diff --git a/ci/build-and-distribute.template b/ci/build-and-distribute.template
index 0f91d5a..e172adc 100755
--- a/ci/build-and-distribute.template
+++ b/ci/build-and-distribute.template
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
 workspace cleanup
 git update ${VERSION}
 release build ${VERSION}
-artifactory release create ${VERSION}
-release distribute ${VERSION}
 quit
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/release/build/BuildOperations.java b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/release/build/BuildOperations.java
index 91e4079..c7a7e5b 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/release/build/BuildOperations.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/release/build/BuildOperations.java
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ public class BuildOperations {
 		logger.log(iteration, "Release: %s", summary);
 
 		if (stagingRepository.isPresent()) {
-			publishDeployment(iteration, stagingRepository);
+			// publishDeployment(iteration, stagingRepository);
 		}
 
 		return summary.getExecutions().stream().map(BuildExecutor.ExecutionResult::getResult).collect(Collectors.toList());
@@ -270,7 +270,11 @@ public class BuildOperations {
 		}
 
 		StagingRepository deploymentId = publisher.upload(iteration, deploymentName, localStaging);
-		publisher.validate(iteration.getTrainIteration(), deploymentId);
+		try {
+			publisher.validate(iteration.getTrainIteration(), deploymentId);
+		} catch (Exception e) {
+			e.printStackTrace();
+		}
 
 		return deploymentId;
 	}