diff --git a/spring-cloud-release-tools-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/release/internal/ReleaserProperties.java b/spring-cloud-release-tools-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/release/internal/ReleaserProperties.java
index 8f21ea2b..63466918 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-release-tools-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/release/internal/ReleaserProperties.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-release-tools-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/release/internal/ReleaserProperties.java
@@ -132,7 +132,8 @@ public class ReleaserProperties {
 		 * provided version
 		 */
 		private String[] publishDocsCommands = {
-				"mkdir -p target && wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-build/master/docs/src/main/asciidoc/ghpages.sh -O target/gh-pages.sh",
+				"mkdir -p target",
+				"wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/spring-cloud/spring-cloud-build/master/docs/src/main/asciidoc/ghpages.sh -O target/gh-pages.sh",
 				"chmod +x target/gh-pages.sh",
 				"./target/gh-pages.sh -v {{version}} -c"
 		};