diff --git a/ReactAndroid/publish.gradle b/ReactAndroid/publish.gradle
index acf69c2b2cc..b2f25b38cbc 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/publish.gradle
+++ b/ReactAndroid/publish.gradle
@@ -9,8 +9,6 @@ apply plugin: 'maven-publish'
 apply plugin: 'signing'
 
 def isNightly = findProperty("isNightly")?.toBoolean()
-def sonatypeUsername = findProperty("SONATYPE_USERNAME")
-def sonatypePassword = findProperty("SONATYPE_PASSWORD")
 def signingKey = findProperty("SIGNING_KEY")
 def signingPwd = findProperty("SIGNING_PWD")
 
@@ -70,24 +68,6 @@ publishing {
             name = "npm"
             url = androidOutputUrl
         }
-        if (sonatypeUsername && sonatypePassword) {
-            maven {
-                name = "mavenCentral"
-                url = "https://oss.sonatype.org/service/local/staging/deploy/maven2/"
-                credentials {
-                    username = sonatypeUsername
-                    password = sonatypePassword
-                }
-            }
-            maven {
-                name = "mavenSnapshots"
-                url = "https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots/"
-                credentials {
-                    username = sonatypeUsername
-                    password = sonatypePassword
-                }
-            }
-        }
     }
 
     if (signingKey && signingPwd) {
diff --git a/build.gradle.kts b/build.gradle.kts
index 6fbd6aeb98e..c896c99bf4e 100644
--- a/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/build.gradle.kts
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
  * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
  */
 
+plugins { id("io.github.gradle-nexus.publish-plugin") version "1.1.0" }
+
 val ndkPath by extra(System.getenv("ANDROID_NDK"))
 val ndkVersion by extra(System.getenv("ANDROID_NDK_VERSION"))
 
@@ -12,6 +14,7 @@ buildscript {
   repositories {
     google()
     mavenCentral()
+    gradlePluginPortal()
   }
   dependencies {
     classpath("com.android.tools.build:gradle:7.3.0")
@@ -19,6 +22,18 @@ buildscript {
   }
 }
 
+val sonatypeUsername = findProperty("SONATYPE_USERNAME")?.toString()
+val sonatypePassword = findProperty("SONATYPE_PASSWORD")?.toString()
+
+nexusPublishing {
+  repositories {
+    create("sonatype") {
+      username.set(sonatypeUsername)
+      password.set(sonatypePassword)
+    }
+  }
+}
+
 allprojects {
   repositories {
     maven { url = uri("$rootDir/node_modules/jsc-android/dist") }
@@ -91,17 +106,9 @@ tasks.register("publishAllToMavenLocal") {
   dependsOn(":ReactAndroid:hermes-engine:publishToMavenLocal")
 }
 
-tasks.register("publishAllToMavenSnapshots") {
-  description =
-      "Publish all the artifacts as a snapshot (used for testing/nightly) on Maven Central."
-  dependsOn(":ReactAndroid:publishAllPublicationsToMavenSnapshotsRepository")
-  dependsOn(":ReactAndroid:external-artifacts:publishAllPublicationsToMavenSnapshotsRepository")
-  dependsOn(":ReactAndroid:hermes-engine:publishAllPublicationsToMavenSnapshotsRepository")
-}
-
-tasks.register("publishAllToMavenCentral") {
-  description = "Publish all the artifacts as a release on Maven Central."
-  dependsOn(":ReactAndroid:publishAllPublicationsToMavenCentralRepository")
-  dependsOn(":ReactAndroid:external-artifacts:publishAllPublicationsToMavenCentralRepository")
-  dependsOn(":ReactAndroid:hermes-engine:publishAllPublicationsToMavenCentralRepository")
+tasks.register("publishAllToSonatype") {
+  description = "Publish all the artifacts to Sonatype (Maven Central or Snapshot repository)"
+  dependsOn(":ReactAndroid:publishToSonatype")
+  dependsOn(":ReactAndroid:external-artifacts:publishToSonatype")
+  dependsOn(":ReactAndroid:hermes-engine:publishToSonatype")
 }