diff --git a/appserver/admingui/cluster/pom.xml b/appserver/admingui/cluster/pom.xml
index 200c5f4f004..86744788d9b 100644
--- a/appserver/admingui/cluster/pom.xml
+++ b/appserver/admingui/cluster/pom.xml
@@ -47,4 +47,13 @@
             <scope>provided</scope>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
+
+    <profiles>
+        <profile>
+            <id>dev</id>
+            <properties>
+                <copy.modules.to.distribution.skip>false</copy.modules.to.distribution.skip>
+            </properties>
+        </profile>
+    </profiles>
 </project>
diff --git a/appserver/admingui/common/pom.xml b/appserver/admingui/common/pom.xml
index 5b6cf5d6317..f62d5d3daff 100644
--- a/appserver/admingui/common/pom.xml
+++ b/appserver/admingui/common/pom.xml
@@ -33,6 +33,10 @@
     <name>Admin Console Common</name>
     <description>This bundle contains common code that may be shared across plugins.</description>
 
+    <properties>
+        <copy.modules.to.distribution.skip>false</copy.modules.to.distribution.skip>
+    </properties>
+
     <dependencies>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.glassfish.main.common</groupId>
diff --git a/appserver/admingui/community-theme/pom.xml b/appserver/admingui/community-theme/pom.xml
index 31d3dddc0aa..54c83599f18 100644
--- a/appserver/admingui/community-theme/pom.xml
+++ b/appserver/admingui/community-theme/pom.xml
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 
     <name>Admin Console Community Edition Theme Plugin</name>
     <description>Custom Theme Plugin for GlassFish Admin Console</description>
-
+    
     <developers>
         <!-- See parent POM -->
     </developers>
@@ -103,4 +103,13 @@
             </plugin>
         </plugins>
     </build>
+
+    <profiles>
+        <profile>
+            <id>dev</id>
+            <properties>
+                <copy.modules.to.distribution.skip>false</copy.modules.to.distribution.skip>
+            </properties>
+        </profile>
+    </profiles>    
 </project>
diff --git a/appserver/admingui/core/pom.xml b/appserver/admingui/core/pom.xml
index 6d5e79cb7b6..d624d582414 100644
--- a/appserver/admingui/core/pom.xml
+++ b/appserver/admingui/core/pom.xml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 <!--
 
     Copyright (c) 1997, 2021 Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
-    Copyright (c) 2021 Contributors to the Eclipse Foundation
+    Copyright (c) 2021,2024 Contributors to the Eclipse Foundation
 
     This program and the accompanying materials are made available under the
     terms of the Eclipse Public License v. 2.0, which is available at
@@ -71,4 +71,14 @@
             <artifactId>junit-jupiter-engine</artifactId>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
+
+    <profiles>
+        <profile>
+            <id>dev</id>
+            <properties>
+                <copy.modules.to.distribution.skip>false</copy.modules.to.distribution.skip>
+                <copy.modules.to.distribution.destFile>${basedir}/../../../${glassfish.distribution.dir}/lib/install/applications/__admingui/WEB-INF/lib/console-core-${project.version}.jar</copy.modules.to.distribution.destFile>
+            </properties>
+        </profile>
+    </profiles>
 </project>
diff --git a/appserver/admingui/jca/pom.xml b/appserver/admingui/jca/pom.xml
index 17786e688e9..0a015d0c5b3 100644
--- a/appserver/admingui/jca/pom.xml
+++ b/appserver/admingui/jca/pom.xml
@@ -33,6 +33,10 @@
     <name>Admin Console Connectors Plugin</name>
     <description>Connectors plugin bundle for GlassFish Admin Console</description>
 
+    <properties>
+        <copy.modules.to.distribution.skip>false</copy.modules.to.distribution.skip>
+    </properties>
+
     <dependencies>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.glassfish.main.admingui</groupId>
diff --git a/appserver/admingui/jms-plugin/pom.xml b/appserver/admingui/jms-plugin/pom.xml
index bc532b3e1f6..1e61dff789b 100644
--- a/appserver/admingui/jms-plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/appserver/admingui/jms-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -36,6 +36,10 @@
         <!-- See parent POM -->
     </developers>
 
