diff --git a/scripts/build.sh b/scripts/build.sh
index 5ffc811e7..2e621271c 100755
--- a/scripts/build.sh
+++ b/scripts/build.sh
@@ -74,6 +74,6 @@ distributions="$(dirname "${zipPath}")"
 echo "COPY ${distributions}/*.zip"
 cp ${distributions}/*.zip ./$OUTPUT/plugins
 
-./gradlew publishPluginZipPublicationToZipStagingRepository -Dopensearch.version=$VERSION -Dbuild.snapshot=$SNAPSHOT -Dbuild.version_qualifier=$QUALIFIER
+./gradlew publishPluginZipPublicationToZipStagingRepository -Dopensearch.version=$VERSION -Dbuild.snapshot=$SNAPSHOT -Dbuild.version_qualifier=$QUALIFIER -x ktlint
 mkdir -p $OUTPUT/maven/org/opensearch
-cp -r ./build/local-staging-repo/org/opensearch/. $OUTPUT/maven/org/opensearch
\ No newline at end of file
+cp -r ./build/local-staging-repo/org/opensearch/. $OUTPUT/maven/org/opensearch