diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index abe58cd6f..19369ea2f 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ jobs:
           command: |
             export ORG_GRADLE_PROJECT_signingKey=$(echo $SIGNING_KEY | base64 -d)
             ./gradlew publish
+      - run: ./gradlew closeAndReleaseRepository
       - run: DOCKER_TAG=${CIRCLE_TAG} make docker docker-push
       - run:
           name: "Copy artifacts to workspace"
diff --git a/build.gradle.kts b/build.gradle.kts
index cc2acc290..d177bd2ac 100644
--- a/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/build.gradle.kts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import org.hypertrace.gradle.publishing.License.APACHE_2_0;
 plugins {
     `java-library`
     id("com.diffplug.spotless") version "5.2.0" apply false
-    id("org.hypertrace.publish-maven-central-plugin") version "0.4.2" apply false
+    id("org.hypertrace.publish-maven-central-plugin") version "0.4.3" apply false
     id("org.hypertrace.ci-utils-plugin") version "0.1.4"
     id("org.gradle.test-retry") version "1.2.0" apply false
 }