diff --git a/bom/build.gradle b/bom/build.gradle
index 12598bc523..6791443222 100644
--- a/bom/build.gradle
+++ b/bom/build.gradle
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ publishing {
         dependencyNode.appendNode('groupId', project.group)
         dependencyNode.appendNode('artifactId', 'protoc-gen-grpc-java')
         dependencyNode.appendNode('version', project.version)
+        dependencyNode.appendNode('type', 'pom')
       }
     }
   }