diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 7f930d4..4f7176d 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ plugins {
     id "java"
     id 'maven-publish'
     id "org.openapi.generator" version "7.0.1"
+    id 'net.researchgate.release' version '3.0.2'
 }
 
 group build_group
@@ -21,10 +22,12 @@ repositories {
 }
 
 java {
-    sourceCompatibility = "17"
-    targetCompatibility = "17"
+    sourceCompatibility = "8"
+    targetCompatibility = "8"
 }
 
+
+
 def loadSpecConfig() {
     def configJson = "[" + file('spec.config').text + "]"
 
@@ -84,26 +87,42 @@ tasks.openApiValidate.configure {
     dependsOn(validateSpec)
 }
 
+release {
+    // Configure release parameters
+    failOnSnapshotDependencies = true
+
+    // Custom tasks before release
+    preTagCommitMessage = 'Pre tag commit: '
+    tagCommitMessage = 'Creating tag: '
+    newVersionCommitMessage = 'New version commit: '
+}
+
 publishing {
     repositories {
         maven {
-            url artifactory_publish_url
-            credentials {
-                username System.env.CODEARTIFACT_USER
-                password System.env.CODEARTIFACT_AUTH_TOKEN
-            }
+            url = uri("${project.rootDir}/local-maven-repo")
         }
     }
     publications {
         mavenJava(MavenPublication) {
-            groupId = project.group
-            artifactId = rootProject.name
-            version = project.version
             from components.java
         }
     }
 }
 
+tasks.register("releaseClean") {
+    doLast {
+        // Clean up release-related files
+        delete(fileTree(project.rootDir) {
+            include("release.properties", "gradle.properties.backup")
+        })
+    }
+}
+
+// Ensure publish task runs after release
+afterReleaseBuild.dependsOn(tasks.publish)
+
+
 //As of now we have to keep following dependencies to generate build with generated sources
 dependencies {
     implementation 'com.squareup.okhttp3:okhttp:4.12.0'
@@ -119,4 +138,9 @@ dependencies {
     testImplementation 'org.mockito:mockito-core:5.6.0'
     testImplementation 'org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter-api:5.10.0'
     testRuntimeOnly 'org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter-engine:5.10.0'
+
+    // Add equivalent dependencies from POM
+    implementation 'org.json:json:20231013'
+    implementation 'commons-codec:commons-codec:1.16.0'
+
 }
diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index 00c8470..dd0ca2e 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 sonar_project_key=chargebee_cb-provider-spi
 build_project_name=cb-provider-spi
 build_group=org.chargebee.spi
-build_version=0.0.11
-# Artifactory config to be controlled at build time by CI/CD
-artifactory_build_url=https://artifactory.url/maven/build
-artifactory_publish_url=https://artifactory.url/maven/publish
+build_version=0.0.12
+org.gradle.java.home=/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/amazon-corretto-11.jdk/Contents/Home
+
diff --git a/local-maven-repo/org/chargebee/spi/cb-provider-spi/0.0.12/cb-provider-spi-0.0.12.jar.md5 b/local-maven-repo/org/chargebee/spi/cb-provider-spi/0.0.12/cb-provider-spi-0.0.12.jar.md5
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1b33328
--- /dev/null
+++ b/local-maven-repo/org/chargebee/spi/cb-provider-spi/0.0.12/cb-provider-spi-0.0.12.jar.md5
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+25ed3c144d99f6281d6844168074d79e
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/local-maven-repo/org/chargebee/spi/cb-provider-spi/0.0.12/cb-provider-spi-0.0.12.jar.sha1 b/local-maven-repo/org/chargebee/spi/cb-provider-spi/0.0.12/cb-provider-spi-0.0.12.jar.sha1
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5bc95ba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/local-maven-repo/org/chargebee/spi/cb-provider-spi/0.0.12/cb-provider-spi-0.0.12.jar.sha1
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+aef6fe8f17eb75536eda9b1f126f240311e4b098
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/local-maven-repo/org/chargebee/spi/cb-provider-spi/0.0.12/cb-provider-spi-0.0.12.jar.sha256 b/local-maven-repo/org/chargebee/spi/cb-provider-spi/0.0.12/cb-provider-spi-0.0.12.jar.sha256
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b4842f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/local-maven-repo/org/chargebee/spi/cb-provider-spi/0.0.12/cb-provider-spi-0.0.12.jar.sha256
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+2df9387ec6e8e008903cac489b09ae164754840a9acfb5dcfeaca737416674b1
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/local-maven-repo/org/chargebee/spi/cb-provider-spi/0.0.12/cb-provider-spi-0.0.12.jar.sha512 b/local-maven-repo/org/chargebee/spi/cb-provider-spi/0.0.12/cb-provider-spi-0.0.12.jar.sha512
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9d2ca51
--- /dev/null
+++ b/local-maven-repo/org/chargebee/spi/cb-provider-spi/0.0.12/cb-provider-spi-0.0.12.jar.sha512
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+e831ce28b3e8f36b18de9584e0f9ac60014b16963bbc245b40f62e078c9a0560c8792c4d009c635cd23edbeb1c3408fec41ff57cea04c16fbd15026e35b9d822
