diff --git a/README.adoc b/README.adoc
index 2b1b0bda..eac5deb1 100644
--- a/README.adoc
+++ b/README.adoc
@@ -282,6 +282,10 @@ approach of generating documentation just add these plugins to your `docs` modul
 						<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
 						<artifactId>maven-antrun-plugin</artifactId> <6>
 					</plugin>
+                                        <plugin>
+                                                <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
+                                                <artifactId>build-helper-maven-plugin</artifactId> <7>
+                                        </plugin>
 				</plugins>
 			</build>
 		</profile>
@@ -293,6 +297,7 @@ approach of generating documentation just add these plugins to your `docs` modul
 <4> This plugin generates an `adoc` file with all the configuration properties from the classpath
 <5> This plugin is required to parse the Asciidoctor documentation
 <6> This plugin is required to copy resources into proper final destinations and to generate main README.adoc and to assert that no files use unresolved links
+<7> This plugin ensures that the generated zip docs are attached as an artifact and will get published
 
 IMPORTANT: The order of plugin declaration is important!
 
diff --git a/docs/src/main/asciidoc/README.adoc b/docs/src/main/asciidoc/README.adoc
index a0048c3a..24ae217c 100644
--- a/docs/src/main/asciidoc/README.adoc
+++ b/docs/src/main/asciidoc/README.adoc
@@ -98,6 +98,10 @@ approach of generating documentation just add these plugins to your `docs` modul
 						<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
 						<artifactId>maven-antrun-plugin</artifactId> <6>
 					</plugin>
+                                        <plugin>
+                                                <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
+                                                <artifactId>build-helper-maven-plugin</artifactId> <7>
+                                        </plugin>
 				</plugins>
 			</build>
 		</profile>
@@ -109,6 +113,7 @@ approach of generating documentation just add these plugins to your `docs` modul
 <4> This plugin generates an `adoc` file with all the configuration properties from the classpath
 <5> This plugin is required to parse the Asciidoctor documentation
 <6> This plugin is required to copy resources into proper final destinations and to generate main README.adoc and to assert that no files use unresolved links
+<7> This plugin ensures that the generated zip docs are attached as an artifact and will get published
 
 IMPORTANT: The order of plugin declaration is important!
 
@@ -152,4 +157,4 @@ what will happen is that for GA project versions, we will clone `gs-guide1`, `gs
 
 You can skip this by either not adding the `guides` profile, or passing the `-DskipGuides` system property when the profile is turned on.
 
-You can configure the project version passed to guides via the `guides-project.version` (defaults to `${project.version}`). The phase at which guides get updated can be configured by `guides-update.phase` (defaults to `deploy`).
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+You can configure the project version passed to guides via the `guides-project.version` (defaults to `${project.version}`). The phase at which guides get updated can be configured by `guides-update.phase` (defaults to `deploy`).
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index a9be6624..44fdcba2 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -1373,10 +1373,10 @@
 							<groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
 							<artifactId>build-helper-maven-plugin</artifactId>
 							<version>${build-helper-maven-plugin.version}</version>
-							<inherited>false</inherited>
 							<executions>
 								<execution>
 									<id>attach-zip</id>
+									<phase>package</phase>
 									<goals>
 										<goal>attach-artifact</goal>
 									</goals>