diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish_snapshot.yml b/.github/workflows/publish_snapshot.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a15d27c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish_snapshot.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+name: Publish Snapshot to Maven
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - main
+    tags-ignore:
+      - '*'
+
+jobs:
+  publish:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
+
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 1
+
+      - name: Set up JDK 11
+        uses: actions/setup-java@v2
+        with:
+          distribution: adopt
+          java-version: 11
+
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: bash ./install_deps.sh
+
+      - name: Compile and prepare package
+        run: |
+          ./gradlew buildHeaders build assemble androidSourcesJar
+
+      - name: Publish Snapshot to MavenCentral
+        run: ./gradlew publishReleasePublicationToSonatypeRepository --max-workers 1 closeAndReleaseSonatypeStagingRepository
+        env:
+          OSSRH_USERNAME: ${{ secrets.OSSRH_USERNAME }}
+          OSSRH_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.OSSRH_PASSWORD }}
+          SIGNING_KEY_ID: ${{ secrets.SIGNING_KEY_ID }}
+          SIGNING_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.SIGNING_PASSWORD }}
+          SIGNING_KEY: ${{ secrets.SIGNING_KEY }}
+          SONATYPE_STAGING_PROFILE_ID: ${{ secrets.SONATYPE_STAGING_PROFILE_ID }}
+          SNAPSHOT: true
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 8fb1893..705abef 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -20,20 +20,3 @@ apply plugin: 'io.github.gradle-nexus.publish-plugin'
 task clean(type: Delete) {
     delete rootProject.buildDir
 }
-
-Properties properties = new Properties()
-if (rootProject.file("local.properties").exists()) {
-    properties.load(rootProject.file("local.properties").newDataInputStream())
-}
-// Publish to Maven Central
-nexusPublishing {
-    repositories {
-        sonatype {
-            stagingProfileId = properties.getProperty("sonatypeStagingProfileId", System.getenv('SONATYPE_STAGING_PROFILE_ID'))
-            username = properties.getProperty("ossrhUsername", System.getenv('OSSRH_USERNAME'))
-            password = properties.getProperty("ossrhPassword", System.getenv('OSSRH_PASSWORD'))
-            nexusUrl.set(uri("https://s01.oss.sonatype.org/service/local/"))
-            snapshotRepositoryUrl.set(uri("https://s01.oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots/"))
-    }
-}
-}
diff --git a/lib/build.gradle b/lib/build.gradle
index 23e5ed8..e35598f 100644
--- a/lib/build.gradle
+++ b/lib/build.gradle
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ ext["key"] = properties.getProperty("signing.key", System.getenv('SIGNING_KEY'))
 ext["ossrhUsername"] = properties.getProperty("ossrhUsername", System.getenv('OSSRH_USERNAME'))
 ext["ossrhPassword"] = properties.getProperty("ossrhPassword", System.getenv('OSSRH_PASSWORD'))
 ext["sonatypeStagingProfileId"] = properties.getProperty("sonatypeStagingProfileId", System.getenv('SONATYPE_STAGING_PROFILE_ID'))
+ext["snapshot"] = System.getenv('SNAPSHOT') ?: false
 
 ext {
     set("GROUP_ID", "org.kiwix.libkiwix")
@@ -22,6 +23,30 @@ ext {
     set("VERSION", "1.0.0")
 }
 
+if (snapshot) {
+    ext["VERSION_CODE"] = VERSION + "-SNAPSHOT"
+} else {
+    ext["VERSION_CODE"] = VERSION
+}
+
+// Publish to Maven Central
+nexusPublishing {
+    useStaging.set(provider {
+        def release = publishing.publications.release
+        release.version.endsWith("-SNAPSHOT")
+    })
+    repositories {
+        sonatype {
+            stagingProfileId = properties.getProperty("sonatypeStagingProfileId", System.getenv('SONATYPE_STAGING_PROFILE_ID'))
+            username = properties.getProperty("ossrhUsername", System.getenv('OSSRH_USERNAME'))
+            password = properties.getProperty("ossrhPassword", System.getenv('OSSRH_PASSWORD'))
+            version = VERSION_CODE
+            nexusUrl.set(uri("https://s01.oss.sonatype.org/service/local/"))
+            snapshotRepositoryUrl.set(uri("https://s01.oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots/"))
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 // Replace these versions with the latest available versions of libkiwix and libzim
 ext.libkiwix_version = "12.0.0"
 ext.libzim_version = "8.2.0"
diff --git a/lib/publish.gradle b/lib/publish.gradle
index b8e4fb9..2198c50 100644
--- a/lib/publish.gradle
+++ b/lib/publish.gradle
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ def siteUrl = 'https://www.kiwix.org/en/'
 def gitUrl = 'https://github.com/kiwix/libkiwix.git'
 
 group = GROUP_ID
-version = VERSION
+version = VERSION_CODE
 
 afterEvaluate {
     publishing {
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ afterEvaluate {
 
                 groupId GROUP_ID
                 artifactId ARTIFACT_ID
-                version VERSION
+                version VERSION_CODE
 
                 from components.release
 
@@ -61,15 +61,6 @@ afterEvaluate {
                 }
             }
         }
-        repositories {
-            maven {
-                url = uri("https://s01.oss.sonatype.org/service/local/staging/deploy/maven2/")
-                credentials {
-                    username = ossrhUsername
-                    password = ossrhPassword
-                }
-            }
-        }
     }
 }