diff --git a/auto-devops/maven.gitlab-ci.yml b/auto-devops/maven.gitlab-ci.yml
index 5173e4db861b9e8fcffe3849f508e692d8168488..a8c669afd1257cd8b28d41a41e39bfa22130d8c7 100644
--- a/auto-devops/maven.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/auto-devops/maven.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -164,11 +164,13 @@ maven:deploy:
       when: never
     - !reference [".maven:deploy", rules]
 
-# Non-default branch deploy job - must be run manually as part of the review stage
+# Non-default branch deploy job - must be run manually as part of the review stage, apart from Merge Requests
 maven:deploy-dev:
   extends: .maven:deploy
   stage: review
   rules:
+    - if: '$CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == "merge_request_event"'
+      when: never
     - if: $CI_COMMIT_BRANCH == $CI_DEFAULT_BRANCH
       when: never
     - if: $CI_COMMIT_TAG