diff --git a/build.gradle.kts b/build.gradle.kts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9b48b84
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build.gradle.kts
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+val jqwik2Version by rootProject.extra { "2.0.0-alpha-1-SNAPSHOT" }
+
diff --git a/core/build.gradle.kts b/core/build.gradle.kts
index e845dbd..416cc08 100644
--- a/core/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/core/build.gradle.kts
@@ -1,9 +1,19 @@
 plugins {
     id("buildlogic.java-api-conventions")
+    `maven-publish`
+    signing
 }
 
 description = "Jqwik2 core module"
 
+val jqwik2Version: String = "${rootProject.extra.get("jqwik2Version")}"
+val isSnapshotRelease = isSnapshotRelease(jqwik2Version)
+val artifactName = "jqwik2-core"
+
+fun isSnapshotRelease(versionString: String): Boolean {
+    return versionString.endsWith("SNAPSHOT")
+}
+
 dependencies {
     api(libs.apiguardian)
     //implementation(project(":utilities"))
@@ -11,3 +21,68 @@ dependencies {
     testImplementation(libs.junit.jupiter)
     testImplementation(libs.assertj.core)
 }
+
+tasks.jar {
+    archiveBaseName.set("jqwik2-core")
+    archiveVersion.set("${rootProject.extra.get("jqwik2Version")}")
+    manifest {
+        attributes("Automatic-Module-Name" to "net.jqwik2.core")
+    }
+}
+
+publishing {
+    repositories {
+        maven {
+            // hint: credentials are in ~/.gradle/gradle.properties
+            val repoUsername: String = project.findProperty("tokenUsername") as? String ?: ""
+            val repoPassword: String = project.findProperty("tokenPassword") as? String ?: ""
+
+            credentials {
+                username = repoUsername
+                password = repoPassword
+            }
+
+            val releasesRepoUrl = "https://s01.oss.sonatype.org/service/local/staging/deploy/maven2/"
+            val snapshotsRepoUrl = "https://s01.oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots/"
+            url = uri(if (isSnapshotRelease) { snapshotsRepoUrl } else { releasesRepoUrl })
+        }
+    }
+    publications {
+        create<MavenPublication>("jqwik2Core") {
+            groupId = "net.jqwik"
+            artifactId = artifactName
+            from(components["java"])
+            pom {
+                version = jqwik2Version
+                groupId = "net.jqwik"
+                name = artifactId
+                description = "$description"
+                url = "https://github.org/jqwik-team/jqwik2"
+                licenses {
+                    license {
+                        name = "Eclipse Public License - v 2.0"
+                        url = "http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v20.html"
+                    }
+                }
+                developers {
+                    developer {
+                        id = "jlink"
+                        name = "Johannes Link"
+                        email = "business@johanneslink.net"
+                    }
+                }
+                scm {
+                    connection = "scm:git:git://github.com/jqwik-team/jqwik2.git"
+                    developerConnection = "scm:git:git://github.com/jqwik-team/jqwik2.git"
+                    url = "https://github.com/jqwik-team/jqwik2"
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+signing {
+    if (!isSnapshotRelease) {
+        sign(publishing.publications["jqwik2Core"])
+    }
+}
diff --git a/gradle/plugins/src/main/kotlin/buildlogic.java-common-conventions.gradle.kts b/gradle/plugins/src/main/kotlin/buildlogic.java-common-conventions.gradle.kts
index 4a0563b..10acaeb 100644
--- a/gradle/plugins/src/main/kotlin/buildlogic.java-common-conventions.gradle.kts
+++ b/gradle/plugins/src/main/kotlin/buildlogic.java-common-conventions.gradle.kts
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ java {
         languageVersion = JavaLanguageVersion.of(javaVersion)
         vendor = JvmVendorSpec.matching(javaVendor)
     }
-
 }
 
 tasks.withType<JavaCompile> {
diff --git a/gradle/plugins/src/main/kotlin/buildlogic.java-library-conventions.gradle.kts b/gradle/plugins/src/main/kotlin/buildlogic.java-library-conventions.gradle.kts
index d47bdb5..7cdffb4 100644
--- a/gradle/plugins/src/main/kotlin/buildlogic.java-library-conventions.gradle.kts
+++ b/gradle/plugins/src/main/kotlin/buildlogic.java-library-conventions.gradle.kts
@@ -2,3 +2,8 @@ plugins {
     id("buildlogic.java-common-conventions")
     `java-library`
 }
+
+java {
+    withJavadocJar()
+    withSourcesJar()
+}
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