diff --git a/bouncy-castle/bc/build.gradle.kts b/bouncy-castle/bc/build.gradle.kts
index 973167d36af49..517da4a5c54a8 100644
--- a/bouncy-castle/bc/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/bouncy-castle/bc/build.gradle.kts
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
  */
 
 plugins {
-    id("pulsar.java-conventions")
+    id("pulsar.public-java-library-conventions")
 }
 
 dependencies {
diff --git a/bouncy-castle/bcfips/build.gradle.kts b/bouncy-castle/bcfips/build.gradle.kts
index ba662f2696668..3a2566d1c8a44 100644
--- a/bouncy-castle/bcfips/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/bouncy-castle/bcfips/build.gradle.kts
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
  */
 
 plugins {
-    id("pulsar.java-conventions")
+    id("pulsar.public-java-library-conventions")
 }
 
 dependencies {
diff --git a/build-logic/conventions/src/main/kotlin/pulsar.java-conventions.gradle.kts b/build-logic/conventions/src/main/kotlin/pulsar.java-conventions.gradle.kts
index daf10c9009858..54f81a983fb25 100644
--- a/build-logic/conventions/src/main/kotlin/pulsar.java-conventions.gradle.kts
+++ b/build-logic/conventions/src/main/kotlin/pulsar.java-conventions.gradle.kts
@@ -24,9 +24,6 @@ plugins {
 
 val catalog = the<VersionCatalogsExtension>().named("libs")
 
-group = "org.apache.pulsar"
-version = catalog.findVersion("pulsar").get().requiredVersion
-
 tasks.withType<JavaCompile>().configureEach {
     options.encoding = "UTF-8"
     options.release.set(17)
diff --git a/build-logic/conventions/src/main/kotlin/pulsar.nar-conventions.gradle.kts b/build-logic/conventions/src/main/kotlin/pulsar.nar-conventions.gradle.kts
index d51ebc8ad23e6..c101449289572 100644
--- a/build-logic/conventions/src/main/kotlin/pulsar.nar-conventions.gradle.kts
+++ b/build-logic/conventions/src/main/kotlin/pulsar.nar-conventions.gradle.kts
@@ -19,10 +19,12 @@
 
 // Convention plugin for NAR (Nifi Archive) modules.
 // Configures platform module exclusions from runtimeClasspath, forces JAR artifacts
-// for bundled-dependencies, and handles archive name qualification.
+// for bundled-dependencies, handles archive name qualification, and publishes the
+// NAR artifact with an empty POM (no dependencies — everything is bundled).
 
 plugins {
     id("io.github.merlimat.nar")
+    id("pulsar.publish-conventions")
 }
 
