diff --git a/java-core/.github/.OwlBot.lock.yaml b/java-core/.github/.OwlBot.lock.yaml
index f0625e4d9459..a454a61e8dc2 100644
--- a/java-core/.github/.OwlBot.lock.yaml
+++ b/java-core/.github/.OwlBot.lock.yaml
@@ -13,5 +13,5 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 docker:
   image: gcr.io/cloud-devrel-public-resources/owlbot-java:latest
-  digest: sha256:1ec28a46062b19135b11178ceee60231e5f5a92dab454e23ae0aab72cd875906
-# created: 2022-06-27T15:01:06.405564326Z
+  digest: sha256:6d4e3a15c62cfdcb823d60e16da7521e7c6fc00eba07c8ff12e4de9924a57d28
+# created: 2022-06-29T23:17:33.110417661Z
diff --git a/java-core/.kokoro/release/stage.sh b/java-core/.kokoro/release/stage.sh
index 77dc4e8f0f3a..1dba8de10857 100755
--- a/java-core/.kokoro/release/stage.sh
+++ b/java-core/.kokoro/release/stage.sh
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ retry_with_backoff 3 10 \
   mvn clean deploy -B \
     --settings ${MAVEN_SETTINGS_FILE} \
     -DskipTests=true \
+    -Dclirr.skip=true \
     -DperformRelease=true \
     -Dgpg.executable=gpg \
     -Dgpg.passphrase=${GPG_PASSPHRASE} \
@@ -42,4 +43,4 @@ then
   mvn nexus-staging:release -B \
     -DperformRelease=true \
     --settings=settings.xml
-fi
\ No newline at end of file
+fi