diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index d2767ad28..6efcb93dd 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -49,3 +49,4 @@ out/
 _site/
 *.css
 !petclinic.css
+gradle.properties
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index e6e8cfbc7..1eef5602b 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -7,7 +7,10 @@ plugins {
   id 'io.spring.javaformat' version '0.0.43'
   id "io.spring.nohttp" version "0.0.11"
   id 'pl.allegro.tech.build.axion-release' version "1.18.7"
+  id 'maven-publish'
 }
+// version '1.2'
+
 version = scmVersion.version
 
 apply plugin: 'java'
@@ -20,6 +23,8 @@ group = 'org.springframework.samples'
 
 java {
   sourceCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_17
+  // archiveName = 'spring-petclinic' 
+  // version = '0.1.3-SNAPSHOT'
 }
 
 repositories {
@@ -100,4 +105,44 @@ task showInBrowser {
 }
 
 tasks.named("showInBrowser").configure{ dependsOn ("build") }
-tasks.named("showInBrowser").configure{ dependsOn("test") }
\ No newline at end of file
+tasks.named("showInBrowser").configure{ dependsOn("test") }
+
+// Maven Publish Configuration
+
+def nexusUrl = 'http://localhost:8081/repository/maven-snapshots'  
+def nexusUsername = project.hasProperty('nexusUsername') ? project.nexusUsername : System.getenv('NEXUS_USERNAME')
+def nexusPassword = project.hasProperty('nexusPassword') ? project.nexusPassword : System.getenv('NEXUS_PASSWORD')
+
+publishing {
+    publications {
+        mavenJava(MavenPublication) {
+            from components.java  
+
+            artifact file("${buildDir}/libs/spring-petclinic-${version}.jar") 
+        }
+    }
+
+    repositories {
+        maven {
+            url nexusUrl
+            allowInsecureProtocol = true
+            credentials {
+                username nexusUsername
+                password nexusPassword
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+tasks.named("publish").configure{ dependsOn("build")}
+tasks.named("publish").configure{dependsOn("bootJar")}
+tasks.named("publishMavenJavaPublicationToMavenRepository").configure{ dependsOn("bootJar")}
+
+task testProxy {
+    doLast {
+        def url = new URL('http://localhost:8081/repository/maven-central')
+        def connection = url.openConnection()
+        connection.connect()
+        println "Proxy connection successful to Maven Central!"
+    }
+}
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 5c9848c49..7d9ef3048 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -17,6 +17,19 @@
     <tag>spring-petclinic-4.0.2</tag>
   </scm>
 
+  <distributionManagement>
+    <repository>
+        <id>nexus-releases</id>
+        <url>http://localhost:8081/repository/maven-releases/</url>
+    </repository>
+    <snapshotRepository>
+        <id>nexus-snapshots</id>
+        <url>http://localhost:8081/repository/maven-snapshots/</url>
+    </snapshotRepository>
+</distributionManagement>
+
+
+
   <groupId>org.springframework.samples</groupId>
   <artifactId>spring-petclinic</artifactId>
   <version>4.0.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
@@ -287,8 +300,22 @@
           <failOnUnableToExtractRepoInfo>false</failOnUnableToExtractRepoInfo>
         </configuration>
       </plugin>
-      <!-- Spring Boot Actuator displays sbom-related information if a CycloneDX SBOM file is
-      present at the classpath -->
+
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.sonatype.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>nxrm3-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>1.0.3</version>
+        <extensions>true</extensions>
+        <configuration>
+          <nexusUrl>http://localhost:8081</nexusUrl>
+          
+          <serverId>nexus-snapshots</serverId>
+          
+          <repository>maven-snapshots</repository>
+          
+          <skipNexusStagingDeployMojo>true</skipNexusStagingDeployMojo>
+        </configuration>
+    </plugin>
       <plugin>
         <?m2e ignore?>
         <groupId>org.cyclonedx</groupId>