diff --git a/.github/workflows/multi-node-test-workflow.yml b/.github/workflows/multi-node-test-workflow.yml
index 6ba35e52f..3511f7d9a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/multi-node-test-workflow.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/multi-node-test-workflow.yml
@@ -23,26 +23,6 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/setup-java@v1
         with:
           java-version: ${{ matrix.java }}
-      # This step adds dependency, OpenSearch
-      - name: Checkout OpenSearch
-        uses: actions/checkout@v2
-        with:
-          repository: 'opensearch-project/OpenSearch'
-          path: OpenSearch
-          ref: '1.1'
-      - name: Build OpenSearch
-        working-directory: ./OpenSearch
-        run: ./gradlew publishToMavenLocal
-      # This step adds dependency, common-utils
-      - name: Checkout common-utils
-        uses: actions/checkout@v2
-        with:
-          repository: 'opensearch-project/common-utils'
-          path: common-utils
-          ref: 'main'
-      - name: Build common-utils
-        working-directory: ./common-utils
-        run: ./gradlew publishToMavenLocal -Dopensearch.version=1.1.0-SNAPSHOT
       # This step uses the checkout Github action: https://github.com/actions/checkout
       - name: Checkout Branch
         uses: actions/checkout@v2
@@ -52,7 +32,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           java-version: 14
       - name: Run integration tests with multi node config
-        run: ./gradlew integTest -PnumNodes=3 -Dopensearch.version=1.1.0-SNAPSHOT
+        run: ./gradlew integTest -PnumNodes=3 -Dopensearch.version=1.2.0-SNAPSHOT
       - name: Pull and Run Docker
         run: |
           plugin=`ls alerting/build/distributions/*.zip`
diff --git a/.github/workflows/push-notification-jar.yml b/.github/workflows/push-notification-jar.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index 3b76e5854..000000000
--- a/.github/workflows/push-notification-jar.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,44 +0,0 @@
-name: Upload Notification Jar to Maven
-
-on:
-  push:
-    tags: 
-      - v*
-jobs:
-  upload-notification-jar:
-    runs-on: [ubuntu-16.04]
-    name: Upload Notification Jar to Maven
-    steps:
-      - name: Checkout Repo
-        uses: actions/checkout@v2
-        
-      - name: Configure AWS CLI
-        uses: aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials@v1
-        with:
-          aws-access-key-id: ${{ secrets.AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID }}
-          aws-secret-access-key: ${{ secrets.AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY }}
-          aws-region: us-east-1
-
-      - name: Setup Java
-        uses: actions/setup-java@v1
-        with:
-          java-version: '14'
-
-      - name: Upload Notification Jar to Maven
-        env:
-          passphrase: ${{ secrets.PASSPHRASE }}
-        run: |
-          cd ..
-          export JAVA14_HOME=$JAVA_HOME
-          aws s3 cp s3://opendistro-docs/github-actions/pgp-public-key .
-          aws s3 cp s3://opendistro-docs/github-actions/pgp-private-key .
-          
-          gpg --import pgp-public-key
-          gpg --allow-secret-key-import --import pgp-private-key
-
-          mkdir /home/runner/.gradle
-          aws s3 cp s3://opendistro-docs/github-actions/gradle.properties /home/runner/.gradle/
-          
-          cd alerting/notification
-          
-          ../gradlew publishShadowPublicationToSonatype-stagingRepository -Dcompiler.java=14 -Dbuild.snapshot=false -Djavax.net.ssl.trustStore=$JAVA_HOME/lib/security/cacerts
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-workflow.yml b/.github/workflows/test-workflow.yml
index 3c68b05ef..30de39ef5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-workflow.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-workflow.yml
@@ -29,30 +29,8 @@ jobs:
         with:
           java-version: ${{ matrix.java }}
 
-      # dependencies: OpenSearch
-      - name: Checkout OpenSearch
-        uses: actions/checkout@v2
-        with:
-          repository: 'opensearch-project/OpenSearch'
-          path: OpenSearch
-          ref: '1.1'
-      - name: Build OpenSearch
-        working-directory: ./OpenSearch
-        run: ./gradlew publishToMavenLocal
-
-      # dependencies: common-utils
-      - name: Checkout common-utils
-        uses: actions/checkout@v2
-        with:
-          repository: 'opensearch-project/common-utils'
-          path: common-utils
-          ref: 'main'
-      - name: Build common-utils
-        working-directory: ./common-utils
-        run: ./gradlew publishToMavenLocal -Dopensearch.version=1.1.0-SNAPSHOT
-
       - name: Build and run with Gradle
-        run: ./gradlew build -Dopensearch.version=1.1.0-SNAPSHOT
+        run: ./gradlew build -Dopensearch.version=1.2.0-SNAPSHOT
 
