diff --git a/_beats/dev-tools/jenkins_release.sh b/_beats/dev-tools/jenkins_release.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000..68f49d96815
--- /dev/null
+++ b/_beats/dev-tools/jenkins_release.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -euox pipefail
+
+source ./_beats/dev-tools/common.bash && jenkins_setup
+
+cleanup() {
+  rm -rf $TEMP_PYTHON_ENV
+}
+trap cleanup EXIT
+
+# Run the deploy script with the appropriate version in the environment.
+cd ${WORKSPACE}/src/github.com/elastic/apm-server
+make SNAPSHOT=yes clean update package
+
+ln -s ${WORKSPACE}/src/github.com/elastic/apm-server/build/upload ${WORKSPACE}/src/github.com/elastic/apm-server/build/distributions
diff --git a/script/update_beats.sh b/script/update_beats.sh
index 073e648e448..234a85146d5 100755
--- a/script/update_beats.sh
+++ b/script/update_beats.sh
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ git clone https://github.com/elastic/beats.git ${GIT_CLONE}
 # sync
 rsync -crpv --delete \
     --exclude=dev-tools/packer/readme.md.j2 \
+    --exclude=dev-tools/jenkins_release.sh \
     --include="dev-tools/***" \
     --include="script/***" \
     --include="testing/***" \