 // NAR modules should not bundle Pulsar platform dependencies — they are provided
@@ -91,3 +93,26 @@ if (parentProject != null && parentProject != rootProject && parentProject.paren
     val narIdProp = narExt.javaClass.getMethod("getNarId").invoke(narExt) as org.gradle.api.provider.Property<String>
     narIdProp.set(qualifiedName)
 }
+
+// --- NAR publishing: publish only the .nar artifact with an empty POM ---
+// NAR modules bundle all dependencies, so the POM should have no <dependencies> section.
+publishing {
+    publications {
+        named<MavenPublication>("maven") {
+            // Replace component-based artifacts with just the NAR file
+            artifacts.clear()
+            artifact(tasks.named("nar"))
+            pom {
+                packaging = "nar"
+                // Remove all dependencies — NAR bundles everything
+                withXml {
+                    val root = asNode()
+                    root.children().removeAll { node ->
+                        val name = (node as groovy.util.Node).name()
+                        name.toString().contains("dependencies")
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/build-logic/conventions/src/main/kotlin/pulsar.public-java-library-conventions.gradle.kts b/build-logic/conventions/src/main/kotlin/pulsar.public-java-library-conventions.gradle.kts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..45010ea637804
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build-logic/conventions/src/main/kotlin/pulsar.public-java-library-conventions.gradle.kts
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+// Convention plugin for public Pulsar Java libraries that are published to Maven repositories.
+// Combines java-conventions (compilation, testing) with publish-conventions (Maven publishing,
+// signing, POM metadata). Internal-only modules should use pulsar.java-conventions directly.
+
+plugins {
+    id("pulsar.java-conventions")
+    id("pulsar.publish-conventions")
+}
+
+// Validate that public java-library modules only depend on other published modules
+// in scopes that end up in the published POM (api, implementation, runtimeOnly).
+// Test/compileOnly scoped dependencies are excluded since they don't appear in the POM.
+// NAR modules are not validated here — they bundle all dependencies and have empty POMs.
+run {
+    val publishedScopes = listOf("api", "implementation", "runtimeOnly")
+    val configsToCheck = publishedScopes.mapNotNull { name ->
+        configurations.findByName(name)?.let { name to it }
+    }
+    val currentProjectPath = project.path
+
+    val unpublishedDeps = provider {
+        val errors = mutableListOf<String>()
+        for ((configName, config) in configsToCheck) {
+            for (dep in config.dependencies) {
+                if (dep is ProjectDependency) {
+                    val depPath = dep.path
+                    val depProject = project.rootProject.project(depPath)
+                    if (!depProject.plugins.hasPlugin("maven-publish")) {
+                        errors.add("  - $configName -> $depPath (not published)")
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        errors
+    }
+
+    tasks.withType<PublishToMavenRepository>().configureEach {
+        val errorList = unpublishedDeps
+        doFirst {
+            val errors = errorList.get()
+            if (errors.isNotEmpty()) {
+                throw GradleException(
+                    "Published module '$currentProjectPath' depends on unpublished projects:\n" +
+                        errors.joinToString("\n") + "\n" +
+                        "Either publish the dependency or move it to a test/compileOnly scope."
+                )
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/build-logic/conventions/src/main/kotlin/pulsar.publish-conventions.gradle.kts b/build-logic/conventions/src/main/kotlin/pulsar.publish-conventions.gradle.kts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..eae72273f310f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build-logic/conventions/src/main/kotlin/pulsar.publish-conventions.gradle.kts
@@ -0,0 +1,181 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+// Convention plugin for publishing Pulsar modules to Maven repositories.
+// Configures maven-publish, GPG signing, POM metadata, sources/javadoc JARs,
+// and a local deploy repository for testing.
+
+plugins {
+    `maven-publish`
+    signing
+}
+
+// --- java-library projects: JAR + sources + javadoc ---
+pluginManager.withPlugin("java-library") {
+    val sourceSets = the<SourceSetContainer>()
+
+    // Match Maven's javadoc configuration: no doclint, don't fail on errors
+    tasks.withType<Javadoc>().configureEach {
+        (options as StandardJavadocDocletOptions).apply {
+            addStringOption("Xdoclint:none", "-quiet")
+        }
+        isFailOnError = false
+    }
+
+    val sourcesJar by tasks.registering(Jar::class) {
+        archiveClassifier.set("sources")
+        from(sourceSets["main"].allJava)
+    }
+
+    val javadocJar by tasks.registering(Jar::class) {
+        archiveClassifier.set("javadoc")
+        from(tasks.named(JavaPlugin.JAVADOC_TASK_NAME))
+    }
+
+    // Standard java-library modules: publish from components["java"]
+    publishing {
+        publications {
+            create<MavenPublication>("maven") {
+                from(components["java"])
+                artifact(sourcesJar)
+                artifact(javadocJar)
+
+                versionMapping {
+                    usage(Usage.JAVA_RUNTIME) {
+                        fromResolutionResult()
+                    }
+                    usage(Usage.JAVA_API) {
+                        fromResolutionOf("runtimeClasspath")
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+}
+
+// --- java-platform projects (BOM, dependencies): POM-only, no JAR ---
+pluginManager.withPlugin("java-platform") {
+    publishing {
+        publications {
+            create<MavenPublication>("maven") {
+                from(components["javaPlatform"])
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+// --- Common POM configuration for all publications ---
+run {
+    // Capture values in a local scope so withXml closures don't capture the script object
+    // (which would break configuration cache serialization)
+    val projectName = project.name
+    val projectDescription = project.description
+    val archivesNameValue = the<BasePluginExtension>().archivesName.get()
+    val isPlatformProject = plugins.hasPlugin("java-platform")
+    val isRootProject = project == rootProject
+    val pulsarVersion = version.toString()
+    val localDeployRepoDir = rootProject.layout.buildDirectory.dir("local-deploy-repo")
+
+    publishing {
+        publications {
+            withType<MavenPublication>().configureEach {
+                artifactId = archivesNameValue
+
+                pom {
+                    // Per-module name and description
+                    if (!isRootProject) {
+                        name.set("Apache Pulsar :: $projectName")
+                        description.set(projectDescription ?: "Apache Pulsar :: $projectName")
+                    }
+
+                    // Clean up POM XML and inject <parent> reference
+                    withXml {
+                        val sb = asString()
+                        var s = sb.toString()
+                        // <scope>compile</scope> is the Maven default — remove for cleaner POM
+                        s = s.replace("<scope>compile</scope>", "")
+                        // Remove dependencyManagement from non-platform POMs
+                        // (platform POMs need it — their dependencies ARE the management section)
+                        if (!isPlatformProject) {
+                            s = s.replace(
+                                Regex(
+                                    "<dependencyManagement>.*?</dependencyManagement>",
+                                    RegexOption.DOT_MATCHES_ALL
+                                ),
+                                ""
+                            )
+                        }
+                        // Inject <parent> reference for child modules (not the root/parent POM itself).
+                        // Metadata (license, SCM, etc.) is inherited from the parent POM.
+                        if (!isRootProject) {
+                            s = s.replace(
+                                "<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>",
+                                "<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>\n  <parent>\n" +
+                                    "    <groupId>org.apache.pulsar</groupId>\n" +
+                                    "    <artifactId>pulsar</artifactId>\n" +
+                                    "    <version>$pulsarVersion</version>\n" +
+                                    "  </parent>"
+                            )
+                        }
+                        sb.setLength(0)
+                        sb.append(s)
+                        // Re-format the XML
+                        asNode()
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        // Local Maven repository for testing/comparison
+        repositories {
+            maven {
+                name = "localDeploy"
+                url = uri(localDeployRepoDir)
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+// --- GPG signing ---
+signing {
+    isRequired = !version.toString().endsWith("-SNAPSHOT")
+
+    val useGpgCmd = providers.gradleProperty("useGpgCmd").orNull?.toBoolean() ?: false
+    if (useGpgCmd) {
+        useGpgCmd()
+    }
+
+    sign(publishing.publications)
+}
+
+// Disable signing tasks when no key is configured (local dev without signing)
+tasks.withType<Sign>().configureEach {
+    enabled = providers.gradleProperty("signing.keyId").isPresent ||
+        providers.gradleProperty("signing.gnupg.keyName").isPresent
+}
+
+// Suppress enforced-platform validation: all java-library modules use
+// enforcedPlatform(":pulsar-dependencies") for internal version alignment,
+// but this should not leak to consumers. The dependencyManagement section
+// is stripped from published POMs via withXml above.
+tasks.withType<GenerateModuleMetadata>().configureEach {
+    suppressedValidationErrors.add("enforced-platform")
+}
+
diff --git a/build.gradle.kts b/build.gradle.kts
index 8b4e2cc1f4451..7b353a69d96d0 100644
--- a/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/build.gradle.kts
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ plugins {
     alias(libs.plugins.crlf) apply false
     alias(libs.plugins.idea.ext)
     alias(libs.plugins.spotless) apply false // workaround for https://github.com/diffplug/spotless/issues/2877
+    `maven-publish`
+    signing
 }
 
 versionCatalogUpdate {
@@ -46,8 +48,7 @@ tasks.named<com.github.benmanes.gradle.versions.updates.DependencyUpdatesTask>("
     }
 }
 
