diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 1937d97cc70..b2996373742 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -1238,6 +1238,7 @@ deploy_to_maven_central:
     # Do not deploy release candidate versions
     - if: '$CI_COMMIT_TAG =~ /^v[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+$/'
       when: on_success
+      allow_failure: true
     - when: manual
       allow_failure: true
   script: