diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index bdd37b29c00ae2fbe40f53e506c148b0d9fa9630..d84220cd03be1e6dd43057a6ea06e78170d13b01 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -150,10 +150,10 @@ publish-authdatalib:
   stage: publish
   needs: ["buildRelease"]
   rules:
-    - if: $CI_MERGE_REQUEST_ID
-      when: manual
     - if: $CI_COMMIT_BRANCH == $CI_DEFAULT_BRANCH
       when: manual
+    - if: '$CI_COMMIT_TAG !~ "/^$/"'
+      when: always
   script:
     - ./gradlew :auth-data-lib:build
     - ./gradlew :auth-data-lib:publish
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ publish-contracts:
   stage: publish
   needs: ["buildRelease"]
   rules:
-    - if: $CI_MERGE_REQUEST_ID
+    - if: $CI_COMMIT_BRANCH == $CI_DEFAULT_BRANCH
       when: manual
     - if: '$CI_COMMIT_TAG !~ "/^$/"'
       when: always