diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index bb3fe977f..cdb60e276 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 
 [See the presentation here](https://speakerdeck.com/michaelisvy/spring-petclinic-sample-application)
 
+
 ## Run Petclinic locally
 
 Spring Petclinic is a [Spring Boot](https://spring.io/guides/gs/spring-boot) application built using [Maven](https://spring.io/guides/gs/maven/) or [Gradle](https://spring.io/guides/gs/gradle/). You can build a jar file and run it from the command line (it should work just as well with Java 17 or newer):
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 32de636d0..02d82024a 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -18,6 +18,21 @@ gradle.startParameter.excludedTaskNames += [ "checkFormatAot", "checkFormatAotTe
 group = 'org.springframework.samples'
 version = scmVersion.version
 
+
+task customRelease {
+    dependsOn 'release'
+    doFirst {
+        def githubToken = System.getenv('GH_TOKEN') // Get token from environment variable
+        if (githubToken == null) {
+            throw new GradleException("GH_TOKEN environment variable is not set.")
+        }
+
+        scmVersion.repository.customUsername.set('idvylyuk') // Your GitHub username
+        scmVersion.repository.customPassword.set(githubToken) // Token from the environment variable
+    }
+}
+
+
 java {
   sourceCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_17
 }