-val catalog = the<VersionCatalogsExtension>().named("libs")
-val pulsarVersion = catalog.findVersion("pulsar").get().requiredVersion
+val pulsarVersion = version.toString()
 
 // ── Apache RAT (Release Audit Tool) ─────────────────────────────────────────
 tasks.named<org.nosphere.apache.rat.RatTask>("rat").configure {
@@ -97,4 +98,88 @@ tasks.register("docker") {
     description = "Build the Pulsar Docker image"
     group = "docker"
     dependsOn(":docker:pulsar-docker-image:dockerBuild")
+}
+
+// ── Parent POM publication ──────────────────────────────────────────────────
+// Publishes org.apache.pulsar:pulsar as a POM-only parent artifact.
+// Child modules reference this via <parent> in their POMs, inheriting
+// shared ASF metadata (license, SCM, organization, etc.).
+publishing {
+    publications {
+        create<MavenPublication>("maven") {
+            pom {
+                packaging = "pom"
+                name.set("Apache Pulsar")
+                description.set(
+                    "Pulsar is a distributed pub-sub messaging platform with a very " +
+                        "flexible messaging model and an intuitive client API."
+                )
+                url.set("https://pulsar.apache.org")
+                inceptionYear.set("2017")
+
+                licenses {
+                    license {
+                        name.set("The Apache License, Version 2.0")
+                        url.set("https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.txt")
+                        distribution.set("repo")
+                    }
+                }
+
+                organization {
+                    name.set("Apache Software Foundation")
+                    url.set("https://www.apache.org/")
+                }
+
+                issueManagement {
+                    system.set("GitHub Issues")
+                    url.set("https://github.com/apache/pulsar/issues")
+                }
+
+                scm {
+                    connection.set("scm:git:https://github.com/apache/pulsar.git")
+                    developerConnection.set("scm:git:https://github.com/apache/pulsar.git")
+                    url.set("https://github.com/apache/pulsar")
+                    tag.set("HEAD")
+                }
+
+                mailingLists {
+                    mailingList {
+                        name.set("Apache Pulsar developers list")
+                        subscribe.set("dev-subscribe@pulsar.apache.org")
+                        unsubscribe.set("dev-unsubscribe@pulsar.apache.org")
+                        post.set("dev@pulsar.apache.org")
+                        archive.set("https://lists.apache.org/list.html?dev@pulsar.apache.org")
+                    }
+                }
+
+                developers {
+                    developer {
+                        organization.set("Apache Pulsar developers")
+                        organizationUrl.set("https://pulsar.apache.org/")
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    repositories {
+        maven {
+            name = "localDeploy"
+            url = uri(layout.buildDirectory.dir("local-deploy-repo"))
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+signing {
+    isRequired = !pulsarVersion.endsWith("-SNAPSHOT")
+    val useGpgCmd = providers.gradleProperty("useGpgCmd").orNull?.toBoolean() ?: false
+    if (useGpgCmd) {
+        useGpgCmd()
+    }
+    sign(publishing.publications)
+}
+
+tasks.withType<Sign>().configureEach {
+    enabled = providers.gradleProperty("signing.keyId").isPresent ||
+        providers.gradleProperty("signing.gnupg.keyName").isPresent
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/docker/pulsar/build.gradle.kts b/docker/pulsar/build.gradle.kts
index a43eea374a707..7aa16772cd59c 100644
--- a/docker/pulsar/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/docker/pulsar/build.gradle.kts
@@ -17,10 +17,6 @@
  * under the License.
  */
 
-group = "org.apache.pulsar"
-version = the<VersionCatalogsExtension>().named("libs").findVersion("pulsar").get().requiredVersion
-
-
 val pulsarVersion = project.version.toString()
 val dockerOrganization = providers.gradleProperty("docker.organization").getOrElse("apachepulsar")
 val dockerImage = providers.gradleProperty("docker.image").getOrElse("pulsar")
diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index 657c24b120dd5..e4b25fe9b5dfb 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -17,8 +17,14 @@
 # under the License.
 #
 
