diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index e3430944..13b3e806 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -187,6 +187,10 @@ task integTest(type: RestIntegTestTask) {
     classpath = sourceSets.test.runtimeClasspath
 }
 tasks.named("check").configure { dependsOn(integTest) }
+tasks.publishNebulaPublicationToMavenLocal.dependsOn ':generatePomFileForPluginZipPublication'
+tasks.validateNebulaPom.dependsOn ':generatePomFileForPluginZipPublication'
+
+publishNebulaPublicationToMavenLocal.enabled = false
 
 integTest {
     if (project.hasProperty('excludeTests')) {
diff --git a/settings.gradle b/settings.gradle
index 89529542..d16c6e94 100644
--- a/settings.gradle
+++ b/settings.gradle
@@ -10,4 +10,4 @@ project(":spi").name = rootProject.name + "-spi"
 
 include "sample-extension-plugin"
 project(":sample-extension-plugin").name = rootProject.name + "-sample-extension"
-startParameter.excludedTaskNames=["publishPluginZipPublicationToMavenLocal", "publishPluginZipPublicationToStagingRepository"]
+startParameter.excludedTaskNames=[ "publishPluginZipPublicationToStagingRepository"]