diff --git a/release/build.xml b/release/build.xml
index 35a658514..50960735f 100644
--- a/release/build.xml
+++ b/release/build.xml
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 	
 	<property file="ant.properties" />
 
-	<loadfile srcFile="../version.txt" property="release.version" />
+	<loadfile failonerror="no" srcFile="../version.txt" property="release.version" />
 	<property name="release.filename" value="jquery.ui-${release.version}" />
 
 	<property name="dist.dir" value="dist/${release.filename}/" />