diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 0f93f5cad883269d325a50b5d63537db5d23612e..416b61dce7bb234be6a50103c2e17dae8402b500 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -250,6 +250,7 @@ build-helm:
   stage: build
   only:
     - merge_requests
+    - /^release-.*/
   before_script:
     - apk add --no-cache helm make
     - echo "$CI_GPG_KEYRING" | base64 -d > ./secring.gpg
@@ -531,8 +532,7 @@ release-helm:
   stage: release
   image: docker:${DOCKER_VERSION}-dind
   only:
-    refs:
-      - /^release-.*/
+    - /^release-.*/
   when: manual
   needs:
     - build-helm