diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-publish.yml b/.github/workflows/build-publish.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b57f753
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-publish.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+name: Build and Publish
+
+# Thin caller around the shared reusable workflow in
+# NrgXnat/xnat-ci-workflows. Plugin variant — no GHCR Docker image
+# (plugins ship a jar to JFrog only).
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - main
+      - develop
+      - 'releases/*'   # RC / release branches, e.g. releases/1.6.0-rc
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      publish_jfrog:
+        description: 'Publish jar to JFrog Artifactory (nrgxnat)'
+        type: boolean
+        default: false
+
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+  packages: write   # required by reusable workflow's publish-ghcr job (gated by if: inputs.publish-ghcr but parsed at startup)
+
+jobs:
+  build-publish:
+    uses: NrgXnat/xnat-ci-workflows/.github/workflows/gradle-build-publish.yml@v1
+    with:
+      # ──── Artifact ────
+      artifact-glob: 'build/libs/*.jar'
+      artifact-name: 'ml-schema-plugin-jar'
+
+      # ──── JFrog ────
+      # On any push to a triggered branch: publish. On dispatch: only when publish_jfrog ticked.
+      publish-jfrog: ${{ github.event_name == 'push' || inputs.publish_jfrog }}
+
+      # publish-ghcr deliberately omitted — defaults to false in the reusable workflow.
+
+    # secrets: inherit passes XNAT_ARTIFACTORY_USER/TOKEN (org-level) and
+    # the auto-injected GITHUB_TOKEN through to the reusable workflow.
+    secrets: inherit
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-cut-rc.yml b/.github/workflows/release-cut-rc.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b54e824
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-cut-rc.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+name: Release - Cut RC Branch
+
+# Thin caller around the shared reusable workflow in NrgXnat/xnat-ci-workflows.
+# Cuts a `releases/<release>-rc` branch from source_branch and bumps
+# source_branch to the next dev version. All release-cut logic lives in the
+# reusable workflow; this file only defines our triggers + inputs.
+
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      next_dev_version:
+        description: 'Next dev SNAPSHOT version (e.g. 1.7.0-SNAPSHOT)'
+        type: string
+        required: true
+      source_branch:
+        description: 'Branch to cut from (default: develop)'
+        type: string
+        required: false
+        default: develop
+      trigger_build:
+        description: 'After cut, dispatch build/publish on RC and source_branch'
+        type: boolean
+        required: false
+        default: true
+
+permissions:
+  contents: write
+  actions:  write   # dispatch build-publish workflow
+
+jobs:
+  cut-rc:
+    uses: NrgXnat/xnat-ci-workflows/.github/workflows/gradle-release-cut-rc.yml@v1
+    with:
+      next_dev_version: ${{ inputs.next_dev_version }}
+      source_branch:    ${{ inputs.source_branch }}
+      trigger_build:    ${{ inputs.trigger_build }}
+    secrets: inherit
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-promote.yml b/.github/workflows/release-promote.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..09416fb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-promote.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+name: Release - Promote RC to Main
+
+# Thin caller around the shared reusable workflow in NrgXnat/xnat-ci-workflows.
+# Promotes a stabilized RC branch to a tagged release on target_main. All
+# release-promote logic lives in the reusable workflow; this file only defines
+# our triggers + inputs.
+
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      rc_branch:
+        description: 'RC branch to promote (e.g. releases/1.6.0-rc)'
+        type: string
+        required: true
+      target_main:
+        description: 'Branch to merge into (default main)'
+        type: string
+        required: false
+        default: main
+      trigger_build:
+        description: 'After promote, dispatch build/publish on target_main'
+        type: boolean
+        required: false
+        default: true
+
+permissions:
+  contents: write   # push RC/main + create tag
+  actions:  write   # dispatch build-publish workflow
+
+jobs:
+  promote:
+    uses: NrgXnat/xnat-ci-workflows/.github/workflows/gradle-release-promote.yml@v1
+    with:
+      rc_branch:     ${{ inputs.rc_branch }}
+      target_main:   ${{ inputs.target_main }}
+      trigger_build: ${{ inputs.trigger_build }}
+    secrets: inherit
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index c5fdffa..f66932c 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -8,23 +8,23 @@
 
