diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 29f88ea4199..5001c9d0057 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -39,13 +39,13 @@ jobs:
           echo "TARGET_COMMITISH=$(git rev-parse HEAD)" >> $GITHUB_ENV
           git remote set-url origin https://${{ github.actor }}:${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}@github.com/google/error-prone.git
           
-      - name: Deploy to Sonatype staging
-        env:
-          CI_DEPLOY_USERNAME: ${{ secrets.CI_DEPLOY_USERNAME }}
-          CI_DEPLOY_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.CI_DEPLOY_PASSWORD }}
-          GPG_PASSPHRASE: ${{ secrets.GPG_PASSPHRASE }}
-        run:
-          mvn --no-transfer-progress -P release clean deploy -Dgpg.passphrase="${{ secrets.GPG_PASSPHRASE }}"
+      #- name: Deploy to Sonatype
+      #  env:
+      #    CI_DEPLOY_USERNAME: ${{ secrets.CI_DEPLOY_USERNAME }}
+      #    CI_DEPLOY_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.CI_DEPLOY_PASSWORD }}
+      #    GPG_PASSPHRASE: ${{ secrets.GPG_PASSPHRASE }}
+      #  run:
+      #    mvn --no-transfer-progress -P release clean deploy -Dgpg.passphrase="${{ secrets.GPG_PASSPHRASE }}"
 
       - name: Push tag
         run: |