diff --git a/compiler/build.gradle b/compiler/build.gradle
index b65e058f57..a48799297e 100644
--- a/compiler/build.gradle
+++ b/compiler/build.gradle
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ artifacts {
 [
   install.repositories.mavenInstaller,
   uploadArchives.repositories.mavenDeployer,
-]*.addFilter('all') {artifact, file ->
+]*.setFilter {artifact, file ->
   ! (file.getName().endsWith('jar') || file.getName().endsWith('jar.asc'))
 }
 
@@ -210,6 +210,19 @@ artifacts {
   }
 }
 
+[
+  install.repositories.mavenInstaller,
+  uploadArchives.repositories.mavenDeployer,
+]*.pom*.whenConfigured { pom ->
+  pom.project {
+    // This isn't any sort of Java archive artifact, and OSSRH doesn't enforce
+    // javadoc for 'pom' packages. 'exe' would be a more appropriate packaging
+    // value, but it isn't clear how that will be interpreted. In addition,
+    // 'pom' is typically the value used when building an exe with Maven.
+    packaging = "pom"
+  }
+}
+
 test.dependsOn('testGolden', 'testNanoGolden')
 
 def configureTestTask(Task task, String suffix, String extraPackage) {
diff --git a/compiler/check-artifact.sh b/compiler/check-artifact.sh
index 7dbd259204..a915e2acba 100755
--- a/compiler/check-artifact.sh
+++ b/compiler/check-artifact.sh
@@ -125,5 +125,5 @@ checkDependencies ()
   echo
 }
 
-FILE="build/artifacts/java_pluginExecutable/protoc-gen-grpc-java.exe"
+FILE="build/artifacts/java_plugin/protoc-gen-grpc-java.exe"
 checkArch "$FILE" && checkDependencies "$FILE"