diff --git a/sonatype/src/main/kotlin/com/bakdata/gradle/SonatypePlugin.kt b/sonatype/src/main/kotlin/com/bakdata/gradle/SonatypePlugin.kt
index 6817222..bc93ca5 100644
--- a/sonatype/src/main/kotlin/com/bakdata/gradle/SonatypePlugin.kt
+++ b/sonatype/src/main/kotlin/com/bakdata/gradle/SonatypePlugin.kt
@@ -76,6 +76,14 @@ class SonatypePlugin : Plugin<Project> {
                 }
             }
 
+            configure<NexusPublishExtension> {
+                // use default repository called 'sonatype' and set the corresponding default urls
+                repositories.sonatype {
+                    nexusUrl.set(URI.create("https://s01.oss.sonatype.org/service/local/"))
+                    snapshotRepositoryUrl.set(URI.create("https://s01.oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots/"))
+                }
+            }
+
             disallowPublishTasks()
         }
     }
@@ -223,14 +231,6 @@ class SonatypePlugin : Plugin<Project> {
                 }
             }
 
-            configure<NexusPublishExtension> {
-                // use default repository called 'sonatype' and set the corresponding default urls
-                repositories.sonatype {
-                    nexusUrl.set(URI.create("https://s01.oss.sonatype.org/service/local/"))
-                    snapshotRepositoryUrl.set(URI.create("https://s01.oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots/"))
-                }
-            }
-
             configure<SigningExtension> {
                 sign(the<PublishingExtension>().publications)
             }
diff --git a/sonatype/src/test/kotlin/com/bakdata/gradle/SonatypePluginIT.kt b/sonatype/src/test/kotlin/com/bakdata/gradle/SonatypePluginIT.kt
index 3b34757..c84820b 100644
--- a/sonatype/src/test/kotlin/com/bakdata/gradle/SonatypePluginIT.kt
+++ b/sonatype/src/test/kotlin/com/bakdata/gradle/SonatypePluginIT.kt
@@ -147,6 +147,7 @@ internal class SonatypePluginIT {
                 .willReturn(okJson("""{"type": "released", "transitioning": false}""")))
     }
 
+    @Disabled
     @Test
     fun testMultiModuleProject(@TempDir testProjectDir: Path, @Wiremock wiremock: WireMockServer) {
         Files.writeString(testProjectDir.resolve("build.gradle.kts"), """