diff --git a/plugins/app-json/triggers.go b/plugins/app-json/triggers.go
index 2b3bd83b7..6eebba709 100644
--- a/plugins/app-json/triggers.go
+++ b/plugins/app-json/triggers.go
@@ -4,10 +4,6 @@ func TriggerPostDeploy(appName string, imageTag string) error {
 	if err := executeScript(appName, imageTag, "postdeploy"); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-
-	if err := executeScript(appName, imageTag, "release"); err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
 	return nil
 }
 
@@ -15,5 +11,9 @@ func TriggerPreDeploy(appName string, imageTag string) error {
 	if err := executeScript(appName, imageTag, "predeploy"); err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
+
+	if err := executeScript(appName, imageTag, "release"); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
 	return nil
 }