diff --git a/aether-deploy/src/main/scala/aether/Plugin.scala b/aether-deploy/src/main/scala/aether/Plugin.scala
index 7323a4b..8e7ba46 100644
--- a/aether-deploy/src/main/scala/aether/Plugin.scala
+++ b/aether-deploy/src/main/scala/aether/Plugin.scala
@@ -141,11 +141,11 @@ object AetherPlugin extends AutoPlugin {
   }
 
   private def toRepository(
-      repo: MavenRepository,
+      repo: RepoRef,
       overridePluginType: Boolean,
       credentials: Option[DirectCredentials]
   ): RemoteRepository = {
-    val builder: Builder     = new Builder(repo.name, if (overridePluginType) "sbt-plugin" else "default", repo.root)
+    val builder: Builder     = new Builder(repo.name, if (overridePluginType) "sbt-plugin" else "default", repo.url.toString)
     credentials.foreach { c =>
       builder.setAuthentication(new AuthenticationBuilder().addUsername(c.userName).addPassword(c.passwd).build())
     }
@@ -165,15 +165,32 @@ object AetherPlugin extends AutoPlugin {
   )(implicit
       stream: TaskStreams
   ) {
+    object IsPatternMavenRepo {
+      def unapply(resolver: Resolver): Option[(sbt.PatternsBasedRepository, String)] = {
+        resolver match {
+          case repository: FileRepository if repository.patterns.isMavenCompatible =>
+            repository.patterns.artifactPatterns.headOption
+              .flatMap { pattern =>
+                val idx = pattern.indexOf(Resolver.mavenStyleBasePattern)
+                if (idx > 0) Some(pattern.substring(0, idx - 1))
+                else None
+              }
+              .map(repository -> _)
+          case _                                                                   => None
+        }
+      }
+    }
+
     val repository = repo
       .collect {
-        case x: MavenRepository => x
-        case x                  => sys.error("The configured repo MUST be a maven repo, but was: " + x)
+        case x: MavenRepository            => RepoRef(x.name, URI.create(x.root))
+        case IsPatternMavenRepo((x, root)) => RepoRef(x.name, URI.create(if (root.startsWith("/")) "file:" + root else root))
+        case x                             => sys.error("The configured repo MUST be a maven compatible repo, but was: " + x)
       }
       .getOrElse(sys.error("There MUST be a configured publish repo"))
 
     val maybeCred = Try {
-      val href = URI.create(repository.root)
+      val href = repository.url
       val c    = Credentials.forHost(cred, href.getHost)
       if (c.isEmpty && href.getHost != null) {
         stream.log.warn("No credentials supplied for %s".format(href.getHost))
@@ -209,4 +226,6 @@ object AetherPlugin extends AutoPlugin {
         throw ex
     }
   }
+
+  case class RepoRef(name: String, url: URI)
 }
diff --git a/aether-deploy/src/sbt-test/deploy/deploy-file-pattern/build.sbt b/aether-deploy/src/sbt-test/deploy/deploy-file-pattern/build.sbt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..37cd47a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aether-deploy/src/sbt-test/deploy/deploy-file-pattern/build.sbt
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+ThisBuild / version := "0.1"
+
+name := "deploy-file-pattern"
+
+organization := "deploy-file-pattern"
+
+scalaVersion := "3.3.1"
+
+publishTo := Some(Resolver.file("foo", file(".") / "target" / "repo"))
diff --git a/aether-deploy/src/sbt-test/deploy/deploy-file-pattern/project/plugins.sbt b/aether-deploy/src/sbt-test/deploy/deploy-file-pattern/project/plugins.sbt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2c9812f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aether-deploy/src/sbt-test/deploy/deploy-file-pattern/project/plugins.sbt
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+val pluginVersion = scala.util.Properties.propOrNone("plugin.version").getOrElse(
+throw new RuntimeException("""
+  |The system property 'plugin.version' is not defined.
+  |Specify this property using the scriptedLaunchOpts -D.
