diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index edb720a..20221e0 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -236,6 +236,10 @@ task updateVersion {
     }
 }
 
+tasks.matching { it.name == 'generatePomFileForPluginZipPublication' }.configureEach {
+    mustRunAfter 'publishNebulaPublicationToMavenLocal'
+}
+
 test {
     finalizedBy jacocoTestReport // report is always generated after tests run
 }
diff --git a/scripts/build.sh b/scripts/build.sh
index 5390092..0a6daa3 100755
--- a/scripts/build.sh
+++ b/scripts/build.sh
@@ -79,9 +79,12 @@ echo "COPY ${distributions}/*.zip"
 mkdir -p $OUTPUT/plugins
 cp ${distributions}/*.zip ./$OUTPUT/plugins
 
-# Publish plugin zips to maven
+# Publish jars
 ./gradlew publishToMavenLocal -Dopensearch.version=$VERSION -Dbuild.snapshot=$SNAPSHOT -Dbuild.version_qualifier=$QUALIFIER
 ./gradlew publishAllPublicationsToStagingRepository -Dopensearch.version=$VERSION -Dbuild.snapshot=$SNAPSHOT -Dbuild.version_qualifier=$QUALIFIER
+
+# Publish zips
+./gradlew publishPluginZipPublicationToMavenLocal -Dopensearch.version=$VERSION -Dbuild.snapshot=$SNAPSHOT -Dbuild.version_qualifier=$QUALIFIER
 ./gradlew publishPluginZipPublicationToZipStagingRepository -Dopensearch.version=$VERSION -Dbuild.snapshot=$SNAPSHOT -Dbuild.version_qualifier=$QUALIFIER
 mkdir -p $OUTPUT/maven/org/opensearch
 cp -r ./build/local-staging-repo/org/opensearch/. $OUTPUT/maven/org/opensearch
diff --git a/settings.gradle b/settings.gradle
index 6b599a5..7565434 100644
--- a/settings.gradle
+++ b/settings.gradle
@@ -7,4 +7,4 @@
  */
 
 rootProject.name = "opensearch-custom-codecs"
-startParameter.excludedTaskNames=["publishPluginZipPublicationToMavenLocal", "publishPluginZipPublicationToStagingRepository"]
+startParameter.excludedTaskNames=["publishPluginZipPublicationToStagingRepository"]