java-fleetengine-auth/'
+            tag = 'HEAD'
+        }
+        developers {
+            developer {
+                id.set("google")
+                name.set("Google Inc.")
             }
         }
     }
 }
 
 dependencies {
-    compile 'jstl:jstl:1.2'
+    implementation 'jstl:jstl:1.2'
 
     annotationProcessor 'com.google.auto.value:auto-value:1.6.2'
 
@@ -100,32 +86,3 @@ dependencies {
     testImplementation 'com.google.truth:truth:1.1'
     testImplementation 'org.mockito:mockito-core:3.12.4'
 }
-
-signing {
-    sign publishing.publications.authLib
-}
-
-task javadocJar(type: Jar) {
-    classifier = 'javadoc'
-    from 'build/docs/javadoc'
-}
-
-task sourcesJar(type: Jar) {
-    from sourceSets.main.allSource
-    classifier = 'sources'
-}
-
-artifacts {
-    archives jar
-    archives javadocJar
-    archives sourcesJar
-}
-
-java {
-    withJavadocJar()
-    withSourcesJar()
-}
-
-
-compileJava.options.encoding = 'UTF-8'
-javadoc.options.encoding = 'UTF-8'
diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index d2f4230..852dc23 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@ signing.keyId=
 signing.password=
 signing.secretKeyRingFile=
 
-sonatypeUsername=
-sonatypePassword=
+mavenCentralUsername=
+mavenCentralPassword=
+
+# Add a property to enable automatic release to Maven Central (optional, but good for CI)
+# If true, publishToMavenCentral will also close and release the staging repository
 
diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index a2bf131..a595206 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-6.2.2-bin.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.5-bin.zip
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 zipStorePath=wrapper/dists
diff --git a/sample/build.gradle b/sample/build.gradle
index c143c89..053b4db 100644
--- a/sample/build.gradle
+++ b/sample/build.gradle
@@ -30,15 +30,6 @@ run {
     systemProperties System.getProperties()
     standardInput = System.in
 }
-
-sourceSets.all {
-  configurations.getByName(runtimeClasspathConfigurationName) {
-    attributes.attribute(Attribute.of("org.gradle.jvm.environment", String), "standard-jvm")
-  }
-  configurations.getByName(compileClasspathConfigurationName) {
-    attributes.attribute(Attribute.of("org.gradle.jvm.environment", String), "standard-jvm")
-  }
-}
 dependencies {
     annotationProcessor 'com.google.auto.value:auto-value:1.6.2'
 
diff --git a/sample/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/sample/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index 6ce793f..a595206 100644
--- a/sample/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ b/sample/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-6.0-bin.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.5-bin.zip
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 zipStorePath=wrapper/dists