diff --git a/.ci/build.sh b/.ci/build.sh
index 677923b923..30a318489d 100755
--- a/.ci/build.sh
+++ b/.ci/build.sh
@@ -66,6 +66,8 @@ function build() {
     # was green before. This is usually checked via a local build, see ./do-release.sh
     if pmd_ci_maven_isReleaseBuild; then
         PMD_MAVEN_EXTRA_OPTS+=(-DskipTests=true)
+        # note: skipping pmd in order to avoid failures due to #4757
+        PMD_MAVEN_EXTRA_OPTS+=(-Dpmd.skip=true -Dcpd.skip=true)
     fi
 
     if [ "$(pmd_ci_utils_get_os)" != "linux" ]; then
diff --git a/do-release.sh b/do-release.sh
index ac43cffdb5..a2a95a3893 100755
--- a/do-release.sh
+++ b/do-release.sh
@@ -194,7 +194,8 @@ echo "Change version in the POMs to ${RELEASE_VERSION} and update build timestam
 echo "Transform the SCM information in the POM"
 sed -i "s|<tag>.\+</tag>|<tag>pmd_releases/${RELEASE_VERSION}</tag>|" pom.xml
 echo "Run the project tests against the changed POMs to confirm everything is in running order (skipping cli and dist)"
-./mvnw clean verify -Dskip-cli-dist -Pgenerate-rule-docs
+# note: skipping pmd in order to avoid failures due to #4757
+./mvnw clean verify -Dskip-cli-dist -Dpmd.skip=true -Dcpd.skip=true -Pgenerate-rule-docs
 echo "Commit and create tag"
 git commit -a -m "[release] prepare release pmd_releases/${RELEASE_VERSION}"
 git tag -m "[release] copy for tag pmd_releases/${RELEASE_VERSION}" "pmd_releases/${RELEASE_VERSION}"