diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 5cc6828499a..6e5298214b3 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -15,7 +15,9 @@ aliases:
     tags:
       ignore: /^v[0-9]+(\.[0-9]+){2}(-.+|[^-.]*)$/
     branches:
-      ignore: master
+      ignore:
+        - master
+        - chore/test-release-pipeline
   - &filter-only-master
     branches:
       only: master
@@ -91,7 +93,7 @@ jobs:
             elif [[ $CIRCLE_BRANCH == "chore/test-release-pipeline" ]]; then
               # We're testing the release pipeline
               /tmp/grabpl build-backend --edition << parameters.edition >> \
-                --variants << parameters.variant >> v6.7.0-beta1
+                --variants << parameters.variant >> v7.0.0-test
             else
               # A master or PR build
               /tmp/grabpl build-backend --edition << parameters.edition >> \
@@ -405,7 +407,7 @@ jobs:
               /tmp/grabpl package --jobs 2 --edition oss --sign $CIRCLE_TAG
             elif [[ $CIRCLE_BRANCH == "chore/test-release-pipeline" ]]; then
               # We're testing the release pipeline
-              /tmp/grabpl package --jobs 2 --edition oss --sign v6.7.0-beta1
+              /tmp/grabpl package --jobs 2 --edition oss --sign v7.0.0-test
             elif [[ $CIRCLE_BRANCH == "master" ]]; then
               # A master build
               /tmp/grabpl package --jobs 2 --edition oss --sign --build-id $CIRCLE_WORKFLOW_ID
@@ -467,7 +469,7 @@ jobs:
               /tmp/grabpl package --jobs 2 --edition enterprise --sign $CIRCLE_TAG
             elif [[ $CIRCLE_BRANCH == "chore/test-release-pipeline" ]]; then
               # We're testing the release pipeline
-              /tmp/grabpl package --jobs 2 --edition enterprise --sign v6.7.0-beta1
+              /tmp/grabpl package --jobs 2 --edition enterprise --sign v7.0.0-test
             elif [[ $CIRCLE_BRANCH == "master" ]]; then
               # A master build
               /tmp/grabpl package --jobs 2 --edition enterprise --sign --build-id $CIRCLE_WORKFLOW_ID
@@ -610,6 +612,14 @@ jobs:
           # This version is necessary for building cross-platform images
           version: 18.09.3
       - install-grabpl
+      - run:
+          name: Install gcloud SDK
+          command: |
+            echo "deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/cloud.google.gpg] https://packages.cloud.google.com/apt cloud-sdk main" | \
+              sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-cloud-sdk.list
+            curl https://packages.cloud.google.com/apt/doc/apt-key.gpg | \
+              sudo apt-key --keyring /usr/share/keyrings/cloud.google.gpg add -
+            sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install google-cloud-sdk
       # XXX: Is this necessary?
       - run: docker run --privileged linuxkit/binfmt:v0.6
       - run:
@@ -932,6 +942,14 @@ jobs:
       - run:
           name: npm - Prepare auth token
           command: "echo //registry.npmjs.org/:_authToken=$NPM_TOKEN >> ~/.npmrc"
+      - run:
+          name: Exit if release pipeline test
+          command: |
+            if [[ $CIRCLE_BRANCH == "chore/test-release-pipeline" ]]; then
+              # We're testing the release pipeline
+              echo "We're testing the release pipeline, so stopping before publishing"
+              circleci step halt
+            fi
       - run:
           name: Release packages
           command: ./scripts/build/release-packages.sh "${CIRCLE_TAG}"