diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 3cc97da90d606fcebc3b9c45c1b05be5e962e5b1..5fd70885c8fc93623c478322945b0da6dc9d3cc4 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -97,8 +97,8 @@ push-release-image-gitlab:
     - export IMAGE_TAGS="${CI_REGISTRY_IMAGE}:release-${PROJECT_VERSION},${CI_REGISTRY_IMAGE}:latest"
     - mvn deploy -Pgitlab-deploy $MAVEN_DEPLOY_CLI_OPTS $MAVEN_CLI_OPTS
   rules:
-    - if: $CI_COMMIT_TAG
-      when: never  # Step disabled until gitlab container registry works
+    # - if: $CI_COMMIT_TAG
+    - when: never  # Step disabled until gitlab container registry works
 
 push-release-image-nexus:
   stage: publish