diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index ffb4818..b93275d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -114,6 +114,16 @@ jobs:
           MAVEN_PASSWORD:   ${{ secrets.MAVEN_PASSWORD }}
           SIGNING_KEY:      ${{ secrets.SIGNING_KEY }}
           SIGNING_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.SIGNING_PASSWORD }}
+      - name: POST Sonatype namespace
+        run: |
+          auth=$(echo -n "$MAVEN_USERNAME:$MAVEN_PASSWORD" | base64)
+          curl -X POST \
+               -H "Authorization: Bearer $auth" \
+               "https://ossrh-staging-api.central.sonatype.com/manual/upload/defaultRepository/com.epam.deltix"
+        env:
+          MAVEN_REPOSITORY: ${{ secrets.MAVEN_REPOSITORY }}
+          MAVEN_USERNAME: ${{ secrets.MAVEN_USERNAME }}
+          MAVEN_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.MAVEN_PASSWORD }}
 
   cleanup:
     name: Cleanup
diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index 2617362..3c44eb1 100644
--- a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.8-bin.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.14-bin.zip
 networkTimeout=10000
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 zipStorePath=wrapper/dists