diff --git a/.gitlab/webapp.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab/webapp.gitlab-ci.yml
index 730203e1f96fa144ce1e9811739f8cf1e3aea7ea..e375d60964afd024aae3ec8a5676ed7ffadb2dff 100644
--- a/.gitlab/webapp.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab/webapp.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ variables:
   DAST_DISABLED: "1"
   TEST_DISABLED: "1"
   PYTHON_BUILD_DIST_DISABLED: "1"
+  PUBLISH_PYTHON_PACKAGE_DISABLED: "1"
   USE_MERGE_REQUEST_RELEASE_FLOW: "1"
   OPENAPI_GENERATOR_PYTHON_URLLIB3_DISABLED: "1"
   # Set CI_APPLICATION_REPOSITORY so that we always publish images to the same container registry