nexus-staging-plugin is applied only in root project

build.gradle

@@ -27,6 +27,13 @@ allprojects {
 	project.version = scmVersion.version
 }
 
+apply plugin: 'io.codearte.nexus-staging'
+
+nexusStaging {
+	packageGroup = "io.codearte"
+	stagingProfileId = '93c08fdebde1ff'
+}
+
 subprojects {
 	apply plugin: 'groovy'
 	apply from: "$rootDir/gradle/release.gradle"

gradle/release.gradle

@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 apply plugin: 'com.bmuschko.nexus'
-apply plugin: 'io.codearte.nexus-staging'
 
 modifyPom {
 	project {
@@ -38,8 +37,3 @@ modifyPom {
 }
 
 uploadArchives.dependsOn { check }
-
-nexusStaging {
-	packageGroup = "io.codearte"
-	stagingProfileId = '93c08fdebde1ff'
-}