+group=org.apache.pulsar
+version=4.3.0-SNAPSHOT
+
 org.gradle.configuration-cache=true
 org.gradle.configureondemand=true
 org.gradle.parallel=true
 org.gradle.caching=true
 org.gradle.jvmargs=-Xmx4g -Xss2m -XX:+UseG1GC -XX:+HeapDumpOnOutOfMemoryError
+
+# repository.apache.org does not support SHA-256/SHA-512 checksums yet
+systemProp.org.gradle.internal.publish.checksums.insecure=true
diff --git a/gradle/libs.versions.toml b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
index d75fa3a73b76a..2244e3896bd1d 100644
--- a/gradle/libs.versions.toml
+++ b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
@@ -17,8 +17,6 @@
 # under the License.
 #
 [versions]
-# Core
-pulsar = "4.3.0-SNAPSHOT"
 # Docker
 docker-jdk = "21"
 pulsar-client-python = "3.10.0"
diff --git a/gradle/setup-test-gpg.sh b/gradle/setup-test-gpg.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000000..239e94b296580
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gradle/setup-test-gpg.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+#
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+# or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+# distributed with this work for additional information
+# regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+# to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+# "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+# with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+# software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+# "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+# KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+# specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+#
+
+# Creates a temporary GPG keyring for testing artifact signing.
+# Does NOT touch ~/.gnupg — uses an isolated keyring in build/tmp-gpg-home.
+#
+# Usage:
+#   source gradle/setup-test-gpg.sh
+#   ./gradlew publishAllPublicationsToLocalDeployRepository \
+#     -PuseGpgCmd=true \
+#     -Psigning.gnupg.keyName=$TEST_GPG_KEY_ID \
+#     -Psigning.gnupg.homeDir=$GNUPGHOME
+
+set -euo pipefail
+
+SCRIPT_DIR="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]:-$0}")" && pwd)"
+PROJECT_DIR="$(cd "$SCRIPT_DIR/.." && pwd)"
+
+export GNUPGHOME="$PROJECT_DIR/build/tmp-gpg-home"
+mkdir -p "$GNUPGHOME"
+chmod 700 "$GNUPGHOME"
+
+echo "Generating temporary GPG key in $GNUPGHOME ..."
+gpg --homedir "$GNUPGHOME" --batch --gen-key <<EOF
+%no-protection
+Key-Type: RSA
+Key-Length: 2048
+Name-Real: Test Signing Key
+Name-Email: test@example.com
+Expire-Date: 0
+%commit
+EOF
+
+TEST_GPG_KEY_ID=$(gpg --homedir "$GNUPGHOME" --list-keys --keyid-format long 2>/dev/null \
+    | grep -E '^\s+[0-9A-F]+' | head -1 | awk '{print $1}')
+
+export TEST_GPG_KEY_ID
+
+echo ""
+echo "GPG key created: $TEST_GPG_KEY_ID"
+echo "GNUPGHOME=$GNUPGHOME"
+echo ""
+echo "To publish with signing:"
+echo "  ./gradlew publishAllPublicationsToLocalDeployRepository \\"
+echo "    -PuseGpgCmd=true \\"
+echo "    -Psigning.gnupg.keyName=$TEST_GPG_KEY_ID \\"
+echo "    -Psigning.gnupg.homeDir=$GNUPGHOME"
diff --git a/jetty-upgrade/bookkeeper-prometheus-metrics-provider/build.gradle.kts b/jetty-upgrade/bookkeeper-prometheus-metrics-provider/build.gradle.kts
index d4cdc61638f18..14d178ae94e85 100644
--- a/jetty-upgrade/bookkeeper-prometheus-metrics-provider/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/jetty-upgrade/bookkeeper-prometheus-metrics-provider/build.gradle.kts
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
  */
 
 plugins {
-    id("pulsar.java-conventions")
+    id("pulsar.public-java-library-conventions")
 }
 
 dependencies {
diff --git a/jetty-upgrade/zookeeper-prometheus-metrics/build.gradle.kts b/jetty-upgrade/zookeeper-prometheus-metrics/build.gradle.kts
index 7a3104fd20a2e..092dd458b5553 100644
--- a/jetty-upgrade/zookeeper-prometheus-metrics/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/jetty-upgrade/zookeeper-prometheus-metrics/build.gradle.kts
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
  */
 
 plugins {
-    id("pulsar.java-conventions")
+    id("pulsar.public-java-library-conventions")
 }
 
 dependencies {
diff --git a/jetty-upgrade/zookeeper-with-patched-admin/build.gradle.kts b/jetty-upgrade/zookeeper-with-patched-admin/build.gradle.kts
index e0543e6117eae..ceed47555446d 100644
--- a/jetty-upgrade/zookeeper-with-patched-admin/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/jetty-upgrade/zookeeper-with-patched-admin/build.gradle.kts
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
  */
 
 plugins {
-    id("pulsar.java-conventions")
+    id("pulsar.public-java-library-conventions")
     id("pulsar.shadow-conventions")
 }
 
diff --git a/managed-ledger/build.gradle.kts b/managed-ledger/build.gradle.kts
index 83f7cef06f668..c959662c3fc69 100644
--- a/managed-ledger/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/managed-ledger/build.gradle.kts
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
  */
 
 plugins {
-    id("pulsar.java-conventions")
+    id("pulsar.public-java-library-conventions")
     alias(libs.plugins.lightproto)
 }
 
diff --git a/pulsar-bom/build.gradle.kts b/pulsar-bom/build.gradle.kts
index 12ee01d6b341a..317ddfa451289 100644
--- a/pulsar-bom/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/pulsar-bom/build.gradle.kts
@@ -23,11 +23,9 @@
 
 plugins {
     `java-platform`
+    id("pulsar.publish-conventions")
 }
 
-group = "org.apache.pulsar"
-version = the<VersionCatalogsExtension>().named("libs").findVersion("pulsar").get().requiredVersion
-
 // Allow the platform to depend on other projects
 javaPlatform {
     allowDependencies()
diff --git a/pulsar-broker-auth-athenz/build.gradle.kts b/pulsar-broker-auth-athenz/build.gradle.kts
index 7438ce5202549..6ea851f77ff1f 100644
--- a/pulsar-broker-auth-athenz/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/pulsar-broker-auth-athenz/build.gradle.kts
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
  */
 
 plugins {
-    id("pulsar.java-conventions")
+    id("pulsar.public-java-library-conventions")
 }
 
 dependencies {
diff --git a/pulsar-broker-auth-oidc/build.gradle.kts b/pulsar-broker-auth-oidc/build.gradle.kts
index 9c324d9628fef..f9db7cd2b39cd 100644
--- a/pulsar-broker-auth-oidc/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/pulsar-broker-auth-oidc/build.gradle.kts
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
  */
 
