diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index e2538bcb174a561e6e416b635e5c0b7193302f43..dbe0f395a2c659e30a504d3d8c246e1bbe5f7dae 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ workflow:
     - if: $CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == "merge_request_event"
     - if: $CI_COMMIT_BRANCH && $CI_OPEN_MERGE_REQUESTS
       when: never
-    - if: $CI_COMMIT_BRANCH == "release/*/v*"
+    - if: $CI_COMMIT_BRANCH == $CI_DEFAULT_BRANCH
 
 variables:
   BUILDCACHE: /scratch/richart/buildcache