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/local-maven-repo/org/chargebee/spi/cb-provider-spi/0.0.12/cb-provider-spi-0.0.12.module b/local-maven-repo/org/chargebee/spi/cb-provider-spi/0.0.12/cb-provider-spi-0.0.12.module
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..17a7bf6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/local-maven-repo/org/chargebee/spi/cb-provider-spi/0.0.12/cb-provider-spi-0.0.12.module
@@ -0,0 +1,146 @@
+{
+  "formatVersion": "1.1",
+  "component": {
+    "group": "org.chargebee.spi",
+    "module": "cb-provider-spi",
+    "version": "0.0.12",
+    "attributes": {
+      "org.gradle.status": "release"
+    }
+  },
+  "createdBy": {
+    "gradle": {
+      "version": "8.2.1"
+    }
+  },
+  "variants": [
+    {
+      "name": "apiElements",
+      "attributes": {
+        "org.gradle.category": "library",
+        "org.gradle.dependency.bundling": "external",
+        "org.gradle.jvm.version": 8,
+        "org.gradle.libraryelements": "jar",
+        "org.gradle.usage": "java-api"
+      },
+      "files": [
+        {
+          "name": "cb-provider-spi-0.0.12.jar",
+          "url": "cb-provider-spi-0.0.12.jar",
+          "size": 543721,
+          "sha512": "e831ce28b3e8f36b18de9584e0f9ac60014b16963bbc245b40f62e078c9a0560c8792c4d009c635cd23edbeb1c3408fec41ff57cea04c16fbd15026e35b9d822",
+          "sha256": "2df9387ec6e8e008903cac489b09ae164754840a9acfb5dcfeaca737416674b1",
+          "sha1": "aef6fe8f17eb75536eda9b1f126f240311e4b098",
+          "md5": "25ed3c144d99f6281d6844168074d79e"
+        }
+      ]
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "runtimeElements",
+      "attributes": {
+        "org.gradle.category": "library",
+        "org.gradle.dependency.bundling": "external",
+        "org.gradle.jvm.version": 8,
+        "org.gradle.libraryelements": "jar",
+        "org.gradle.usage": "java-runtime"
+      },
+      "dependencies": [
+        {
+          "group": "com.squareup.okhttp3",
+          "module": "okhttp",
+          "version": {
+            "requires": "4.12.0"
+          }
+        },
+        {
+          "group": "com.squareup.okhttp3",
+          "module": "logging-interceptor",
+          "version": {
+            "requires": "4.12.0"
+          }
+        },
+        {
+          "group": "com.google.code.gson",
+          "module": "gson",
+          "version": {
+            "requires": "2.10.1"
+          }
+        },
+        {
+          "group": "com.google.code.findbugs",
+          "module": "jsr305",
+          "version": {
+            "requires": "3.0.2"
+          }
+        },
+        {
+          "group": "io.gsonfire",
+          "module": "gson-fire",
+          "version": {
+            "requires": "1.8.5"
+          }
+        },
+        {
+          "group": "javax.ws.rs",
+          "module": "jsr311-api",
+          "version": {
+            "requires": "1.1.1"
+          }
+        },
+        {
+          "group": "javax.ws.rs",
+          "module": "javax.ws.rs-api",
+          "version": {
+            "requires": "2.1.1"
+          }
+        },
+        {
+          "group": "com.fasterxml.jackson.core",
+          "module": "jackson-core",
+          "version": {
+            "requires": "2.15.0"
+          }
+        },
+        {
+          "group": "org.apache.commons",
+          "module": "commons-lang3",
+          "version": {
+            "requires": "3.13.0"
+          }
+        },
+        {
+          "group": "jakarta.annotation",
+          "module": "jakarta.annotation-api",
+          "version": {
+            "requires": "1.3.5"
+          }
+        },
+        {
+          "group": "org.json",
+          "module": "json",
+          "version": {
+            "requires": "20231013"
+          }
+        },
+        {
+          "group": "commons-codec",
+          "module": "commons-codec",
+          "version": {
+            "requires": "1.16.0"
+          }
+        }
+      ],
+      "files": [
+        {
+          "name": "cb-provider-spi-0.0.12.jar",
+          "url": "cb-provider-spi-0.0.12.jar",
+          "size": 543721,
+          "sha512": "e831ce28b3e8f36b18de9584e0f9ac60014b16963bbc245b40f62e078c9a0560c8792c4d009c635cd23edbeb1c3408fec41ff57cea04c16fbd15026e35b9d822",
+          "sha256": "2df9387ec6e8e008903cac489b09ae164754840a9acfb5dcfeaca737416674b1",
+          "sha1": "aef6fe8f17eb75536eda9b1f126f240311e4b098",
+          "md5": "25ed3c144d99f6281d6844168074d79e"
+        }
+      ]
+    }
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/local-maven-repo/org/chargebee/spi/cb-provider-spi/0.0.12/cb-provider-spi-0.0.12.module.md5 b/local-maven-repo/org/chargebee/spi/cb-provider-spi/0.0.12/cb-provider-spi-0.0.12.module.md5
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e6dcfee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/local-maven-repo/org/chargebee/spi/cb-provider-spi/0.0.12/cb-provider-spi-0.0.12.module.md5
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+45a86b42d07b10dd5f51e1ac03bdd5a5
