diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index c0f6d1cc3d09a..741e7b7c01aa8 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 - Built-in secure transports support ([#12435](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/12435))
 - Lightweight Transport action to verify local term before fetching cluster-state from remote ([#12252](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/12252/))
 - Integrate with admission controller for cluster-manager Read API. ([#12496](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/12496))
+- Add explicit dependency to validatePom and generatePom tasks ([#12909](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/12909))
 
 ### Dependencies
 - Bump `com.google.api.grpc:proto-google-common-protos` from 2.25.1 to 2.37.1 ([#12289](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/12289), [#12365](https://github.com/opensearch-project/OpenSearch/pull/12365))
diff --git a/buildSrc/src/main/java/org/opensearch/gradle/pluginzip/Publish.java b/buildSrc/src/main/java/org/opensearch/gradle/pluginzip/Publish.java
index a80471f6e6271..2a73ed4ed1016 100644
--- a/buildSrc/src/main/java/org/opensearch/gradle/pluginzip/Publish.java
+++ b/buildSrc/src/main/java/org/opensearch/gradle/pluginzip/Publish.java
@@ -91,9 +91,6 @@ public void apply(Project project) {
                 addLocalMavenRepo(project);
                 addZipArtifact(project);
                 Task validatePluginZipPom = project.getTasks().findByName("validatePluginZipPom");
-                if (validatePluginZipPom != null) {
-                    validatePluginZipPom.dependsOn("generatePomFileForNebulaPublication");
-                }
 
                 // There are number of tasks prefixed by 'publishPluginZipPublication', f.e.:
                 // publishPluginZipPublicationToZipStagingRepository, publishPluginZipPublicationToMavenLocal
@@ -102,7 +99,11 @@ public void apply(Project project) {
                     .filter(t -> t.getName().startsWith("publishPluginZipPublicationTo"))
                     .collect(Collectors.toSet());
                 if (!publishPluginZipPublicationToTasks.isEmpty()) {
-                    publishPluginZipPublicationToTasks.forEach(t -> t.dependsOn("generatePomFileForNebulaPublication"));
+                    if (validatePluginZipPom != null) {
+                        publishPluginZipPublicationToTasks.forEach(t -> t.dependsOn(validatePluginZipPom));
+                    } else {
+                        publishPluginZipPublicationToTasks.forEach(t -> t.dependsOn("generatePomFileForNebulaPublication"));
+                    }
                 }
             } else {
                 project.getLogger()
diff --git a/buildSrc/src/main/java/org/opensearch/gradle/precommit/PomValidationPrecommitPlugin.java b/buildSrc/src/main/java/org/opensearch/gradle/precommit/PomValidationPrecommitPlugin.java
index 0e7a357dd5d18..d3f173c9c02ea 100644
--- a/buildSrc/src/main/java/org/opensearch/gradle/precommit/PomValidationPrecommitPlugin.java
+++ b/buildSrc/src/main/java/org/opensearch/gradle/precommit/PomValidationPrecommitPlugin.java
@@ -53,12 +53,19 @@ public TaskProvider<? extends Task> createTask(Project project) {
             TaskProvider<PomValidationTask> validateTask = project.getTasks()
                 .register("validate" + publicationName + "Pom", PomValidationTask.class);
             validatePom.configure(t -> t.dependsOn(validateTask));
+            TaskProvider<GenerateMavenPom> generateMavenPom = project.getTasks()
+                .withType(GenerateMavenPom.class)
+                .named("generatePomFileFor" + publicationName + "Publication");
             validateTask.configure(task -> {
-                GenerateMavenPom generateMavenPom = project.getTasks()
-                    .withType(GenerateMavenPom.class)
-                    .getByName("generatePomFileFor" + publicationName + "Publication");
                 task.dependsOn(generateMavenPom);
-                task.getPomFile().fileValue(generateMavenPom.getDestination());
+                task.getPomFile().fileProvider(generateMavenPom.map(GenerateMavenPom::getDestination));
+                publishing.getPublications().all(publicationForPomGen -> {
+                    task.mustRunAfter(
+                        project.getTasks()
+                            .withType(GenerateMavenPom.class)
+                            .getByName("generatePomFileFor" + Util.capitalize(publicationForPomGen.getName()) + "Publication")
+                    );
+                });
             });
         });
 
diff --git a/buildSrc/src/main/java/org/opensearch/gradle/precommit/PomValidationTask.java b/buildSrc/src/main/java/org/opensearch/gradle/precommit/PomValidationTask.java
index aca882fbb6477..b76e0d6dd93cf 100644
--- a/buildSrc/src/main/java/org/opensearch/gradle/precommit/PomValidationTask.java
+++ b/buildSrc/src/main/java/org/opensearch/gradle/precommit/PomValidationTask.java
@@ -106,6 +106,7 @@ private <T> void validateNonNull(String element, T value, Runnable validator) {
 
     private void validateString(String element, String value) {
         validateNonNull(element, value, () -> validateNonEmpty(element, value, s -> s.trim().isEmpty()));
+        getLogger().info(element + " with value " + value + " is validated.");
     }
 
     private <T> void validateCollection(String element, Collection<T> value, Consumer<T> validator) {