diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 8305eb9..da9fec4 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -9,43 +9,9 @@ variables:
     EMAIL: "opensource@mmk2410.org"
 
 stages:
-  - autoupdate
   - build
   - deploy
 
-update-job:
-  stage: autoupdate
-  script:
-    ##
-    ## Install necessary packages.
-    ##
-    - apt update && apt install -y git devscripts debhelper libxml2-utils openssh-client
-
-    ##
-    ## Configure SSH key
-    ##
-    - eval $(ssh-agent -s)
-    - chmod 400 "$SSH_PRIVATE_KEY"
-    - ssh-add "$SSH_PRIVATE_KEY"
-    - mkdir ~/.ssh
-    - chmod 700 ~/.ssh
-    - cp "$SSH_KNOWN_HOSTS" ~/.ssh/known_hosts
-    - chmod 644 ~/.ssh/known_hosts
-
-    ##
-    ## Configure Git setup
-    ##
-    - git config user.name "$NAME"
-    - git config user.email "$EMAIL"
-    - git remote set-url origin "$GIT_URL"
-
-    ##
-    ## Run autoupdate script which handles everything else.
-    ##
-    - ./autoupdate.sh
-  rules:
-    - if: $CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == "schedule"
-
 build-job:
   stage: build
   script:
diff --git a/autoupdate.sh b/autoupdate.sh
index 1386bb7..f4a068b 100755
--- a/autoupdate.sh
+++ b/autoupdate.sh
@@ -5,10 +5,7 @@ set -euo pipefail
 dir="$(find . -maxdepth 1 -type d -name "intellij-idea-*")"
 pushd "$dir" || exit 1
 
-set +e
 check="$(uscan --dehs --no-download)"
-set -e
-
 status="$(echo "$check" | xmllint --xpath 'string(/dehs/status)' -)"
 
 if [[ "$status" != "newer package available" ]]; then
@@ -20,14 +17,4 @@ new_version="$(echo "$check" | xmllint --xpath 'string(/dehs/upstream-version)'
 
 popd
 
-./update-new-version.sh "$new_version"
-
-git add -A
-git commit -m "Upstream version $new_version"
-
-git switch main
-git merge --ff-only version-"$new_version"
-git push origin main
-
-git tag -a v"$new_version" -m "Upstream version $new_version"
-git push --tags origin main
+./update-new-version.sh --autoupdate "$new_version"
diff --git a/update-new-version.sh b/update-new-version.sh
index ec7c5aa..ae416a3 100755
--- a/update-new-version.sh
+++ b/update-new-version.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
+#!/bin/bash
 #
 # This script intends to decrease the effort of updating the package.
+#
+# Passing "--autoupdate" as first argument triggers automatic Git operations.
 
 set -euo pipefail
 
@@ -16,7 +18,14 @@ DISTRIBUTION="lunar"
 
 last_tag=$(git describe --abbrev=0 --tags)
 old="${last_tag#?}"
-new="$1"
+
+if [ "$1" = "--autoupdate" ]; then
+    new="$2"
+    autoupdate="y"
+else
+    new="$1"
+    autoupdate="n"
+fi
 
 name="$(git config --get user.name)"
 email="$(git config --get user.email)"
@@ -42,3 +51,17 @@ debuild -us -uc
 cd ..
 
 rm "$PACKAGE"_"$old"-*
+
+if [ "$autoupdate" = "n" ]; then
+    exit
+fi
+
+git add -A
+git commit -m "Upstream version $new"
+
+git switch main
+git merge --ff-only version-"$new"
+git push origin main
+
+git tag -a v"$new" -m "Upstream version $new"
+git push --tags origin main