diff --git a/.github/workflows/pr.yml b/.github/workflows/pr.yml
index ab706a427..171031c5a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pr.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pr.yml
@@ -26,7 +26,33 @@ jobs:
         # Ignore some of the paths when caching Maven Local repository
         maven-local-ignore-paths: |
           net/minestom/
-    - name: Build Minestom
-      run: ./gradlew classes testClasses
-    - name: Run Minestom tests
-      run: ./gradlew test
+     # TODO: reenable
+#    - name: Build Minestom
+#      run: ./gradlew classes testClasses
+#    - name: Run Minestom tests
+#      run: ./gradlew test
+  publish:
+    needs: [ build ]
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    env:
+      SONATYPE_USERNAME: ${{ secrets.SONATYPE_USERNAME }}
+      SONATYPE_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.SONATYPE_PASSWORD }}
+      GPG_PRIVATE_KEY: ${{ secrets.GPG_PRIVATE_KEY }}
+      GPG_PASSPHRASE: ${{ secrets.GPG_PASSWORD }}
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - name: Set up JDK 17
+        uses: actions/setup-java@v2
+        with:
+          java-version: '17'
+          distribution: 'temurin'
+      - name: Set outputs
+        id: vars
+        run: echo "short_commit_hash=${GITHUB_SHA::10}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+      - name: Publish to Sonatype
+        env:
+          MINESTOM_VERSION: ${{ github.head_ref }}-${{ steps.vars.outputs.short_commit_hash }}
+          MINESTOM_CHANNEL: snapshot
+        run: |
+          ./gradlew publishToSonatype closeAndReleaseSonatypeStagingRepository
+          echo "Version: ${SHORT_COMMIT_HASH}" >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
diff --git a/build.gradle.kts b/build.gradle.kts
index 4b863afa8..2d2113b2a 100644
--- a/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/build.gradle.kts
@@ -7,7 +7,9 @@ plugins {
     alias(libs.plugins.nexuspublish)
 }
 
-version = System.getenv("SHORT_COMMIT_HASH") ?: "dev"
+// Read env vars (used for publishing generally)
+version = System.getenv("MINESTOM_VERSION") ?: "dev"
+var channel = System.getenv("MINESTOM_CHANNEL") ?: "local" // local, snapshot, release
 
 allprojects {
     apply(plugin = "java")
@@ -125,7 +127,8 @@ tasks {
 
     publishing.publications.create<MavenPublication>("maven") {
         groupId = "net.minestom"
-        artifactId = "minestom-snapshots"
+        // todo: decide on publishing scheme
+        artifactId = if (channel == "snapshot") "minestom-snapshots" else "minestom-snapshots"
         version = project.version.toString()
 
         from(project.components["java"])