diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index b08c21d54be73..e31a09952283a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -120,6 +120,7 @@ Inspired from [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/)
 - Fix flaky DecommissionControllerTests.testTimesOut ([4683](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/4683))
 - Fix new race condition in DecommissionControllerTests ([4688](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/4688))
 - Fix SearchStats (de)serialization (caused by https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/4616) ([#4697](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/4697))
+- Fixing Gradle warnings associated with publishPluginZipPublicationToXxx tasks ([#4696](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/4696))
 
 ### Security
 
diff --git a/buildSrc/src/main/java/org/opensearch/gradle/PublishPlugin.java b/buildSrc/src/main/java/org/opensearch/gradle/PublishPlugin.java
index 2bdef8e4cd244..be12fdd99c1df 100644
--- a/buildSrc/src/main/java/org/opensearch/gradle/PublishPlugin.java
+++ b/buildSrc/src/main/java/org/opensearch/gradle/PublishPlugin.java
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ public String call() throws Exception {
                 return String.format(
                     "%s/distributions/%s-%s.pom",
                     project.getBuildDir(),
-                    getArchivesBaseName(project),
+                    pomTask.getName().toLowerCase().contains("zip") ? project.getName() : getArchivesBaseName(project),
                     project.getVersion()
                 );
             }
@@ -130,7 +130,6 @@ public String call() throws Exception {
             publication.getPom().withXml(PublishPlugin::addScmInfo);
 
             if (!publication.getName().toLowerCase().contains("zip")) {
-
                 // have to defer this until archivesBaseName is set
                 project.afterEvaluate(p -> publication.setArtifactId(getArchivesBaseName(project)));
 
@@ -139,6 +138,8 @@ public String call() throws Exception {
                     publication.artifact(project.getTasks().getByName("sourcesJar"));
                     publication.artifact(project.getTasks().getByName("javadocJar"));
                 }
+            } else {
+                project.afterEvaluate(p -> publication.setArtifactId(project.getName()));
             }
 
             generatePomTask.configure(
diff --git a/buildSrc/src/main/java/org/opensearch/gradle/pluginzip/Publish.java b/buildSrc/src/main/java/org/opensearch/gradle/pluginzip/Publish.java
index 6dc7d660922b2..6b581fcaa7774 100644
--- a/buildSrc/src/main/java/org/opensearch/gradle/pluginzip/Publish.java
+++ b/buildSrc/src/main/java/org/opensearch/gradle/pluginzip/Publish.java
@@ -13,12 +13,14 @@
 import org.gradle.api.publish.maven.MavenPublication;
 
 import java.nio.file.Path;
+import java.util.Set;
+import java.util.stream.Collectors;
+
 import org.gradle.api.Task;
 import org.gradle.api.publish.maven.plugins.MavenPublishPlugin;
 
 public class Publish implements Plugin<Project> {
 
-    // public final static String PLUGIN_ZIP_PUBLISH_POM_TASK = "generatePomFileForPluginZipPublication";
     public final static String PUBLICATION_NAME = "pluginZip";
     public final static String STAGING_REPO = "zipStaging";
     public final static String LOCAL_STAGING_REPO_PATH = "/build/local-staging-repo";
@@ -67,10 +69,15 @@ public void apply(Project project) {
                 if (validatePluginZipPom != null) {
                     validatePluginZipPom.dependsOn("generatePomFileForNebulaPublication");
                 }
-                Task publishPluginZipPublicationToZipStagingRepository = project.getTasks()
-                    .findByName("publishPluginZipPublicationToZipStagingRepository");
-                if (publishPluginZipPublicationToZipStagingRepository != null) {
-                    publishPluginZipPublicationToZipStagingRepository.dependsOn("generatePomFileForNebulaPublication");
+
+                // There are number of tasks prefixed by 'publishPluginZipPublication', f.e.:
+                // publishPluginZipPublicationToZipStagingRepository, publishPluginZipPublicationToMavenLocal
+                final Set<Task> publishPluginZipPublicationToTasks = project.getTasks()
+                    .stream()
+                    .filter(t -> t.getName().startsWith("publishPluginZipPublicationTo"))
+                    .collect(Collectors.toSet());
+                if (!publishPluginZipPublicationToTasks.isEmpty()) {
+                    publishPluginZipPublicationToTasks.forEach(t -> t.dependsOn("generatePomFileForNebulaPublication"));
                 }
             } else {
                 project.getLogger()