diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index dc4cdf56f..1ee6763fa 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ 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_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