diff --git a/cassandra-3/pom.xml b/cassandra-3/pom.xml
index 17ba5c78..3f024fdf 100644
--- a/cassandra-3/pom.xml
+++ b/cassandra-3/pom.xml
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@
                         </dependencies>
                         <executions>
                             <execution>
-                                <id>default</id>
+                                <id>plugin</id>
                                 <phase>package</phase>
                                 <goals>
                                     <goal>single</goal>
@@ -244,6 +244,21 @@
                                     <tarLongFileMode>posix</tarLongFileMode>
                                 </configuration>
                             </execution>
+                            <execution>
+                                <id>standalone</id>
+                                <phase>package</phase>
+                                <goals>
+                                    <goal>single</goal>
+                                </goals>
+                                <configuration>
+                                    <finalName>${project.artifactId}-${project.version}</finalName>
+                                    <attach>true</attach>  <!-- we want attach & deploy these to Maven -->
+                                    <descriptors>
+                                        <descriptor>${project.basedir}/../src/assembly/assembly-standalone.xml</descriptor>
+                                    </descriptors>
+                                    <tarLongFileMode>posix</tarLongFileMode>
+                                </configuration>
+                            </execution>
                         </executions>
                     </plugin>
                 </plugins>
diff --git a/cassandra-4/pom.xml b/cassandra-4/pom.xml
index 71f4e9c6..ff366f44 100644
--- a/cassandra-4/pom.xml
+++ b/cassandra-4/pom.xml
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@
                         </dependencies>
                         <executions>
                             <execution>
-                                <id>default</id>
+                                <id>plugin</id>
                                 <phase>package</phase>
                                 <goals>
                                     <goal>single</goal>
@@ -265,6 +265,21 @@
                                     <tarLongFileMode>posix</tarLongFileMode>
                                 </configuration>
                             </execution>
+                            <execution>
+                                <id>standalone</id>
+                                <phase>package</phase>
+                                <goals>
+                                    <goal>single</goal>
+                                </goals>
+                                <configuration>
+                                    <finalName>${project.artifactId}-${project.version}</finalName>
+                                    <attach>true</attach>  <!-- we want attach & deploy these to Maven -->
+                                    <descriptors>
+                                        <descriptor>${project.basedir}/../src/assembly/assembly-standalone.xml</descriptor>
+                                    </descriptors>
+                                    <tarLongFileMode>posix</tarLongFileMode>
+                                </configuration>
+                            </execution>
                         </executions>
                     </plugin>
                 </plugins>
diff --git a/src/assembly/assembly-standalone.xml b/src/assembly/assembly-standalone.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..98b4655a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/assembly/assembly-standalone.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+<?xml version="1.0"?>
+<assembly xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-assembly-plugin/assembly/1.1.2"
+  xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+  xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-assembly-plugin/assembly/1.1.2 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/assembly-1.1.2.xsd">
+  <id>standalone</id>
+  <formats>
+    <format>tar.gz</format>
+    <format>zip</format>
+  </formats>
+  <includeBaseDirectory>false</includeBaseDirectory>
+  <dependencySets>
+      <!-- Dependency set for integrating with Kafka Connect / Debezium Server -->
+      <dependencySet>
+          <outputDirectory>${project.artifactId}</outputDirectory>
+          <unpack>false</unpack>
+          <scope>runtime</scope>
+          <useProjectArtifact>false</useProjectArtifact>
+          <useTransitiveFiltering>true</useTransitiveFiltering>
+          <excludes>
+              <!-- Exclude guava dependencies -->
+              <exclude>com.google.guava:listenablefuture:*</exclude>
+
+              <!-- Exclude dependencies with incorrect scope -->
+              <exclude>org.checkerframework:checker-qual:*</exclude>
+          </excludes>
+      </dependencySet>
+      <!-- Dependency set for running as a standalone application -->
+      <dependencySet>
+          <outputDirectory>${project.artifactId}</outputDirectory>
+          <unpack>false</unpack>
+          <scope>provided</scope>
+          <useProjectArtifact>false</useProjectArtifact>
+          <useTransitiveFiltering>true</useTransitiveFiltering>
+          <excludes>
+              <!-- Exclude build-time provided Debezium dependencies -->
+              <exclude>${project.groupId}:debezium-assembly-descriptors:*</exclude>
+              <exclude>${project.groupId}:debezium-checkstyle:*</exclude>
+              <exclude>${project.groupId}:debezium-ide-configs:*</exclude>
+              <exclude>${project.groupId}:debezium-revapi:*</exclude>
+              <!-- Exclude guava dependencies -->
+              <exclude>com.google.guava:listenablefuture:*</exclude>
+              <!-- Exclude dependencies with incorrect scope -->
+              <exclude>org.checkerframework:checker-qual:*</exclude>
+          </excludes>
+      </dependencySet>
+      <dependencySet>
+          <outputDirectory>${project.artifactId}</outputDirectory>
+          <unpack>false</unpack>
+          <includes>
+              <include>${project.groupId}:${project.artifactId}:*</include>
+          </includes>
+      </dependencySet>
+  </dependencySets>
+  <fileSets>
+    <fileSet>
+      <!-- Get the files from the top-level directory, which should be above the connectors -->
+      <directory>${project.basedir}/..</directory>
+      <outputDirectory>${project.artifactId}</outputDirectory>
+      <includes>
+        <include>README*</include>
+        <include>CHANGELOG*</include>
+        <include>CONTRIBUTE*</include>
+        <include>COPYRIGHT*</include>
+        <include>LICENSE*</include>
+      </includes>
+      <useDefaultExcludes>true</useDefaultExcludes>
+    </fileSet>
+    <fileSet>
+      <directory>${project.build.directory}/generated-sources</directory>
+      <outputDirectory>${project.artifactId}</outputDirectory>
+      <includes>
+          <include>*.json</include>
+      </includes>
+      <useDefaultExcludes>true</useDefaultExcludes>
+    </fileSet>
+  </fileSets>
+</assembly>