diff --git a/src/publishing/mod-publisher.ts b/src/publishing/mod-publisher.ts
index 1369ab2..2aab47e 100644
--- a/src/publishing/mod-publisher.ts
+++ b/src/publishing/mod-publisher.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,15 @@
 import { context } from "@actions/github";
+import { parseVersionName, parseVersionNameFromFileVersion } from "../utils/minecraft-utils";
 import { File } from "../utils/file";
 import { getFiles } from "../utils/file-utils";
 import Publisher from "./publisher";
 import PublisherTarget from "./publisher-target";
 import MinecraftVersionResolver from "../utils/minecraft-version-resolver";
+import ModMetadataReader from "../metadata/mod-metadata-reader";
+import Dependency from "../metadata/dependency";
 import { parseVersionFromName, parseVersionTypeFromName } from "../utils/version-utils";
+import DependencyKind from "../metadata/dependency-kind";
+import path from "path";
 
 interface ModPublisherOptions {
     id: string;
@@ -17,11 +22,10 @@ interface ModPublisherOptions {
     versionResolver?: string;
     gameVersions?: string | string[];
     java?: string | string[];
+    dependencies?: string | string[];
     files?: string | { primary?: string, secondary?: string };
 }
 
-const defaultLoaders = ["fabric"];
-
 function processMultilineInput(input: string | string[], splitter?: RegExp): string[] {
     if (!input) {
         return [];
@@ -29,12 +33,20 @@ function processMultilineInput(input: string | string[], splitter?: RegExp): str
     return (typeof input === "string" ? input.split(splitter || /(\r?\n)+/) : input).map(x => x.trim()).filter(x => x);
 }
 
-async function readChangelog(changelog: string | { file?: string }): Promise<string | never> {
-    if (typeof changelog === "string") {
-        return changelog;
-    }
+function processDependenciesInput(input: string | string[], inputSplitter?: RegExp, entrySplitter?: RegExp): Dependency[] {
+    return processMultilineInput(input, inputSplitter).map(x => {
+        const parts = x.split(entrySplitter || /\|/);
+        const id = parts[0].trim();
+        return Dependency.create({
+            id,
+            kind: parts[1] && DependencyKind.parse(parts[1].trim()) || DependencyKind.Depends,
+            version: parts[2]?.trim() || "*"
+        });
+    });
+}
 
-    const file = (await getFiles(changelog.file || ""))[0];
+async function readChangelog(changelogPath: string): Promise<string | never> {
+    const file = (await getFiles(changelogPath))[0];
     if (!file) {
         throw new Error("Changelog file was not found");
     }
@@ -46,9 +58,8 @@ export default abstract class ModPublisher extends Publisher<ModPublisherOptions
         this.validateOptions(options);
         const releaseInfo = <any>context.payload.release;
 
-        const id = options.id;
-        if (!id) {
-            throw new Error(`Project id is required to publish your assets to ${PublisherTarget.toString(this.target)}`);
+        if (!Array.isArray(files) || !files.length) {
+            throw new Error("No upload files were specified");
         }
 
         const token = options.token;
@@ -56,19 +67,39 @@ export default abstract class ModPublisher extends Publisher<ModPublisherOptions
             throw new Error(`Token is required to publish your assets to ${PublisherTarget.toString(this.target)}`);
         }
 
-        const version = (typeof options.version === "string" && options.version) || <string>releaseInfo?.tag_name || parseVersionFromFilename(files[0].name);
-        const versionType = options.versionType?.toLowerCase() || parseVersionTypeFromFilename(files[0].name);
+        const metadata = await ModMetadataReader.readMetadata(files[0].path);
+
+        const id = options.id || metadata?.getProjectId(this.target);
+        if (!id) {
+            throw new Error(`Project id is required to publish your assets to ${PublisherTarget.toString(this.target)}`);
+        }
+
+        const filename = path.parse(files[0].path).name;
+        const version = (typeof options.version === "string" && options.version) || <string>releaseInfo?.tag_name || metadata?.version || parseVersionFromName(filename);
+        const versionType = options.versionType?.toLowerCase() || parseVersionTypeFromName(metadata?.version || filename);
         const name = typeof options.name === "string" ? options.name : (<string>releaseInfo?.name || version);
-        const changelog = ((typeof options.changelog === "string" || options.changelog?.file) ? (await readChangelog(options.changelog)) : <string>releaseInfo?.body) || "";
+        const changelog = typeof options.changelog === "string"
+            ? options.changelog
+            : typeof options.changelog?.file === "string"
+                ? await readChangelog(options.changelog.file)
+                : <string>releaseInfo?.body || "";
 
         const loaders = processMultilineInput(options.loaders, /\s+/);
         if (!loaders.length) {
-            loaders.push(...defaultLoaders);
+            if (metadata) {
+                loaders.push(...metadata.loaders);
+            }
+            if (!loaders.length) {
+                throw new Error("At least one mod loader should be specified");
+            }
         }
 
         const gameVersions = processMultilineInput(options.gameVersions);
         if (!gameVersions.length) {
-            const minecraftVersion = parseVersionNameFromFileVersion(version);
+            const minecraftVersion =
+                metadata?.dependencies.filter(x => x.id === "minecraft").map(x => parseVersionName(x.version))[0] ||
+                parseVersionNameFromFileVersion(version);
+
             if (minecraftVersion) {
                 const resolver = options.versionResolver && MinecraftVersionResolver.byName(options.versionResolver) || MinecraftVersionResolver.releasesIfAny;
                 gameVersions.push(...(await resolver.resolve(minecraftVersion)).map(x => x.id));
@@ -79,9 +110,13 @@ export default abstract class ModPublisher extends Publisher<ModPublisherOptions
         }
 
         const java = processMultilineInput(options.java);
+        const dependencies = typeof options.dependencies === "string"
+            ? processDependenciesInput(options.dependencies)
+            : metadata?.dependencies || [];
+        const uniqueDependencies = dependencies.filter((x, i, self) => !x.ignore && self.findIndex(y => y.id === x.id && y.kind === x.kind) === i);
 
-        await this.publishMod(id, token, name, version, versionType, loaders, gameVersions, java, changelog, files);
+        await this.publishMod(id, token, name, version, versionType, loaders, gameVersions, java, changelog, files, uniqueDependencies);
     }
 
-    protected abstract publishMod(id: string, token: string, name: string, version: string, versionType: string, loaders: string[], gameVersions: string[], java: string[], changelog: string, files: File[]): Promise<void>;
+    protected abstract publishMod(id: string, token: string, name: string, version: string, versionType: string, loaders: string[], gameVersions: string[], java: string[], changelog: string, files: File[], dependencies: Dependency[]): Promise<void>;
 }
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