diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-and-publish.yaml b/.github/workflows/build-and-publish.yaml
index 73e9453..f8f2c79 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-and-publish.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-and-publish.yaml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ on:
 jobs:
   build-and-publish:
     name: Java Gradle
-    uses: bakdata/ci-templates/.github/workflows/java-gradle-plugin.yaml@1.41.0
+    uses: bakdata/ci-templates/.github/workflows/java-gradle-plugin.yaml@1.42.0
     secrets:
       sonar-token: ${{ secrets.SONARCLOUD_TOKEN }}
       sonar-organization: ${{ secrets.SONARCLOUD_ORGANIZATION }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yaml b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
index 57b7dcd..7772893 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ on:
 jobs:
   java-gradle-release:
     name: Java Gradle
-    uses: bakdata/ci-templates/.github/workflows/java-gradle-release.yaml@1.41.0
+    uses: bakdata/ci-templates/.github/workflows/java-gradle-release.yaml@1.42.0
     with:
       release-type: "${{ inputs.release-type }}"
     secrets:
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 3a542fd..72e9948 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -49,3 +49,23 @@ By just using the gradle-avro-plugin, you would not be able to compile the schem
 because the schema for `com.bakdata.kafka.DeadLetter` is not present in the project.
 It is located in the `com.bakdata.kafka:error-handling` dependency
 and our plugin adds it to the classpath of the Avro compiler.
+
+## Development
+
+Snapshot versions of these plugins are published to Sonatype.
+You can use them in your project by adding the following snippet to your `build.gradle.kts`
+
+```
+buildscript {
+  repositories {
+    maven {
+      url = uri("https://s01.oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots")
+    }
+  }
+  dependencies {
+    classpath("com.bakdata.gradle:avro:0.0.1-SNAPSHOT")
+  }
+}
+
+apply(plugin = "com.bakdata.avro")
+```
diff --git a/build.gradle.kts b/build.gradle.kts
index 74451fe..272cd4b 100644
--- a/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/build.gradle.kts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ plugins {
     // release
     id("net.researchgate.release") version "3.0.2"
     id("com.bakdata.sonar") version "1.1.17"
-    id("com.bakdata.sonatype") version "1.2.1"
+    id("com.bakdata.sonatype") version "1.2.2"
     id("org.hildan.github.changelog") version "1.13.1"
     id("org.gradle.kotlin.kotlin-dsl") version "2.1.6" apply false
     id("com.gradle.plugin-publish") version "1.2.1" apply false
@@ -43,41 +43,38 @@ subprojects {
         targetCompatibility = JavaVersion.VERSION_11
     }
 
-    dependencies {
-        "testRuntimeOnly"("org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter-engine:5.7.2")
-        "testImplementation"("org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter-api:5.7.2")
-        "testImplementation"("org.assertj", "assertj-core", "3.20.2")
+    apply(plugin = "java-gradle-plugin")
+
+    // config for gradle plugin portal doesn't support snapshot, so we add config only if release version
+    if (!version.toString().endsWith("-SNAPSHOT")) {
+        apply(plugin = "com.gradle.plugin-publish")
     }
-}
 
-// config for gradle plugin portal
-// doesn't support snapshot, so we add config only if release version
-if (!version.toString().endsWith("-SNAPSHOT")) {
-    subprojects.forEach { project ->
-        with(project) {
-            // com.gradle.plugin-publish depends on java-gradle-plugin, but it screws a bit this project
-            apply(plugin = "java-gradle-plugin")
-            apply(plugin = "com.gradle.plugin-publish")
-            project.afterEvaluate {
-                // java-gradle-plugin requires this block, but we already added the definitions in META-INF for unit testing...
-                configure<GradlePluginDevelopmentExtension> {
-                    plugins {
-                        create("${project.name.capitalize()}Plugin") {
-                            id = "com.bakdata.${project.name}"
-                            implementationClass = "com.bakdata.gradle.${project.name.capitalize()}Plugin"
-                            description = project.description
-                            displayName = "Bakdata $name plugin"
-                        }
-                    }
-                }
-                // actual block of plugin portal config, need to be done on each subproject as the plugin does not support multi-module projects yet...
-                configure<com.gradle.publish.PluginBundleExtension> {
-                    website = "https://github.com/bakdata/gradle-avro-dependency-plugin"
-                    vcsUrl = "https://github.com/bakdata/gradle-avro-dependency-plugin"
-                    tags = listOf("bakdata", name)
+    // description is only ready after evaluation
+    afterEvaluate {
+        configure<GradlePluginDevelopmentExtension> {
+            plugins {
+                create("${project.name.capitalize()}Plugin") {
+                    id = "com.bakdata.${project.name}"
+                    implementationClass = "com.bakdata.gradle.${project.name.capitalize()}Plugin"
+                    description = project.description
+                    displayName = "Bakdata $name plugin"
                 }
             }
         }
+
+        extensions.findByType(com.gradle.publish.PluginBundleExtension::class)?.apply {
+            // actual block of plugin portal config, need to be done on each subproject as the plugin does not support multi-module projects yet...
+            website = "https://github.com/bakdata/gradle-avro-dependency-plugin"
+            vcsUrl = "https://github.com/bakdata/gradle-avro-dependency-plugin"
+            tags = listOf("bakdata", name)
+        }
+    }
+
+    dependencies {
+        "testRuntimeOnly"("org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter-engine:5.7.2")
+        "testImplementation"("org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter-api:5.7.2")
+        "testImplementation"("org.assertj", "assertj-core", "3.20.2")
     }
 }