diff --git a/bin/shpkg_ci b/bin/shpkg_ci
index 7301038..aaa773b 100755
--- a/bin/shpkg_ci
+++ b/bin/shpkg_ci
@@ -16,6 +16,10 @@ verbose 2 shpkg_lock shpkg_ci.lock
verbose 2 shpkg_upgrade
+if [ "x$1" = "x--upgrade" ]; then
+ exit
+fi
+
log_status () {
STATUS_FILE="${SHPKG_CI_STATUS_DIR}/$(basename "$1" .log).status"
if [ -f "${STATUS_FILE}" ]; then