diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 65d8d91..615926a 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ buildscript {
 }
 
 plugins {
-   id 'net.nemerosa.versioning' version '2.0.0'
+   id 'net.nemerosa.versioning' version '2.6.1'
 }
 
 apply plugin: 'java'
@@ -60,9 +60,10 @@ artifacts {
 }
 
 versioning {
-    releaseMode = 'snapshot'	// how to compute version on release-branches
-    displayMode = 'snapshot'	// how to compute version on non-release-branches
-    dirty = { t -> t }		// switch off dirty-suffix ( could be usefull for local development )
+    releaseBuild = VERSIONING_RELEASE_BUILD
+    releaseMode = VERSIONING_RELEASE_MODE
+    displayMode = VERSIONING_DISPLAY_MODE
+    dirty = { t -> t }
 }
 
 apply from: 'publishToMaven.gradle'
diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index 986ab90..e3d90e4 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -15,4 +15,8 @@ POM_DEVELOPER_ID=shyamz-22
 POM_DEVELOPER_NAME=Syamala Umamaheswaran
 
 RELEASE_REPOSITORY_URL=https://oss.sonatype.org/service/local/staging/deploy/maven2
-SNAPSHOT_REPOSITORY_URL=https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots
\ No newline at end of file
+SNAPSHOT_REPOSITORY_URL=https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots
+
+VERSIONING_RELEASE_BUILD=false
+VERSIONING_RELEASE_MODE=snapshot
+VERSIONING_DISPLAY_MODE=snapshot
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/publish/publish-patch.sh b/publish/publish-patch.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..79c8d7d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/publish/publish-patch.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -x
+
+set -e
+
+
+main() {
+  git checkout master
+
+  local CURRENT_BRANCH=$(git branch -a | grep 'release/' | tail -n 1)
+
+  echo "${CURRENT_BRANCH}"
+  
+  git checkout ${CURRENT_BRANCH}
+
+  ./gradlew clean build
+
+  ./gradlew versionFile
+
+  export $(cat build/version.properties | xargs)
+
+  GIT_TAG="${VERSION_DISPLAY}"
+
+  echo "./gradlew uploadArchives"
+
+  echo "git tag ${GIT_TAG}"
+
+  echo "git push --tag"
+
+}
+
+
+main $*
+