diff --git a/.github/actions/build/action.yml b/.github/actions/build/action.yml
index e9c9239b8ff..0ebb7f08717 100644
--- a/.github/actions/build/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/build/action.yml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ inputs:
 outputs:
   build-scan-url:
     description: 'The URL, if any, of the build scan produced by the build'
-    value: ${{ (inputs.publish == 'true' && steps.build-and-publish.outputs.build-scan-url) || steps.build.outputs.build-scan-url }}
+    value: ${{ (inputs.publish == 'true' && steps.publish.outputs.build-scan-url) || steps.build.outputs.build-scan-url }}
   version:
     description: 'The version that was built'
     value: ${{ steps.read-version.outputs.version }}
@@ -38,13 +38,13 @@ runs:
       env:
         DEVELOCITY_ACCESS_KEY: ${{ inputs.develocity-access-key }}
       run: ./gradlew build
-    - name: Build and Publish
-      id: build-and-publish
+    - name: Publish
+      id: publish
       if: ${{ inputs.publish == 'true' }}
       shell: bash
       env:
         DEVELOCITY_ACCESS_KEY: ${{ inputs.develocity-access-key }}
-      run: ./gradlew -PdeploymentRepository=$(pwd)/deployment-repository build publishAllPublicationsToDeploymentRepository
+      run: ./gradlew -PdeploymentRepository=$(pwd)/deployment-repository ${{ !startsWith(github.event.head_commit.message, 'Next development version') && 'build' || '' }} publishAllPublicationsToDeploymentRepository
     - name: Read Version From gradle.properties
       id: read-version
       shell: bash