diff --git a/sbt-app/src/sbt-test/dependency-management/ivyless-publish-http-plugin/build.sbt b/sbt-app/src/sbt-test/dependency-management/ivyless-publish-http-plugin/build.sbt
index 5c2826103..72d56f3c0 100644
--- a/sbt-app/src/sbt-test/dependency-management/ivyless-publish-http-plugin/build.sbt
+++ b/sbt-app/src/sbt-test/dependency-management/ivyless-publish-http-plugin/build.sbt
@@ -38,11 +38,7 @@ stopPublishServer := {
 }
 
 val publishToHttp = taskKey[Unit]("Publish to HTTP server (start server, publish, stop server)")
-publishToHttp := {
-  startPublishServer.value
-  try publish.value
-  finally stopPublishServer.value
-}
+publishToHttp := Def.sequential(startPublishServer, publish, stopPublishServer).value
 
 val checkPublished = taskKey[Unit]("Check ivyless publish wrote the plugin cross-suffix PUT path")
 checkPublished := {
diff --git a/sbt-app/src/sbt-test/dependency-management/ivyless-publish-http/build.sbt b/sbt-app/src/sbt-test/dependency-management/ivyless-publish-http/build.sbt
index 6398193f5..c05671cda 100644
--- a/sbt-app/src/sbt-test/dependency-management/ivyless-publish-http/build.sbt
+++ b/sbt-app/src/sbt-test/dependency-management/ivyless-publish-http/build.sbt
@@ -35,11 +35,7 @@ stopPublishServer := {
 }
 
 val publishToHttp = taskKey[Unit]("Publish to HTTP server (start server, publish, stop server)")
-publishToHttp := {
-  startPublishServer.value
-  try publish.value
-  finally stopPublishServer.value
-}
+publishToHttp := Def.sequential(startPublishServer, publish, stopPublishServer).value
 
 val checkIvylessPublish = taskKey[Unit]("Check that ivyless publish produced the expected files")
 checkIvylessPublish := {