diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 7764c5d..1d4dba1 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ Hummingbird requires a minimum of Java 8.
 Hummingbird is hosted in Maven Central and can be added as a dependency with the following:
 
 ```
-implementation('com.sparrowwallet:hummingbird:1.7.2')
+implementation('com.sparrowwallet:hummingbird:1.7.3')
 ```
 
 ## Usage
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index d44c221..9a21024 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -1,22 +1,13 @@
-buildscript {
-    repositories {
-        jcenter()
-    }
-    dependencies {
-        classpath 'com.bmuschko:gradle-nexus-plugin:2.3.1'
-    }
-}
-
 plugins {
     id 'java-library'
-    id 'io.codearte.nexus-staging' version '0.22.0'
+    id 'maven-publish'
+    id "signing"
+    id "io.github.gradle-nexus.publish-plugin" version "1.3.0"
 }
 
-apply plugin: 'com.bmuschko.nexus'
-
 archivesBaseName = 'hummingbird'
 group 'com.sparrowwallet'
-version '1.7.2'
+version '1.7.3'
 
 repositories {
     mavenCentral()
@@ -27,57 +18,62 @@ dependencies {
     testCompile group: 'junit', name: 'junit', version: '4.12'
 }
 
+java {
+    withJavadocJar()
+    withSourcesJar()
+}
+
 jar {
     manifest {
         attributes  'Automatic-Module-Name' : 'com.sparrowwallet.hummingbird'
     }
 }
 
-modifyPom {
-    project {
-        name 'hummingbird'
-        description 'Java implementation of Uniform Resources (UR)'
-        url 'https://github.com/sparrowwallet/hummingbird'
-        inceptionYear '2020'
+publishing {
+    publications {
+        mavenJava(MavenPublication) {
+            from(components.java)
 
-        scm {
-            url 'https://github.com/sparrowwallet/hummingbird'
-            connection 'scm:https://github.com/sparrowwallet/hummingbird.git'
-            developerConnection 'scm:git@github.com:sparrowwallet/hummingbird.git'
-        }
-
-        licenses {
-            license {
-                name 'The Apache Software License, Version 2.0'
-                url 'http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.txt'
-                distribution 'repo'
-            }
-        }
-
-        developers {
-            developer {
-                id 'craigraw'
-                name 'Craig Raw'
-                email 'mail@sparrowwallet.com'
+            pom {
+                name.set("hummingbird")
+                description.set("Java implementation of Uniform Resources (UR)")
+                url.set("https://github.com/sparrowwallet/hummingbird")
+                licenses {
+                    license {
+                        name.set("The Apache Software License, Version 2.0")
+                        url.set("http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.txt")
+                    }
+                }
+                developers {
+                    developer {
+                        id.set("craigraw")
+                        name.set("Craig Raw")
+                        email.set("mail@sparrowwallet.com")
+                    }
+                }
+                scm {
+                    connection.set("scm:https://github.com/sparrowwallet/hummingbird.git")
+                    developerConnection.set("scm:git@github.com:sparrowwallet/hummingbird.git")
+                    url.set("https://github.com/sparrowwallet/hummingbird")
+                }
             }
         }
     }
 }
 
-extraArchive {
-    sources = true
-    tests = true
-    javadoc = true
+nexusPublishing {
+    packageGroup = "com.sparrowwallet.hummingbird"
+    repositories {
+        sonatype {
+            stagingProfileId = "a63b4b5e2bff9"
+            username = project.findProperty("nexusUsername")
+            password = project.findProperty("nexusPassword")
+        }
+    }
 }
 
-nexus {
-    sign = true
-    repositoryUrl = 'https://oss.sonatype.org/service/local/staging/deploy/maven2/'
-    snapshotRepositoryUrl = 'https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots/'
+signing {
+    sign publishing.publications.mavenJava
 }
 
-nexusStaging {
-
-}
-
-/* See https://www.albertgao.xyz/2018/01/18/how-to-publish-artifact-to-maven-central-via-gradle/ */
\ No newline at end of file
+/* ./gradlew publishToSonatype closeAndReleaseStagingRepository */
\ No newline at end of file