diff --git a/tools/build/onos-release b/tools/build/onos-release
index 8e7f7fb..3bc4f4d 100755
--- a/tools/build/onos-release
+++ b/tools/build/onos-release
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 export ONOS_VERSION=$NEW_VERSION
 
 # Build ONOS & deploy to staging repo using the release profile.
-onos-build && onos-package && mvn -Prelease clean deploy -DskipTests
+onos-build && onos-package --tar --zip && mvn -Prelease clean deploy -DskipTests
 
 # Build ONOS docs
 onos-build-docs