diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e43a16c245..bd532d181e 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # Changelog
 
+### Features
+
+- Publish Gradle module metadata ([#3422](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-java/pull/3422))
+
 ## 7.9.0
 
 ### Features
diff --git a/build.gradle.kts b/build.gradle.kts
index 42acafadb1..998c547efb 100644
--- a/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/build.gradle.kts
@@ -160,16 +160,7 @@ subprojects {
             if (this@subprojects.name.contains("-compose")) {
                 this.configureForMultiplatform(this@subprojects)
             } else {
-                this.getByName("main").contents {
-                    // non android modules
-                    from("build${sep}libs")
-                    from("build${sep}publications${sep}maven")
-                    // android modules
-                    from("build${sep}outputs${sep}aar") {
-                        include("*-release*")
-                    }
-                    from("build${sep}publications${sep}release")
-                }
+                this.configureForJvm(this@subprojects)
             }
             // craft only uses zip archives
             this.forEach { dist ->
diff --git a/buildSrc/src/main/java/Publication.kt b/buildSrc/src/main/java/Publication.kt
index 1362e96522..08a81c703f 100644
--- a/buildSrc/src/main/java/Publication.kt
+++ b/buildSrc/src/main/java/Publication.kt
@@ -10,9 +10,12 @@ private object Consts {
 // configure distZip tasks for multiplatform
 fun DistributionContainer.configureForMultiplatform(project: Project) {
     val sep = File.separator
+    val version = project.properties["versionName"].toString()
 
     this.maybeCreate("android").contents {
-        from("build${sep}publications${sep}androidRelease")
+        from("build${sep}publications${sep}androidRelease") {
+            renameModule(project.name, "android", version = version)
+        }
         from("build${sep}outputs${sep}aar") {
             include("*-release*")
             rename {
@@ -25,7 +28,9 @@ fun DistributionContainer.configureForMultiplatform(project: Project) {
         }
     }
     this.getByName("main").contents {
-        from("build${sep}publications${sep}kotlinMultiplatform")
+        from("build${sep}publications${sep}kotlinMultiplatform") {
+            renameModule(project.name, version = version)
+        }
         from("build${sep}kotlinToolingMetadata")
         from("build${sep}libs") {
             include("*compose-kotlin*")
@@ -39,7 +44,9 @@ fun DistributionContainer.configureForMultiplatform(project: Project) {
     }
     this.maybeCreate("desktop").contents {
         // kotlin multiplatform modules
-        from("build${sep}publications${sep}desktop")
+        from("build${sep}publications${sep}desktop") {
+            renameModule(project.name, "desktop", version = version)
+        }
         from("build${sep}libs") {
             include("*desktop*")
             withJavadoc(renameTo = "compose-desktop")
@@ -53,6 +60,26 @@ fun DistributionContainer.configureForMultiplatform(project: Project) {
     project.tasks.getByName("distZip").finalizedBy(*platformDists)
 }
 
+fun DistributionContainer.configureForJvm(project: Project) {
+    val sep = File.separator
+    val version = project.properties["versionName"].toString()
+
+    this.getByName("main").contents {
+        // non android modules
+        from("build${sep}libs")
+        from("build${sep}publications${sep}maven") {
+            renameModule(project.name, version = version)
+        }
+        // android modules
+        from("build${sep}outputs${sep}aar") {
+            include("*-release*")
+        }
+        from("build${sep}publications${sep}release") {
+            renameModule(project.name, version = version)
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 private fun CopySpec.withJavadoc(renameTo: String = "compose") {
     include("*javadoc*")
     rename {
@@ -63,3 +90,13 @@ private fun CopySpec.withJavadoc(renameTo: String = "compose") {
         }
     }
 }
+
+private fun CopySpec.renameModule(projectName: String, renameTo: String = "", version: String) {
+    var target = ""
+    if (renameTo.isNotEmpty()) {
+        target = "-$renameTo"
+    }
+    rename {
+        it.replace("module.json", "$projectName$target-$version.module")
+    }
+}
diff --git a/sentry-android-core/build.gradle.kts b/sentry-android-core/build.gradle.kts
index 4ab0aec423..2ec856cf5f 100644
--- a/sentry-android-core/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/sentry-android-core/build.gradle.kts
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ dependencies {
     compileOnly(projects.sentryAndroidFragment)
     compileOnly(projects.sentryAndroidTimber)
     compileOnly(projects.sentryCompose)
+    compileOnly(projects.sentryComposeHelper)
 
