diff --git a/tools/build/onos-release b/tools/build/onos-release
index 7d55923..2cda036 100755
--- a/tools/build/onos-release
+++ b/tools/build/onos-release
@@ -46,6 +46,9 @@
 
 # publish artifacts
 onos-upload-artifacts.py publishing-catalog ${publish_url}
+if [ $dryRun -eq 0 ]; then
+    onos-upload-artifacts.py
+else
 
 # Build ONOS archetypes & deploy to staging repo using the release profile.
 # Note that release of the staging repository is a separate manual step.