+""".stripMargin))
+
+addSbtPlugin("no.arktekk.sbt" % "aether-deploy" % pluginVersion)
diff --git a/aether-deploy/src/sbt-test/deploy/deploy-file-pattern/test b/aether-deploy/src/sbt-test/deploy/deploy-file-pattern/test
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c9d9110
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aether-deploy/src/sbt-test/deploy/deploy-file-pattern/test
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+# Deploy to file url
+> aetherDeploy
+$ exists target/repo/deploy-file-pattern
+$ exists target/repo/deploy-file-pattern/deploy-file-pattern_3/maven-metadata.xml
+$ exists target/repo/deploy-file-pattern/deploy-file-pattern_3/0.1/
+$ exists target/repo/deploy-file-pattern/deploy-file-pattern_3/0.1/deploy-file-pattern_3-0.1.jar
+$ exists target/repo/deploy-file-pattern/deploy-file-pattern_3/0.1/deploy-file-pattern_3-0.1.pom
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/aether-deploy/src/sbt-test/deploy/deploy-sbt-sonatype/build.sbt b/aether-deploy/src/sbt-test/deploy/deploy-sbt-sonatype/build.sbt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5321ac6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aether-deploy/src/sbt-test/deploy/deploy-sbt-sonatype/build.sbt
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+ThisBuild / version := "0.1"
+
+name := "deploy-sbt-sonatype"
+
+organization := "deploy-sbt-sonatype"
+
+scalaVersion := "3.3.1"
+
+publishTo := sonatypePublishToBundle.value
diff --git a/aether-deploy/src/sbt-test/deploy/deploy-sbt-sonatype/project/plugins.sbt b/aether-deploy/src/sbt-test/deploy/deploy-sbt-sonatype/project/plugins.sbt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b6039eb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aether-deploy/src/sbt-test/deploy/deploy-sbt-sonatype/project/plugins.sbt
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+val pluginVersion = scala.util.Properties.propOrNone("plugin.version").getOrElse(
+throw new RuntimeException("""
+  |The system property 'plugin.version' is not defined.
+  |Specify this property using the scriptedLaunchOpts -D.
+""".stripMargin))
+
+addSbtPlugin("no.arktekk.sbt" % "aether-deploy" % pluginVersion)
+addSbtPlugin("org.xerial.sbt" % "sbt-sonatype" % "3.9.21")
diff --git a/aether-deploy/src/sbt-test/deploy/deploy-sbt-sonatype/test b/aether-deploy/src/sbt-test/deploy/deploy-sbt-sonatype/test
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a15a66e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aether-deploy/src/sbt-test/deploy/deploy-sbt-sonatype/test
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+# Deploy to file url
+> aetherDeploy
+$ exists target/sonatype-staging/0.1/deploy-sbt-sonatype
+$ exists target/sonatype-staging/0.1/deploy-sbt-sonatype/deploy-sbt-sonatype_3/maven-metadata.xml
+$ exists target/sonatype-staging/0.1/deploy-sbt-sonatype/deploy-sbt-sonatype_3/
+$ exists target/sonatype-staging/0.1/deploy-sbt-sonatype/deploy-sbt-sonatype_3/0.1/deploy-sbt-sonatype_3-0.1.jar
+$ exists target/sonatype-staging/0.1/deploy-sbt-sonatype/deploy-sbt-sonatype_3/0.1/deploy-sbt-sonatype_3-0.1-javadoc.jar
+$ exists target/sonatype-staging/0.1/deploy-sbt-sonatype/deploy-sbt-sonatype_3/0.1/deploy-sbt-sonatype_3-0.1-sources.jar
+$ exists target/sonatype-staging/0.1/deploy-sbt-sonatype/deploy-sbt-sonatype_3/0.1/deploy-sbt-sonatype_3-0.1.pom
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/build.sbt b/build.sbt
index 0933f72..f07e5a8 100644
--- a/build.sbt
+++ b/build.sbt
@@ -17,17 +17,17 @@ lazy val aetherDeploy = (project in file("aether-deploy"))
   .settings(
     name := "aether-deploy",
     libraryDependencies ++= {
-      val mavenVersion = "3.9.4"
-      val mavenResolverVersion = "1.9.15"
+      val mavenVersion         = "3.9.5"
+      val mavenResolverVersion = "1.9.16"
       Seq(
-        "org.apache.maven" % "maven-resolver-provider" % mavenVersion,
-        "org.apache.maven.resolver" % "maven-resolver-api" % mavenResolverVersion,
-        "org.apache.maven.resolver" % "maven-resolver-impl" % mavenResolverVersion,
-        "org.apache.maven.resolver" % "maven-resolver-transport-file" % mavenResolverVersion,
+        "org.apache.maven"          % "maven-resolver-provider"        % mavenVersion,
+        "org.apache.maven.resolver" % "maven-resolver-api"             % mavenResolverVersion,
+        "org.apache.maven.resolver" % "maven-resolver-impl"            % mavenResolverVersion,
+        "org.apache.maven.resolver" % "maven-resolver-transport-file"  % mavenResolverVersion,
         "org.apache.maven.resolver" % "maven-resolver-connector-basic" % mavenResolverVersion,
-        "org.apache.maven.resolver" % "maven-resolver-transport-http" % mavenResolverVersion,
-        "org.apache.maven.resolver" % "maven-resolver-transport-file" % mavenResolverVersion,
-        "commons-logging" % "commons-logging" % "1.2"
+        "org.apache.maven.resolver" % "maven-resolver-transport-http"  % mavenResolverVersion,
+        "org.apache.maven.resolver" % "maven-resolver-transport-file"  % mavenResolverVersion,
+        "commons-logging"           % "commons-logging"                % "1.2"
       )
     }
   )