diff --git a/client/build.gradle b/client/build.gradle
index 532e68624e..aed3649fb4 100644
--- a/client/build.gradle
+++ b/client/build.gradle
@@ -47,9 +47,6 @@ jacocoTestCoverageVerification {
 }
 check.dependsOn jacocoTestCoverageVerification
 
-tasks.named("jar").configure { dependsOn("publishShadowPublicationToMavenLocal") }
-tasks.named("jar").configure { dependsOn("publishShadowPublicationToStagingRepository") }
-
 shadowJar {
     archiveClassifier.set(null)
 }
@@ -112,6 +109,8 @@ publishing {
         }
         jars(MavenPublication) { publication ->
             from components.java
+            artifact sourcesJar
+            artifact javadocJar
 
             pom {
                 name = "OpenSearch Machine Learning Client"
diff --git a/settings.gradle b/settings.gradle
index b69d65c8b6..3a50a520f5 100644
--- a/settings.gradle
+++ b/settings.gradle
@@ -14,3 +14,4 @@ project(":plugin").name = rootProject.name + "-plugin"
 include 'ml-algorithms'
 project(":ml-algorithms").name = rootProject.name + "-algorithms"
 
+startParameter.excludedTaskNames=["publishShadowPublicationToStagingRepository", "publishShadowPublicationToMavenLocal"]