diff --git a/docs/pom.xml b/docs/pom.xml
index ff2dfd3e1..beb25c8d9 100644
--- a/docs/pom.xml
+++ b/docs/pom.xml
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 		<docs.main>spring-cloud-function</docs.main>
 		<main.basedir>${basedir}/..</main.basedir>
 		<maven.plugin.plugin.version>3.4</maven.plugin.plugin.version>
+		<upload-docs-zip.phase>deploy</upload-docs-zip.phase> 
 	</properties>
 	<build>
 		<plugins>