diff --git a/ci/images/releasescripts/src/main/java/io/spring/concourse/releasescripts/command/PublishToCentralCommand.java b/ci/images/releasescripts/src/main/java/io/spring/concourse/releasescripts/command/PublishToCentralCommand.java
index 23ec5a319d37..2dccc1876e48 100644
--- a/ci/images/releasescripts/src/main/java/io/spring/concourse/releasescripts/command/PublishToCentralCommand.java
+++ b/ci/images/releasescripts/src/main/java/io/spring/concourse/releasescripts/command/PublishToCentralCommand.java
@@ -72,8 +72,9 @@ public void run(ApplicationArguments args) throws Exception {
 		byte[] content = Files.readAllBytes(new File(buildInfoLocation).toPath());
 		BuildInfoResponse buildInfoResponse = this.objectMapper.readValue(content, BuildInfoResponse.class);
 		BuildInfo buildInfo = buildInfoResponse.getBuildInfo();
+		ReleaseInfo releaseInfo = ReleaseInfo.from(buildInfo);
 		String artifactsLocation = nonOptionArgs.get(3);
-		this.sonatype.publish(ReleaseInfo.from(buildInfo), new File(artifactsLocation).toPath());
+		this.sonatype.publish(releaseInfo, new File(artifactsLocation).toPath());
 	}
 
 }
diff --git a/ci/images/releasescripts/src/main/java/io/spring/concourse/releasescripts/sonatype/SonatypeService.java b/ci/images/releasescripts/src/main/java/io/spring/concourse/releasescripts/sonatype/SonatypeService.java
index 1f17dd12609e..da92b0c207b8 100644
--- a/ci/images/releasescripts/src/main/java/io/spring/concourse/releasescripts/sonatype/SonatypeService.java
+++ b/ci/images/releasescripts/src/main/java/io/spring/concourse/releasescripts/sonatype/SonatypeService.java
@@ -88,27 +88,6 @@ public SonatypeService(RestTemplateBuilder builder, SonatypeProperties sonatypeP
 		this.artifactCollector = new ArtifactCollector(sonatypeProperties.getExclude());
 	}
 
-	/**
-	 * Checks if artifacts are already published to Maven Central.
-	 * @return true if artifacts are published
-	 * @param releaseInfo the release information
-	 */
-	public boolean artifactsPublished(ReleaseInfo releaseInfo) {
-		try {
-			ResponseEntity<?> entity = this.restTemplate
-					.getForEntity(String.format(NEXUS_REPOSITORY_PATH + "%s/spring-boot-%s.jar.sha1",
-							releaseInfo.getVersion(), releaseInfo.getVersion()), byte[].class);
-			if (HttpStatus.OK.equals(entity.getStatusCode())) {
-				logger.info("Already published to Sonatype.");
-				return true;
-			}
-		}
-		catch (HttpClientErrorException ex) {
-
-		}
-		return false;
-	}
-
 	/**
 	 * Publishes the release by creating a staging repository and deploying to it the
 	 * artifacts at the given {@code artifactsRoot}. The repository is then closed and,
@@ -117,6 +96,9 @@ public boolean artifactsPublished(ReleaseInfo releaseInfo) {
 	 * @param artifactsRoot the root directory of the artifacts to stage
 	 */
 	public void publish(ReleaseInfo releaseInfo, Path artifactsRoot) {
+		if (artifactsPublished(releaseInfo)) {
+			return;
+		}
 		logger.info("Creating staging repository");
 		String buildId = releaseInfo.getBuildNumber();
 		String repositoryId = createStagingRepository(buildId);
@@ -130,6 +112,22 @@ public void publish(ReleaseInfo releaseInfo, Path artifactsRoot) {
 		logger.info("Staging repository released");
 	}
 
