diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index c73e95ad..18b675bc 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -105,6 +105,7 @@ release {
     failOnPublishNeeded = false
 
     buildTasks = ["build"]
+    failOnSnapshotDependencies = true
     versionPropertyFile = 'gradle.properties'
     tagTemplate = 'v$version'
 
diff --git a/log-ballerina/build.gradle b/log-ballerina/build.gradle
index cfc34f71..24512726 100644
--- a/log-ballerina/build.gradle
+++ b/log-ballerina/build.gradle
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ task copyStdlibs(type: Copy) {
     }
 }
 
-task updateTomlVerions {
+task updateTomlVersions {
     doLast {
         def newConfig = ballerinaConfigFile.text.replace("@project.version@", project.version)
         newConfig = newConfig.replace("@toml.version@", tomlVersion)
@@ -123,8 +123,12 @@ task initializeVariables {
     }
 
     gradle.taskGraph.whenReady { graph ->
-        if (graph.hasTask(":${packageName}-ballerina:build") || graph.hasTask(":${packageName}-ballerina:publish")) {
+        if (graph.hasTask(":${packageName}-ballerina:build") ||
+                graph.hasTask(":${packageName}-ballerina:publish") ||
+                graph.hasTask(":${packageName}-ballerina:publishToMavenLocal")) {
             ballerinaTest.enabled = false
+        } else {
+            ballerinaTest.enabled = true
         }
 
         if (graph.hasTask(":${packageName}-ballerina:test")) {
@@ -206,6 +210,9 @@ task ballerinaBuild {
 
 task ballerinaPublish {
     doLast {
+        if (project.version.endsWith('-SNAPSHOT')) {
+            return
+        }
         if (ballerinaCentralAccessToken != null) {
             println("Publishing to the ballerina central...")
             exec {
@@ -217,6 +224,8 @@ task ballerinaPublish {
                     commandLine 'sh', '-c', "$distributionBinPath/bal push ${packageName}"
                 }
             }
+        } else {
+            throw new InvalidUserDataException("Central Access Token is not present")
         }
     }
 }
@@ -229,7 +238,7 @@ task createArtifactZip(type: Zip) {
 task createTestableJarZip(type: Zip) {
     archiveName("${packageOrg}-${packageName}-${project.version}-testable-jars.zip")
     destinationDir(file("${buildDir}/distributions"))
-    from ("${artifactTestableJar}") {
+    from("${artifactTestableJar}") {
         include '**/*-testable.jar'
     }
 }
@@ -261,7 +270,7 @@ copyStdlibs.dependsOn unpackJballerinaTools
 ballerinaTest.dependsOn ":${packageName}-native:build"
 ballerinaTest.dependsOn ":${packageName}-test-utils:build"
 ballerinaTest.dependsOn copyStdlibs
-ballerinaTest.dependsOn updateTomlVerions
+ballerinaTest.dependsOn updateTomlVersions
 ballerinaTest.dependsOn initializeVariables
 ballerinaTest.finalizedBy revertTomlFile
 test.dependsOn ballerinaTest
@@ -270,13 +279,18 @@ test.dependsOn ballerinaTest
 ballerinaBuild.dependsOn ":${packageName}-native:build"
 ballerinaBuild.dependsOn ":${packageName}-test-utils:build"
 ballerinaBuild.dependsOn copyStdlibs
-ballerinaBuild.dependsOn updateTomlVerions
+ballerinaBuild.dependsOn updateTomlVersions
 ballerinaBuild.dependsOn initializeVariables
 ballerinaBuild.dependsOn test
 ballerinaBuild.finalizedBy revertTomlFile
 ballerinaBuild.finalizedBy ':log-integration-tests:build'
 build.dependsOn ballerinaBuild
 
+
+ballerinaPublish.finalizedBy revertTomlFile
+ballerinaPublish.dependsOn initializeVariables
+ballerinaPublish.dependsOn updateTomlVersions
+ballerinaPublish.dependsOn ":${packageName}-native:build"
 ballerinaPublish.dependsOn ballerinaBuild
 publish.dependsOn ballerinaPublish