+    <properties>
+        <copy.modules.to.distribution.skip>false</copy.modules.to.distribution.skip>
+    </properties>
+
     <dependencies>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.glassfish.main.admingui</groupId>
diff --git a/appserver/admingui/plugin-service/pom.xml b/appserver/admingui/plugin-service/pom.xml
index a06b60013a1..39d1f5dfa13 100644
--- a/appserver/admingui/plugin-service/pom.xml
+++ b/appserver/admingui/plugin-service/pom.xml
@@ -54,4 +54,13 @@
             <version>${project.version}</version>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
+
+    <profiles>
+        <profile>
+            <id>dev</id>
+            <properties>
+                <copy.modules.to.distribution.skip>false</copy.modules.to.distribution.skip>
+            </properties>
+        </profile>
+    </profiles>
 </project>
diff --git a/appserver/admingui/war/pom.xml b/appserver/admingui/war/pom.xml
index 6399a6a978b..b28ef6846ca 100644
--- a/appserver/admingui/war/pom.xml
+++ b/appserver/admingui/war/pom.xml
@@ -171,4 +171,33 @@
             </plugin>
         </plugins>
     </build>
+
+    <profiles>
+        <profile>
+            <id>dev</id>
+            <build>
+                <plugins>
+                    <plugin>
+                        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>maven-antrun-plugin</artifactId>
+                        <executions>
+                            <execution>
+                                <id>copy-main-artifact</id>
+                                <phase>package</phase>
+                                <configuration>
+                                    <target>
+                                        <delete dir="${basedir}/../../../${glassfish.distribution.dir}/lib/install/applications/__admingui"/>
+                                        <unzip src="${project.build.directory}/${project.build.finalName}.war" dest="${basedir}/../../../${glassfish.distribution.dir}/lib/install/applications/__admingui" />
+                                    </target>
+                                </configuration>
+                                <goals>
+                                    <goal>run</goal>
+                                </goals>
+                            </execution>
+                        </executions>
+                    </plugin>
+                </plugins>
+            </build>
+        </profile>
+    </profiles>
 </project>
diff --git a/appserver/connectors/connectors-runtime/pom.xml b/appserver/connectors/connectors-runtime/pom.xml
index 96ecaae9cd3..895f183fba4 100644
--- a/appserver/connectors/connectors-runtime/pom.xml
+++ b/appserver/connectors/connectors-runtime/pom.xml
@@ -211,4 +211,13 @@
             </plugin>
         </plugins>
     </build>
+    
+    <profiles>
+        <profile>
+            <id>dev</id>
+            <properties>
+                <copy.modules.to.distribution.skip>false</copy.modules.to.distribution.skip>
+            </properties>
+        </profile>
+    </profiles>
 </project>
diff --git a/appserver/deployment/dol/pom.xml b/appserver/deployment/dol/pom.xml
index 116dc541e85..441617f0c38 100755
--- a/appserver/deployment/dol/pom.xml
+++ b/appserver/deployment/dol/pom.xml
@@ -194,4 +194,13 @@
             </plugin>
         </plugins>
     </build>
+
+    <profiles>
+        <profile>
+            <id>dev</id>
+            <properties>
+                <copy.modules.to.distribution.skip>false</copy.modules.to.distribution.skip>
+            </properties>
+        </profile>
+    </profiles>
 </project>
diff --git a/appserver/microprofile/config/pom.xml b/appserver/microprofile/config/pom.xml
index 882fa336a58..18cece1136c 100644
--- a/appserver/microprofile/config/pom.xml
+++ b/appserver/microprofile/config/pom.xml
@@ -122,4 +122,12 @@
         </plugins>
     </build>
 
