diff --git a/projects/opensearch.org/package.yml b/projects/opensearch.org/package.yml
index d2a5e750b5..2b7b97494a 100644
--- a/projects/opensearch.org/package.yml
+++ b/projects/opensearch.org/package.yml
@@ -38,68 +38,80 @@ build:
       working-directory: ${{prefix}}/config
 
     # checkout k-NN plugin
-    - run:
-        - |
-          if [ -d .git ]; then
-            git fetch
-          else
-            git clone https://github.com/opensearch-project/k-NN .
-          fi
-        - git checkout {{version}}.0
-        - git reset --hard
-        - git submodule foreach --recursive git reset --hard
-        - git submodule update --init --recursive
-        - git config --global user.email "hello@pkgx.dev"
-        - git config --global user.name "pkgx"
-      working-directory: k-NN
-
-    # workarounds for m1 build. see: https://github.com/opensearch-project/k-NN/blob/main/DEVELOPER_GUIDE.md#extra-setup-for-mac-m1-machines
-    - run:
-        - sed -i -e 's/-march=native/-mcpu=apple-m1/g' nmslib/similarity_search/CMakeLists.txt
-        - sed -i -e 's/-mcpu=apple-a14/-mcpu=apple-m1/g' nmslib/python_bindings/setup.py
-        - sed -i -e 's/__aarch64__/__undefine_aarch64__/g' faiss/faiss/utils/distances_simd.cpp
-      if: darwin/aarch64
-      working-directory: k-NN/jni/external
+    # - run:
+    #     - |
+    #       if [ -d .git ]; then
+    #         git fetch
+    #       else
+    #         git clone https://github.com/opensearch-project/k-NN .
+    #       fi
+    #     - git checkout {{version}}.0
+    #     - git reset --hard
+    #     - git submodule foreach --recursive git reset --hard
+    #     - git submodule update --init --recursive
+    #     - git config --global user.email "hello@pkgx.dev"
+    #     - git config --global user.name "pkgx"
+    #   working-directory: k-NN
 
