diff --git a/scripts/jdbc_maven_deploy.py b/scripts/jdbc_maven_deploy.py
index 2f5e4e3b..95e11062 100644
--- a/scripts/jdbc_maven_deploy.py
+++ b/scripts/jdbc_maven_deploy.py
@@ -179,6 +179,11 @@ def exec(cmd):
     shutil.copyfile(jar, os.path.join(results_dir, os.path.basename(jar)))
 
 print("JARs created, uploading (this can take a while!)")
+
+# FIXME: We are currently relying on this to fail so we might as well just fail :)
+print('Terminate script, skipping upload, on purpose')
+exit(0)
+
 deploy_cmd_prefix = 'mvn gpg:sign-and-deploy-file -Durl=%s -DrepositoryId=ossrh' % deploy_url
 exec("%s -DpomFile=%s -Dfile=%s" % (deploy_cmd_prefix, pom, binary_jar))
 exec("%s -Dclassifier=sources -DpomFile=%s -Dfile=%s" % (deploy_cmd_prefix, pom, sources_jar))