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/local-maven-repo/org/chargebee/spi/cb-provider-spi/0.0.12/cb-provider-spi-0.0.12.module.sha1 b/local-maven-repo/org/chargebee/spi/cb-provider-spi/0.0.12/cb-provider-spi-0.0.12.module.sha1
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2099e8d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/local-maven-repo/org/chargebee/spi/cb-provider-spi/0.0.12/cb-provider-spi-0.0.12.module.sha1
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+0cb2ee163bf0b9d5b79d11051d1190207c9c6526
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/local-maven-repo/org/chargebee/spi/cb-provider-spi/0.0.12/cb-provider-spi-0.0.12.module.sha256 b/local-maven-repo/org/chargebee/spi/cb-provider-spi/0.0.12/cb-provider-spi-0.0.12.module.sha256
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..aab5ea2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/local-maven-repo/org/chargebee/spi/cb-provider-spi/0.0.12/cb-provider-spi-0.0.12.module.sha256
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
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diff --git a/local-maven-repo/org/chargebee/spi/cb-provider-spi/0.0.12/cb-provider-spi-0.0.12.module.sha512 b/local-maven-repo/org/chargebee/spi/cb-provider-spi/0.0.12/cb-provider-spi-0.0.12.module.sha512
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9d427c6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/local-maven-repo/org/chargebee/spi/cb-provider-spi/0.0.12/cb-provider-spi-0.0.12.module.sha512
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
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\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/local-maven-repo/org/chargebee/spi/cb-provider-spi/0.0.12/cb-provider-spi-0.0.12.pom b/local-maven-repo/org/chargebee/spi/cb-provider-spi/0.0.12/cb-provider-spi-0.0.12.pom
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d0de1a8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/local-maven-repo/org/chargebee/spi/cb-provider-spi/0.0.12/cb-provider-spi-0.0.12.pom
@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 https://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd" xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
+    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
+  <!-- This module was also published with a richer model, Gradle metadata,  -->
+  <!-- which should be used instead. Do not delete the following line which  -->
+  <!-- is to indicate to Gradle or any Gradle module metadata file consumer  -->
+  <!-- that they should prefer consuming it instead. -->
+  <!-- do_not_remove: published-with-gradle-metadata -->
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <groupId>org.chargebee.spi</groupId>
+  <artifactId>cb-provider-spi</artifactId>
+  <version>0.0.12</version>
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>com.squareup.okhttp3</groupId>
+      <artifactId>okhttp</artifactId>
+      <version>4.12.0</version>
+      <scope>runtime</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>com.squareup.okhttp3</groupId>
+      <artifactId>logging-interceptor</artifactId>
+      <version>4.12.0</version>
+      <scope>runtime</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>com.google.code.gson</groupId>
+      <artifactId>gson</artifactId>
+      <version>2.10.1</version>
+      <scope>runtime</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>com.google.code.findbugs</groupId>
+      <artifactId>jsr305</artifactId>
+      <version>3.0.2</version>
+      <scope>runtime</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>io.gsonfire</groupId>
+      <artifactId>gson-fire</artifactId>
+      <version>1.8.5</version>
+      <scope>runtime</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>javax.ws.rs</groupId>
+      <artifactId>jsr311-api</artifactId>
+      <version>1.1.1</version>
+      <scope>runtime</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>javax.ws.rs</groupId>
+      <artifactId>javax.ws.rs-api</artifactId>
+      <version>2.1.1</version>
+      <scope>runtime</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
+      <artifactId>jackson-core</artifactId>
+      <version>2.15.0</version>
+      <scope>runtime</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
+      <artifactId>commons-lang3</artifactId>
+      <version>3.13.0</version>
+      <scope>runtime</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>jakarta.annotation</groupId>
+      <artifactId>jakarta.annotation-api</artifactId>
+      <version>1.3.5</version>
+      <scope>runtime</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.json</groupId>
+      <artifactId>json</artifactId>
+      <version>20231013</version>
+      <scope>runtime</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>commons-codec</groupId>
+      <artifactId>commons-codec</artifactId>
+      <version>1.16.0</version>
+      <scope>runtime</scope>
+    </dependency>
+  </dependencies>
+</project>
diff --git a/local-maven-repo/org/chargebee/spi/cb-provider-spi/0.0.12/cb-provider-spi-0.0.12.pom.md5 b/local-maven-repo/org/chargebee/spi/cb-provider-spi/0.0.12/cb-provider-spi-0.0.12.pom.md5
