diff --git a/word-count/code/build.gradle.kts b/word-count/code/build.gradle.kts
index 0d26c0c..61c7208 100644
--- a/word-count/code/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/word-count/code/build.gradle.kts
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@ description = "Word count pipeline with Kafka Streams"
 plugins {
     java
     idea
+    id("net.researchgate.release") version "3.0.2"
+    id("com.bakdata.sonar") version "1.1.16"
+    id("com.bakdata.sonatype") version "1.1.14"
+    id("org.hildan.github.changelog") version "2.2.0"
     id("io.freefair.lombok") version "8.11"
     id("com.google.cloud.tools.jib") version "3.4.4"
 }
@@ -20,6 +24,23 @@ java {
     }
 }
 
+configure<com.bakdata.gradle.SonatypeSettings> {
+    developers {
+        developer {
+            name.set("Ramin Gharib")
+            id.set("raminqaf")
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+configure<org.hildan.github.changelog.plugin.GitHubChangelogExtension> {
+    githubUser = "bakdata"
+    githubRepository = "kpops-examples"
+    futureVersionTag = findProperty("changelog.releaseVersion")?.toString()
+    sinceTag = findProperty("changelog.sinceTag")?.toString()
+}
+
+
 tasks {
     compileJava {
         options.encoding = "UTF-8"