diff --git a/sonatype/src/main/kotlin/com/bakdata/gradle/PublicationSettings.kt b/sonatype/src/main/kotlin/com/bakdata/gradle/PublicationSettings.kt
index 7b1f818..e48ceec 100644
--- a/sonatype/src/main/kotlin/com/bakdata/gradle/PublicationSettings.kt
+++ b/sonatype/src/main/kotlin/com/bakdata/gradle/PublicationSettings.kt
@@ -31,6 +31,9 @@ import org.gradle.api.publish.maven.MavenPomDeveloperSpec
 open class PublicationSettings(var project: Project) {
     var repoUrl: String? = null
         get() = field ?: project.findProperty("repository.url")?.toString()
+    var repoDefaultBranch: String? = null
+        get() = field ?: project.findProperty("repository.defaultBranch")?.toString()
+    var license: String = "MIT License"
     var description: String? = null
         get() = field ?: project.description
     var developers: Action<in MavenPomDeveloperSpec>? = null
diff --git a/sonatype/src/main/kotlin/com/bakdata/gradle/SonatypePlugin.kt b/sonatype/src/main/kotlin/com/bakdata/gradle/SonatypePlugin.kt
index cb4d99f..73846fb 100644
--- a/sonatype/src/main/kotlin/com/bakdata/gradle/SonatypePlugin.kt
+++ b/sonatype/src/main/kotlin/com/bakdata/gradle/SonatypePlugin.kt
@@ -293,10 +293,11 @@ class SonatypePlugin : Plugin<Project> {
                     system.set("GitHub")
                     url.set("$repoUrl/issues")
                 }
+                val branch = publicationSettings.repoDefaultBranch!!
                 licenses {
                     license {
-                        name.set("MIT License")
-                        url.set("$repoUrl/blob/master/LICENSE") //FIXME pass correct branch
+                        name.set(publicationSettings.license)
+                        url.set("$repoUrl/blob/$branch/LICENSE")
                     }
                 }
                 scm {