diff --git a/.github/workflows/push.yml b/.github/workflows/push.yml
index d9392ff6..77058028 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/push.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/push.yml
@@ -22,9 +22,16 @@ env:
   SWO_EMAIL: ${{ secrets.SWO_EMAIL }}
   SWO_PWORD: ${{ secrets.SWO_PWORD }}
   STAGE_BUCKET: ${{ secrets.STAGE_BUCKET }}
+  GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+  SONATYPE_USERNAME: ${{ secrets.SONATYPE_USERNAME }}
+  SONATYPE_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.SONATYPE_TOKEN }}
+  GPG_PRIVATE_KEY: ${{ secrets.GPG_PRIVATE_KEY }}
+  GPG_PRIVATE_KEY_PASSPHRASE: ${{ secrets.GPG_PRIVATE_KEY_PASSPHRASE }}
 
 jobs:
   s3-stage-upload:  # this job uploads the jar to stage s3
+    needs:
+      - maven_snapshot_release
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
@@ -309,6 +316,12 @@ jobs:
           java-version: '17'
           distribution: 'temurin'
 
+      - name: Set agent version env
+        run: |
+          ./gradlew build -x test
+          GIT_HASH=$(git rev-parse --short "$GITHUB_SHA")
+          echo "AGENT_VERSION=$(cd agent/build/libs && unzip -p solarwinds-apm-agent.jar META-INF/MANIFEST.MF | grep Implementation-Version | awk '{ print $2 }' | sed 's/[^a-z0-9.-]//g').$GIT_HASH" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+
       - name: Run application
         working-directory: smoke-tests
         run: |
@@ -420,3 +433,28 @@ jobs:
       - name: Docker logout
         if: always()
         run: docker logout
+
+  maven_snapshot_release:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    env:
+      SNAPSHOT_BUILD: true
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Set up JDK 17
+        uses: actions/setup-java@v4
+        with:
+          java-version: '17'
+          distribution: 'temurin'
+
+      - name: Setup Gradle
+        uses: gradle/actions/setup-gradle@v3
+
+      - name: Set agent version env
+        run: |
+          ./gradlew build -x test
+          GIT_HASH=$(git rev-parse --short "$GITHUB_SHA")
+          echo "AGENT_VERSION=$(cd agent/build/libs && unzip -p solarwinds-apm-agent.jar META-INF/MANIFEST.MF | grep Implementation-Version | awk '{ print $2 }' | sed 's/[^a-z0-9.-]//g').$GIT_HASH" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+
+      - name: Publish
+        run: ./gradlew publish
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/smoke-tests/netty-test/build.gradle.kts b/smoke-tests/netty-test/build.gradle.kts
index 73924ce2..1aa49269 100644
--- a/smoke-tests/netty-test/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/smoke-tests/netty-test/build.gradle.kts
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import java.net.URI
+
 /*
  * © SolarWinds Worldwide, LLC. All rights reserved.
  *
@@ -25,10 +27,19 @@ version = "unspecified"
 
 repositories {
     mavenCentral()
+    maven {
+        url = URI.create("https://s01.oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots/")
+        credentials {
+            username = System.getenv("SONATYPE_USERNAME")
+            password = System.getenv("SONATYPE_TOKEN")
+        }
+    }
 }
 
+val sdkVersion = System.getenv("AGENT_VERSION") ?: "2.6.0"
 dependencies {
     implementation("io.netty:netty-common:4.1.94.Final")
+    implementation("io.github.appoptics:solarwinds-otel-sdk:$sdkVersion-SNAPSHOT")
     testImplementation(platform("org.junit:junit-bom:5.9.1"))
     testImplementation("org.junit.jupiter:junit-jupiter")
 }
@@ -38,7 +49,6 @@ tasks.test {
 }
 
 val swoAgentPath = project.buildDir.toString() + "/swo/solarwinds-apm-agent.jar"
-
 fun getAgentPath(downloadPath: String) = if (System.getenv("AGENT_PATH") == null) downloadPath
 else System.getenv("AGENT_PATH")
 
diff --git a/smoke-tests/netty-test/src/main/java/com/solarwinds/netty/NettyApp.java b/smoke-tests/netty-test/src/main/java/com/solarwinds/netty/NettyApp.java
index cde783c6..4086bbe7 100644
--- a/smoke-tests/netty-test/src/main/java/com/solarwinds/netty/NettyApp.java
+++ b/smoke-tests/netty-test/src/main/java/com/solarwinds/netty/NettyApp.java
@@ -17,11 +17,13 @@
 package com.solarwinds.netty;
 
 import io.netty.util.NetUtil;
+import com.solarwinds.api.ext.SolarwindsAgent;
 
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 
 public class NettyApp {
     public static void main(String[] args){
+        SolarwindsAgent.setTransactionName("hello world!");
         System.out.printf("Number of interfaces: %d%n",NetUtil.NETWORK_INTERFACES.size());
         try {
             TimeUnit.MINUTES.sleep(1);
diff --git a/solarwinds-otel-sdk/build.gradle b/solarwinds-otel-sdk/build.gradle
index 793010b4..0211530a 100644
--- a/solarwinds-otel-sdk/build.gradle
+++ b/solarwinds-otel-sdk/build.gradle
@@ -83,9 +83,12 @@ publishing {
             name = 'Apache License, Version 2.0'
           }
         }
+
         groupId = 'io.github.appoptics'
         artifactId = "${archivesBaseName}"
-        version = "${versions.agent}"
+        def sdkVersion = System.getenv("AGENT_VERSION") ?: "2.6.0"
+        version = Boolean.parseBoolean(System.getenv("SNAPSHOT_BUILD")) ? "$sdkVersion-SNAPSHOT" : "${versions.agent}"
+
         from components.java
         artifact sourcesJar
         artifact javadocJar
@@ -93,10 +96,14 @@ publishing {
     }
     publishToMavenLocal
   }
+
   repositories {
     maven {
       name = "OSSRH"
-      url = "https://s01.oss.sonatype.org/service/local/staging/deploy/maven2/"
+      def releasesRepoUrl = "https://s01.oss.sonatype.org/service/local/staging/deploy/maven2/"
+      def snapshotsRepoUrl = "https://s01.oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots/"
+
+      url = Boolean.parseBoolean(System.getenv("SNAPSHOT_BUILD")) ? snapshotsRepoUrl : releasesRepoUrl
       credentials {
         username = System.getenv("SONATYPE_USERNAME")
         password = System.getenv("SONATYPE_TOKEN")
@@ -115,7 +122,6 @@ signing {
   sign publishing.publications.mavenJava
 }
 
-
 test {
   useJUnitPlatform()
   testLogging {