diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish-to-gcr-ghcr.yml b/.github/workflows/publish-to-gcr-ghcr.yml
index 13fc510ec..9fded8560 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish-to-gcr-ghcr.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish-to-gcr-ghcr.yml
@@ -1,10 +1,13 @@
 name: Push to GCR/GHCR GitHub Action
-on: push
+on: 
+  push:
+    tags:        
+      - '*'           # Push events to every tag not containing / 
+
 
 jobs:
   build-and-push-to-gcr-service-account:
     name: Build & push to GCR/GHCR
-    if: startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/')  # only publish to registry on tag pushes
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
diff --git a/.github/workflows/publish-to-pypi.yml b/.github/workflows/publish-to-pypi.yml
index 31a085998..7703ec95a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/publish-to-pypi.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/publish-to-pypi.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 name: Publish Python 🐍 distribution 📦 to PyPI
 
-on: push
+on: 
+  push:
+    tags:        
+      - '*'           # Push events to every tag not containing / 
 
 jobs:
   build:
@@ -36,7 +39,6 @@ jobs:
   publish-to-pypi:
     name: >-
       Publish Python 🐍 distribution 📦 to PyPI
-    if: startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/')  # only publish to PyPI on tag pushes
     needs:
     - build
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest