diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 157ec94fb901e63a2223db5b9d7ca9d3de4280d1..bdd1205bf8cbcbb3afaf88a3342afe5df3cda7bd 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -315,6 +315,7 @@ jobs:
       env:
         GITHUB_APP_ID: ${{ secrets.ZED_ZIPPY_APP_ID }}
         GITHUB_APP_KEY: ${{ secrets.ZED_ZIPPY_APP_PRIVATE_KEY }}
+      continue-on-error: true
     - name: '@actions/upload-artifact compliance-report.md'
       if: always()
       uses: actions/upload-artifact@330a01c490aca151604b8cf639adc76d48f6c5d4
diff --git a/tooling/xtask/src/tasks/workflows/release.rs b/tooling/xtask/src/tasks/workflows/release.rs
index a67bcefa6b9fe83c292339fa2ba9bc972082e266..ea9542ea56b86bfceb2bd1097b20e9bf93e941f2 100644
--- a/tooling/xtask/src/tasks/workflows/release.rs
+++ b/tooling/xtask/src/tasks/workflows/release.rs
@@ -231,6 +231,7 @@ fn compliance_check() -> NamedJob {
         .id("run-compliance-check")
         .add_env(("GITHUB_APP_ID", vars::ZED_ZIPPY_APP_ID))
         .add_env(("GITHUB_APP_KEY", vars::ZED_ZIPPY_APP_PRIVATE_KEY))
+        .continue_on_error(true)
     }
 
     let job = release_job(&[])