diff --git a/vars/addVersionFromNexusRepo.groovy b/vars/addVersionFromNexusRepo.groovy
index 68627d4..ef8072a 100644
--- a/vars/addVersionFromNexusRepo.groovy
+++ b/vars/addVersionFromNexusRepo.groovy
@@ -1,19 +1,32 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env groovy
 
-import groovyx.net.http.URIBuilder
+import java.net.URLEncoder
 
 Map call(Map config = [:]) {
     Map defaults = [
         nexusBase: 'https://repo.thejimnicholson.com',
         searchAPI: 'service/rest/v1/search',
-        repositoryName: 'tools'
+        queryParams: [
+          'repository': 'tools',
+          'sort': 'name',
+          'name': 'test.something'
+        ]
     ]
     Map runConfig = defaults + config
 
-    nexusSearch = new URIBuilder(runConfig.nexusBase)
-    /* groovylint-disable-next-line UnnecessarySetter */
-    nexusSearch.setPath(runConfig.searchAPI)
-    nexusSearch.addQueryParam('repository', runConfig.repositoryName)
+    nexusSearch = buildUrlWithQueryParams(runConfig.nexusBase, runConfig.queryParams)
+
     runConfig.nexusQuery = nexusSearch
     return runConfig
 }
+
+def buildUrlWithQueryParams(baseUrl, queryParams) {
+    def url = baseUrl
+    if (!queryParams.empty) {
+        def queryParamsString = queryParams.collect { key, value ->
+            "${URLEncoder.encode(key, 'UTF-8')}=${URLEncoder.encode(value, 'UTF-8')}"
+        }.join('&')
+        url += '?' + queryParamsString
+    }
+    return url
+}