diff --git a/hibernate-orm-modules/hibernate-orm-modules.gradle b/hibernate-orm-modules/hibernate-orm-modules.gradle
index f1a68f8e4c..c1568e33e8 100644
--- a/hibernate-orm-modules/hibernate-orm-modules.gradle
+++ b/hibernate-orm-modules/hibernate-orm-modules.gradle
@@ -161,8 +161,9 @@ publishing {
     }
 }
 
-task release( dependsOn: createModulesZip )
 
+task ciBuild( dependsOn: [clean, test, publish] )
+task release( dependsOn: [clean, test, publish] )
 
 
 // ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
@@ -195,11 +196,3 @@ processTestResources {
 }
 
 
-if ( project.isSnapshot ) {
-    // only run the ci build tasks for SNAPSHOT versions
-    task ciBuild( dependsOn: [clean, test] )
-}
-else {
-    task release( dependsOn: [clean, test] )
-}
-