diff --git a/android/build.gradle b/android/build.gradle
index 7705f4c..2d46d28 100644
--- a/android/build.gradle
+++ b/android/build.gradle
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ buildscript {
     dependencies {
         classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:9.4.1'
         if (System.getenv("CAP_PLUGIN_PUBLISH") == "true") {
-            classpath 'io.github.gradle-nexus:publish-plugin:1.3.0'
+            classpath 'io.github.gradle-nexus:publish-plugin:2.0.0'
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/android/settings.gradle b/android/settings.gradle
index 1e5b843..4f3a143 100644
--- a/android/settings.gradle
+++ b/android/settings.gradle
@@ -1,2 +1,4 @@
-include ':capacitor-android'
-project(':capacitor-android').projectDir = new File('../node_modules/@capacitor/android/capacitor')
\ No newline at end of file
+if (System.getenv("CAP_PLUGIN_PUBLISH") != "true") {
+    include ':capacitor-android'
+    project(':capacitor-android').projectDir = new File('../node_modules/@capacitor/android/capacitor')
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/scripts/android/publish-module.gradle b/scripts/android/publish-module.gradle
index bea1e3f..dc2e716 100644
--- a/scripts/android/publish-module.gradle
+++ b/scripts/android/publish-module.gradle
@@ -17,10 +17,6 @@ task androidSourcesJar(type: Jar) {
     }
 }
 
-artifacts {
-    archives androidSourcesJar
-}
-
 group = 'com.capacitorjs'
 version = LIB_VERSION
 
diff --git a/scripts/publish-android.sh b/scripts/publish-android.sh
index b425b54..6df89e2 100644
--- a/scripts/publish-android.sh
+++ b/scripts/publish-android.sh
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ publish_plugin_android () {
                 export PLUGIN_SCM="github.com:ionic-team/capacitor-camera"
 
                 # Build and publish
-                "$ANDROID_PATH"/gradlew clean build publishReleasePublicationToSonatypeRepository closeAndReleaseSonatypeStagingRepository --no-daemon --max-workers 1 -b "$ANDROID_PATH"/build.gradle -Pandroid.useAndroidX=true > $LOG_OUTPUT 2>&1
+                (cd "$ANDROID_PATH" && ./gradlew clean build publishReleasePublicationToSonatypeRepository closeAndReleaseSonatypeStagingRepository --no-daemon --max-workers 1 -Pandroid.useAndroidX=true) > $LOG_OUTPUT 2>&1
 
                 if grep --quiet "BUILD SUCCESSFUL" $LOG_OUTPUT; then
                     printf %"s\n\n" "Success: $PLUGIN_NAME published to MavenCentral."