diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 00c6e368ed3c0f13ece70c59fb0c8bbd55c6b7ee..92fe283d88bb950503d1631a7a9c2d25a1aff17f 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -88,31 +88,25 @@ publish-ondemand-repository:
   dependencies:
     - build-local-repository
   script:
-    - apt update && apt install -y sshpass
+    - apt update && apt install -y rsync sshpass
     - |
         set -e
-        DESTINATION_FOLDER="${ONDEMAND_DESTINATION_FOLDER:-Stable}"
+        DESTINATION_FOLDER="${ONDEMAND_DESTINATION_FOLDER:-rsynctest}"
         TEMP_FOLDER="${DESTINATION_FOLDER}-new"
         BACKUP_FOLDER="${DESTINATION_FOLDER}-old"
         
-        echo "Uploading files to temporary folder $TEMP_FOLDER in FTP ..."
-        sshpass -p "$VNF_CATALOG_CREDENTIALS" sftp -o "StrictHostKeyChecking no" -P $SFTP_PORT $SFTP_USER@$SFTP_SERVER << EOF
-          mkdir $TEMP_FOLDER
-          put -r vnf-catalog/* $TEMP_FOLDER
-        EOF
+        echo "Uploading files to temporary folder $TEMP_FOLDER via rsync ..."
+        sshpass -p "$VNF_CATALOG_CREDENTIALS" rsync -avz --delete -e "ssh -o StrictHostKeyChecking=no" vnf-catalog/ $SFTP_USER@$SFTP_SERVER:$TEMP_FOLDER
         
         echo "Switching directories..."
-        sshpass -p "$VNF_CATALOG_CREDENTIALS" sftp -o "StrictHostKeyChecking no" -P $SFTP_PORT $SFTP_USER@$SFTP_SERVER << EOF
-          rename $DESTINATION_FOLDER $BACKUP_FOLDER
-          rename $TEMP_FOLDER $DESTINATION_FOLDER
+        sshpass -p "$VNF_CATALOG_CREDENTIALS" ssh -o "StrictHostKeyChecking no" -p $SFTP_USER@$SFTP_SERVER << EOF
+          rm -rf $BACKUP_FOLDER
+          mv $DESTINATION_FOLDER $BACKUP_FOLDER
+          mv $TEMP_FOLDER $DESTINATION_FOLDER
         EOF
         
-        echo "Cleaning up temporary folder $TEMP_FOLDER..."
-        sshpass -p "$VNF_CATALOG_CREDENTIALS" sftp -o "StrictHostKeyChecking no" -P $SFTP_PORT $SFTP_USER@$SFTP_SERVER << EOF
-          rmdir $TEMP_FOLDER
-        EOF
   when: manual  # This job is run on demand
   allow_failure: true
   environment:
     name: production
-    url: "ftp://$SFTP_SERVER/$DESTINATION_FOLDER"
+    url: "rsync://$SFTP_SERVER/$DESTINATION_FOLDER"