diff --git a/.github/workflows/gradle.yml b/.github/workflows/gradle.yml
index 6631313..0a8e3c0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/gradle.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/gradle.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-name: Java CI
+name: Maven artifact publish
 
 on: 
   workflow_dispatch:
@@ -13,73 +13,10 @@ jobs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
 
     steps:
-    - name: Checkout this repo
-      uses: actions/checkout@v4
-
-    - name: Set up JDK 1.8
-      uses: actions/setup-java@v4
-      with:
-        distribution: 'adopt'
-        java-version: '8'
-    
-    - name: Extract latest commit message and hash
-      run: |
-        GIT_MESSAGE=$(git log -1 --pretty=format:"%s")
-        GIT_HASH=$(git log --pretty=format:'%h' -n 1)
-        echo "GIT_MESSAGE=$GIT_MESSAGE" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-        echo "GIT_HASH=$GIT_HASH" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-
-    - name: Install xmlstarlet
-      run: sudo apt-get install -y xmlstarlet
-
-    - name: Build with Gradle
-      run: |
-        bash ./gradlew build
-        bash ./gradlew publishToMavenLocal
-
-    - name: Extract artifactId, groupId, version from generated POM file
-      id: extract_version
-      run: |
-        xml_file=$(find ~/.m2/repository -type f -name "*.pom" -print -quit)
-        VERSION=$(xmlstarlet sel -N xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" -t -v "//xmlns:project/xmlns:version" "$xml_file")
-        GROUPID=$(xmlstarlet sel -N xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" -t -v "//xmlns:project/xmlns:groupId" "$xml_file" | sed 's/\./\//g')
-        ARTIFACTID=$(xmlstarlet sel -N xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" -t -v "//xmlns:project/xmlns:artifactId" "$xml_file")       
-        echo "VERSION=$VERSION" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-        echo "GROUPID=$GROUPID" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-        echo "ARTIFACTID=$ARTIFACTID" >> $GITHUB_ENV
-
-    - name: Checkout artifact repo
-      uses: actions/checkout@v4
-      with:
-        repository: 'RiV-chain/artifact'
-        ref: ${{ github.head_ref }}
-        fetch-depth: 0
-        token: ${{ secrets.MAVEN_PAT }}
-
-    - name: Create package directories
-      run: |
-        mkdir -p ${{ env.GROUPID }}/${{ env.ARTIFACTID }}/${{ env.VERSION }}
-
-    - name: Copy JAR, POM, SHA-1, and MD5 files
-      run: |
-        FIRST_TERM=$(echo "${{ env.GROUPID }}" | cut -d'/' -f1)
-        cp -r ~/.m2/repository/$FIRST_TERM .
-        mv ${{ env.GROUPID }}/${{ env.ARTIFACTID }}/maven-metadata-local.xml ${{ env.GROUPID }}/${{ env.ARTIFACTID }}/maven-metadata.xml
-        sha1sum ${{ env.GROUPID }}/${{ env.ARTIFACTID }}/${{ env.VERSION }}/${{ env.ARTIFACTID }}-${{ env.VERSION }}.jar > ${{ env.GROUPID }}/${{ env.ARTIFACTID }}/${{ env.VERSION }}/${{ env.ARTIFACTID }}-${{ env.VERSION }}.jar.sha1
-        md5sum ${{ env.GROUPID }}/${{ env.ARTIFACTID }}/${{ env.VERSION }}/${{ env.ARTIFACTID }}-${{ env.VERSION }}.jar > ${{ env.GROUPID }}/${{ env.ARTIFACTID }}/${{ env.VERSION }}/${{ env.ARTIFACTID }}-${{ env.VERSION }}.jar.md5
-        sha1sum ${{ env.GROUPID }}/${{ env.ARTIFACTID }}/${{ env.VERSION }}/${{ env.ARTIFACTID }}-${{ env.VERSION }}.pom > ${{ env.GROUPID }}/${{ env.ARTIFACTID }}/${{ env.VERSION }}/${{ env.ARTIFACTID }}-${{ env.VERSION }}.pom.sha1
-        md5sum ${{ env.GROUPID }}/${{ env.ARTIFACTID }}/${{ env.VERSION }}/${{ env.ARTIFACTID }}-${{ env.VERSION }}.pom > ${{ env.GROUPID }}/${{ env.ARTIFACTID }}/${{ env.VERSION }}/${{ env.ARTIFACTID }}-${{ env.VERSION }}.pom.md5
-
-    - name: Commit and push files
-      run: |
-        git config user.name "${{ github.actor }}"
-        git config user.email "${{ github.actor_id }}+${{ github.actor }}@users.noreply.github.com"
-        git add .
-        git commit -m "${{ env.GIT_MESSAGE }} https://github.com/${{ github.event.repository.full_name }}/commit/${{ env.GIT_HASH }}. Version: ${{ env.VERSION }}"
-
-    - name: Push changes
-      uses: ad-m/github-push-action@master
+    - name: Maven publish action
+      uses: RiV-chain/github-publish-maven-action@main
       with:
-        github_token: ${{ secrets.MAVEN_PAT }}
-        repository: RiV-chain/artifact
-        force_with_lease: true
+        gh_pat: ${{ secrets.MAVEN_PAT }}
+        artifact_repo: 'RiV-chain/artifact'
+        gradle_file_path: './gradlew'
+        java_version: '8'