diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index a7c1e528a11..3974400fcef 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -693,6 +693,8 @@ deploy_to_sonatype:
       when: never
     - if: '$CI_COMMIT_BRANCH == "master"'
       when: on_success
+    - if: '$CI_COMMIT_BRANCH == "sarahchen6/migrate-to-central"'
+      when: on_success
     # Do not deploy release candidate versions
     - if: '$CI_COMMIT_TAG =~ /^v[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+$/'
       when: on_success
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 6a7447502b6..5e002157567 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ plugins {
   id "de.thetaphi.forbiddenapis" version "3.8"
 
   id 'pl.allegro.tech.build.axion-release' version '1.14.4'
-  id 'io.github.gradle-nexus.publish-plugin' version '1.3.0'
+  id 'io.github.gradle-nexus.publish-plugin' version '2.0.0'
 
   id "com.gradleup.shadow" version "8.3.6" apply false
   id "me.champeau.jmh" version "0.7.0" apply false
@@ -98,7 +98,10 @@ nexusPublishing {
         allowInsecureProtocol = true
       }
     } else {
+      // see https://central.sonatype.org/publish/publish-portal-ossrh-staging-api/#configuration
       sonatype {
+        nexusUrl.set(uri("https://ossrh-staging-api.central.sonatype.com/service/local/"))
+        snapshotRepositoryUrl.set(uri("https://central.sonatype.com/repository/maven-snapshots/"))
         username = System.getenv("SONATYPE_USERNAME")
         password = System.getenv("SONATYPE_PASSWORD")
       }
diff --git a/gradle/repositories.gradle b/gradle/repositories.gradle
index cdcbb792a2d..f492673ddba 100644
--- a/gradle/repositories.gradle
+++ b/gradle/repositories.gradle
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ repositories {
     mavenContent {
       snapshotsOnly()
     }
-    url 'https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots/'
+    url 'https://ossrh-staging-api.central.sonatype.com/content/repositories/snapshots/'
   }
   ivy {
     artifactPattern 'https://sqreen-ci-java.s3.amazonaws.com/jars/[organisation]/[artifact]-[revision](-[classifier]).[ext]'