diff --git a/hugegraph-dist/pom.xml b/hugegraph-dist/pom.xml
index e687db87e..7680c6b41 100644
--- a/hugegraph-dist/pom.xml
+++ b/hugegraph-dist/pom.xml
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
                         </goals>
                         <configuration>
                             <tasks>
+                                <!-- TODO: change to assembly plugin in future  -->
                                 <echo file="${project.basedir}/dist.sh">
                                     root_path=$(cd $(dirname $0)/..; pwd)
                                     cd $root_path
diff --git a/hugegraph-hubble/hubble-dist/pom.xml b/hugegraph-hubble/hubble-dist/pom.xml
index 4c9e6f4be..7ac76f5d3 100644
--- a/hugegraph-hubble/hubble-dist/pom.xml
+++ b/hugegraph-hubble/hubble-dist/pom.xml
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@
                         </goals>
                         <configuration>
                             <tasks>
+                                <!-- TODO: change to assembly plugin in future  -->
                                 <echo file="${top.level.dir}/dist.sh">
                                     cd ${hubble-fe.dir} || exit 1
                                     export CI=false
diff --git a/hugegraph-loader/pom.xml b/hugegraph-loader/pom.xml
index b2eb5b1ae..a9f225b0c 100644
--- a/hugegraph-loader/pom.xml
+++ b/hugegraph-loader/pom.xml
@@ -648,19 +648,12 @@
                             <goal>run</goal>
                         </goals>
                         <configuration>
-                            <tasks>
-                                <echo file="${project.basedir}/dist.sh">
-                                    tar -zcvf \
-                                    ${project.basedir}/${final.name}.tar.gz ${final.name} || exit 1
-                                    rm -f ${project.basedir}/dist.sh
-                                    echo -n "hugegraph-loader tar.gz available at: "
-                                    echo "${project.basedir}/${final.name}.tar.gz"
-                                </echo>
-                                <exec executable="${shell-executable}"
-                                      dir="${project.basedir}" failonerror="true">
-                                    <arg line="./dist.sh"/>
-                                </exec>
-                            </tasks>
+                            <target>
+                                <tar destfile="${project.basedir}/${final.name}.tar.gz"
+                                     basedir="${project.basedir}"
+                                     includes="${final.name}/**"
+                                     compression="gzip"/>
+                            </target>
                         </configuration>
                     </execution>
                 </executions>
diff --git a/hugegraph-tools/pom.xml b/hugegraph-tools/pom.xml
index 9db7966b5..b9c6ff4a3 100644
--- a/hugegraph-tools/pom.xml
+++ b/hugegraph-tools/pom.xml
@@ -233,19 +233,12 @@
                             <goal>run</goal>
                         </goals>
                         <configuration>
-                            <tasks>
-                                <echo file="${project.basedir}/dist.sh">
-                                    tar -zcvf \
-                                    ${project.basedir}/${final.name}.tar.gz ${final.name} || exit 1
-                                    rm -f ${project.basedir}/dist.sh
-                                    echo -n "hugegraph-tools tar.gz available at: "
-                                    echo "${project.basedir}/${final.name}.tar.gz"
-                                </echo>
-                                <exec executable="${shell-executable}"
-                                      dir="${project.basedir}" failonerror="true">
-                                    <arg line="./dist.sh"/>
-                                </exec>
-                            </tasks>
+                            <target>
+                                <tar destfile="${project.basedir}/${final.name}.tar.gz"
+                                     basedir="${project.basedir}"
+                                     includes="${final.name}/**"
+                                     compression="gzip"/>
+                            </target>
                         </configuration>
                     </execution>
                 </executions>