diff --git a/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/otel.publish-conventions.gradle.kts b/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/otel.publish-conventions.gradle.kts
index 7b922edc8..070edf183 100644
--- a/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/otel.publish-conventions.gradle.kts
+++ b/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/otel.publish-conventions.gradle.kts
@@ -57,6 +57,17 @@ publishing {
           developerConnection.set("scm:git:git@github.com:open-telemetry/opentelemetry-java-contrib.git")
           url.set("git@github.com:open-telemetry/opentelemetry-java-contrib.git")
         }
+
+        withXml {
+          // Since 5.0 okhttp uses gradle metadata to choose either okhttp-jvm or okhttp-android.
+          // This does not work for maven builds that don't understand gradle metadata. They end up
+          // using the okhttp artifact that is an empty jar. Here we replace usages of okhttp with
+          // okhttp-jvm so that maven could get the actual okhttp dependency instead of the empty jar.
+          var result = asString()
+          var modified = result.toString().replace(">okhttp<", ">okhttp-jvm<")
+          result.clear()
+          result.append(modified)
+        }
       }
     }
   }