diff --git a/.github/workflows/maven-publish-modules.yml b/.github/workflows/maven-publish-modules.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..596ede35560
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/maven-publish-modules.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+name: Publish unified query modules to maven
+
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - main
+      - 1.*
+      - 2.*
+      - feature/unified-ppl # Temporarily added for testing
+
+env:
+  SNAPSHOT_REPO_URL: https://aws.oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots/
+
+jobs:
+  publish-unified-query-modules:
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+    if: github.repository == 'opensearch-project/sql'
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    permissions:
+      id-token: write
+      contents: write
+
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/setup-java@v3
+        with:
+          distribution: temurin # Temurin is a distribution of adoptium
+          java-version: 21
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - uses: aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials@v1.7.0
+        with:
+          role-to-assume: ${{ secrets.PUBLISH_SNAPSHOTS_ROLE }}
+          aws-region: us-east-1
+
+      - name: get credentials
+        run: |
+          # Get credentials for publishing
+          .github/get-sonatype-credentials.sh
+
+      - name: publish unified query modules to maven
+        run: |
+          ./gradlew publishUnifiedQueryPublicationToSnapshotsRepository
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diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 68161e30c2a..e57e3522121 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -160,6 +160,52 @@ subprojects {
         maven { url "https://ci.opensearch.org/ci/dbc/snapshots/lucene/" }
         maven { url 'https://jitpack.io' }
     }
+
+    // Publish internal modules as Maven artifacts for external use, such as by opensearch-spark and opensearch-cli.
+    def publishedModules = ['sql', 'ppl', 'core', 'opensearch', 'common', 'protocol']
+    if (publishedModules.contains(name)) {
+        apply plugin: 'java-library'
+        apply plugin: 'maven-publish'
+
+        def fullArtifactId = "unified-query-${project.name}"
+        publishing {
+            publications {
+                unifiedQuery(MavenPublication) {
+                    from components.java
+                    groupId = "org.opensearch.query"
+                    artifactId = fullArtifactId
+
+                    pom {
+                        name = fullArtifactId
+                        description = "OpenSearch unified query ${project.name} module"
+                        licenses {
+                            license {
+                                name = 'The Apache License, Version 2.0'
+                                url = 'http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.txt'
+                            }
+                        }
+                        developers {
+                            developer {
+                                name = 'OpenSearch'
+                                url = 'https://github.com/opensearch-project/sql'
+                            }
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+
+            repositories {
+                maven {
+                    name = "Snapshots"
+                    url = "https://aws.oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots"
+                    credentials {
+                        username = "$System.env.SONATYPE_USERNAME"
+                        password = "$System.env.SONATYPE_PASSWORD"
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
 }
 
 // TODO: fix compiler warnings