diff --git a/.github/workflows/release_plugin.yml b/.github/workflows/release_plugin.yml
index 3701d34..ea7705d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release_plugin.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release_plugin.yml
@@ -55,3 +55,15 @@ jobs:
     secrets:
       COCOAPODS_TRUNK_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.COCOAPODS_TRUNK_TOKEN }}
       CAP_GH_RELEASE_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.CAP_GH_RELEASE_TOKEN }}
+
+  publish-android:
+    needs: release
+    uses: ./.github/workflows/publish_maven_central.yml
+    secrets:
+      ANDROID_CENTRAL_USERNAME: ${{ secrets.ANDROID_CENTRAL_USERNAME }}
+      ANDROID_CENTRAL_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.ANDROID_CENTRAL_PASSWORD }}
+      ANDROID_SIGNING_KEY_ID: ${{ secrets.ANDROID_SIGNING_KEY_ID }}
+      ANDROID_SIGNING_KEY: ${{ secrets.ANDROID_SIGNING_KEY }}
+      ANDROID_SIGNING_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.ANDROID_SIGNING_PASSWORD }}
+      ANDROID_SONATYPE_STAGING_PROFILE_ID: ${{ secrets.ANDROID_SONATYPE_STAGING_PROFILE_ID }}
+      CAP_GH_RELEASE_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.CAP_GH_RELEASE_TOKEN }}
diff --git a/packages/capacitor-plugin/android/build.gradle b/packages/capacitor-plugin/android/build.gradle
index ce3f263..6a647cc 100644
--- a/packages/capacitor-plugin/android/build.gradle
+++ b/packages/capacitor-plugin/android/build.gradle
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 ext {
+    capacitorVersion = System.getenv('CAPACITOR_VERSION')
     junitVersion = project.hasProperty('junitVersion') ? rootProject.ext.junitVersion : '4.13.2'
     androidxAppCompatVersion = project.hasProperty('androidxAppCompatVersion') ? rootProject.ext.androidxAppCompatVersion : '1.7.1'
     androidxJunitVersion = project.hasProperty('androidxJunitVersion') ? rootProject.ext.androidxJunitVersion : '1.3.0'
@@ -11,15 +12,26 @@ buildscript {
     repositories {
         google()
         mavenCentral()
+        maven {
+            url = "https://plugins.gradle.org/m2/"
+        }
     }
     dependencies {
         classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:8.13.0'
         classpath "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-gradle-plugin:$kotlin_version"
+        if (System.getenv("CAP_PLUGIN_PUBLISH") == "true") {
+            classpath 'io.github.gradle-nexus:publish-plugin:1.3.0'
+        }
     }
 }
 
 apply plugin: 'com.android.library'
 apply plugin: 'kotlin-android'
+if (System.getenv("CAP_PLUGIN_PUBLISH") == "true") {
+    apply plugin: 'io.github.gradle-nexus.publish-plugin'
+    apply from: file('../../../scripts/android/publish-root.gradle')
+    apply from: file('../../../scripts/android/publish-module.gradle')
+}
 
 android {
     namespace = "com.capacitorjs.plugins.filesystem"
@@ -58,6 +70,13 @@ repositories {
 
 dependencies {
     implementation fileTree(dir: 'libs', include: ['*.jar'])
+
+    if (System.getenv("CAP_PLUGIN_PUBLISH") == "true") {
+        implementation "com.capacitorjs:core:$capacitorVersion"
+    } else {
+        implementation project(':capacitor-android')
+    }
+
     implementation "io.ionic.libs:ionfilesystem-android:1.1.0"
     implementation project(':capacitor-android')
     implementation "androidx.appcompat:appcompat:$androidxAppCompatVersion"