diff --git a/build.gradle.kts b/build.gradle.kts
index 1a0e7c4..020b791 100644
--- a/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/build.gradle.kts
@@ -1,12 +1,22 @@
+buildscript {
+    repositories {
+        maven(url = "https://s01.oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots")
+    }
+    dependencies {
+        classpath("com.bakdata.gradle:sonatype:1.2.2-SNAPSHOT")
+    }
+}
+
 plugins {
     // release
     id("net.researchgate.release") version "3.0.2"
     id("com.bakdata.sonar") version "1.1.17"
-    id("com.bakdata.sonatype") version "1.2.1"
     id("org.hildan.github.changelog") version "2.2.0"
     id("io.freefair.lombok") version "8.4" apply false
 }
 
+apply(plugin = "com.bakdata.sonatype")
+
 allprojects {
     group = "com.bakdata.${rootProject.name}"