diff --git a/contrib/release-dokku b/contrib/release-dokku
index 75339bc66..c8dd76fd0 100755
--- a/contrib/release-dokku
+++ b/contrib/release-dokku
@@ -370,9 +370,12 @@ main() {
     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 "$NEXT_VERSION" || log-fail "Error building docker image"
-    docker tag "dokku/dokku:$VERSION" "dokku/dokku:latest"
-    docker push "dokku/dokku:$VERSION"
-    docker push "dokku/dokku:latest"
+
+    if [[ "$IS_RELEASE" == "true" ]]; then
+      docker tag "dokku/dokku:$VERSION" "dokku/dokku:latest"
+      docker push "dokku/dokku:$VERSION"
+      docker push "dokku/dokku:latest"
+    fi
     fn-repo-push-tags "$IS_RELEASE"
   fi