diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index cf705c7963d3e217df5f662e4647f23cbdaa596e..2913bddd15c8f44d6969c3e70955e46e42690e06 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ snapshot-nexus:
 release-gitlab:
   stage: publish
   script:
-    - mvn versions:set -DnewVersion=${CI_COMMIT_TAG}
+    - mvn versions:set -DnewVersion=${CI_COMMIT_TAG} $MAVEN_CLI_OPTS
     - mvn deploy -Pgitlab-deploy $MAVEN_DEPLOY_CLI_OPTS $MAVEN_CLI_OPTS
   rules:
     - if: $CI_COMMIT_TAG
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ release-gitlab:
 release-nexus:
   stage: publish
   script:
-    - mvn versions:set -DnewVersion=${CI_COMMIT_TAG}
+    - mvn versions:set -DnewVersion=${CI_COMMIT_TAG} $MAVEN_CLI_OPTS
     - mvn mvn deploy -Pnexus-deploy $MAVEN_DEPLOY_CLI_OPTS $MAVEN_CLI_OPTS
   rules:
     - if: $CI_COMMIT_TAG