 plugins {
-    id("pulsar.java-conventions")
+    id("pulsar.public-java-library-conventions")
     id("pulsar.test-certs-conventions")
 }
 
diff --git a/pulsar-broker-auth-sasl/build.gradle.kts b/pulsar-broker-auth-sasl/build.gradle.kts
index 794851b2a97ba..74c0041303e69 100644
--- a/pulsar-broker-auth-sasl/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/pulsar-broker-auth-sasl/build.gradle.kts
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
  */
 
 plugins {
-    id("pulsar.java-conventions")
+    id("pulsar.public-java-library-conventions")
     id("pulsar.test-certs-conventions")
 }
 
diff --git a/pulsar-broker-common/build.gradle.kts b/pulsar-broker-common/build.gradle.kts
index 9fee76bc0f0d0..f86a54ccece2a 100644
--- a/pulsar-broker-common/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/pulsar-broker-common/build.gradle.kts
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
  */
 
 plugins {
-    id("pulsar.java-conventions")
+    id("pulsar.public-java-library-conventions")
     id("pulsar.test-certs-conventions")
 }
 
diff --git a/pulsar-broker/build.gradle.kts b/pulsar-broker/build.gradle.kts
index 94d0f9697f162..a72bfa27a588c 100644
--- a/pulsar-broker/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/pulsar-broker/build.gradle.kts
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
  */
 
 plugins {
-    id("pulsar.java-conventions")
+    id("pulsar.public-java-library-conventions")
     id("pulsar.test-certs-conventions")
     alias(libs.plugins.protobuf)
     alias(libs.plugins.lightproto)
diff --git a/pulsar-cli-utils/build.gradle.kts b/pulsar-cli-utils/build.gradle.kts
index 74d5aa1babb1c..5e0b01267ef2a 100644
--- a/pulsar-cli-utils/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/pulsar-cli-utils/build.gradle.kts
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
  */
 
 plugins {
-    id("pulsar.java-conventions")
+    id("pulsar.public-java-library-conventions")
 }
 
 dependencies {
diff --git a/pulsar-client-admin-api/build.gradle.kts b/pulsar-client-admin-api/build.gradle.kts
index bb17ceff64086..378b05f3eb650 100644
--- a/pulsar-client-admin-api/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/pulsar-client-admin-api/build.gradle.kts
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
  */
 
 plugins {
-    id("pulsar.java-conventions")
+    id("pulsar.public-java-library-conventions")
 }
 
 dependencies {
diff --git a/pulsar-client-admin-shaded/build.gradle.kts b/pulsar-client-admin-shaded/build.gradle.kts
index c4d8b9edbc8dd..df1c0d177f1ee 100644
--- a/pulsar-client-admin-shaded/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/pulsar-client-admin-shaded/build.gradle.kts
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
  */
 
 plugins {
-    id("pulsar.java-conventions")
+    id("pulsar.public-java-library-conventions")
     id("pulsar.client-shade-conventions")
 }
 
diff --git a/pulsar-client-admin/build.gradle.kts b/pulsar-client-admin/build.gradle.kts
index 89a71c9a26d68..660f6a416930d 100644
--- a/pulsar-client-admin/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/pulsar-client-admin/build.gradle.kts
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
  */
 
 plugins {
-    id("pulsar.java-conventions")
+    id("pulsar.public-java-library-conventions")
 }
 
 dependencies {
diff --git a/pulsar-client-all/build.gradle.kts b/pulsar-client-all/build.gradle.kts
index f661d5f3b6ac7..f6526e423ed0b 100644
--- a/pulsar-client-all/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/pulsar-client-all/build.gradle.kts
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
  */
 
 plugins {
-    id("pulsar.java-conventions")
+    id("pulsar.public-java-library-conventions")
     id("pulsar.client-shade-conventions")
 }
 
diff --git a/pulsar-client-api/build.gradle.kts b/pulsar-client-api/build.gradle.kts
index fa77751849180..6b2323163684f 100644
--- a/pulsar-client-api/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/pulsar-client-api/build.gradle.kts
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
  */
 
 plugins {
-    id("pulsar.java-conventions")
+    id("pulsar.public-java-library-conventions")
 }
 
 dependencies {
diff --git a/pulsar-client-auth-athenz/build.gradle.kts b/pulsar-client-auth-athenz/build.gradle.kts
index 7f8b24b3e2567..b4f20f8d5ff54 100644
--- a/pulsar-client-auth-athenz/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/pulsar-client-auth-athenz/build.gradle.kts
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
  */
 
 plugins {
-    id("pulsar.java-conventions")
+    id("pulsar.public-java-library-conventions")
 }
 
 dependencies {
diff --git a/pulsar-client-auth-sasl/build.gradle.kts b/pulsar-client-auth-sasl/build.gradle.kts
index a70a9bec66eb0..b288496bd631c 100644
--- a/pulsar-client-auth-sasl/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/pulsar-client-auth-sasl/build.gradle.kts
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
  */
 
 plugins {
-    id("pulsar.java-conventions")
+    id("pulsar.public-java-library-conventions")
 }
 
 dependencies {
diff --git a/pulsar-client-messagecrypto-bc/build.gradle.kts b/pulsar-client-messagecrypto-bc/build.gradle.kts
index 2cc7efd4005fb..413a5bc77d7f8 100644
--- a/pulsar-client-messagecrypto-bc/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/pulsar-client-messagecrypto-bc/build.gradle.kts
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
  */
 
 plugins {
-    id("pulsar.java-conventions")
+    id("pulsar.public-java-library-conventions")
 }
 
 dependencies {
diff --git a/pulsar-client-shaded/build.gradle.kts b/pulsar-client-shaded/build.gradle.kts
index afb04c0aab4d4..4822c850d1082 100644
--- a/pulsar-client-shaded/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/pulsar-client-shaded/build.gradle.kts
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
  */
 
