diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 1ab615176a62f821b76ced1d73e5c8cee84f67fc..3b80f6cb9cc28a8dfcd2ce7971ce8e36798fb535 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -138,7 +138,10 @@ ktlintRelease:
 pushToPrebuilt:
   stage: publish
   needs: ["buildRelease"]
-  when: manual
+  rules:
+    - if: '$CI_COMMIT_TAG !~ "/^$/"'
+      when: manual
+    - when: never
   variables:
     NEW_APK_PATH: "app/build/outputs/apk/release/"
   before_script: