diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 92f71cc5..92e442ca 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -157,17 +157,13 @@ task javadocJar(type: Jar) {
     classifier = 'javadoc'
     from javadoc.destinationDir
 }
-
-tasks.withType(Jar) { task ->
-    task.doLast {
-        ant.checksum algorithm: 'md5', file: it.archivePath
-        ant.checksum algorithm: 'sha1', file: it.archivePath
-        ant.checksum algorithm: 'sha-256', file: it.archivePath, fileext: '.sha256'
-        ant.checksum algorithm: 'sha-512', file: it.archivePath, fileext: '.sha512'
-    }
-}
-
 publishing {
+    repositories {
+        maven {
+            name = 'staging'
+            url = "${rootProject.buildDir}/local-staging-repo"
+        }
+    }
     publications {
         shadow(MavenPublication) {
             project.shadow.component(it)
diff --git a/scripts/build.sh b/scripts/build.sh
index fdc9be57..891e27fc 100755
--- a/scripts/build.sh
+++ b/scripts/build.sh
@@ -57,5 +57,6 @@ fi
 
 ./gradlew build -Dopensearch.version=$VERSION -Dbuild.snapshot=$SNAPSHOT
 ./gradlew publishShadowPublicationToMavenLocal -Dopensearch.version=$VERSION -Dbuild.snapshot=$SNAPSHOT
+./gradlew publishShadowPublicationToStagingRepository -Dopensearch.version=$VERSION -Dbuild.snapshot=$SNAPSHOT
 mkdir -p $OUTPUT/maven/org/opensearch
-cp -r ./build/libs $OUTPUT/maven/org/opensearch/common-utils
+cp -r ./build/local-staging-repo/org/opensearch/common-utils $OUTPUT/maven/org/opensearch/common-utils