diff --git a/cumulus/.gitlab-ci.yml b/cumulus/.gitlab-ci.yml
index d539ada270041c7155279b9e0b21b710f8c7d3c4..aea3b58a56ecf73a13d87ab60d84f0ac93114ee9 100644
--- a/cumulus/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/cumulus/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ variables:
     - if: $CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME == "master"
     - if: $CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME =~ /^[0-9]+$/                         # PRs
     - if: $CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME =~ /^v[0-9]+\.[0-9]+.*$/              # i.e. v1.0, v2.1rc1
+    - if: $CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME =~ /^release-parachains-v[0-9].*$/    # i.e. release-parachains-v1.0, release-parachains-v2.1rc1, release-parachains-v3000
 
 .publish-refs:                     &publish-refs
   rules: