diff --git a/DEPENDENCIES b/DEPENDENCIES
index 4298b1e3..092025c4 100644
--- a/DEPENDENCIES
+++ b/DEPENDENCIES
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ maven/mavencentral/commons-logging/commons-logging/1.2, Apache-2.0, approved, CQ
 maven/mavencentral/dev.failsafe/failsafe/3.3.2, Apache-2.0, approved, #9268
 maven/mavencentral/gradle.plugin.org.gradle.crypto/checksum/1.4.0, Apache-2.0, approved, #9667
 maven/mavencentral/info.picocli/picocli/4.7.6, Apache-2.0, approved, #4365
-maven/mavencentral/io.github.gradle-nexus/publish-plugin/1.3.0, Apache-2.0 AND (Apache-2.0 AND BSD-3-Clause AND CPL-1.0 AND LGPL-2.1-only AND LGPL-2.1-or-later AND MIT AND LicenseRef-Permission-Notice), approved, #10359
+maven/mavencentral/io.github.gradle-nexus/publish-plugin/2.0.0, , restricted, clearlydefined
 maven/mavencentral/io.opentelemetry/opentelemetry-api/1.32.0, Apache-2.0, approved, #11682
 maven/mavencentral/io.opentelemetry/opentelemetry-context/1.32.0, Apache-2.0, approved, #11683
 maven/mavencentral/io.swagger.core.v3/swagger-annotations/2.1.5, Apache-2.0, approved, clearlydefined
@@ -116,7 +116,6 @@ maven/mavencentral/org.eclipse.edc/autodoc-processor/+, Apache-2.0, approved, te
 maven/mavencentral/org.eclipse.edc/boot-spi/0.8.2-SNAPSHOT, Apache-2.0, approved, technology.edc
 maven/mavencentral/org.eclipse.edc/core-spi/0.8.2-SNAPSHOT, Apache-2.0, approved, technology.edc
 maven/mavencentral/org.eclipse.edc/policy-model/0.8.2-SNAPSHOT, Apache-2.0, approved, technology.edc
-maven/mavencentral/org.eclipse.edc/runtime-metamodel/0.7.2-20240710-SNAPSHOT, Apache-2.0, approved, technology.edc
 maven/mavencentral/org.eclipse.edc/runtime-metamodel/0.8.2-SNAPSHOT, Apache-2.0, approved, technology.edc
 maven/mavencentral/org.glassfish.web/javax.el/2.2.6, CDDL-1.0 OR GPL-2.0-only WITH Classpath-exception-2.0, approved, #1654
 maven/mavencentral/org.hibernate.validator/hibernate-validator-annotation-processor/6.0.2.Final, Apache-2.0 AND LicenseRef-Public-Domain, approved, CQ20221
diff --git a/gradle/libs.versions.toml b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
index e644e9c0..e0bbb7a6 100644
--- a/gradle/libs.versions.toml
+++ b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ jupiter-engine = { module = "org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter-engine", version.re
 markdown-gen = { module = "net.steppschuh.markdowngenerator:markdowngenerator", version = "1.3.1.1" }
 mockito-core = { module = "org.mockito:mockito-core", version.ref = "mockito" }
 plugin-checksum = { module = "gradle.plugin.org.gradle.crypto:checksum", version = "1.4.0" }
-plugin-nexus-publish = { module = "io.github.gradle-nexus:publish-plugin", version = "1.3.0" }
+plugin-nexus-publish = { module = "io.github.gradle-nexus:publish-plugin", version = "2.0.0" }
 plugin-openapi-merger = { module = "com.rameshkp:openapi-merger-gradle-plugin", version = "1.0.5" }
 plugin-openapi-merger-app = { module = "com.rameshkp:openapi-merger-app", version = "1.0.5" }
 plugin-swagger = { module = "io.swagger.core.v3:swagger-gradle-plugin", version.ref = "swagger" }