diff --git a/.github/workflows/maven-publish.yml b/.github/workflows/maven-publish.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..734589752
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/maven-publish.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+name: Publish snapshots to maven
+
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+  push:
+    branches: [
+      main
+        1.*
+        2.*
+    ]
+
+jobs:
+  build-and-publish-snapshots:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    permissions:
+      id-token: write
+      contents: write
+
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/setup-java@v3
+        with:
+          distribution: temurin # Temurin is a distribution of adoptium
+          java-version: 11
+      - 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::$SONATYPE_PASSWORD"
+          ./gradlew publishPluginZipPublicationToSnapshotsRepository
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 8c74786ba..22a7e0412 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -92,6 +92,16 @@ publishing {
             }
         }
     }
+    repositories {
+        maven {
+            name = "Snapshots" //  optional target repository name
+            url = "https://aws.oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots"
+            credentials {
+                username "$System.env.SONATYPE_USERNAME"
+                password "$System.env.SONATYPE_PASSWORD"
+            }
+        }
+    }
 }
 
 publishing {
diff --git a/settings.gradle b/settings.gradle
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2ae600d5a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/settings.gradle
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright OpenSearch Contributors
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ */
+
+rootProject.name = 'opensearch-observability'