     // lifecycle processor, session tracking
     implementation(Config.Libs.lifecycleProcess)
diff --git a/sentry-android-integration-tests/sentry-uitest-android/build.gradle.kts b/sentry-android-integration-tests/sentry-uitest-android/build.gradle.kts
index 16f6b9b9ad..98b00eb4f8 100644
--- a/sentry-android-integration-tests/sentry-uitest-android/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/sentry-android-integration-tests/sentry-uitest-android/build.gradle.kts
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ dependencies {
     if (applySentryIntegrations) {
         implementation(projects.sentryAndroid)
         implementation(projects.sentryCompose)
+        implementation(projects.sentryComposeHelper)
     } else {
         implementation(projects.sentryAndroidCore)
     }
diff --git a/sentry-compose/build.gradle.kts b/sentry-compose/build.gradle.kts
index 1291ea1696..114c08a22f 100644
--- a/sentry-compose/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/sentry-compose/build.gradle.kts
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
 import com.android.build.gradle.internal.tasks.LibraryAarJarsTask
-import groovy.util.Node
-import groovy.util.NodeList
 import io.gitlab.arturbosch.detekt.Detekt
 import org.jetbrains.dokka.gradle.DokkaTask
 
@@ -44,7 +42,7 @@ kotlin {
                 compileOnly(compose.runtime)
                 compileOnly(compose.ui)
 
-                api(projects.sentryComposeHelper)
+                compileOnly(projects.sentryComposeHelper)
             }
         }
         val androidMain by getting {
@@ -149,32 +147,3 @@ dependencies {
 tasks.withType<LibraryAarJarsTask> {
     mainScopeClassFiles.setFrom(embedComposeHelperConfig)
 }
-
-// we embed the sentry-compose-helper classes to the same .jar above
-// so we need to exclude the dependency from the .pom publication and .module metadata
-configure<PublishingExtension> {
-    publications.withType(MavenPublication::class.java).all {
-        this.pom {
-            this.withXml {
-                (asNode().get("dependencies") as NodeList)
-                    .flatMap {
-                        if (it is Node) it.children() else NodeList()
-                    }
-                    .filterIsInstance<Node>()
-                    .filter { dependency ->
-                        val artifactIdNodes = dependency.get("artifactId") as NodeList
-                        artifactIdNodes.any {
-                            (it is Node && it.value().toString().contains("sentry-compose-helper"))
-                        }
-                    }
-                    .forEach { dependency ->
-                        dependency.parent().remove(dependency)
-                    }
-            }
-        }
-    }
-}
-
-tasks.withType<GenerateModuleMetadata> {
-    enabled = false
-}
diff --git a/sentry-samples/sentry-samples-android/build.gradle.kts b/sentry-samples/sentry-samples-android/build.gradle.kts
index ac77791268..a8d8897519 100644
--- a/sentry-samples/sentry-samples-android/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/sentry-samples/sentry-samples-android/build.gradle.kts
@@ -111,6 +111,7 @@ dependencies {
     implementation(projects.sentryAndroidFragment)
     implementation(projects.sentryAndroidTimber)
     implementation(projects.sentryCompose)
+    implementation(projects.sentryComposeHelper)
     implementation(Config.Libs.fragment)
     implementation(Config.Libs.timber)