diff --git a/persistence-service-v1/persistence-service-external-api-v1/build.gradle.kts b/persistence-service-v1/persistence-service-external-api-v1/build.gradle.kts
index 2521e5d8b..cac83429a 100644
--- a/persistence-service-v1/persistence-service-external-api-v1/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/persistence-service-v1/persistence-service-external-api-v1/build.gradle.kts
@@ -1,9 +1,5 @@
-import org.springframework.boot.gradle.tasks.bundling.BootBuildImage
-import org.springframework.boot.gradle.tasks.bundling.BootJar
-
 plugins {
     id("com.iqser.red.service.java-conventions")
-    id("org.springframework.boot") version "3.1.3"
 }
 
 dependencies {
@@ -27,34 +23,19 @@ dependencies {
 
 description = "persistence-service-external-api-v1"
 
-tasks.getByName<BootJar>("bootJar") {
-    enabled = false
-}
-
-tasks.getByName<Jar>("jar") {
-    enabled = true
-}
-
-tasks.named<BootBuildImage>("bootBuildImage") {
-
-    environment.put("BPE_DELIM_JAVA_TOOL_OPTIONS", " ")
-    environment.put("BPE_APPEND_JAVA_TOOL_OPTIONS", "-Dfile.encoding=UTF-8")
-
-    imageName.set("nexus.knecon.com:5001/red/${project.name}:${project.version}")
-    if (project.hasProperty("buildbootDockerHostNetwork")) {
-        network.set("host")
-    }
-    docker {
-        if (project.hasProperty("buildbootDockerHostNetwork")) {
-            bindHostToBuilder.set(true)
+publishing {
+    publications {
+        create<MavenPublication>(name) {
+            from(components["java"])
         }
-        verboseLogging.set(true)
-
-        publishRegistry {
-            username.set(providers.gradleProperty("mavenUser").getOrNull())
-            password.set(providers.gradleProperty("mavenPassword").getOrNull())
-            email.set(providers.gradleProperty("mavenEmail").getOrNull())
-            url.set("https://nexus.knecon.com:5001/")
+    }
+    repositories {
+        maven {
+            url = uri("https://nexus.knecon.com/repository/red-platform-releases/")
+            credentials {
+                username = providers.gradleProperty("mavenUser").getOrNull();
+                password = providers.gradleProperty("mavenPassword").getOrNull();
+            }
         }
     }
 }
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