diff --git a/apm-sniffer/apm-sdk-plugin/spring-plugins/pom.xml b/apm-sniffer/apm-sdk-plugin/spring-plugins/pom.xml
index 71764b541275ee02ee4718d9b5a3f987327377fd..0aa9d4512c90e38fd232ae15f477d4766fe4dd00 100644
--- a/apm-sniffer/apm-sdk-plugin/spring-plugins/pom.xml
+++ b/apm-sniffer/apm-sdk-plugin/spring-plugins/pom.xml
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@
         <module>mvc-annotation-3.x-plugin</module>
         <module>core-patch</module>
         <module>mvc-annotation-commons</module>
-        <module>spring-annotation-plugin</module>
     </modules>
     <packaging>pom</packaging>
 
diff --git a/apm-sniffer/optional-plugins/optional-spring-plugins/pom.xml b/apm-sniffer/optional-plugins/optional-spring-plugins/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..e3b38f27cde75af9619f9c03d3bcd2024e351bc4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apm-sniffer/optional-plugins/optional-spring-plugins/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+  ~ Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+  ~ contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+  ~ this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+  ~ The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+  ~ (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+  ~ the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  ~
+  -->
+
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
+         xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+    <parent>
+        <artifactId>optional-plugins</artifactId>
+        <groupId>org.apache.skywalking</groupId>
+        <version>5.0.0-alpha</version>
+    </parent>
+    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+    <packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+    <artifactId>optional-spring-plugins</artifactId>
+    <properties>
+        <plugin.dest.dir>${project.build.directory}/../../../../../packages/skywalking-agent/optional-plugins</plugin.dest.dir>
+    </properties>
+
+    <modules>
+        <module>spring-annotation-plugin</module>
+    </modules>
+
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/apm-sniffer/apm-sdk-plugin/spring-plugins/spring-annotation-plugin/pom.xml b/apm-sniffer/optional-plugins/optional-spring-plugins/spring-annotation-plugin/pom.xml
similarity index 89%
rename from apm-sniffer/apm-sdk-plugin/spring-plugins/spring-annotation-plugin/pom.xml
rename to apm-sniffer/optional-plugins/optional-spring-plugins/spring-annotation-plugin/pom.xml
index df46249b98868634ab0859e7afd0c29999214525..03413fc0bc87fdc235a2a1a9caa103c69474c653 100644
--- a/apm-sniffer/apm-sdk-plugin/spring-plugins/spring-annotation-plugin/pom.xml
+++ b/apm-sniffer/optional-plugins/optional-spring-plugins/spring-annotation-plugin/pom.xml
@@ -21,18 +21,15 @@
          xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
          xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
     <parent>
-        <artifactId>spring-plugins</artifactId>
+        <artifactId>optional-spring-plugins</artifactId>
         <groupId>org.apache.skywalking</groupId>
         <version>5.0.0-alpha</version>
     </parent>
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+    <packaging>jar</packaging>
 
     <artifactId>apm-spring-annotation-plugin</artifactId>
 
-    <properties>
-        <plugin.dest.dir>${agent.package.dest.dir}/optional-plugins</plugin.dest.dir>
-    </properties>
-
     <dependencies>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
diff --git a/apm-sniffer/apm-sdk-plugin/spring-plugins/spring-annotation-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/skywalking/apm/plugin/spring/annotations/AbstractSpringBeanInstrumentation.java b/apm-sniffer/optional-plugins/optional-spring-plugins/spring-annotation-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/skywalking/apm/plugin/spring/annotations/AbstractSpringBeanInstrumentation.java
similarity index 100%
rename from apm-sniffer/apm-sdk-plugin/spring-plugins/spring-annotation-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/skywalking/apm/plugin/spring/annotations/AbstractSpringBeanInstrumentation.java
rename to apm-sniffer/optional-plugins/optional-spring-plugins/spring-annotation-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/skywalking/apm/plugin/spring/annotations/AbstractSpringBeanInstrumentation.java
diff --git a/apm-sniffer/apm-sdk-plugin/spring-plugins/spring-annotation-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/skywalking/apm/plugin/spring/annotations/SpringAnnotationInterceptor.java b/apm-sniffer/optional-plugins/optional-spring-plugins/spring-annotation-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/skywalking/apm/plugin/spring/annotations/SpringAnnotationInterceptor.java
similarity index 100%
rename from apm-sniffer/apm-sdk-plugin/spring-plugins/spring-annotation-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/skywalking/apm/plugin/spring/annotations/SpringAnnotationInterceptor.java
rename to apm-sniffer/optional-plugins/optional-spring-plugins/spring-annotation-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/skywalking/apm/plugin/spring/annotations/SpringAnnotationInterceptor.java
