diff --git a/publish.gradle b/publish.gradle
index ba83469..5a82b6f 100644
--- a/publish.gradle
+++ b/publish.gradle
@@ -20,6 +20,9 @@ publishing {
     }
 }
 
+ext.version = "2.2"
+ext.libVersion = "${ext.version.replace(".", "")}"
+
 def getTriplet() {
     def triplet
     def os_name = System.getProperty("os.name")
@@ -84,7 +87,7 @@ ext.platformPath = getPlatformPath(triplet)
 ext.platformClassifier = ext.platformPath.replaceFirst('/', '')
 
 ext.repo = "thirdparty-ceres"
-def pubVersion = "2.2-2"
+def pubVersion = "$ext.version-3"
 
 def outputsFolder = file("$project.buildDir/outputs")
 
@@ -148,7 +151,100 @@ task cppHeadersZip(type: Zip) {
     dependsOn buildVcpkg
 }
 
+task mergeStaticLibs(type: Exec) {
+    dependsOn(buildVcpkg)
+    def buildDirectory = Paths.get(projectDir.canonicalPath).resolve("vcpkg_installed").resolve(triplet)
+
+    if (project.platformPath.startsWith('windows')) {
+        workingDir buildDirectory.resolve("lib").toString()
+        executable 'lib'
+        def inputFiles = ["ceres", "gflags_static", "GKlib", "glog", "lapack", "libamd", "libbtf", "libcamd", "libccolamd", "libcholmod", "libcolamd", "libcxsparse", "libklu", "libldl", "libspqr", "libumfpack", "metis", "openblas", "suitesparseconfig", "libf2c"]
+        def setArgs = ["/OUT:ceres${project.libVersion}.lib"]
+        inputFiles.each {
+            setArgs << it + ".lib"
+        }
+        args = setArgs
+    } else if (project.platformPath.startsWith('osx')) {
+        executable 'libtool'
+        workingDir buildDirectory.resolve("lib").toString()
+        
+        def outputLibName = "libceres${project.libVersion}.a"
+
+        def inputFiles = ["libspqr", "libldl", "libceres", "libccolamd", "libklu", "libcxsparse", "libglog", "libsuitesparseconfig", "libbtf", "libmetis", "libumfpack", "libcholmod", "libcamd", "libgflags", "libamd", "libGKlib", "libcolamd"]
+        
+        args '-static', '-o', outputLibName
+
+        inputFiles.each {
+            args "${buildDirectory.resolve("lib")}/$it" + ".a"
+        }
+
+        inputs.files inputFiles.collect { buildDirectory.resolve("lib").resolve(it) }
+        outputs.file buildDirectory.resolve("lib/${outputLibName}")
+    } else {
+        workingDir buildDirectory.resolve("lib").toString()
+        executable 'ar'
+        args = ['-M']
+        def inputFiles = ["libamd", "libbtf", "libcamd", "libccolamd", "libceres", "libcholmod", "libcolamd","libcxsparse", "libgflags", "libGKlib", "libglog", "libklu", "liblapack", "libldl", "libmetis", "libopenblas", "libspqr", "libsuitesparseconfig", "libumfpack"]
+
+        def inputString = "create libceres${project.libVersion}.a\n"
+        inputFiles.each {
+            def inFile = 'addlib ' + it + ".a\n"
+            inputString += inFile
+        }
+
+        inputString += "save\nend\n"
+        standardInput = new ByteArrayInputStream(inputString.getBytes())
+    }
+}
+
+task mergeDebugStaticLibs(type: Exec) {
+    dependsOn(buildVcpkg)
+    def buildDirectory = Paths.get(projectDir.canonicalPath).resolve("vcpkg_installed").resolve(triplet).resolve("debug")
+
+    if (project.platformPath.startsWith('windows')) {
+        workingDir buildDirectory.resolve("lib").toString()
+        executable 'lib'
+        def inputFiles = ["ceres-debug", "gflags_static_debug", "GKlib", "glog", "lapack", "libamdd", "libbtfd", "libcamdd", "libccolamdd", "libcholmodd", "libcolamdd", "libcxsparsed", "libklud", "libldld", "libspqrd", "libumfpackd", "metis", "openblas", "suitesparseconfigd", "libf2c"]
+        def setArgs = ["/OUT:ceres-debug${project.libVersion}.lib"]
+        inputFiles.each {
+            setArgs << it + ".lib"
+        }
+        args = setArgs
+    } else if (project.platformPath.startsWith('osx')) {
+        executable 'libtool'
+        workingDir buildDirectory.resolve("lib").toString()
+        
+        def outputLibName = "libceres-debug${project.libVersion}.a"
+
+        def inputFiles = ["libsuitesparseconfigd", "libspqrd", "libamdd", "libcxsparsed", "libldld", "libglog", "libgflags_debug", "libcolamdd", "libmetis", "libccolamdd", "libcamdd", "libumfpackd", "libklud", "libcholmodd", "libceres-debug", "libbtfd", "libGKlib"]
+        
+        args '-static', '-o', outputLibName
+
+        inputFiles.each {
+            args "${buildDirectory.resolve("lib")}/$it" + ".a"
+        }
+
+        inputs.files inputFiles.collect { buildDirectory.resolve("lib").resolve(it) }
+        outputs.file buildDirectory.resolve("lib/${outputLibName}")
+    } else {
+        workingDir buildDirectory.resolve("lib").toString()
+        executable 'ar'
+        args = ['-M']
+        def inputFiles = ["libamdd", "libbtfd", "libcamdd", "libccolamdd", "libceres-debug", "libcholmodd", "libcolamdd", "libcxsparsed", "libgflags_debug", "libGKlib", "libglog", "libklud", "liblapack", "libldld", "libmetis", "libopenblas", "libspqrd", "libsuitesparseconfigd", "libumfpackd"]
+
+        def inputString = "create libceres-debug${project.libVersion}.a\n"
+        inputFiles.each {
+            def inFile = 'addlib ' + it + ".a\n"
+            inputString += inFile
+        }
+
+        inputString += "save\nend\n"
+        standardInput = new ByteArrayInputStream(inputString.getBytes())
+    }
+}
+
 task cppLibsZipStatic(type: Zip) {
+    dependsOn mergeStaticLibs
     destinationDirectory = outputsFolder
     archiveClassifier = outputClassifierStatic
     archiveBaseName = zipBaseName
@@ -161,14 +257,15 @@ task cppLibsZipStatic(type: Zip) {
     from(resolvedDir.toFile()) {
         into project.platformPath + '/static'
         exclude '**/pkgconfig'
-        include '**/*.a'
-        include '**/*.lib'
+        include "**/libceres${project.libVersion}.a"
+        include "**/ceres${project.libVersion}.lib"
         include '**/*.pdb'
     }
     dependsOn buildVcpkg
 }
 
 task cppLibsZipStaticDebug(type: Zip) {
+    dependsOn mergeDebugStaticLibs
     destinationDirectory = outputsFolder
     archiveClassifier = outputClassifierStatic + 'debug'
     archiveBaseName = zipBaseName
@@ -181,8 +278,8 @@ task cppLibsZipStaticDebug(type: Zip) {
     from(resolvedDir.toFile()) {
         into project.platformPath + '/static'
         exclude '**/pkgconfig'
-        include '**/*.a'
-        include '**/*.lib'
+        include "**/libceres-debug${project.libVersion}.a"
+        include "**/ceres-debug${project.libVersion}.lib"
         include '**/*.pdb'
     }
     dependsOn buildVcpkg