diff --git a/build.sbt b/build.sbt
index d93f55ee67..1615d30bd5 100644
--- a/build.sbt
+++ b/build.sbt
@@ -361,7 +361,7 @@ lazy val protobufV3 = pekkoModule("protobuf-v3")
         .inProject),
     assembly / assemblyOption := (assembly / assemblyOption).value.withIncludeScala(false).withIncludeBin(true),
     autoScalaLibrary := false, // do not include scala dependency in pom
-    exportJars := true, // in dependent projects, use assembled and shaded jar
+    exportJars := false, // in dependent projects, use assembled and shaded jar
     makePomConfiguration := makePomConfiguration.value
       .withConfigurations(Vector(Compile)), // prevent original dependency to be added to pom as runtime dep
     Compile / packageBin / packagedArtifact := Scoped.mkTuple2(
diff --git a/project/plugins.sbt b/project/plugins.sbt
index 20c9f32407..a7a7d9edf6 100644
--- a/project/plugins.sbt
+++ b/project/plugins.sbt
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
  * This file is part of the Apache Pekko project, which was derived from Akka.
  */
 
-addSbtPlugin("com.eed3si9n" % "sbt-assembly" % "2.2.0")
+addSbtPlugin("com.eed3si9n" % "sbt-assembly" % "2.3.0")
 
 addSbtPlugin("com.lightbend.sbt" % "sbt-java-formatter" % "0.7.0")
 addSbtPlugin("com.lightbend.sbt" % "sbt-bill-of-materials" % "1.0.2")