diff --git a/ci/scripts/sync-to-maven-central.sh b/ci/scripts/sync-to-maven-central.sh
index 88924ac8267..b92ee0ade92 100755
--- a/ci/scripts/sync-to-maven-central.sh
+++ b/ci/scripts/sync-to-maven-central.sh
@@ -7,14 +7,28 @@ groupId=$( cat artifactory-repo/build-info.json | jq -r '.buildInfo.modules[0].i
 version=$( cat artifactory-repo/build-info.json | jq -r '.buildInfo.modules[0].id' | sed 's/.*:.*:\(.*\)/\1/' )
 
 echo "Syncing ${buildName}/${buildNumber} to Maven Central"
-	curl \
+
+	publishStatus=$(curl \
 			-s \
-			--connect-timeout 240 \
-			--max-time 2700 \
-			-u ${BINTRAY_USERNAME}:${BINTRAY_API_KEY} \
-			-H "Content-Type: application/json" -d "{\"username\": \"${SONATYPE_USER_TOKEN}\", \"password\": \"${SONATYPE_PASSWORD_TOKEN}\"}" \
-			-f \
-			-X \
-			POST "https://api.bintray.com/maven_central_sync/${BINTRAY_SUBJECT}/${BINTRAY_REPO}/${groupId}/versions/${version}" > /dev/null || { echo "Failed to sync" >&2; exit 1; }
+			-o /dev/null \
+			-I \
+			-w "%{http_code}"
+			"https://oss.sonatype.org/service/local/repositories/releases/content/org/springframework/boot/spring-boot/${version}/spring-boot-${version}.jar.sha1")
+
+	if [ ${publishStatus} == "200" ]; then
+		echo "Already published to Sonatype"
+	else
+		echo "Calling Bintray to sync to Sonatype"
+		curl \
+				-s \
+				--connect-timeout 240 \
+				--max-time 2700 \
+				-u ${BINTRAY_USERNAME}:${BINTRAY_API_KEY} \
+				-H "Content-Type: application/json" -d "{\"username\": \"${SONATYPE_USER_TOKEN}\", \"password\": \"${SONATYPE_PASSWORD_TOKEN}\"}" \
+				-f \
+				-X \
+				POST "https://api.bintray.com/maven_central_sync/${BINTRAY_SUBJECT}/${BINTRAY_REPO}/${groupId}/versions/${version}" > /dev/null || { echo "Failed to sync" >&2; exit 1; }
+	fi
+
 echo "Sync complete"
 echo $version > version/version