+    <profiles>
+        <profile>
+            <id>dev</id>
+            <properties>
+                <copy.modules.to.distribution.skip>false</copy.modules.to.distribution.skip>
+            </properties>
+        </profile>
+    </profiles>
 </project>
diff --git a/appserver/persistence/jpa-container/pom.xml b/appserver/persistence/jpa-container/pom.xml
index 705525478fc..1746c5b3263 100644
--- a/appserver/persistence/jpa-container/pom.xml
+++ b/appserver/persistence/jpa-container/pom.xml
@@ -117,4 +117,13 @@
             </plugin>
         </plugins>
     </build>
+
+    <profiles>
+        <profile>
+            <id>dev</id>
+            <properties>
+                <copy.modules.to.distribution.skip>false</copy.modules.to.distribution.skip>
+            </properties>
+        </profile>
+    </profiles>
 </project>
diff --git a/appserver/web/web-core/pom.xml b/appserver/web/web-core/pom.xml
index 2f7a7c0dd47..3897c36e9d7 100755
--- a/appserver/web/web-core/pom.xml
+++ b/appserver/web/web-core/pom.xml
@@ -150,4 +150,13 @@
             </plugin>
         </plugins>
     </build>
+    
+        <profiles>
+        <profile>
+            <id>dev</id>
+            <properties>
+                <copy.modules.to.distribution.skip>false</copy.modules.to.distribution.skip>
+            </properties>
+        </profile>
+    </profiles>
 </project>
diff --git a/appserver/web/web-glue/pom.xml b/appserver/web/web-glue/pom.xml
index ef40b0bf888..5e9cf86021f 100755
--- a/appserver/web/web-glue/pom.xml
+++ b/appserver/web/web-glue/pom.xml
@@ -277,4 +277,13 @@
             </plugin>
         </plugins>
     </build>
+
+    <profiles>
+        <profile>
+            <id>dev</id>
+            <properties>
+                <copy.modules.to.distribution.skip>false</copy.modules.to.distribution.skip>
+            </properties>
+        </profile>
+    </profiles>
 </project>
diff --git a/appserver/web/weld-integration/pom.xml b/appserver/web/weld-integration/pom.xml
index 610e0ff8202..c567bc9c90f 100644
--- a/appserver/web/weld-integration/pom.xml
+++ b/appserver/web/weld-integration/pom.xml
@@ -203,4 +203,13 @@
             </plugin>
         </plugins>
     </build>
+
+    <profiles>
+        <profile>
+            <id>dev</id>
+            <properties>
+                <copy.modules.to.distribution.skip>false</copy.modules.to.distribution.skip>
+            </properties>
+        </profile>
+    </profiles>
 </project>
diff --git a/nucleus/admin/cli/pom.xml b/nucleus/admin/cli/pom.xml
index 88b631388c8..9747dbe75f2 100755
--- a/nucleus/admin/cli/pom.xml
+++ b/nucleus/admin/cli/pom.xml
@@ -217,4 +217,13 @@
             </plugin>
         </plugins>
     </reporting>
+
+    <profiles>
+        <profile>
+            <id>dev</id>
+            <properties>
+                <copy.modules.to.distribution.skip>false</copy.modules.to.distribution.skip>
