diff --git a/gradle/releaser.gradle b/gradle/releaser.gradle
index e6ffeea73b..e205be68a1 100644
--- a/gradle/releaser.gradle
+++ b/gradle/releaser.gradle
@@ -1,9 +1,5 @@
-import java.time.ZoneOffset
-import java.time.ZonedDateTime
-import java.time.temporal.ChronoField
-
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2019-2021 VMware, Inc. or its affiliates, All Rights Reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2019-2024 VMware, Inc. or its affiliates, All Rights Reserved.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -17,7 +13,9 @@ import java.time.temporal.ChronoField
  * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
  * limitations under the License.
  */
-
+import java.time.ZoneOffset
+import java.time.ZonedDateTime
+import java.time.temporal.ChronoField
 
 if (project.hasProperty("releaserDryRun") && project.findProperty("releaserDryRun") != "false") {
 	println "Adding MavenLocal() for benefit of releaser dry run"
@@ -96,6 +94,12 @@ if (project.hasProperty("artifactory_publish_password")) {
 					username = "${artifactory_publish_username}"
 					password = "${artifactory_publish_password}"
 				}
+				defaults {
+					properties {
+						// Add artifactory metadata properties to deploy reactor-netty apidocs zip in docs.spring.io
+						all 'io.projectreactor.netty:reactor-netty:*:apidocs@zip', 'zip.name': 'reactor-netty', 'zip.displayname': 'Reactor Netty', 'zip.type': 'docs', 'zip.deployed': 'false'
+					}
+				}
 			}
 			clientConfig.setIncludeEnvVars(false)
 			clientConfig.info.setBuildName('Reactor - Netty')
diff --git a/reactor-netty/build.gradle b/reactor-netty/build.gradle
index b68cc77e0e..7f1c701f63 100644
--- a/reactor-netty/build.gradle
+++ b/reactor-netty/build.gradle
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2020-2023 VMware, Inc. or its affiliates, All Rights Reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2020-2024 VMware, Inc. or its affiliates, All Rights Reserved.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -42,4 +42,32 @@ javadoc.dependsOn(aggregateJavadoc)
 //add docs.zip to the publication
 publishing.publications.mavenJava.artifact(docsZip)
 
+// Define a task to create a reactor-netty apidocs zip classifier which includes both javadoc, reference doc, and reference pdf if any.
+// this classifier will be published to artifactory using some special artifactory properties so it will be also
+// published to https://docs.spring.io/projectreactor/netty/docs/<version>/ directory.
+// (see releaser.gradle which adds the specific properties metadata (zip.name / zip.deployed=false)
+task apidocsZip(type: Zip, dependsOn: [asciidoctor, asciidoctorPdf]) {
+	archiveBaseName.set("reactor-netty")
+	archiveClassifier.set("apidocs")
+
+	afterEvaluate() {
+		//we copy the pdf late, when a potential customVersion has been applied to rootProject
+		from(asciidoctorPdf) {
+			into("reference/pdf/")
+			rename("index.pdf", "reactor-netty-reference-guide-${rootProject.version}.pdf")
+		}
+	}
+	from(asciidoctor) {
+		includeEmptyDirs = false
+		exclude "**/index.pdf"
+		into("reference/html/")
+	}
+	from(aggregateJavadoc) {
+		into "api"
+	}
+}
+
+//add apidocs.zip to the publication
+publishing.publications.mavenJava.artifact(apidocsZip)
+
 description = "Reactor Netty with all modules"
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