diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 5d3f954dee..9877eca047 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -567,7 +567,7 @@ rocksdbjavastaticrelease: rocksdbjavastatic
 	cd java/crossbuild && vagrant destroy -f && vagrant up linux32 && vagrant halt linux32 && vagrant up linux64 && vagrant halt linux64
 	cd java;jar -cf $(ROCKSDB_JAR_ALL) org/rocksdb/*.class org/rocksdb/util/*.class HISTORY*.md librocksdbjni-*.so librocksdbjni-*.jnilib
 
-rocksdbjavastaticpublish:
+rocksdbjavastaticpublish: rocksdbjavastaticrelease
 	mvn gpg:sign-and-deploy-file -Durl=https://oss.sonatype.org/service/local/staging/deploy/maven2/ -DrepositoryId=sonatype-nexus-staging -DpomFile=java/rocksjni.pom -Dfile=java/rocksdbjni-$(ROCKSDB_MAJOR).$(ROCKSDB_MINOR).$(ROCKSDB_PATCH)-javadoc.jar -Dclassifier=javadoc
 	mvn gpg:sign-and-deploy-file -Durl=https://oss.sonatype.org/service/local/staging/deploy/maven2/ -DrepositoryId=sonatype-nexus-staging -DpomFile=java/rocksjni.pom -Dfile=java/rocksdbjni-$(ROCKSDB_MAJOR).$(ROCKSDB_MINOR).$(ROCKSDB_PATCH)-sources.jar -Dclassifier=sources
 	mvn gpg:sign-and-deploy-file -Durl=https://oss.sonatype.org/service/local/staging/deploy/maven2/ -DrepositoryId=sonatype-nexus-staging -DpomFile=java/rocksjni.pom -Dfile=java/rocksdbjni-$(ROCKSDB_MAJOR).$(ROCKSDB_MINOR).$(ROCKSDB_PATCH)-linux64.jar -Dclassifier=linux64