+            </properties>
+        </profile>
+    </profiles>
 </project>
diff --git a/nucleus/admin/config-api/pom.xml b/nucleus/admin/config-api/pom.xml
index 2ab2af1d60f..27157214437 100644
--- a/nucleus/admin/config-api/pom.xml
+++ b/nucleus/admin/config-api/pom.xml
@@ -154,4 +154,13 @@
             </plugin>
         </plugins>
     </build>
+
+    <profiles>
+        <profile>
+            <id>dev</id>
+            <properties>
+                <copy.modules.to.distribution.skip>false</copy.modules.to.distribution.skip>
+            </properties>
+        </profile>
+    </profiles>
 </project>
diff --git a/nucleus/admin/launcher/pom.xml b/nucleus/admin/launcher/pom.xml
index c3bfe1609b0..8d3479a2820 100644
--- a/nucleus/admin/launcher/pom.xml
+++ b/nucleus/admin/launcher/pom.xml
@@ -63,4 +63,13 @@
             <artifactId>hamcrest</artifactId>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
+
+    <profiles>
+        <profile>
+            <id>dev</id>
+            <properties>
+                <copy.modules.to.distribution.skip>false</copy.modules.to.distribution.skip>
+            </properties>
+        </profile>
+    </profiles>
 </project>
diff --git a/nucleus/admin/rest/rest-service/pom.xml b/nucleus/admin/rest/rest-service/pom.xml
index fc0fa7843d5..7b3eda4fba2 100644
--- a/nucleus/admin/rest/rest-service/pom.xml
+++ b/nucleus/admin/rest/rest-service/pom.xml
@@ -201,4 +201,14 @@
             </plugin>
         </plugins>
     </build>
-</project>
+    
+    <profiles>
+        <profile>
+            <id>dev</id>
+            <properties>
+                <copy.modules.to.distribution.skip>false</copy.modules.to.distribution.skip>
+                <copy.modules.to.distribution.path.to.root>../../../..</copy.modules.to.distribution.path.to.root>
+            </properties>
+        </profile>
+    </profiles>
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/nucleus/admin/server-mgmt/pom.xml b/nucleus/admin/server-mgmt/pom.xml
index 8c51d721806..96abc7d8271 100644
--- a/nucleus/admin/server-mgmt/pom.xml
+++ b/nucleus/admin/server-mgmt/pom.xml
@@ -214,4 +214,14 @@
             </plugin>
         </plugins>
     </build>
+
+    <profiles>
+        <profile>
+            <id>dev</id>
+            <properties>
+                <copy.modules.to.distribution.skip>false</copy.modules.to.distribution.skip>
+                <copy.modules.to.distribution.destFile>${basedir}/../../..//${glassfish.distribution.dir}/lib/asadmin/server-mgmt.jar </copy.modules.to.distribution.destFile>
+            </properties>
+        </profile>
+    </profiles>
 </project>
diff --git a/nucleus/admin/util/pom.xml b/nucleus/admin/util/pom.xml
index bc69c776fbd..36fad09ea43 100755
--- a/nucleus/admin/util/pom.xml
+++ b/nucleus/admin/util/pom.xml
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@
 
