diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 7d520f1a007171936f21b863e841355cd8d44878..f03622f315bee1305d8b8e5cd0610972b53eb7f9 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -559,7 +559,7 @@ upload-python-packages:
     - >
       for dist in $(ls $CI_PROJECT_DIR/wheel_packages); do
           TWINE_PASSWORD=${CI_JOB_TOKEN} TWINE_USERNAME=gitlab-ci-token python -m twine upload --repository-url ${CI_API_V4_URL}/projects/${CI_PROJECT_ID}/packages/pypi $CI_PROJECT_DIR/wheel_packages/${dist}/*
-          TWINE_PASSWORD=${PIPY_TOKEN} TWINE_USERNAME=__token__ python -m twine upload $CI_PROJECT_DIR/wheel_packages/${dist}/*
+          TWINE_PASSWORD=${PIPY_TOKEN} TWINE_USERNAME=__token__ python -m twine upload  --skip-existing $CI_PROJECT_DIR/wheel_packages/${dist}/*
           echo "put $CI_PROJECT_DIR/wheel_packages/${dist}/* asapo/linux_wheels/" | sftp -v -i $NIMS_SSH_PRIVATE_KEY -P 2022 asapo@it-fs5.desy.de
       done
     - wget -q -O- http://it-fs5.desy.de/cgi-bin/asapoSync.cgi