diff --git a/contrib/release-dokku b/contrib/release-dokku
index 9dd3eb70f..d4a223e05 100755
--- a/contrib/release-dokku
+++ b/contrib/release-dokku
@@ -365,6 +365,7 @@ main() {
   fn-extract-package "$IS_RELEASE" "dokku-${NEXT_VERSION}-1.x86_64.rpm" || log-fail "Error extracting rpm package"
 
   if [[ "$RELEASE" != "build" ]]; then
+    cp "build/dokku_${NEXT_VERSION}_amd64.deb" build/dokku.deb
     fn-publish-package "$IS_RELEASE" "deb" "build/dokku_${NEXT_VERSION}_amd64.deb" || log-fail "Error publishing deb package"
     fn-publish-package "$IS_RELEASE" "rpm" "build/dokku-${NEXT_VERSION}-1.x86_64.rpm" || log-fail "Error publishing rpm package"
     fn-build-docker-image "$NEXT_VERSION" || log-fail "Error building docker image"
@@ -374,7 +375,6 @@ main() {
   if [[ "$IS_RELEASE" != "true" ]]; then
     git reset -q HEAD plugins/*/plugin.toml
     git checkout -- plugins/*/plugin.toml
-    cp "build/dokku_${NEXT_VERSION}_amd64.deb" build/dokku.deb
   fi
 
   echo "build/dokku_${NEXT_VERSION}_amd64.deb" >build/deb-filename