     <properties>
         <command.security.maven.plugin.isFailureFatal>false</command.security.maven.plugin.isFailureFatal>
+        <copy.modules.to.distribution.skip>false</copy.modules.to.distribution.skip>
     </properties>
 
     <dependencies>
diff --git a/nucleus/cluster/common/pom.xml b/nucleus/cluster/common/pom.xml
index 37d242baf26..499c9ddac54 100644
--- a/nucleus/cluster/common/pom.xml
+++ b/nucleus/cluster/common/pom.xml
@@ -31,6 +31,10 @@
 
     <name>cluster-common</name>
 
+    <properties>
+        <copy.modules.to.distribution.skip>false</copy.modules.to.distribution.skip>
+    </properties>
+
     <dependencies>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.glassfish.hk2</groupId>
diff --git a/nucleus/common/common-util/pom.xml b/nucleus/common/common-util/pom.xml
index 8cd481a1858..24bfacd98ea 100755
--- a/nucleus/common/common-util/pom.xml
+++ b/nucleus/common/common-util/pom.xml
@@ -108,4 +108,13 @@
             </plugin>
         </plugins>
     </build>
+
+    <profiles>
+        <profile>
+            <id>dev</id>
+            <properties>
+                <copy.modules.to.distribution.skip>false</copy.modules.to.distribution.skip>
+            </properties>
+        </profile>
+    </profiles>
 </project>
diff --git a/nucleus/common/internal-api/pom.xml b/nucleus/common/internal-api/pom.xml
index df46206626c..9e12edf84df 100644
--- a/nucleus/common/internal-api/pom.xml
+++ b/nucleus/common/internal-api/pom.xml
@@ -112,4 +112,13 @@
             </plugin>
         </plugins>
     </build>
+
+    <profiles>
+        <profile>
+            <id>dev</id>
+            <properties>
+                <copy.modules.to.distribution.skip>false</copy.modules.to.distribution.skip>
+            </properties>
+        </profile>
+    </profiles>
 </project>
diff --git a/nucleus/core/bootstrap/pom.xml b/nucleus/core/bootstrap/pom.xml
index 2afd59efc2c..3e1742e29ec 100755
--- a/nucleus/core/bootstrap/pom.xml
+++ b/nucleus/core/bootstrap/pom.xml
@@ -158,4 +158,13 @@
             </plugin>
         </plugins>
     </build>
+
+    <profiles>
+        <profile>
+            <id>dev</id>
+            <properties>
+                <copy.modules.to.distribution.skip>false</copy.modules.to.distribution.skip>
+            </properties>
+        </profile>
+    </profiles>
 </project>
diff --git a/nucleus/core/kernel/pom.xml b/nucleus/core/kernel/pom.xml
index 43a9f4a1ab3..9385c95fcbb 100755
--- a/nucleus/core/kernel/pom.xml
+++ b/nucleus/core/kernel/pom.xml
@@ -271,4 +271,13 @@
             </plugin>
         </plugins>
     </build>
+
+    <profiles>
+        <profile>
+            <id>dev</id>
+            <properties>
+                <copy.modules.to.distribution.skip>false</copy.modules.to.distribution.skip>
+            </properties>
+        </profile>
+    </profiles>
 </project>
diff --git a/nucleus/extras/command-logger/pom.xml b/nucleus/extras/command-logger/pom.xml
index afc9660271c..8f53009407f 100644
--- a/nucleus/extras/command-logger/pom.xml
+++ b/nucleus/extras/command-logger/pom.xml
@@ -42,4 +42,13 @@
             <version>${project.version}</version>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
+
+    <profiles>
+        <profile>
+            <id>dev</id>
+            <properties>
+                <copy.modules.to.distribution.skip>false</copy.modules.to.distribution.skip>
+            </properties>
+        </profile>
+    </profiles>
 </project>
diff --git a/nucleus/grizzly/config/pom.xml b/nucleus/grizzly/config/pom.xml
index 9d537ce1ab4..dc760715c11 100644
--- a/nucleus/grizzly/config/pom.xml
+++ b/nucleus/grizzly/config/pom.xml
@@ -114,4 +114,31 @@
             </plugin>
         </plugins>
     </build>
+
+    <profiles>
+        <profile>
+            <id>dev</id>
+            <build>
+                <plugins>
+                    <plugin>
+                        <artifactId>maven-antrun-plugin</artifactId>
+                        <executions>
+                            <execution>
+                                <id>dev-echo</id>
+                                <phase>install</phase>
+                                <goals>
+                                    <goal>run</goal>
+                                </goals>
+                                <configuration>
+                                    <target>
+                                        <echo level="info">To patch the GlassFish build, build the parent "nucleus-grizzly" artifact with submodules instead</echo>
+                                    </target>
+                                </configuration>
+                            </execution>
+                        </executions>
+                    </plugin>
+                </plugins>
+            </build>
+        </profile>
+    </profiles>
 </project>
diff --git a/nucleus/grizzly/nucleus-grizzly-all/pom.xml b/nucleus/grizzly/nucleus-grizzly-all/pom.xml
index aa442c5510e..72b033f4709 100644
--- a/nucleus/grizzly/nucleus-grizzly-all/pom.xml
+++ b/nucleus/grizzly/nucleus-grizzly-all/pom.xml
@@ -144,5 +144,11 @@
                 </plugins>
             </build>
         </profile>
+        <profile>
+            <id>dev</id>
+            <properties>
+                <copy.modules.to.distribution.skip>false</copy.modules.to.distribution.skip>
+            </properties>
+        </profile>
     </profiles>
 </project>
diff --git a/nucleus/parent/pom.xml b/nucleus/parent/pom.xml
index 6f05613dd77..8160cea1bcd 100644
--- a/nucleus/parent/pom.xml
+++ b/nucleus/parent/pom.xml
@@ -189,6 +189,7 @@
         <test.logManager>java.util.logging.LogManager</test.logManager>
         <test.logLevel>INFO</test.logLevel>
         <test.enableDefaultLogCfg>true</test.enableDefaultLogCfg>
+        <glassfish.distribution.dir>appserver/distributions/glassfish/target/stage/glassfish7/glassfish</glassfish.distribution.dir>
     </properties>
 
