diff --git a/debezium-server-dist/pom.xml b/debezium-server-dist/pom.xml
index de6abd65..d2341fa8 100644
--- a/debezium-server-dist/pom.xml
+++ b/debezium-server-dist/pom.xml
@@ -183,6 +183,108 @@
                 </plugins>
             </build>
         </profile>
+        <profile>
+            <id>assembly-prod</id>
+            <activation>
+                <activeByDefault>false</activeByDefault>
+            </activation>
+            <properties>
+                <assembly.descriptor>server-distribution-prod</assembly.descriptor>
+            </properties>
+            <dependencies>
+                <dependency>
+                    <groupId>io.prometheus.jmx</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>jmx_prometheus_javaagent</artifactId>
+                </dependency>
+                <dependency>
+                    <groupId>io.debezium</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>debezium-connector-mysql</artifactId>
+                </dependency>
+                <dependency>
+                    <groupId>io.debezium</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>debezium-connector-mariadb</artifactId>
+                </dependency>
+                <dependency>
+                    <groupId>io.debezium</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>debezium-connector-postgres</artifactId>
+                </dependency>
+                <dependency>
+                    <groupId>io.debezium</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>debezium-connector-mongodb</artifactId>
+                </dependency>
+                <dependency>
+                    <groupId>io.debezium</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>debezium-connector-sqlserver</artifactId>
+                </dependency>
+                <dependency>
+                    <groupId>io.debezium</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>debezium-connector-oracle</artifactId>
+                </dependency>
+                <dependency>
+                    <groupId>io.debezium</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>debezium-connector-db2</artifactId>
+                </dependency>
+                <dependency>
+                    <groupId>io.debezium</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>debezium-scripting</artifactId>
+                </dependency>
+                <dependency>
+                    <groupId>io.debezium</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>debezium-scripting-languages</artifactId>
+                    <type>pom</type>
+                </dependency>
+                <dependency>
+                    <groupId>io.debezium</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>debezium-server-core</artifactId>
+                </dependency>
+                <dependency>
+                    <groupId>io.debezium</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>debezium-server-http</artifactId>
+                </dependency>
+                <dependency>
+                    <groupId>io.debezium</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>debezium-server-redis</artifactId>
+                </dependency>
+                <dependency>
+                    <groupId>io.debezium</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>debezium-server-kafka</artifactId>
+                </dependency>
+                <dependency>
+                    <groupId>io.debezium</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>debezium-server-infinispan</artifactId>
+                </dependency>
+                <dependency>
+                    <groupId>io.quarkus</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>quarkus-logging-json</artifactId>
+                </dependency>
+            </dependencies>
+            <build>
+                <plugins>
+                    <plugin>
+                        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
+                        <version>${version.assembly.plugin}</version>
+                        <executions>
+                            <execution>
+                                <id>default</id>
+                                <phase>package</phase>
+                                <goals>
+                                    <goal>single</goal>
+                                </goals>
+                                <configuration>
+                                    <appendAssemblyId>false</appendAssemblyId>
+                                    <attach>true</attach>  <!-- we want attach & deploy these to Maven -->
+                                    <descriptors>
+                                        <descriptor>src/main/resources/assemblies/${assembly.descriptor}.xml</descriptor>
+                                    </descriptors>
+                                    <tarLongFileMode>posix</tarLongFileMode>