 plugins {
-    id("pulsar.java-conventions")
+    id("pulsar.public-java-library-conventions")
     id("pulsar.client-shade-conventions")
 }
 
diff --git a/pulsar-client-tools-api/build.gradle.kts b/pulsar-client-tools-api/build.gradle.kts
index acb84f991a85c..0cc1ad36a4958 100644
--- a/pulsar-client-tools-api/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/pulsar-client-tools-api/build.gradle.kts
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
  */
 
 plugins {
-    id("pulsar.java-conventions")
+    id("pulsar.public-java-library-conventions")
 }
 
 dependencies {
diff --git a/pulsar-client-tools-customcommand-example/build.gradle.kts b/pulsar-client-tools-customcommand-example/build.gradle.kts
index 308ce20579570..4995c0c3ccae3 100644
--- a/pulsar-client-tools-customcommand-example/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/pulsar-client-tools-customcommand-example/build.gradle.kts
@@ -22,6 +22,9 @@ plugins {
     id("pulsar.nar-conventions")
 }
 
+// This is an example module — don't publish to Maven repositories
+tasks.withType<PublishToMavenRepository>().configureEach { enabled = false }
+
 dependencies {
     compileOnly(project(":pulsar-client-tools-api"))
     compileOnly(libs.picocli)
diff --git a/pulsar-client-tools/build.gradle.kts b/pulsar-client-tools/build.gradle.kts
index d22156476a14d..118f85aa86644 100644
--- a/pulsar-client-tools/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/pulsar-client-tools/build.gradle.kts
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
  */
 
 plugins {
-    id("pulsar.java-conventions")
+    id("pulsar.public-java-library-conventions")
 }
 
 dependencies {
diff --git a/pulsar-client/build.gradle.kts b/pulsar-client/build.gradle.kts
index 6dd1566ad8bb3..bd3a39d705615 100644
--- a/pulsar-client/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/pulsar-client/build.gradle.kts
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
  */
 
 plugins {
-    id("pulsar.java-conventions")
+    id("pulsar.public-java-library-conventions")
     alias(libs.plugins.protobuf)
 }
 
diff --git a/pulsar-common/build.gradle.kts b/pulsar-common/build.gradle.kts
index 706814968f4d4..cdfaaeb16c0a3 100644
--- a/pulsar-common/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/pulsar-common/build.gradle.kts
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ import java.time.ZonedDateTime
 import java.time.format.DateTimeFormatter
 
 plugins {
-    id("pulsar.java-conventions")
+    id("pulsar.public-java-library-conventions")
     id("pulsar.test-certs-conventions")
     alias(libs.plugins.lightproto)
 }
diff --git a/pulsar-config-validation/build.gradle.kts b/pulsar-config-validation/build.gradle.kts
index 75c8c25913f87..f24b1804acf24 100644
--- a/pulsar-config-validation/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/pulsar-config-validation/build.gradle.kts
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
  */
 
 plugins {
-    id("pulsar.java-conventions")
+    id("pulsar.public-java-library-conventions")
 }
 
 dependencies {
diff --git a/pulsar-dependencies/build.gradle.kts b/pulsar-dependencies/build.gradle.kts
index f6af10303f481..8e82c7773103a 100644
--- a/pulsar-dependencies/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/pulsar-dependencies/build.gradle.kts
@@ -22,11 +22,9 @@
 // All subprojects consume this via: implementation(enforcedPlatform(project(":pulsar-dependencies")))
 plugins {
     `java-platform`
+    id("pulsar.publish-conventions")
 }
 
-group = "org.apache.pulsar"
-version = the<VersionCatalogsExtension>().named("libs").findVersion("pulsar").get().requiredVersion
-
 // Allow declaring constraints on dependencies that also appear as direct dependencies
 javaPlatform {
     allowDependencies()
diff --git a/pulsar-docs-tools/build.gradle.kts b/pulsar-docs-tools/build.gradle.kts
index 85195ae40cf18..416cf43c56732 100644
--- a/pulsar-docs-tools/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/pulsar-docs-tools/build.gradle.kts
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
  */
 
 plugins {
-    id("pulsar.java-conventions")
+    id("pulsar.public-java-library-conventions")
 }
 
 dependencies {
diff --git a/pulsar-functions/api-java/build.gradle.kts b/pulsar-functions/api-java/build.gradle.kts
index 03f70ca6749b6..99ef39e380f86 100644
--- a/pulsar-functions/api-java/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/pulsar-functions/api-java/build.gradle.kts
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
  */
 
 plugins {
-    id("pulsar.java-conventions")
+    id("pulsar.public-java-library-conventions")
 }
 
 dependencies {
diff --git a/pulsar-functions/instance/build.gradle.kts b/pulsar-functions/instance/build.gradle.kts
index 18e150a702bb4..d9ef29c14fe8f 100644
--- a/pulsar-functions/instance/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/pulsar-functions/instance/build.gradle.kts
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
  */
 
 plugins {
-    id("pulsar.java-conventions")
+    id("pulsar.public-java-library-conventions")
 }
 
 dependencies {
diff --git a/pulsar-functions/java-examples-builtin/build.gradle.kts b/pulsar-functions/java-examples-builtin/build.gradle.kts
index 41ddd77a347ee..b4ca1028aba6c 100644
--- a/pulsar-functions/java-examples-builtin/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/pulsar-functions/java-examples-builtin/build.gradle.kts
@@ -22,6 +22,9 @@ plugins {
     id("pulsar.nar-conventions")
 }
 