     <dependencyManagement>
@@ -846,7 +847,7 @@
                 <plugin>
                     <groupId>org.glassfish.build</groupId>
                     <artifactId>glassfishbuild-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-                    <version>4.0.1</version>
+                    <version>4.1.0</version>
                     <!-- Adds support for glassfish-jar and it's customized lifecycle-->
                     <extensions>true</extensions>
                     <dependencies>
@@ -954,7 +955,7 @@
                         <logViolationsToConsole>true</logViolationsToConsole>
                         <excludes>**/generated-sources/**/*, **/module-info.java</excludes>
                         <!-- build-helper-plugin adds the root as a resource path, but checkstyle overrides the filter and
-                            adds all property files in the tree -->
+                        adds all property files in the tree -->
                         <resourceExcludes>
                             **/appserver/**/src/main/resources/**/*,
                             **/deployment/**/src/main/resources/**/*,
@@ -2049,8 +2050,8 @@
                 <groupId>org.glassfish.hk2</groupId>
                 <artifactId>osgiversion-maven-plugin</artifactId>
                 <!-- Since we don't want qualifier like b05 or SNAPSHOT to appear in package version attribute, we use the
-                    following goal to populate a project property with an OSGi version which is equivalent to maven version without qualifier
-                    and then use that property in osgi.bundle while exporting. -->
+                following goal to populate a project property with an OSGi version which is equivalent to maven version without qualifier
+                and then use that property in osgi.bundle while exporting. -->
                 <configuration>
                     <dropVersionComponent>qualifier</dropVersionComponent>
                     <versionPropertyName>project.osgi.version</versionPropertyName>
@@ -2306,5 +2307,47 @@
                 </plugins>
             </build>
         </profile>
+        <profile>
+            <id>dev</id>
+            <properties>
+                <copy.modules.to.distribution.skip>true</copy.modules.to.distribution.skip>
+                <copy.modules.to.distribution.path.to.root>../../..</copy.modules.to.distribution.path.to.root>
+                <copy.modules.to.distribution.destFile>${basedir}/${copy.modules.to.distribution.path.to.root}/${glassfish.distribution.dir}/modules/${project.build.finalName}.jar</copy.modules.to.distribution.destFile>
+            </properties>
+            <build>
+                <pluginManagement>
+                    <plugins>
+                        <plugin>
+                            <groupId>org.glassfish.build</groupId>
+                            <artifactId>glassfishbuild-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+                            <executions>
+                                <execution>
+                                    <id>copy-module-to-distribution</id>
+                                    <phase>install</phase>
+                                    <goals>
+                                        <goal>copy-file</goal>
+                                    </goals>
+                                    <configuration>
+                                        <skip>${copy.modules.to.distribution.skip}</skip>
+                                        <destFile>${copy.modules.to.distribution.destFile}</destFile>
+                                    </configuration>
+                                </execution>
+                            </executions>
+                        </plugin>
+                    </plugins>
+                </pluginManagement>
+                <plugins>
+                    <plugin>
+                        <groupId>org.glassfish.build</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>glassfishbuild-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+                        <executions>
+                            <execution>
+                                <id>copy-module-to-distribution</id>
+                            </execution>
+                        </executions>
+                    </plugin>
+                </plugins>
+            </build>
+        </profile>
     </profiles>
 </project>