diff --git a/.github/actions/maven-build-and-tag/action.yml b/.github/actions/maven-build-and-tag/action.yml
index e39b4112e..5a3749c1d 100644
--- a/.github/actions/maven-build-and-tag/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/maven-build-and-tag/action.yml
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ runs:
       shell: bash
       run: |
         mvn -T1C de.qaware.maven:go-offline-maven-plugin:resolve-dependencies ${{ env.MAVEN_CLI_OPTS}} ${{ inputs.extra-maven-opts }}
-        mvn --offline ${{ steps.define_maven_command.outputs.command }} ${{ env.MAVEN_CLI_OPTS}} ${{ inputs.extra-maven-opts }}
+        mvn ${{ steps.define_maven_command.outputs.command }} ${{ env.MAVEN_CLI_OPTS}} ${{ inputs.extra-maven-opts }}
       env:
         MAVEN_CLI_OPTS: ${{ steps.compute-maven-options.outputs.result }} -Dlogging.root.level=off -Dspring.main.banner-mode=off -Ddocker.skip
         MAVEN_USERNAME: ${{ inputs.maven-username }}