diff --git a/.github/workflows/fineract-client-publish.yml b/.github/workflows/fineract-client-publish.yml
index aea00d6485..7146c46c8f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/fineract-client-publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/fineract-client-publish.yml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ on:
       - develop
 
 permissions:
-  contents: read
+  contents: write
 
 jobs:
   build:
@@ -17,6 +17,10 @@ jobs:
 
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - name: Generate build number
+        uses: onyxmueller/build-tag-number@v1
+        with:
+          token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
       - name: Set up JDK 17
         uses: actions/setup-java@v3
         with:
@@ -24,4 +28,4 @@ jobs:
           distribution: 'zulu'
           cache: gradle
       - name: Build the image
-        run: ./gradlew publish -Pfineract.config.username=$ARTIFACTORY_USERNAME -Pfineract.config.password=$ARTIFACTORY_PASSWORD
+        run: ./gradlew publish -Pfineract.config.username=$ARTIFACTORY_USERNAME -Pfineract.config.password=$ARTIFACTORY_PASSWORD -Pfineract.release.version=${BUILD_NUMBER}
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 07f0069e94..e2548d4914 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -734,7 +734,11 @@ configure(project.fineractPublishProjects) {
             mavenJava(MavenPublication) {
                 groupId 'org.apache.fineract'
                 artifactId project.name
-                version "${project.version}-SNAPSHOT"
+                if (project.hasProperty('fineract.release.version')) {
+                    version "${project.version}"
+                } else {
+                    version "${project.version}-SNAPSHOT"
+                }
 
                 from components.java
 
@@ -772,7 +776,7 @@ configure(project.fineractPublishProjects) {
 
             maven {
                 name 'mifos'
-                url hasProperty('fineract.release.version') ? releaseUrl : stagingUrl
+                url project.hasProperty('fineract.release.version') ? releaseUrl : stagingUrl
                 credentials {
                     username "${findProperty('fineract.config.username')}"
                     password "${findProperty('fineract.config.password')}"