diff --git a/samples/snippets/assembly-descriptor.xml b/samples/snippets/assembly-descriptor.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 8a9e7f8f50..0000000000
--- a/samples/snippets/assembly-descriptor.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-<assembly xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/ASSEMBLY/2.0.0"
-    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
-    xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/ASSEMBLY/2.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/assembly-2.0.0.xsd">
-  <id>jar-with-dependencies</id>
-  <formats>
-    <format>jar</format>
-  </formats>
-  <includeBaseDirectory>false</includeBaseDirectory>
-  <dependencySets>
-    <dependencySet>
-      <outputDirectory>/</outputDirectory>
-      <useProjectArtifact>false</useProjectArtifact>
-      <unpack>true</unpack>
-      <unpackOptions>
-        <excludes>
-          <exclude>io.grpc.LoadBalancerProvider</exclude>
-        </excludes>
-      </unpackOptions>
-    </dependencySet>
-  </dependencySets>
-  <fileSets>
-    <fileSet>
-      <directory>${project.build.outputDirectory}</directory>
-      <outputDirectory>.</outputDirectory>
-    </fileSet>
-  </fileSets>
-</assembly>
diff --git a/samples/snippets/pom.xml b/samples/snippets/pom.xml
index 5f03bb34b9..79b8856026 100644
--- a/samples/snippets/pom.xml
+++ b/samples/snippets/pom.xml
@@ -115,30 +115,61 @@
     </dependency>
   </dependencies>
   <build>
-    <finalName>spanner-google-cloud-samples</finalName>
     <plugins>
       <plugin>
-        <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>3.4.2</version>
+        <artifactId>maven-resources-plugin</artifactId>
+        <executions>
+          <execution>
+            <id>copy-resources</id>
+            <phase>validate</phase>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>copy-resources</goal>
+            </goals>
+            <configuration>
+              <outputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/spanner-snippets</outputDirectory>
+              <resources>
+                <resource>
+                  <directory>resources</directory>
+                  <filtering>true</filtering>
+                </resource>
+              </resources>
+            </configuration>
+          </execution>
+        </executions>
+      </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
+        <executions>
+          <execution>
+            <id>copy-dependencies</id>
+            <phase>prepare-package</phase>
+            <goals>
+              <goal>copy-dependencies</goal>
+            </goals>
+            <configuration>
+              <outputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/spanner-snippets/lib</outputDirectory>
+              <overWriteReleases>false</overWriteReleases>
+              <overWriteSnapshots>false</overWriteSnapshots>
+              <overWriteIfNewer>true</overWriteIfNewer>
+            </configuration>
+          </execution>
+        </executions>
+      </plugin>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
         <configuration>
-          <descriptors>
-            <descriptor>assembly-descriptor.xml</descriptor>
-          </descriptors>
+          <finalName>spanner-snippets/spanner-google-cloud-samples</finalName>
           <archive>
+            <index>false</index>
             <manifest>
               <mainClass>com.example.spanner.SpannerSample</mainClass>
+              <addClasspath>true</addClasspath>
+              <classpathPrefix>lib/</classpathPrefix>
             </manifest>
           </archive>
         </configuration>
-        <executions>
-          <execution>
-            <id>make-assembly</id>
-            <phase>package</phase>
-            <goals>
-              <goal>single</goal>
-            </goals>
-          </execution>
-        </executions>
       </plugin>
       <plugin>
         <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>