diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index fc04ea97a35ff0c77b991d0e7e5dee7ec0346a13..f63ac0a3e3ed3057b90319ce3c780d42e9fdde3b 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -26,8 +26,12 @@ stages:
 maven_build_and_test:
     stage: test
     environment: staging
+    variables:
+       MAVEN_LOCAL_REPOSITORY_DIR:  "/tmp/maven_repository"
+       MAVEN_LOCAL_REPOSITORY_URL:  "file://$MAVEN_LOCAL_REPOSITORY_DIR"
     script:
-    - "export DISPLAY=:0.0; mvn $MAVEN_CLI_OPTS -P Neon-Java8,DevelopmentUpdateSite,CI_Execution clean install"
+    - mkdir -p MAVEN_LOCAL_REPOSITORY_DIR
+    - "export DISPLAY=:0.0; mvn $MAVEN_CLI_OPTS -P Neon-Java8,DevelopmentUpdateSite,CI_Execution -Ddistribution.repository=$MAVEN_LOCAL_REPOSITORY_URL clean install deploy"
     only:
     - master
 
@@ -51,7 +55,7 @@ maven_build_and_test:
     - mkdir -p $UPDATE_SITE_MOUNT_DIR/$UPDATE_SITE_PROD_TARGET_DIR
     - cp -r ${REPOSITORY_TO_COPY}/* $UPDATE_SITE_MOUNT_DIR/$UPDATE_SITE_PROD_TARGET_DIR
     - chmod -R 0777 $UPDATE_SITE_MOUNT_DIR/$UPDATE_SITE_PROD_TARGET_DIR
-    #- mvn $MAVEN_CLI_OPTS -Ddistribution.repository=$UPDATE_SITE_MOUNT_DIR/$MAVEN_REPOSITORY_DIR deploy
+    #- mvn $MAVEN_CLI_OPTS -Ddistribution.repository=file://$UPDATE_SITE_MOUNT_DIR/$MAVEN_REPOSITORY_DIR deploy
     - fusermount -uz $UPDATE_SITE_MOUNT_DIR
     only:
       refs: