diff --git a/.ci/jenkins/dsl/jobs.groovy b/.ci/jenkins/dsl/jobs.groovy
index e026e5c9d9..dafcaad861 100644
--- a/.ci/jenkins/dsl/jobs.groovy
+++ b/.ci/jenkins/dsl/jobs.groovy
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ void createProjectSetupBranchJob() {
     KogitoJobTemplate.createPipelineJob(this, jobParams)?.with {
         parameters {
             stringParam('OPTAPLANNER_VERSION', '', 'OptaPlanner version')
+            booleanParam('DEPLOY_ARTIFACTS', true, 'Deploy artifacts')
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/.ci/jenkins/project/Jenkinsfile.setup-branch b/.ci/jenkins/project/Jenkinsfile.setup-branch
index 6ab0ff7907..c3486e649c 100644
--- a/.ci/jenkins/project/Jenkinsfile.setup-branch
+++ b/.ci/jenkins/project/Jenkinsfile.setup-branch
@@ -79,6 +79,9 @@ pipeline {
 
         // Launch the nightly to deploy all artifacts from the branch
         stage('Launch the nightly') {
+            when {
+                return params.DEPLOY_ARTIFACTS
+            }
             steps {
                 script {
                     def buildParams = getDefaultBuildParams()