diff --git a/modules/ROOT/pages/to-publish-assets-maven.adoc b/modules/ROOT/pages/to-publish-assets-maven.adoc
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--- a/modules/ROOT/pages/to-publish-assets-maven.adoc
+++ b/modules/ROOT/pages/to-publish-assets-maven.adoc
@@ -36,6 +36,13 @@ You must have a unique artifact name and organization ID to publish your asset.
 
 The US cloud and EU cloud use slightly different URLs, as shown in the examples.
 
+[IMPORTANT]
+====
+Starting May 18, 2026, custom connectors and Mule plugins published to Exchange require `mule-extension-plugin` version 1.9.0 or higher. This change doesn't affect connectors already published to Exchange.
+
+For complete requirements and update instructions, see xref:mule-sdk::publishing-connectors-exchange.adoc[].
+====
+
 == View Your Organization ID
 
 To construct the elements of a Maven POM file, you need to determine your organization ID: