diff --git a/zookeeper-assembly/pom.xml b/zookeeper-assembly/pom.xml
index fc6622b3133..e422780a7fd 100755
--- a/zookeeper-assembly/pom.xml
+++ b/zookeeper-assembly/pom.xml
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@
       <groupId>com.linkedin.zookeeper</groupId>
       <artifactId>zookeeper-docs</artifactId>
       <version>${project.version}</version>
+      <type>pom</type>
     </dependency>
     <dependency>
       <groupId>com.linkedin.zookeeper</groupId>