diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 1ee6763fa..892a8431f 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -15,9 +15,10 @@ default:
 # see: https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/ci/yaml/#switch-between-branch-pipelines-and-merge-request-pipelines
 workflow:
   rules:
-    - if: '$CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == "merge_request_event"' # If we move to gitlab one day
-    - if: '$CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == "external_pull_request_event"' # For github PR
-    - if: '$CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME != $CI_DEFAULT_BRANCH  && $CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == "push"' # If it's not the default branch and if it's a push, then do not trigger a build
+    - if: $CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == "merge_request_event" # If we move to gitlab one day
+    - if: $CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == "external_pull_request_event" # For github PR
+    - if: $CI_COMMIT_TAG # For tags
+    - if: $CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME != $CI_DEFAULT_BRANCH  && $CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == "push" # If it's not the default branch and if it's a push, then do not trigger a build
       when: never
     - when: always