diff --git a/.github/workflows/cli-producer-datagen-ea.yml b/.github/workflows/cli-producer-datagen-ea.yml
index 14acf8f..1b02f72 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/cli-producer-datagen-ea.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/cli-producer-datagen-ea.yml
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           name: artifacts
           path: |
+            producer-datagen/target/*.jar
             producer-datagen/target/*.zip
             producer-datagen/target/*.tar.gz
 
diff --git a/producer-datagen/pom.xml b/producer-datagen/pom.xml
index 4b710c4..eec7e4c 100644
--- a/producer-datagen/pom.xml
+++ b/producer-datagen/pom.xml
@@ -97,6 +97,26 @@
                     <parameters>${maven.compiler.parameters}</parameters>
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-shade-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>3.3.0</version>
+                <executions>
+                    <execution>
+                        <phase>package</phase>
+                        <goals>
+                            <goal>shade</goal>
+                        </goals>
+                        <configuration>
+                            <transformers>
+                                <transformer implementation="org.apache.maven.plugins.shade.resource.ManifestResourceTransformer">
+                                    <mainClass>kafka.cli.emulator.Cli</mainClass>
+                                </transformer>
+                            </transformers>
+                        </configuration>
+                    </execution>
+                </executions>
+            </plugin>
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-enforcer-plugin</artifactId>
@@ -264,6 +284,16 @@
                                     </brew>
                                 </packagers>
                                 <distributions>
+                                    <kfk-producer-datagen-exec>
+                                        <name>kfk-producer-datagen-exec</name>
+                                        <type>SINGLE_JAR</type>
+                                        <artifacts>
+                                            <artifact>
+                                                <path>{{artifactsDir}}/kafka-cli-producer-datagen-{{projectVersion}}.jar</path>
+                                                <transform>artifacts/{{distributionName}}.jar</transform>
+                                            </artifact>
+                                        </artifacts>
+                                    </kfk-producer-datagen-exec>
                                     <kfk-producer-datagen>
                                         <name>kfk-producer-datagen</name>
                                         <type>NATIVE_IMAGE</type>