+	private boolean artifactsPublished(ReleaseInfo releaseInfo) {
+		try {
+			ResponseEntity<?> entity = this.restTemplate
+					.getForEntity(String.format(NEXUS_REPOSITORY_PATH + "%s/spring-boot-%s.jar.sha1",
+							releaseInfo.getVersion(), releaseInfo.getVersion()), byte[].class);
+			if (HttpStatus.OK.equals(entity.getStatusCode())) {
+				logger.info("Already published to Sonatype.");
+				return true;
+			}
+		}
+		catch (HttpClientErrorException ex) {
+
+		}
+		return false;
+	}
+
 	private String createStagingRepository(String buildId) {
 		Map<String, Object> body = new HashMap<>();
 		body.put("data", Collections.singletonMap("description", buildId));
diff --git a/ci/images/releasescripts/src/test/java/io/spring/concourse/releasescripts/sonatype/SonatypeServiceTests.java b/ci/images/releasescripts/src/test/java/io/spring/concourse/releasescripts/sonatype/SonatypeServiceTests.java
index c8bd5e8e7dcd..6c9133c7c677 100644
--- a/ci/images/releasescripts/src/test/java/io/spring/concourse/releasescripts/sonatype/SonatypeServiceTests.java
+++ b/ci/images/releasescripts/src/test/java/io/spring/concourse/releasescripts/sonatype/SonatypeServiceTests.java
@@ -74,29 +74,23 @@ void tearDown() {
 	}
 
 	@Test
-	void artifactsPublishedWhenPublishedShouldReturnTrue() {
+	void publishWhenAlreadyPublishedShouldNotPublish() {
 		this.server.expect(requestTo(String.format(
 				"/service/local/repositories/releases/content/org/springframework/boot/spring-boot/%s/spring-boot-%s.jar.sha1",
 				"1.1.0.RELEASE", "1.1.0.RELEASE"))).andExpect(method(HttpMethod.GET))
 				.andRespond(withSuccess().body("ce8d8b6838ecceb68962b9150b18682f4237ccf71".getBytes()));
-		boolean published = this.service.artifactsPublished(getReleaseInfo());
-		assertThat(published).isTrue();
+		Path artifactsRoot = new File("src/test/resources/io/spring/concourse/releasescripts/sonatype/artifactory-repo")
+				.toPath();
+		this.service.publish(getReleaseInfo(), artifactsRoot);
 		this.server.verify();
 	}
 
 	@Test
-	void artifactsPublishedWhenNotPublishedShouldReturnFalse() {
+	void publishWithSuccessfulClose() throws IOException {
 		this.server.expect(requestTo(String.format(
 				"/service/local/repositories/releases/content/org/springframework/boot/spring-boot/%s/spring-boot-%s.jar.sha1",
 				"1.1.0.RELEASE", "1.1.0.RELEASE"))).andExpect(method(HttpMethod.GET))
 				.andRespond(withStatus(HttpStatus.NOT_FOUND));
-		boolean published = this.service.artifactsPublished(getReleaseInfo());
-		assertThat(published).isFalse();
-		this.server.verify();
-	}
-
-	@Test
-	void publishWithSuccessfulClose() throws IOException {
 		this.server.expect(requestTo("/service/local/staging/profiles/1a2b3c4d/start"))
 				.andExpect(method(HttpMethod.POST)).andExpect(header("Content-Type", "application/json"))
 				.andExpect(header("Accept", "application/json, application/*+json"))
@@ -145,6 +139,10 @@ void publishWithSuccessfulClose() throws IOException {
 
 	@Test
 	void publishWithCloseFailureDueToRuleViolations() throws IOException {
+		this.server.expect(requestTo(String.format(
+				"/service/local/repositories/releases/content/org/springframework/boot/spring-boot/%s/spring-boot-%s.jar.sha1",
+				"1.1.0.RELEASE", "1.1.0.RELEASE"))).andExpect(method(HttpMethod.GET))
+				.andRespond(withStatus(HttpStatus.NOT_FOUND));
 		this.server.expect(requestTo("/service/local/staging/profiles/1a2b3c4d/start"))
 				.andExpect(method(HttpMethod.POST)).andExpect(header("Content-Type", "application/json"))
 				.andExpect(header("Accept", "application/json, application/*+json"))