diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index a6ed2043eb0..d7a05c8b38f 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ include:
 
 stages:
   - build
-  - shared-pipeline
   - publish
+  - shared-pipeline
   - benchmarks
   - macrobenchmarks
   - tests
@@ -880,6 +880,62 @@ requirements_json_test:
 package-oci:
   needs: [ build ]
 
+# Verify Maven Central deployment is publicly available before publishing OCI images
+verify_maven_central_deployment:
+  image: registry.ddbuild.io/images/base/gbi-ubuntu_2204:release
+  stage: publish
+  needs: [ deploy_to_maven_central ]
+  rules:
+    - if: '$POPULATE_CACHE'
+      when: never
+    - if: '$CI_COMMIT_TAG =~ /^v[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+$/'
+      when: on_success
+    - when: manual
+      allow_failure: true
+  script:
+    - |
+      export VERSION=${CI_COMMIT_TAG##v}
+      ARTIFACT_URLS=(
+        "https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/com/datadoghq/dd-java-agent/${VERSION}/dd-java-agent-${VERSION}.jar"
+        "https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/com/datadoghq/dd-trace-api/${VERSION}/dd-trace-api-${VERSION}.jar"
+        "https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/com/datadoghq/dd-trace-ot/${VERSION}/dd-trace-ot-${VERSION}.jar"
+      )
+      # Wait 5 mins initially, then try 5 times with a minute delay between each retry to see if the release artifacts are available
+      sleep 300
+      TRY=0
+      MAX_TRIES=5
+      DELAY=60
+      while [ $TRY -lt $MAX_TRIES ]; do
+        ARTIFACTS_AVAILABLE=true
+        for URL in "${ARTIFACT_URLS[@]}"; do
+          if ! curl --location --fail --silent --show-error -I "$URL"; then
+            ARTIFACTS_AVAILABLE=false
+            break
+          fi
+        done
+        if [ "$ARTIFACTS_AVAILABLE" = true ]; then
+          break
+        fi
+        TRY=$((TRY + 1))
+        if [ $TRY -eq $MAX_TRIES ]; then
+          echo "The release was not available after 10 mins. Manually re-run the job to try again."
+          exit 1
+        fi
+        sleep $DELAY
+      done
+
+publishing-gate:
+  needs:
+    - job: verify_maven_central_deployment
+      optional: true
+  rules:
+    - if: '$POPULATE_CACHE'
+      when: never
+    - if: '$CI_COMMIT_TAG =~ /^v[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+$/'
+      when: on_success
+    - when: manual
+      allow_failure: true
+
 configure_system_tests:
   variables:
     SYSTEM_TESTS_SCENARIOS_GROUPS: "simple_onboarding,simple_onboarding_profiling,simple_onboarding_appsec,docker-ssi,lib-injection"