 #      - name: Create Artifact Path
 #        run: |
@@ -71,4 +49,4 @@ jobs:
 #          path: alerting-artifacts
       # Publish to local maven
       - name: Publish to Maven Local
-        run: ./gradlew publishToMavenLocal -Dopensearch.version=1.1.0-SNAPSHOT
+        run: ./gradlew publishToMavenLocal -Dopensearch.version=1.2.0-SNAPSHOT
diff --git a/build-tools/repositories.gradle b/build-tools/repositories.gradle
index 2421552ca..3a3957d4d 100644
--- a/build-tools/repositories.gradle
+++ b/build-tools/repositories.gradle
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@
 
 repositories {
     mavenLocal()
+    maven { url "https://aws.oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots" }
     mavenCentral()
     jcenter()
+    maven { url "https://aws.oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots" }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index c92b6430d..49a17decc 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ buildscript {
     apply from: 'build-tools/repositories.gradle'
 
     ext {
-        opensearch_version = System.getProperty("opensearch.version", "1.1.0-SNAPSHOT")
+        opensearch_version = System.getProperty("opensearch.version", "1.2.0-SNAPSHOT")
         // 1.0.0 -> 1.0.0.0, and 1.0.0-SNAPSHOT -> 1.0.0.0-SNAPSHOT
         opensearch_build = opensearch_version.replaceAll(/(\.\d)([^\d]*)$/, '$1.0$2')
         common_utils_version = System.getProperty("common_utils.version", opensearch_build)
@@ -37,9 +37,11 @@ buildscript {
 
     repositories {
         mavenLocal()
+        maven { url "https://aws.oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots" }
         mavenCentral()
         maven { url "https://plugins.gradle.org/m2/" }
         jcenter()
+        maven { url "https://aws.oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots" }
     }
     dependencies {
         classpath "org.opensearch.gradle:build-tools:${opensearch_version}"
diff --git a/notification/build.gradle b/notification/build.gradle
index 5fb42ccaf..62c2acae7 100644
--- a/notification/build.gradle
+++ b/notification/build.gradle
@@ -57,6 +57,15 @@ task javadocJar(type: Jar) {
     from javadoc.destinationDir
 }
 
+tasks.withType(Jar) { task ->
+    task.doLast {
+        ant.checksum algorithm: 'md5', file: it.archivePath
+        ant.checksum algorithm: 'sha1', file: it.archivePath
+        ant.checksum algorithm: 'sha-256', file: it.archivePath, fileext: '.sha256'
+        ant.checksum algorithm: 'sha-512', file: it.archivePath, fileext: '.sha512'
+    }
+}
+
 publishing {
     publications {
         shadow(MavenPublication) {
@@ -94,23 +103,7 @@ publishing {
         }
     }
 
-    repositories {
-        maven {
-            name = "sonatype-staging"
-            url "https://aws.oss.sonatype.org/service/local/staging/deploy/maven2"
-            credentials {
-                username project.hasProperty('ossrhUsername') ? project.property('ossrhUsername') : ''
-                password project.hasProperty('ossrhPassword') ? project.property('ossrhPassword') : ''
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
     // TODO - enabled debug logging for the time being, remove this eventually
     gradle.startParameter.setShowStacktrace(ShowStacktrace.ALWAYS)
     gradle.startParameter.setLogLevel(LogLevel.DEBUG)
-
-    signing {
-        required { gradle.taskGraph.hasTask("publishShadowPublicationToSonatype-stagingRepository") }
-        sign publishing.publications.shadow
-    }
 }
diff --git a/scripts/build.sh b/scripts/build.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..19bdef2bd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/build.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+#
+# The OpenSearch Contributors require contributions made to
+# this file be licensed under the Apache-2.0 license or a
+# compatible open source license.
+
+set -ex
+
+function usage() {
+    echo "Usage: $0 [args]"
+    echo ""
+    echo "Arguments:"
+    echo -e "-v VERSION\t[Required] OpenSearch version."
+    echo -e "-s SNAPSHOT\t[Optional] Build a snapshot, default is 'false'."
+    echo -e "-a ARCHITECTURE\t[Optional] Build architecture, ignored."
+    echo -e "-o OUTPUT\t[Optional] Output path, default is 'artifacts'."
+    echo -e "-h help"
+}
+
+while getopts ":h:v:s:o:a:" arg; do
+    case $arg in
+        h)
+            usage
+            exit 1
+            ;;
+        v)
+            VERSION=$OPTARG
+            ;;
+        s)
+            SNAPSHOT=$OPTARG
+            ;;
+        o)
+            OUTPUT=$OPTARG
+            ;;
+        a)
+            ARCHITECTURE=$OPTARG
+            ;;
+        :)
+            echo "Error: -${OPTARG} requires an argument"
+            usage
+            exit 1
+            ;;
+        ?)
+            echo "Invalid option: -${arg}"
+            exit 1
+            ;;
+    esac
+done
+
+if [ -z "$VERSION" ]; then
+    echo "Error: You must specify the OpenSearch version"
+    usage
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+[[ "$SNAPSHOT" == "true" ]] && VERSION=$VERSION-SNAPSHOT
+[ -z "$OUTPUT" ] && OUTPUT=artifacts
+
+mkdir -p $OUTPUT/plugins
+
+./gradlew assemble --no-daemon --refresh-dependencies -DskipTests=true -Dopensearch.version=$VERSION -Dbuild.snapshot=$SNAPSHOT -x ktlint
+
+zipPath=$(find . -path \*build/distributions/*.zip)
+distributions="$(dirname "${zipPath}")"
+
+echo "COPY ${distributions}/*.zip"
+cp ${distributions}/*.zip ./$OUTPUT/plugins
+
+./gradlew publishShadowPublicationToMavenLocal -Dopensearch.version=$VERSION -Dbuild.snapshot=$SNAPSHOT -x ktlint
+
+mkdir -p $OUTPUT/maven/org/opensearch
+cp -r ./notification/build/libs $OUTPUT/maven/org/opensearch/notification
+