diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 59fe1759a..38f4d9f2f 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -102,6 +102,7 @@
 
 .only-default: &only-default
   only:
+    - release@vtk/vtk-m
     - master@vtk/vtk-m
     - tags@vtk/vtk-m
     - merge_requests