diff --git a/dev/create-release/create-release.sh b/dev/create-release/create-release.sh
index c4e74990860b68c221d80a5c9118bb94edbebeb1..c96afe822c6a9548ed1be0632786b20b6134bf01 100755
--- a/dev/create-release/create-release.sh
+++ b/dev/create-release/create-release.sh
@@ -49,16 +49,18 @@ if [[ ! "$@" =~ --package-only ]]; then
   mvn -Pyarn release:clean
 
   mvn -DskipTests \
-    -Darguments="-DskipTests=true -Dhadoop.version=2.2.0 -Dyarn.version=2.2.0 -Dgpg.passphrase=${GPG_PASSPHRASE}" \
+    -Darguments="-DskipTests=true -Dmaven.javadoc.skip=true -Dhadoop.version=2.2.0 -Dyarn.version=2.2.0 -Dgpg.passphrase=${GPG_PASSPHRASE}" \
     -Dusername=$GIT_USERNAME -Dpassword=$GIT_PASSWORD \
+    -Dmaven.javadoc.skip=true \
     -Dhadoop.version=2.2.0 -Dyarn.version=2.2.0 \
     -Pyarn -Phive -Phadoop-2.2 -Pspark-ganglia-lgpl\
     -Dtag=$GIT_TAG -DautoVersionSubmodules=true \
     --batch-mode release:prepare
 
   mvn -DskipTests \
-    -Darguments="-DskipTests=true -Dhadoop.version=2.2.0 -Dyarn.version=2.2.0 -Dgpg.passphrase=${GPG_PASSPHRASE}" \
+    -Darguments="-DskipTests=true -Dmaven.javadoc.skip=true -Dhadoop.version=2.2.0 -Dyarn.version=2.2.0 -Dgpg.passphrase=${GPG_PASSPHRASE}" \
     -Dhadoop.version=2.2.0 -Dyarn.version=2.2.0 \
+    -Dmaven.javadoc.skip=true \
     -Pyarn -Phive -Phadoop-2.2 -Pspark-ganglia-lgpl\
     release:perform