diff --git a/apm-sniffer/apm-sdk-plugin/spring-plugins/spring-annotation-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/skywalking/apm/plugin/spring/annotations/bean/SpringBeanInstrumentation.java b/apm-sniffer/optional-plugins/optional-spring-plugins/spring-annotation-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/skywalking/apm/plugin/spring/annotations/bean/SpringBeanInstrumentation.java
similarity index 100%
rename from apm-sniffer/apm-sdk-plugin/spring-plugins/spring-annotation-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/skywalking/apm/plugin/spring/annotations/bean/SpringBeanInstrumentation.java
rename to apm-sniffer/optional-plugins/optional-spring-plugins/spring-annotation-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/skywalking/apm/plugin/spring/annotations/bean/SpringBeanInstrumentation.java
diff --git a/apm-sniffer/apm-sdk-plugin/spring-plugins/spring-annotation-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/skywalking/apm/plugin/spring/annotations/component/SpringComponentInstrumentation.java b/apm-sniffer/optional-plugins/optional-spring-plugins/spring-annotation-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/skywalking/apm/plugin/spring/annotations/component/SpringComponentInstrumentation.java
similarity index 100%
rename from apm-sniffer/apm-sdk-plugin/spring-plugins/spring-annotation-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/skywalking/apm/plugin/spring/annotations/component/SpringComponentInstrumentation.java
rename to apm-sniffer/optional-plugins/optional-spring-plugins/spring-annotation-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/skywalking/apm/plugin/spring/annotations/component/SpringComponentInstrumentation.java
diff --git a/apm-sniffer/apm-sdk-plugin/spring-plugins/spring-annotation-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/skywalking/apm/plugin/spring/annotations/repository/SpringRepositoryInstrumentation.java b/apm-sniffer/optional-plugins/optional-spring-plugins/spring-annotation-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/skywalking/apm/plugin/spring/annotations/repository/SpringRepositoryInstrumentation.java
similarity index 100%
rename from apm-sniffer/apm-sdk-plugin/spring-plugins/spring-annotation-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/skywalking/apm/plugin/spring/annotations/repository/SpringRepositoryInstrumentation.java
rename to apm-sniffer/optional-plugins/optional-spring-plugins/spring-annotation-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/skywalking/apm/plugin/spring/annotations/repository/SpringRepositoryInstrumentation.java
diff --git a/apm-sniffer/apm-sdk-plugin/spring-plugins/spring-annotation-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/skywalking/apm/plugin/spring/annotations/services/SpringServicesInstrumentation.java b/apm-sniffer/optional-plugins/optional-spring-plugins/spring-annotation-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/skywalking/apm/plugin/spring/annotations/services/SpringServicesInstrumentation.java
similarity index 100%
rename from apm-sniffer/apm-sdk-plugin/spring-plugins/spring-annotation-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/skywalking/apm/plugin/spring/annotations/services/SpringServicesInstrumentation.java
rename to apm-sniffer/optional-plugins/optional-spring-plugins/spring-annotation-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/skywalking/apm/plugin/spring/annotations/services/SpringServicesInstrumentation.java
diff --git a/apm-sniffer/apm-sdk-plugin/spring-plugins/spring-annotation-plugin/src/main/resources/skywalking-plugin.def b/apm-sniffer/optional-plugins/optional-spring-plugins/spring-annotation-plugin/src/main/resources/skywalking-plugin.def
similarity index 100%
rename from apm-sniffer/apm-sdk-plugin/spring-plugins/spring-annotation-plugin/src/main/resources/skywalking-plugin.def
rename to apm-sniffer/optional-plugins/optional-spring-plugins/spring-annotation-plugin/src/main/resources/skywalking-plugin.def
diff --git a/apm-sniffer/optional-plugins/pom.xml b/apm-sniffer/optional-plugins/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..07061b9d62e87c6c8dcda7ce31536eae47f6b5df
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apm-sniffer/optional-plugins/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,114 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+  ~ Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+  ~ contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+  ~ this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+  ~ The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+  ~ (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+  ~ the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+  ~
+  ~     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+  ~
+  ~ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  ~ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  ~ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  ~ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  ~ limitations under the License.
