diff --git a/src/main/groovy/org/jenkinsci/gradle/plugins/jpi/JpiPlugin.groovy b/src/main/groovy/org/jenkinsci/gradle/plugins/jpi/JpiPlugin.groovy
index 31855e27..2db99a07 100644
--- a/src/main/groovy/org/jenkinsci/gradle/plugins/jpi/JpiPlugin.groovy
+++ b/src/main/groovy/org/jenkinsci/gradle/plugins/jpi/JpiPlugin.groovy
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ import org.gradle.api.plugins.GroovyPlugin
 import org.gradle.api.publish.PublishingExtension
 import org.gradle.api.publish.maven.MavenPublication
 import org.gradle.api.publish.maven.plugins.MavenPublishPlugin
+import org.gradle.api.publish.tasks.GenerateModuleMetadata
 import org.gradle.api.tasks.SourceSet
 import org.gradle.api.tasks.TaskProvider
 import org.gradle.api.tasks.bundling.Jar
@@ -366,6 +367,14 @@ class JpiPlugin implements Plugin<Project> {
     }
 
     private static configurePublishing(Project project) {
+        // Disable publication of Gradle module metadata
+        // Currently, this would produce a module metadata file which can't be consumed by downstream projects,
+        // since it doesn't contain any dependencies and only the hpi variant and not jar variant.
+        // Until this is fixed, Gradle module metadata shouldn't be published.
+        project.tasks.withType(GenerateModuleMetadata) {
+            enabled = false
+        }
+
         JpiExtension jpiExtension = project.extensions.getByType(JpiExtension)
 
         // delay configuration until all settings are available (groupId, shortName, ...)
diff --git a/src/test/groovy/org/jenkinsci/gradle/plugins/jpi/JpiIntegrationSpec.groovy b/src/test/groovy/org/jenkinsci/gradle/plugins/jpi/JpiIntegrationSpec.groovy
index b62c85a9..6c4a64dc 100644
--- a/src/test/groovy/org/jenkinsci/gradle/plugins/jpi/JpiIntegrationSpec.groovy
+++ b/src/test/groovy/org/jenkinsci/gradle/plugins/jpi/JpiIntegrationSpec.groovy
@@ -160,14 +160,15 @@ class JpiIntegrationSpec extends IntegrationSpec {
         result.task(dependency).outcome == outcome
 
         where:
-        task                   | dependency                 | outcome
-        'jar'                  | ':configureManifest'       | TaskOutcome.SUCCESS
-        'war'                  | ':configureManifest'       | TaskOutcome.SUCCESS
-        'processTestResources' | ':resolveTestDependencies' | TaskOutcome.NO_SOURCE
-        'jpi'                  | ':war'                     | TaskOutcome.SUCCESS
-        'compileTestJava'      | ':insertTest'              | TaskOutcome.SKIPPED
-        'testClasses'          | ':generate-test-hpl'       | TaskOutcome.SUCCESS
-        'compileJava'          | ':localizer'               | TaskOutcome.SUCCESS
+        task                             | dependency                                    | outcome
+        'jar'                            | ':configureManifest'                          | TaskOutcome.SUCCESS
+        'war'                            | ':configureManifest'                          | TaskOutcome.SUCCESS
+        'processTestResources'           | ':resolveTestDependencies'                    | TaskOutcome.NO_SOURCE
+        'jpi'                            | ':war'                                        | TaskOutcome.SUCCESS
+        'compileTestJava'                | ':insertTest'                                 | TaskOutcome.SKIPPED
+        'testClasses'                    | ':generate-test-hpl'                          | TaskOutcome.SUCCESS
+        'compileJava'                    | ':localizer'                                  | TaskOutcome.SUCCESS
+        'generateMetaFileForMavenJpiPub' | ':generateMetadataFileForMavenJpiPublication' | TaskOutcome.SKIPPED
     }
 
     @Unroll