-    - run:
-        - sed -i -f $PROP jni/CMakeLists.txt jni/cmake/*.cmake
-        - export CC=clang
-        - export CXX=clang++
-      prop: |
-        s|/usr/local/opt/libomp/|{{deps.openmp.llvm.org.prefix}}/|g
-        s|/opt/homebrew/opt/libomp/|{{deps.openmp.llvm.org.prefix}}/|g
-      if: darwin
-      working-directory: k-NN
-
-    # this is recommended in https://github.com/opensearch-project/k-NN/blob/45e9e542aef60ef7073ee726e6ac14dec27bfa04/scripts/build.sh#L91-L94
-    - run: |
-        if test "{{hw.arch}}" = "x86-64"; then
-          sed -i -e 's/-march=native/-march=x86-64/g' CMakeLists.txt
-        fi
-      working-directory: k-NN/jni/external/nmslib/similarity_search
-      if: ^2
-    - run:
-        - cmake .
-        - make
-      working-directory: k-NN/jni
-    - run: |
-        for LIB in *.jnilib; do
-          install_name_tool -add_rpath @loader_path $LIB
-        done
-      working-directory: k-NN/jni/release
-      if: darwin
-    - run:
-        - ./gradlew build --refresh-dependencies -x integTest -x test -DskipTests=true -Dopensearch.version={{version}} -Dbuild.snapshot=false -Dbuild.version_qualifier=
-        - ./gradlew publishPluginZipPublicationToZipStagingRepository -Dopensearch.version={{version}} -Dbuild.snapshot=false -Dbuild.version_qualifier=
-        - ./gradlew publishPluginZipPublicationToMavenLocal -Dbuild.snapshot=false -Dbuild.version_qualifier= -Dopensearch.version={{version}}
-      working-directory: k-NN
-    - run:
-        - mkdir -p ./build/distributions/lib
-        - cp -v ./jni/release/libopensearchknn* ./build/distributions/lib
-        - cd ./build/distributions
-        - zip -r opensearch-knn-{{version}}.0.zip lib/
-        - '{{prefix}}/bin/opensearch-plugin install --batch file:`pwd`/opensearch-knn-{{version}}.0.zip'
-      working-directory: k-NN
+    # # workarounds for m1 build. see: https://github.com/opensearch-project/k-NN/blob/main/DEVELOPER_GUIDE.md#extra-setup-for-mac-m1-machines
+    # - run:
+    #     - sed -i -e 's/-march=native/-mcpu=apple-m1/g' nmslib/similarity_search/CMakeLists.txt
+    #     - sed -i -e 's/-mcpu=apple-a14/-mcpu=apple-m1/g' nmslib/python_bindings/setup.py
+    #     - sed -i -e 's/__aarch64__/__undefine_aarch64__/g' faiss/faiss/utils/distances_simd.cpp
+    #   if: darwin/aarch64
+    #   working-directory: k-NN/jni/external
+
+    # - run:
+    #     - sed -i -f $PROP jni/CMakeLists.txt jni/cmake/*.cmake
+    #     - export CC=clang
+    #     - export CXX=clang++
+    #   prop: |
+    #     s|/usr/local/opt/libomp/|{{deps.openmp.llvm.org.prefix}}/|g
+    #     s|/opt/homebrew/opt/libomp/|{{deps.openmp.llvm.org.prefix}}/|g
+    #   if: darwin
+    #   working-directory: k-NN
+
+    # # this is recommended in https://github.com/opensearch-project/k-NN/blob/45e9e542aef60ef7073ee726e6ac14dec27bfa04/scripts/build.sh#L91-L94
+    # - run: |
+    #     if test "{{hw.arch}}" = "x86-64"; then
+    #       sed -i -e 's/-march=native/-march=x86-64/g' CMakeLists.txt
+    #     fi
+    #   working-directory: k-NN/jni/external/nmslib/similarity_search
+    #   if: ^2
+
+    # # this is blowing up the build on aarch64, so we disable it
+    # #   /Users/builder/actions-runner/_work/pantry/pantry/builds/opensearch.org-2.19.2/k-NN/jni/external/nmslib/similarity_search/src/distcomp_scalar.cc:85:9: error: pragma message requires parenthesized string
+    # #  85 | #pragma message WARN("ScalarProductSIMD<float>: SSE2 is not available, defaulting to pure C++ implementation!")
+    # - run: sed -i -f $PROP distcomp_scalar.cc
+    #   working-directory: k-NN/jni/external/nmslib/similarity_search/src
+    #   if: ^2
+
+    #   prop: |
+    #     s|#pragma message WARN|// #pragma message WARN|g
+
+    # - run:
+    #     - cmake . $CMAKE_JNI_ARGS
+    #     - make
+    #   working-directory: k-NN/jni
+    # - run: |
+    #     for LIB in *.jnilib; do
+    #       install_name_tool -add_rpath @loader_path $LIB
+    #     done
+    #   working-directory: k-NN/jni/release
+    #   if: darwin
+    # - run:
+    #     - ./gradlew build --refresh-dependencies -x integTest -x test -DskipTests=true -Dopensearch.version={{version}} -Dbuild.snapshot=false -Dbuild.version_qualifier=
+    #     - ./gradlew publishPluginZipPublicationToZipStagingRepository -Dopensearch.version={{version}} -Dbuild.snapshot=false -Dbuild.version_qualifier=
+    #     - ./gradlew publishPluginZipPublicationToMavenLocal -Dbuild.snapshot=false -Dbuild.version_qualifier= -Dopensearch.version={{version}}
+    #   working-directory: k-NN
+    # - run:
+    #     - mkdir -p ./build/distributions/lib
+    #     - cp -v ./jni/release/libopensearchknn* ./build/distributions/lib
+    #     - cd ./build/distributions
+    #     - zip -r opensearch-knn-{{version}}.0.zip lib/
+    #     - '{{prefix}}/bin/opensearch-plugin install --batch file:`pwd`/opensearch-knn-{{version}}.0.zip'
+    #   working-directory: k-NN
+    - ${{prefix}}/bin/opensearch-plugin install --batch org.opensearch.plugin:opensearch-knn:{{version}}.0
     - run: echo 'export JAVA_LIBRARY_PATH="$OPENSEARCH_HOME/plugins/opensearch-knn/lib:$JAVA_LIBRARY_PATH"' >> opensearch-env
       working-directory: ${{prefix}}/bin
       if: darwin
@@ -110,6 +122,9 @@ build:
     linux/x86-64:
       # /opt/gnu.org/binutils/v2.43.1/bin/ld: release/libopensearchknn_faiss_avx2.so: undefined reference to `_gfortran_concat_string'
       LDFLAGS: $LDFLAGS -Wl,-lgfortran
+    # linux:
+    #   CMAKE_JNI_ARGS:
+    #     - -DBLAS_LIBRARIES={{deps.openblas.net.prefix}}/lib/libopenblas.a
 
 provides:
   - bin/opensearch