diff --git a/plugin/build.gradle.kts b/plugin/build.gradle.kts
index a705b7e0..fd1e3570 100644
--- a/plugin/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/plugin/build.gradle.kts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 plugins {
     `maven-publish`
-    id("org.hibernate.build.maven-repo-auth") version "3.0.4"
+    id("org.hibernate.build.maven-repo-auth") version "3.0.4" apply false
 }
 
 version = "10.0.44-SNAPSHOT"
@@ -29,6 +29,10 @@ tasks.withType<Javadoc>().configureEach {
     )
 }
 
+tasks.named("publish") {
+    apply(plugin = "org.hibernate.build.maven-repo-auth")
+}
+
 publishing {
     repositories {
         // If 'publishToExternalRepo' is false or missing, only publish to local.