diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 3f0ff870780..5d285844b9b 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -260,3 +260,4 @@ publish-docs:
     - scripts/gitlab/publish-docs.sh
   tags:
     - linux-docker
+  allow_failure:                   true
diff --git a/scripts/gitlab/publish-docs.sh b/scripts/gitlab/publish-docs.sh
index 262ea80807f..2508c825556 100755
--- a/scripts/gitlab/publish-docs.sh
+++ b/scripts/gitlab/publish-docs.sh
@@ -51,8 +51,11 @@ commit_files() {
 
 upload_files() {
     echo "__________Upload files__________"
-    git push -q origin HEAD
-    git push -q -f --tags
+    # this version of git (2.7.4) will dump the token on failure
+    git push -q origin HEAD 2>&1 \
+      | sed -r "s|(${GITHUB_USER}):[a-f0-9]+@|\1:REDACTED@|g"
+    git push -q -f --tags 2>&1 \
+      | sed -r "s|(${GITHUB_USER}):[a-f0-9]+@|\1:REDACTED@|g"
 }
 
 RPC_TRAITS_DIR="rpc/src/v1/traits"