+  ~
+  -->
+
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
+         xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+    <parent>
+        <artifactId>apm-sniffer</artifactId>
+        <groupId>org.apache.skywalking</groupId>
+        <version>5.0.0-alpha</version>
+    </parent>
+    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+
+    <artifactId>optional-plugins</artifactId>
+    <packaging>pom</packaging>
+    <properties>
+        <plugin.dest.dir>${project.build.directory}/../../../../packages/skywalking-agent/optional-plugins</plugin.dest.dir>
+    </properties>
+
+    <modules>
+        <module>optional-spring-plugins</module>
+    </modules>
+
+    <dependencies>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.skywalking</groupId>
+            <artifactId>apm-agent-core</artifactId>
+            <version>${project.version}</version>
+            <scope>provided</scope>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.skywalking</groupId>
+            <artifactId>apm-util</artifactId>
+            <version>${project.version}</version>
+            <scope>provided</scope>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.skywalking</groupId>
+            <artifactId>apm-test-tools</artifactId>
+            <version>${project.version}</version>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+
+    <build>
+        <plugins>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-antrun-plugin</artifactId>
+                <executions>
+                    <execution>
+                        <phase>package</phase>
+                        <goals>
+                            <goal>run</goal>
+                        </goals>
+                        <configuration>
+                            <tasks>
+                                <taskdef resource="net/sf/antcontrib/antcontrib.properties"
+                                         classpathref="maven.runtime.classpath"/>
+                                <if>
+                                    <equals arg1="${project.packaging}" arg2="jar"/>
+                                    <then>
+                                        <mkdir
+                                            dir="${plugin.dest.dir}"/>
+                                        <copy
+                                            file="${project.build.directory}/${project.artifactId}-${project.version}.jar"
+                                            tofile="${plugin.dest.dir}/${project.artifactId}-${project.version}.jar"
+                                            overwrite="true"/>
+                                    </then>
+                                </if>
+
+                            </tasks>
+                        </configuration>
+                    </execution>
+                </executions>
+                <dependencies>
+                    <dependency>
+                        <groupId>ant-contrib</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>ant-contrib</artifactId>
+                        <version>1.0b3</version>
+                        <exclusions>
+                            <exclusion>
+                                <groupId>ant</groupId>
+                                <artifactId>ant</artifactId>
+                            </exclusion>
+                        </exclusions>
+                    </dependency>
+                    <dependency>
+                        <groupId>org.apache.ant</groupId>
+                        <artifactId>ant-nodeps</artifactId>
+                        <version>1.8.1</version>
+                    </dependency>
+                </dependencies>
+            </plugin>
+        </plugins>
+    </build>
+
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/apm-sniffer/pom.xml b/apm-sniffer/pom.xml
index 509de67ceacc31c94dad01dcdb884d383f3771ac..c5a7607c0f7ee520ac38a5762b18ea6ea60c0e3f 100644
--- a/apm-sniffer/pom.xml
+++ b/apm-sniffer/pom.xml
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
         <module>apm-sdk-plugin</module>
         <module>apm-toolkit-activation</module>
         <module>apm-test-tools</module>
+        <module>optional-plugins</module>
     </modules>
 
     <properties>