 buildscript {
     ext {
-        vXnat = "1.8.10"
+        vXnat = "1.10.1-SNAPSHOT"
+        vDatasetsSchema = "1.2.0-SNAPSHOT"
     }
     dependencies {
-        classpath "org.nrg.xnatx.plugins:datasets-schema-plugin:1.0.0-SNAPSHOT"    
+        classpath "org.nrg.xnatx.plugins:datasets-schema-plugin:${vDatasetsSchema}"
     }
 }
 
 plugins {
     id "java"
     id "maven-publish"
-    id "io.spring.dependency-management" version "1.1.0"
-    id "net.linguica.maven-settings" version "0.5"
+    id "io.spring.dependency-management" version "1.1.7"
     id "org.nrg.xnat.build.xnat-data-builder" version "${vXnat}"
 }
 
 group "org.nrg.xnatx.plugins"
-version "1.1.0"
+version "1.2.0-SNAPSHOT"
 
 description = "ML Schema Plugin"
 
@@ -50,9 +50,7 @@ dependencies {
     implementation("org.nrg.xnat:web") {
         transitive = false
     }
-    implementation("org.nrg.xnat:xnat-data-models") {
-        transitive = false
-    }
+    // xnat-data-models merged into xnat-web in monorepo 1.10
     implementation("org.nrg.xdat:core") {
         transitive = false
     }
@@ -65,7 +63,7 @@ dependencies {
         transitive = false
     }
 
-    implementation "org.nrg.xnatx.plugins:datasets-schema-plugin:1.0.0-SNAPSHOT"
+    implementation "org.nrg.xnatx.plugins:datasets-schema-plugin:${vDatasetsSchema}"
     implementation "org.slf4j:slf4j-api"
     implementation "org.slf4j:log4j-over-slf4j"
 }
@@ -73,7 +71,7 @@ dependencies {
 // Apply a specific Java toolchain to ease working on different environments.
 java {
     toolchain {
-        languageVersion = JavaLanguageVersion.of(8)
+        languageVersion = JavaLanguageVersion.of(21)
     }
 }
 
@@ -85,9 +83,17 @@ publishing {
     }
     repositories {
         maven {
-            url "https://nrgxnat.jfrog.io/nrgxnat/libs-${project.version.endsWith("-SNAPSHOT") ? "snapshot" : "release"}"
-            // The value for name must match <id> in ~/.m2/settings.xml
             name = "XNAT_Artifactory"
+            url = project.version.toString().endsWith("-SNAPSHOT")
+                ? "https://nrgxnat.jfrog.io/nrgxnat/libs-snapshot-local"
+                : "https://nrgxnat.jfrog.io/nrgxnat/libs-release-local"
+            // CI injects ORG_GRADLE_PROJECT_artifactoryUser/Token env vars (Gradle maps
+            // these to project properties). Local devs can set artifactoryUser/Token in
+            // ~/.gradle/gradle.properties. Mirrors monorepo's buildSrc convention.
+            credentials {
+                username = (project.findProperty("artifactoryUser")  ?: System.getenv("ARTIFACTORY_USER"))  ?: ""
+                password = (project.findProperty("artifactoryToken") ?: System.getenv("ARTIFACTORY_TOKEN")) ?: ""
+            }
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
index b82aa23..c61a118 100644
--- a/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
+++ b/gradle/wrapper/gradle-wrapper.properties
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 distributionBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME
 distributionPath=wrapper/dists
-distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-8.7-bin.zip
+distributionUrl=https\://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-9.4.1-bin.zip
 networkTimeout=10000
 validateDistributionUrl=true
 zipStoreBase=GRADLE_USER_HOME