diff --git a/jenkins/release.JenkinsFile b/jenkins/release.JenkinsFile
index 1af82aded..672439ab2 100644
--- a/jenkins/release.JenkinsFile
+++ b/jenkins/release.JenkinsFile
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ standardReleasePipelineWithGenericTrigger(
             string(name: 'DOCKER_BUILD_GIT_REPOSITORY_REFERENCE', value: 'main'),
             string(name: 'DOCKER_BUILD_SCRIPT_WITH_COMMANDS', value: [
                 'su $(id -un 1000) -c "cd docker/ci',
+                'mkdir -p opensearch-benchmark-git',
+                'echo Production > opensearch-benchmark-git/status.txt'
                 'git clone https://github.com/opensearch-project/opensearch-benchmark opensearch-benchmark',
                 'cp -a opensearch-benchmark/* ./"',
                 'cd docker/ci',