+                                </configuration>
+                            </execution>
+                        </executions>
+                    </plugin>
+                </plugins>
+            </build>
+        </profile>
         <profile>
             <id>include-non-core-connectors</id>
             <activation>
diff --git a/debezium-server-dist/src/main/resources/assemblies/server-distribution-prod.xml b/debezium-server-dist/src/main/resources/assemblies/server-distribution-prod.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5a10a54b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debezium-server-dist/src/main/resources/assemblies/server-distribution-prod.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,109 @@
+<?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>distribution</id>
+  <formats>
+    <format>tar.gz</format>
+    <format>zip</format>
+  </formats>
+  <includeBaseDirectory>false</includeBaseDirectory>
+  <dependencySets>
+      <dependencySet>
+          <outputDirectory>${project.parent.artifactId}/lib</outputDirectory>
+          <unpack>false</unpack>
+          <scope>runtime</scope>
+          <useProjectArtifact>false</useProjectArtifact>
+          <useTransitiveFiltering>true</useTransitiveFiltering>
+          <excludes>
+            <exclude>org.apache.kafka:kafka-tools:*</exclude>
+            <exclude>javax.ws.rs:javax.ws.rs-api:*</exclude>
+            <exclude>org.apache.kafka:connect-file:*</exclude>
+            <exclude>org.glassfish.jersey.*:*:*</exclude>
+            <exclude>org.apache.maven:*:*</exclude>
+            <exclude>log4j:log4j:*</exclude>
+            <exclude>ch.qos.reload4j:reload4j</exclude>
+            <exclude>io.debezium:debezium-scripting</exclude>
+            <exclude>io.debezium:debezium-scripting-languages</exclude>
+            <exclude>io.debezium:debezium-connector-cassandra-3</exclude>
+            <exclude>io.debezium:debezium-connector-cassandra-4</exclude>
+            <exclude>io.debezium:debezium-connector-dse</exclude>
+            <exclude>io.prometheus.jmx:jmx_prometheus_javaagent:*</exclude>
+
+            <!-- Exclude Oracle JDBC driver libraries -->
+            <exclude>com.oracle.database.jdbc:ojdbc8:*</exclude>
+            <exclude>com.oracle.database.nls:orai18n:*</exclude>
+          </excludes>
+      </dependencySet>
+      <dependencySet>
+          <outputDirectory>${project.parent.artifactId}/lib</outputDirectory>
+          <unpack>false</unpack>
+          <scope>runtime</scope>
+          <useProjectArtifact>false</useProjectArtifact>
+          <useTransitiveFiltering>true</useTransitiveFiltering>
+          <includes>
+              <include>jakarta.ws.rs:*:*</include>
+              <include>jakarta.annotation:*:*</include>
+              <include>jakarta.xml.bind:*:*</include>
+              <include>jakarta.activation:*:*</include>
+              <include>jakarta.validation:*:*</include>
+          </includes>
+      </dependencySet>
+      <dependencySet>
+          <outputDirectory>${project.parent.artifactId}/lib_metrics</outputDirectory>
+          <unpack>false</unpack>
+          <scope>runtime</scope>
+          <useProjectArtifact>false</useProjectArtifact>
+          <useTransitiveFiltering>true</useTransitiveFiltering>
+          <includes>
+              <include>io.prometheus.jmx:jmx_prometheus_javaagent:*</include>
+          </includes>
+      </dependencySet>
+      <dependencySet>
+          <outputDirectory>${project.parent.artifactId}/lib_opt</outputDirectory>
+          <unpack>false</unpack>
+          <scope>runtime</scope>
+          <useProjectArtifact>false</useProjectArtifact>
+          <useTransitiveFiltering>true</useTransitiveFiltering>
+          <includes>
+            <include>io.debezium:debezium-scripting:*</include>
+            <include>io.debezium:debezium-scripting-languages:*</include>
+          </includes>
+      </dependencySet>
+  </dependencySets>
+  <fileSets>
+    <fileSet>
+      <!-- Get the files from the top-level directory -->
+      <directory>${project.basedir}/../..</directory>
+      <outputDirectory>${project.parent.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>../${project.parent.artifactId}-core/target</directory-->
+      <directory>${project.build.directory}</directory>
+      <outputDirectory>${project.parent.artifactId}</outputDirectory>
+      <includes>
+        <include>*-runner.jar</include>
+      </includes>
+    </fileSet>
+    <fileSet>
+      <directory>src/main/resources/distro</directory>
+      <outputDirectory>${project.parent.artifactId}</outputDirectory>
+      <includes>
+        <include>**/*</include>
+      </includes>
+      <excludes>
+        <exclude>connectors/</exclude>
+        <exclude>**/*cassandra*</exclude>
+        <exclude>**/*cassandra*/*</exclude>
+      </excludes>
+    </fileSet>
+  </fileSets>
+</assembly>