diff --git a/.github/workflows/sql-test-and-build-workflow.yml b/.github/workflows/sql-test-and-build-workflow.yml
index d0d1d5591d..fcc63433a8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/sql-test-and-build-workflow.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/sql-test-and-build-workflow.yml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ jobs:
       run: ./gradlew build assemble
 
     - name: Run backward compatibility tests
-      run: ./bwctest.sh
+      run: ./scripts/bwctest.sh
 
     - name: Create Artifact Path
       run: |
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 19689a12b0..911e2ba6d7 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -40,3 +40,5 @@ gen
 */__pycache__
 *.iml
 .DS_Store
+
+/artifacts/
diff --git a/plugin/build.gradle b/plugin/build.gradle
index 7c08ea5907..f8a930b08e 100644
--- a/plugin/build.gradle
+++ b/plugin/build.gradle
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ plugins {
     id 'opensearch.opensearchplugin'
 }
 
+apply plugin: 'opensearch.pluginzip'
+
 ext {
     projectSubstitutions = [:]
     licenseFile = rootProject.file('LICENSE.TXT')
@@ -46,6 +48,29 @@ opensearchplugin {
     noticeFile rootProject.file("NOTICE")
 }
 
+publishing {
+    publications {
+        pluginZip(MavenPublication) { publication ->
+            pom {
+                name = 'opensearch-sql'
+                description = 'OpenSearch SQL'
+                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'
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 javadoc.enabled = false
 test.enabled = false
 loggerUsageCheck.enabled = false
diff --git a/scripts/build.sh b/scripts/build.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..4b2893f304
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/build.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+#
+# Copyright OpenSearch Contributors
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+#
+
+set -ex
+
+function usage() {
+    echo "Usage: $0 [args]"
+    echo ""
+    echo "Arguments:"
+    echo -e "-v VERSION\t[Required] OpenSearch version."
+    echo -e "-q QUALIFIER\t[Optional] Version qualifier."
+    echo -e "-s SNAPSHOT\t[Optional] Build a snapshot, default is 'false'."
+    echo -e "-p PLATFORM\t[Optional] Platform, ignored."
+    echo -e "-a ARCHITECTURE\t[Optional] Build architecture, ignored."
+    echo -e "-o OUTPUT\t[Optional] Output path, default is 'artifacts'."
+    echo -e "-h help"
+}
+
+while getopts ":h:v:q:s:o:p:a:" arg; do
+    case $arg in
+        h)
+            usage
+            exit 1
+            ;;
+        v)
+            VERSION=$OPTARG
+            ;;
+        q)
+            QUALIFIER=$OPTARG
+            ;;
+        s)
+            SNAPSHOT=$OPTARG
+            ;;
+        o)
+            OUTPUT=$OPTARG
+            ;;
+        p)
+            PLATFORM=$OPTARG
+            ;;
+        a)
+            ARCHITECTURE=$OPTARG
+            ;;
+        :)
+            echo "Error: -${OPTARG} requires an argument"
+            usage
+            exit 1
+            ;;
+        ?)
+            echo "Invalid option: -${arg}"
+            exit 1
+            ;;
+    esac
+done
+
+if [ -z "$VERSION" ]; then
+    echo "Error: You must specify the OpenSearch version"
+    usage
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+[[ ! -z "$QUALIFIER" ]] && VERSION=$VERSION-$QUALIFIER
+[[ "$SNAPSHOT" == "true" ]] && VERSION=$VERSION-SNAPSHOT
+[ -z "$OUTPUT" ] && OUTPUT=artifacts
+
+mkdir -p $OUTPUT
+
+./gradlew assemble --no-daemon --refresh-dependencies -DskipTests=true -Dopensearch.version=$VERSION -Dbuild.snapshot=$SNAPSHOT -Dbuild.version_qualifier=$QUALIFIER
+
+zipPath=$(find . -path \*build/distributions/*.zip)
+distributions="$(dirname "${zipPath}")"
+
+echo "COPY ${distributions}/*.zip"
+mkdir -p $OUTPUT/plugins
+cp ${distributions}/*.zip ./$OUTPUT/plugins
+
+./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/. $OUTPUT/maven/org/opensearch
diff --git a/bwctest.sh b/scripts/bwctest.sh
similarity index 93%
rename from bwctest.sh
rename to scripts/bwctest.sh
index 76d603c941..4f017ae5e8 100755
--- a/bwctest.sh
+++ b/scripts/bwctest.sh
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ done
 function setup_bwc_artifact() {
     # This gets opensearch version from build.gradle (e.g. 1.2.0-SNAPSHOT),
     # then converts to plugin version by appending ".0" (e.g. 1.2.0.0-SNAPSHOT),
-    # assuming one line in build.gradle is 'opensearch_version= System.getProperty("opensearch.version", "<opensearch_version>")'.
+    # assuming one line in build.gradle is 'opensearch_version = System.getProperty("opensearch.version", "<opensearch_version>")'.
     plugin_version=$(grep 'opensearch_version = System.getProperty' build.gradle | \
         grep -o '[0-9]\+\.[0-9]\+\.[0-9]\+[^"]*' | sed -e 's/\(.*\)\(\.[0-9]\)/\1\2.0/')
     plugin_artifact="./plugin/build/distributions/opensearch-sql-$plugin_version.zip"