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d95b4cc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/local-maven-repo/org/chargebee/spi/cb-provider-spi/0.0.12/cb-provider-spi-0.0.12.pom.md5
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
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diff --git a/local-maven-repo/org/chargebee/spi/cb-provider-spi/0.0.12/cb-provider-spi-0.0.12.pom.sha1 b/local-maven-repo/org/chargebee/spi/cb-provider-spi/0.0.12/cb-provider-spi-0.0.12.pom.sha1
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2415c9a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/local-maven-repo/org/chargebee/spi/cb-provider-spi/0.0.12/cb-provider-spi-0.0.12.pom.sha1
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
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diff --git a/local-maven-repo/org/chargebee/spi/cb-provider-spi/0.0.12/cb-provider-spi-0.0.12.pom.sha256 b/local-maven-repo/org/chargebee/spi/cb-provider-spi/0.0.12/cb-provider-spi-0.0.12.pom.sha256
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6438d10
--- /dev/null
+++ b/local-maven-repo/org/chargebee/spi/cb-provider-spi/0.0.12/cb-provider-spi-0.0.12.pom.sha256
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
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diff --git a/local-maven-repo/org/chargebee/spi/cb-provider-spi/0.0.12/cb-provider-spi-0.0.12.pom.sha512 b/local-maven-repo/org/chargebee/spi/cb-provider-spi/0.0.12/cb-provider-spi-0.0.12.pom.sha512
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5482f54
--- /dev/null
+++ b/local-maven-repo/org/chargebee/spi/cb-provider-spi/0.0.12/cb-provider-spi-0.0.12.pom.sha512
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
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\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/local-maven-repo/org/chargebee/spi/cb-provider-spi/maven-metadata.xml b/local-maven-repo/org/chargebee/spi/cb-provider-spi/maven-metadata.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..032cad3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/local-maven-repo/org/chargebee/spi/cb-provider-spi/maven-metadata.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<metadata>
+  <groupId>org.chargebee.spi</groupId>
+  <artifactId>cb-provider-spi</artifactId>
+  <versioning>
+    <latest>0.0.12</latest>
+    <release>0.0.12</release>
+    <versions>
+      <version>0.0.12</version>
+    </versions>
+    <lastUpdated>20241216051021</lastUpdated>
+  </versioning>
+</metadata>
diff --git a/local-maven-repo/org/chargebee/spi/cb-provider-spi/maven-metadata.xml.md5 b/local-maven-repo/org/chargebee/spi/cb-provider-spi/maven-metadata.xml.md5
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..87567d0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/local-maven-repo/org/chargebee/spi/cb-provider-spi/maven-metadata.xml.md5
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+cba7df9c014e9353ba9537005c9458f9
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diff --git a/local-maven-repo/org/chargebee/spi/cb-provider-spi/maven-metadata.xml.sha1 b/local-maven-repo/org/chargebee/spi/cb-provider-spi/maven-metadata.xml.sha1
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c95e19d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/local-maven-repo/org/chargebee/spi/cb-provider-spi/maven-metadata.xml.sha1
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
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diff --git a/local-maven-repo/org/chargebee/spi/cb-provider-spi/maven-metadata.xml.sha256 b/local-maven-repo/org/chargebee/spi/cb-provider-spi/maven-metadata.xml.sha256
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3d5d13b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/local-maven-repo/org/chargebee/spi/cb-provider-spi/maven-metadata.xml.sha256
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diff --git a/local-maven-repo/org/chargebee/spi/cb-provider-spi/maven-metadata.xml.sha512 b/local-maven-repo/org/chargebee/spi/cb-provider-spi/maven-metadata.xml.sha512
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..aec98ac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/local-maven-repo/org/chargebee/spi/cb-provider-spi/maven-metadata.xml.sha512
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
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\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/release.sh b/release.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e88c158
--- /dev/null
+++ b/release.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+release_gradle() {
+    # Clean any previous release artifacts
+    ./gradlew releaseClean
+
+    # Prepare the release
+    # This will:
+    # 1. Remove SNAPSHOT from version
+    # 2. Create a git tag
+    # 3. Commit version changes
+    ./gradlew release
+
+    # Publish to local Maven repository
+    ./gradlew publish
+
+    # Optional: Push tags to remote repository
+    git push --tags
+}
+
+# Run the release function
+release_gradle
\ No newline at end of file