diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 150bf233f541..d54413cdf2d5 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -1378,12 +1378,14 @@ jobs:
       - checkout
       - *attach_hermes_workspace
       - run:
-          name: Copy HermesC binaries
+          name: Copy Hermes binaries
           command: |
             mkdir -p ./sdks/hermesc ./sdks/hermesc/osx-bin ./sdks/hermesc/win64-bin ./sdks/hermesc/linux64-bin
             cp -r $HERMES_WS_DIR/osx-bin/* ./sdks/hermesc/osx-bin/.
             cp -r $HERMES_WS_DIR/win64-bin/* ./sdks/hermesc/win64-bin/.
             cp -r $HERMES_WS_DIR/linux64-bin/* ./sdks/hermesc/linux64-bin/.
+            mkdir -p ./ReactAndroid/external-artifacts/artifacts/
+            cp $HERMES_WS_DIR/hermes-runtime-darwin/hermes-runtime-darwin-debug-*.tar.gz ./ReactAndroid/external-artifacts/artifacts/hermes-ios.tar.gz
 
       - run_yarn
       - download_gradle_dependencies
diff --git a/scripts/publish-npm.js b/scripts/publish-npm.js
index e57321dea70d..5de46b96e165 100755
--- a/scripts/publish-npm.js
+++ b/scripts/publish-npm.js
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ const {
 } = require('./scm-utils');
 const {
   generateAndroidArtifacts,
+  publishAndroidArtifactsToMaven,
   saveFilesToRestore,
 } = require('./release-utils');
 const fs = require('fs');
@@ -196,6 +197,10 @@ const isLatest = exitIfNotOnGit(
   'Not in git. We do not want to publish anything',
 );
 
+// We first publish on Maven Central all the necessary artifacts.
+// NPM publishing is done just after.
+publishAndroidArtifactsToMaven(nightlyBuild);
+
 const releaseBranch = `${major}.${minor}-stable`;
 
 // Set the right tag for nightly and prerelease builds
diff --git a/scripts/release-utils.js b/scripts/release-utils.js
index e3ddd78dc949..879c05e1e809 100644
--- a/scripts/release-utils.js
+++ b/scripts/release-utils.js
@@ -76,7 +76,31 @@ function generateAndroidArtifacts(releaseVersion, tmpPublishingFolder) {
   });
 }
 
+function publishAndroidArtifactsToMaven(isNightly) {
+  // -------- Publish every artifact to Maven Central
+  if (exec('./gradlew publishAllToSonatype -PisNightly=' + isNightly).code) {
+    echo('Failed to publish artifacts to Sonatype (Maven Central)');
+    exit(1);
+  }
+
+  if (!isNightly) {
+    // -------- For stable releases, we also need to close and release the staging repository.
+    // TODO(ncor): Remove the --dry-run before RC0
+    if (
+      exec('./gradlew closeAndReleaseSonatypeStagingRepository --dry-run').code
+    ) {
+      echo(
+        'Failed to close and release the staging repository on Sonatype (Maven Central)',
+      );
+      exit(1);
+    }
+  }
+
+  echo('Published artifacts to Maven Central');
+}
+
 module.exports = {
   generateAndroidArtifacts,
+  publishAndroidArtifactsToMaven,
   saveFilesToRestore,
 };