diff --git a/.github/workflows/maven-publish.yml b/.github/workflows/maven-publish.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..31e21d66b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/maven-publish.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+name: Publish snapshots to maven
+
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - main
+      - '[0-9]+.[0-9]+'
+      - '[0-9]+.x'
+
+jobs:
+  build-and-publish-snapshots:
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        jdk: [17]
+        platform: ["ubuntu-latest"]
+    if: github.repository == 'opensearch-project/alerting'
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.platform }}
+
+    permissions:
+      id-token: write
+      contents: write
+
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/setup-java@v3
+        with:
+          distribution: temurin # Temurin is a distribution of adoptium
+          java-version: ${{ matrix.jdk }}
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - uses: aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials@v1
+        with:
+          role-to-assume: ${{ secrets.PUBLISH_SNAPSHOTS_ROLE }}
+          aws-region: us-east-1
+      - name: publish snapshots to maven
+        run: |
+          export SONATYPE_USERNAME=$(aws secretsmanager get-secret-value --secret-id maven-snapshots-username --query SecretString --output text)
+          export SONATYPE_PASSWORD=$(aws secretsmanager get-secret-value --secret-id maven-snapshots-password --query SecretString --output text)
+          echo "::add-mask::$SONATYPE_USERNAME"
+          echo "::add-mask::$SONATYPE_PASSWORD"
+          ./gradlew publishPluginZipPublicationToSnapshotsRepository
diff --git a/alerting/build.gradle b/alerting/build.gradle
index ddf4921e6..494060df2 100644
--- a/alerting/build.gradle
+++ b/alerting/build.gradle
@@ -29,6 +29,41 @@ opensearchplugin {
     extendedPlugins = ['lang-painless']
 }
 
+publishing {
+    publications {
+        pluginZip(MavenPublication) { publication ->
+            pom {
+                name = "opensearch-alerting"
+                description = "OpenSearch Alerting plugin"
+                groupId = "org.opensearch.plugin"
+                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/alerting"
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    repositories {
+        maven {
+            name = "Snapshots"
+            url = "https://aws.oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots"
+            credentials {
+                username "$System.env.SONATYPE_USERNAME"
+                password "$System.env.SONATYPE_PASSWORD"
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 // Prefer elastic bundled versions for conflicts (primarily with AWS SDK).  We need to specify these manually because
 // opensearchplugin sets ResolutionStrategy.failOnVersionConflict. Luckily it is also nice enough to expose (most of) the
 // versions it uses in ext.versions.