diff --git a/buildSrc/src/main/java/org/opensearch/gradle/PublishPlugin.java b/buildSrc/src/main/java/org/opensearch/gradle/PublishPlugin.java
index 2a0521b17d5..a28015784c4 100644
--- a/buildSrc/src/main/java/org/opensearch/gradle/PublishPlugin.java
+++ b/buildSrc/src/main/java/org/opensearch/gradle/PublishPlugin.java
@@ -135,11 +135,11 @@ public class PublishPlugin implements Plugin<Project> {
                     publication.artifact(project.getTasks().getByName("sourcesJar"));
                     publication.artifact(project.getTasks().getByName("javadocJar"));
                 }
-
-                generatePomTask.configure(
-                    t -> t.dependsOn(String.format("generatePomFileFor%sPublication", Util.capitalize(publication.getName())))
-                );
             }
+
+            generatePomTask.configure(
+                t -> t.dependsOn(String.format("generatePomFileFor%sPublication", Util.capitalize(publication.getName())))
+            );
         });
 
     }
diff --git a/buildSrc/src/main/java/org/opensearch/gradle/pluginzip/Publish.java b/buildSrc/src/main/java/org/opensearch/gradle/pluginzip/Publish.java
index e8b4ecec7a5..0a3b198b4d3 100644
--- a/buildSrc/src/main/java/org/opensearch/gradle/pluginzip/Publish.java
+++ b/buildSrc/src/main/java/org/opensearch/gradle/pluginzip/Publish.java
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import org.gradle.api.publish.PublishingExtension;
 import org.gradle.api.publish.maven.MavenPublication;
 import org.gradle.api.publish.maven.plugins.MavenPublishPlugin;
 import java.nio.file.Path;
+import org.gradle.api.Task;
 
 public class Publish implements Plugin<Project> {
     private Project project;
@@ -63,12 +64,19 @@ public class Publish implements Plugin<Project> {
     @Override
     public void apply(Project project) {
         this.project = project;
-        project.afterEvaluate(evaluatedProject -> { configMaven(project); });
-        project.getGradle().getTaskGraph().whenReady(graph -> {
-            if (graph.hasTask(LOCALMAVEN)) {
-                project.getTasks().getByName(PLUGIN_ZIP_PUBLISH_POM_TASK).setEnabled(false);
+        project.afterEvaluate(evaluatedProject -> {
+            configMaven(project);
+            Task validatePluginZipPom = project.getTasks().findByName("validatePluginZipPom");
+            if (validatePluginZipPom != null) {
+                project.getTasks().getByName("validatePluginZipPom").dependsOn("generatePomFileForNebulaPublication");
+            }
+            Task publishPluginZipPublicationToZipStagingRepository = project.getTasks()
+                .findByName("publishPluginZipPublicationToZipStagingRepository");
+            if (validatePluginZipPom != null) {
+                project.getTasks()
+                    .getByName("publishPluginZipPublicationToZipStagingRepository")
+                    .dependsOn("generatePomFileForNebulaPublication");
             }
-
         });
     }
 }
diff --git a/buildSrc/src/test/java/org/opensearch/gradle/pluginzip/PublishTests.java b/buildSrc/src/test/java/org/opensearch/gradle/pluginzip/PublishTests.java
index ae94ace55e6..f5a00d795c0 100644
--- a/buildSrc/src/test/java/org/opensearch/gradle/pluginzip/PublishTests.java
+++ b/buildSrc/src/test/java/org/opensearch/gradle/pluginzip/PublishTests.java
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ import org.apache.maven.model.io.xpp3.MavenXpp3Reader;
 import org.codehaus.plexus.util.xml.pull.XmlPullParserException;
 import java.io.FileReader;
 import org.gradle.api.tasks.bundling.Zip;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
 
 public class PublishTests extends GradleUnitTestCase {
 
@@ -56,6 +58,7 @@ public class PublishTests extends GradleUnitTestCase {
         writeString(new File(projectDir, "settings.gradle"), "");
         // Generate the build.gradle file
         String buildFileContent = "apply plugin: 'maven-publish' \n"
+            + "apply plugin: 'java' \n"
             + "publishing {\n"
             + "  repositories {\n"
             + "       maven {\n"
@@ -74,10 +77,13 @@ public class PublishTests extends GradleUnitTestCase {
             + "}";
         writeString(new File(projectDir, "build.gradle"), buildFileContent);
         // Execute the task publishPluginZipPublicationToZipStagingRepository
+        List<String> allArguments = new ArrayList<String>();
+        allArguments.add("build");
+        allArguments.add(zipPublishTask);
         GradleRunner runner = GradleRunner.create();
         runner.forwardOutput();
         runner.withPluginClasspath();
-        runner.withArguments(zipPublishTask);
+        runner.withArguments(allArguments);
         runner.withProjectDir(projectDir);
         BuildResult result = runner.build();
         // Check if task publishMavenzipPublicationToZipstagingRepository has ran well
@@ -87,6 +93,7 @@ public class PublishTests extends GradleUnitTestCase {
             new File("build/functionalTest/local-staging-repo/org/opensearch/plugin/sample-plugin/2.0.0.0/sample-plugin-2.0.0.0.zip")
                 .exists()
         );
+        assertEquals(SUCCESS, result.task(":" + "build").getOutcome());
         // Parse the maven file and validate the groupID to org.opensearch.plugin
         MavenXpp3Reader reader = new MavenXpp3Reader();
         Model model = reader.read(