diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 4c2ea75cb..d72999ca9 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -883,7 +883,7 @@
 	      <configuration>
 	        <serverId>ossrh</serverId>
 	        <nexusUrl>https://oss.sonatype.org/</nexusUrl>
-	        <autoReleaseAfterClose>true</autoReleaseAfterClose>
+	        <autoReleaseAfterClose>false</autoReleaseAfterClose>
 	        <stagingProgressTimeoutMinutes>15</stagingProgressTimeoutMinutes>
 	        <keepStagingRepositoryOnFailure>true</keepStagingRepositoryOnFailure>
 	        <keepStagingRepositoryOnCloseRuleFailure>true</keepStagingRepositoryOnCloseRuleFailure>