diff --git a/api/pom.xml b/api/pom.xml
index 06de466..87e64aa 100644
--- a/api/pom.xml
+++ b/api/pom.xml
@@ -256,24 +256,50 @@
             </plugin>
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>2.6</version>
+                <artifactId>maven-shade-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>3.2.4</version>
                 <executions>
                     <execution>
-                        <id>make-assembly</id>
                         <phase>package</phase>
                         <goals>
-                            <goal>single</goal>
+                            <goal>shade</goal>
                         </goals>
                         <configuration>
-                            <archive>
-                                <manifest>
+                            <minimizeJar>true</minimizeJar>
+                            <transformers>
+                                <transformer
+                                        implementation="org.apache.maven.plugins.shade.resource.ManifestResourceTransformer">
                                     <mainClass>${main.class}</mainClass>
-                                </manifest>
-                            </archive>
-                            <descriptorRefs>
-                                <descriptorRef>jar-with-dependencies</descriptorRef>
-                            </descriptorRefs>
+                                </transformer>
+                            </transformers>
+                            <artifactSet>
+                                <excludes>
+                                    <exclude>io.ktor:ktor-client-*</exclude>
+                                </excludes>
+                            </artifactSet>
+                            <filters>
+                                <filter>
+                                    <artifact>org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-reflect</artifact>
+                                    <includes>
+                                        <include>**</include>
+                                    </includes>
+                                </filter>
+                                <filter>
+                                    <artifact>org.mariadb.jdbc:mariadb-java-client</artifact>
+                                    <includes>
+                                        <include>**</include>
+                                    </includes>
+                                </filter>
+                                <filter>
+                                    <artifact>*:*</artifact>
+                                    <excludes>
+                                        <exclude>META-INF/maven/**</exclude>
+                                        <exclude>META-INF/proguard/**</exclude>
+                                        <exclude>META-INF/native-image/**</exclude>
+                                        <exclude>META-INF/*.kotlin_module</exclude>
+                                    </excludes>
+                                </filter>
+                            </filters>
                         </configuration>
                     </execution>
                 </executions>