+// This is an example module — don't publish to Maven repositories
+tasks.withType<PublishToMavenRepository>().configureEach { enabled = false }
+
 dependencies {
     implementation(project(":pulsar-functions:pulsar-functions-api-examples"))
 }
diff --git a/pulsar-functions/localrun-shaded/build.gradle.kts b/pulsar-functions/localrun-shaded/build.gradle.kts
index 963da1354566d..f69c7cba62ebe 100644
--- a/pulsar-functions/localrun-shaded/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/pulsar-functions/localrun-shaded/build.gradle.kts
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
  */
 
 plugins {
-    id("pulsar.java-conventions")
+    id("pulsar.public-java-library-conventions")
     id("pulsar.shadow-conventions")
 }
 
diff --git a/pulsar-functions/localrun/build.gradle.kts b/pulsar-functions/localrun/build.gradle.kts
index 79657ce50c1d7..c61c1ba305b3c 100644
--- a/pulsar-functions/localrun/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/pulsar-functions/localrun/build.gradle.kts
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
  */
 
 plugins {
-    id("pulsar.java-conventions")
+    id("pulsar.public-java-library-conventions")
 }
 
 dependencies {
diff --git a/pulsar-functions/proto/build.gradle.kts b/pulsar-functions/proto/build.gradle.kts
index c1a8a0a5d01d4..37e101815e069 100644
--- a/pulsar-functions/proto/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/pulsar-functions/proto/build.gradle.kts
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
  */
 
 plugins {
-    id("pulsar.java-conventions")
+    id("pulsar.public-java-library-conventions")
     alias(libs.plugins.lightproto)
 }
 
diff --git a/pulsar-functions/runtime/build.gradle.kts b/pulsar-functions/runtime/build.gradle.kts
index 81d303fe3f838..279136c79e5dc 100644
--- a/pulsar-functions/runtime/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/pulsar-functions/runtime/build.gradle.kts
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
  */
 
 plugins {
-    id("pulsar.java-conventions")
+    id("pulsar.public-java-library-conventions")
 }
 
 // Include parent module's test resources (YAML config files used by WorkerApiV2ResourceConfigTest)
diff --git a/pulsar-functions/secrets/build.gradle.kts b/pulsar-functions/secrets/build.gradle.kts
index 41c15e9d968de..2cc40772e0913 100644
--- a/pulsar-functions/secrets/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/pulsar-functions/secrets/build.gradle.kts
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
  */
 
 plugins {
-    id("pulsar.java-conventions")
+    id("pulsar.public-java-library-conventions")
 }
 
 dependencies {
diff --git a/pulsar-functions/utils/build.gradle.kts b/pulsar-functions/utils/build.gradle.kts
index 878d474b8c8c1..37c31000a0ea5 100644
--- a/pulsar-functions/utils/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/pulsar-functions/utils/build.gradle.kts
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
  */
 
 plugins {
-    id("pulsar.java-conventions")
+    id("pulsar.public-java-library-conventions")
 }
 
 dependencies {
diff --git a/pulsar-functions/worker/build.gradle.kts b/pulsar-functions/worker/build.gradle.kts
index 2a387fa3ccdb3..d2b3a614f005b 100644
--- a/pulsar-functions/worker/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/pulsar-functions/worker/build.gradle.kts
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
  */
 
 plugins {
-    id("pulsar.java-conventions")
+    id("pulsar.public-java-library-conventions")
 }
 
 // Include parent module's test resources (YAML config files)
diff --git a/pulsar-io/batch-discovery-triggerers/build.gradle.kts b/pulsar-io/batch-discovery-triggerers/build.gradle.kts
index 9db6850d4109a..8b16d397c17e7 100644
--- a/pulsar-io/batch-discovery-triggerers/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/pulsar-io/batch-discovery-triggerers/build.gradle.kts
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
  */
 
 plugins {
-    id("pulsar.java-conventions")
+    id("pulsar.public-java-library-conventions")
 }
 
 dependencies {
diff --git a/pulsar-io/common/build.gradle.kts b/pulsar-io/common/build.gradle.kts
index eb7d0298ae139..24ed7359cd4db 100644
--- a/pulsar-io/common/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/pulsar-io/common/build.gradle.kts
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
  */
 
 plugins {
-    id("pulsar.java-conventions")
+    id("pulsar.public-java-library-conventions")
 }
 
 dependencies {
diff --git a/pulsar-io/core/build.gradle.kts b/pulsar-io/core/build.gradle.kts
index ef3d69c68c72e..1fb04bed6e89a 100644
--- a/pulsar-io/core/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/pulsar-io/core/build.gradle.kts
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
  */
 
 plugins {
-    id("pulsar.java-conventions")
+    id("pulsar.public-java-library-conventions")
 }
 
 dependencies {
diff --git a/pulsar-metadata/build.gradle.kts b/pulsar-metadata/build.gradle.kts
index 5e5ec2bada4c5..13b3795cb3c3e 100644
--- a/pulsar-metadata/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/pulsar-metadata/build.gradle.kts
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
  */
 
 plugins {
-    id("pulsar.java-conventions")
+    id("pulsar.public-java-library-conventions")
 }
 
 dependencies {
diff --git a/pulsar-opentelemetry/build.gradle.kts b/pulsar-opentelemetry/build.gradle.kts
index d5f1484db1bdb..8563f5d4a6d0f 100644
--- a/pulsar-opentelemetry/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/pulsar-opentelemetry/build.gradle.kts
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
  */
 
 plugins {
-    id("pulsar.java-conventions")
+    id("pulsar.public-java-library-conventions")
 }
 
