diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 48bc9e26..2033e360 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -1,8 +1,12 @@
 name: Release
 
 on:
-  release:
-    types: [created]
+    release:
+        types: [created]
+    push:
+        tags:
+        # run only against tags that follow semver (https://semver.org/#is-there-a-suggested-regular-expression-regex-to-check-a-semver-string)
+        - 'v[0-9]+.[0-9]+.[0-9]+*'
 
 concurrency:
   group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.head_ref || github.run_id }}