diff --git a/scripts/default/opensearch/build.sh b/scripts/default/opensearch/build.sh
index 5cf8540650..3fbe1755b9 100755
--- a/scripts/default/opensearch/build.sh
+++ b/scripts/default/opensearch/build.sh
@@ -77,3 +77,8 @@ distributions="$(dirname "${zipPath}")"
 echo "COPY ${distributions}/*.zip"
 mkdir -p $OUTPUT/plugins
 cp ${distributions}/*.zip ./$OUTPUT/plugins
+
+# Publish plugin zips to maven
+./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