 dependencies {
diff --git a/pulsar-package-management/bookkeeper-storage/build.gradle.kts b/pulsar-package-management/bookkeeper-storage/build.gradle.kts
index 7259549bb66ca..11d2e19ed6dff 100644
--- a/pulsar-package-management/bookkeeper-storage/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/pulsar-package-management/bookkeeper-storage/build.gradle.kts
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
  */
 
 plugins {
-    id("pulsar.java-conventions")
+    id("pulsar.public-java-library-conventions")
 }
 
 dependencies {
diff --git a/pulsar-package-management/core/build.gradle.kts b/pulsar-package-management/core/build.gradle.kts
index f6ef9d6783ceb..be0e227bcfd8a 100644
--- a/pulsar-package-management/core/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/pulsar-package-management/core/build.gradle.kts
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
  */
 
 plugins {
-    id("pulsar.java-conventions")
+    id("pulsar.public-java-library-conventions")
 }
 
 dependencies {
diff --git a/pulsar-package-management/filesystem-storage/build.gradle.kts b/pulsar-package-management/filesystem-storage/build.gradle.kts
index 426b69e5cf8d6..6bd29bb9cc195 100644
--- a/pulsar-package-management/filesystem-storage/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/pulsar-package-management/filesystem-storage/build.gradle.kts
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
  */
 
 plugins {
-    id("pulsar.java-conventions")
+    id("pulsar.public-java-library-conventions")
 }
 
 dependencies {
diff --git a/pulsar-proxy/build.gradle.kts b/pulsar-proxy/build.gradle.kts
index 0d15fdff6bffe..8d0966893af5d 100644
--- a/pulsar-proxy/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/pulsar-proxy/build.gradle.kts
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
  */
 
 plugins {
-    id("pulsar.java-conventions")
+    id("pulsar.public-java-library-conventions")
     id("pulsar.test-certs-conventions")
 }
 
diff --git a/pulsar-testclient/build.gradle.kts b/pulsar-testclient/build.gradle.kts
index 4ccf89f03004f..012e348563380 100644
--- a/pulsar-testclient/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/pulsar-testclient/build.gradle.kts
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
  */
 
 plugins {
-    id("pulsar.java-conventions")
+    id("pulsar.public-java-library-conventions")
     id("pulsar.test-certs-conventions")
 }
 
diff --git a/pulsar-transaction/common/build.gradle.kts b/pulsar-transaction/common/build.gradle.kts
index 6b804f410972d..7eadba5ef7064 100644
--- a/pulsar-transaction/common/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/pulsar-transaction/common/build.gradle.kts
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
  */
 
 plugins {
-    id("pulsar.java-conventions")
+    id("pulsar.public-java-library-conventions")
 }
 
 // pulsar-transaction-common has no internal Pulsar dependencies
diff --git a/pulsar-transaction/coordinator/build.gradle.kts b/pulsar-transaction/coordinator/build.gradle.kts
index 90c1e41505f6e..e33199002aa5c 100644
--- a/pulsar-transaction/coordinator/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/pulsar-transaction/coordinator/build.gradle.kts
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
  */
 
 plugins {
-    id("pulsar.java-conventions")
+    id("pulsar.public-java-library-conventions")
     alias(libs.plugins.lightproto)
 }
 
diff --git a/pulsar-websocket/build.gradle.kts b/pulsar-websocket/build.gradle.kts
index f926f6548ae7b..20351173397b6 100644
--- a/pulsar-websocket/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/pulsar-websocket/build.gradle.kts
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
  */
 
 plugins {
-    id("pulsar.java-conventions")
+    id("pulsar.public-java-library-conventions")
 }
 
 dependencies {
diff --git a/structured-event-log/build.gradle.kts b/structured-event-log/build.gradle.kts
index d5646e34e2bb5..dd811ed15f49b 100644
--- a/structured-event-log/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/structured-event-log/build.gradle.kts
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
  */
 
 plugins {
-    id("pulsar.java-conventions")
+    id("pulsar.public-java-library-conventions")
 }
 
 dependencies {
diff --git a/testmocks/build.gradle.kts b/testmocks/build.gradle.kts
index 74d8027753e40..4a3ec2524f061 100644
--- a/testmocks/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/testmocks/build.gradle.kts
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
  */
 
 plugins {
-    id("pulsar.java-conventions")
+    id("pulsar.public-java-library-conventions")
 }
 
 dependencies {
diff --git a/tests/docker-images/java-test-image/build.gradle.kts b/tests/docker-images/java-test-image/build.gradle.kts
index 744878667ca63..5b2108a0db253 100644
--- a/tests/docker-images/java-test-image/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/tests/docker-images/java-test-image/build.gradle.kts
@@ -17,10 +17,6 @@
  * under the License.
  */
 
-group = "org.apache.pulsar"
-version = the<VersionCatalogsExtension>().named("libs").findVersion("pulsar").get().requiredVersion
-
-
 val pulsarVersion = project.version.toString()
 val dockerOrganization = providers.gradleProperty("docker.organization").getOrElse("apachepulsar")
 val dockerTag = providers.gradleProperty("docker.tag").getOrElse("latest")
diff --git a/tests/docker-images/latest-version-image/build.gradle.kts b/tests/docker-images/latest-version-image/build.gradle.kts
index 4d7c14cc2124b..2a22bbcc47544 100644
--- a/tests/docker-images/latest-version-image/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/tests/docker-images/latest-version-image/build.gradle.kts
@@ -17,10 +17,6 @@
  * under the License.
  */
 
-group = "org.apache.pulsar"
-version = the<VersionCatalogsExtension>().named("libs").findVersion("pulsar").get().requiredVersion
-
-
 val pulsarVersion = project.version.toString()
 val dockerOrganization = providers.gradleProperty("docker.organization").getOrElse("apachepulsar")
 val dockerTag = providers.gradleProperty("docker.tag").getOrElse("latest")