diff --git a/flink-dist/src/main/assemblies/opt.xml b/flink-dist/src/main/assemblies/opt.xml
index aa2327c094f57..ed263a360cc17 100644
--- a/flink-dist/src/main/assemblies/opt.xml
+++ b/flink-dist/src/main/assemblies/opt.xml
@@ -75,28 +75,6 @@
 			<fileMode>0644</fileMode>
 		</file>
 
-		<!-- External Resource -->
-		<file>
-			<source>../flink-external-resources/flink-external-resource-gpu/target/flink-external-resource-gpu-${project.version}.jar</source>
-			<outputDirectory>opt/external-resource-gpu/</outputDirectory>
-			<destName>flink-external-resource-gpu-${project.version}.jar</destName>
-			<fileMode>0644</fileMode>
-		</file>
-
-		<file>
-			<source>../flink-external-resources/flink-external-resource-gpu/src/main/resources/gpu-discovery-common.sh</source>
-			<outputDirectory>opt/external-resource-gpu/</outputDirectory>
-			<destName>gpu-discovery-common.sh</destName>
-			<fileMode>0755</fileMode>
-		</file>
-
-		<file>
-			<source>../flink-external-resources/flink-external-resource-gpu/src/main/resources/nvidia-gpu-discovery.sh</source>
-			<outputDirectory>opt/external-resource-gpu/</outputDirectory>
-			<destName>nvidia-gpu-discovery.sh</destName>
-			<fileMode>0755</fileMode>
-		</file>
-
 		<file>
 			<source>../flink-filesystems/flink-s3-fs-hadoop/target/flink-s3-fs-hadoop-${project.version}.jar</source>
 			<outputDirectory>opt/</outputDirectory>
diff --git a/flink-dist/src/main/assemblies/plugins.xml b/flink-dist/src/main/assemblies/plugins.xml
index e2824c44a12a4..b6008fe11d351 100644
--- a/flink-dist/src/main/assemblies/plugins.xml
+++ b/flink-dist/src/main/assemblies/plugins.xml
@@ -79,6 +79,28 @@
 			<destName>flink-metrics-slf4j-${project.version}.jar</destName>
 			<fileMode>0644</fileMode>
 		</file>
+
+		<!-- External Resource -->
+		<file>
+			<source>../flink-external-resources/flink-external-resource-gpu/target/flink-external-resource-gpu-${project.version}.jar</source>
+			<outputDirectory>plugins/external_resource_gpu/</outputDirectory>
+			<destName>flink-external-resource-gpu-${project.version}.jar</destName>
+			<fileMode>0644</fileMode>
+		</file>
+
+		<file>
+			<source>../flink-external-resources/flink-external-resource-gpu/src/main/resources/gpu-discovery-common.sh</source>
+			<outputDirectory>plugins/external_resource_gpu/</outputDirectory>
+			<destName>gpu-discovery-common.sh</destName>
+			<fileMode>0755</fileMode>
+		</file>
+
+		<file>
+			<source>../flink-external-resources/flink-external-resource-gpu/src/main/resources/nvidia-gpu-discovery.sh</source>
+			<outputDirectory>plugins/external_resource_gpu/</outputDirectory>
+			<destName>nvidia-gpu-discovery.sh</destName>
+			<fileMode>0755</fileMode>
+		</file>
 	</files>
 
 </assembly>