diff --git a/docker/spring-cloud-contract-docker/project/build.gradle b/docker/spring-cloud-contract-docker/project/build.gradle
index 130338fd0f..833f2e7f23 100644
--- a/docker/spring-cloud-contract-docker/project/build.gradle
+++ b/docker/spring-cloud-contract-docker/project/build.gradle
@@ -109,14 +109,11 @@ test.finalizedBy("copyOutput")
 
 publishing {
 	repositories {
-		mavenLocal()
-		if (!Boolean.parseBoolean(getProp("PUBLISH_ARTIFACTS_OFFLINE") ?: "false")) {
-			maven {
-				url getProp('REPO_WITH_BINARIES_URL') ?: 'http://localhost:8081/artifactory/libs-release-local'
-				credentials {
-					username getProp('REPO_WITH_BINARIES_USERNAME') ?: 'admin'
-					password getProp('REPO_WITH_BINARIES_PASSWORD') ?: 'password'
-				}
+		maven {
+			url getProp('REPO_WITH_BINARIES_URL') ?: 'http://localhost:8081/artifactory/libs-release-local'
+			credentials {
+				username getProp('REPO_WITH_BINARIES_USERNAME') ?: 'admin'
+				password getProp('REPO_WITH_BINARIES_PASSWORD') ?: 'password'
 			}
 		}
 	}
@@ -125,14 +122,17 @@ publishing {
 }
 
 // explicitly disable artifacts publication
-String publishArtifacts = getProp("PUBLISH_ARTIFACTS") ?: "true"
-boolean publishEnabled = Boolean.parseBoolean(publishArtifacts)
+boolean publishEnabled = Boolean.parseBoolean(getProp("PUBLISH_ARTIFACTS") ?: "true")
+boolean publishOffline = Boolean.parseBoolean(getProp("PUBLISH_ARTIFACTS_OFFLINE") ?: "false")
 publish.setEnabled(publishEnabled)
+publishToMavenLocal.setEnabled(publishOffline)
 
 gradle.taskGraph.whenReady { graph ->
 	graph.allTasks.
 			findAll { it.name.startsWith("publish") && "publishStubsToScm" != it.name }*.
 			setEnabled(publishEnabled)
+	graph.allTasks.
+			findAll { it.name.startsWith("publish") && it.name.endsWith("ToMavenLocal") }*.setEnabled(publishOffline)
 }
 
 if (Boolean.parseBoolean(getProp("PUBLISH_STUBS_TO_SCM"))) {
diff --git a/docker/spring-cloud-contract-docker/project/build.sh b/docker/spring-cloud-contract-docker/project/build.sh
index 48c3809a1c..e2b23f441f 100755
--- a/docker/spring-cloud-contract-docker/project/build.sh
+++ b/docker/spring-cloud-contract-docker/project/build.sh
@@ -4,4 +4,4 @@ export PROJECT_NAME="${PROJECT_NAME:-example}"
 echo "Setting project name to [${PROJECT_NAME}]"
 echo "rootProject.name='${PROJECT_NAME}'" >> settings.gradle
 echo "Running the build"
-./gradlew clean build publish --stacktrace
+./gradlew clean build publishToMavenLocal publish --stacktrace
diff --git a/docs/src/main/asciidoc/docker-project.adoc b/docs/src/main/asciidoc/docker-project.adoc
index 026309e7a1..3f6f998e1d 100644
--- a/docs/src/main/asciidoc/docker-project.adoc
+++ b/docs/src/main/asciidoc/docker-project.adoc
@@ -85,8 +85,7 @@ which is the default URL of https://jfrog.com/artifactory/[Artifactory] running
 - `REPO_WITH_BINARIES_USERNAME`: (optional) Username when the Artifact Manager is secured. Defaults to `admin`.
 - `REPO_WITH_BINARIES_PASSWORD`: (optional) Password when the Artifact Manager is secured. Defaults to `password`.
 - `PUBLISH_ARTIFACTS`: If set to `true`, publishes the artifact to binary storage. Defaults to `true`.
-- `PUBLISH_ARTIFACTS_OFFLINE`: If set to `true` and the publishing is enabled, it will publish the artifacts to local
-`.m2` only. Defaults to `false`.
+- `PUBLISH_ARTIFACTS_OFFLINE`: If set to `true`, it will publish the artifacts to local `.m2`. Defaults to `false`.
 
 These environment variables are used when contracts lay in an external repository. To enable
 this feature, you must set the `EXTERNAL_CONTRACTS_ARTIFACT_ID` environment variable.