diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index e68bd9a..c97e9d4 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -3,6 +3,12 @@ stages:          # List of stages for jobs, and their order of execution
 
 
 release_job:  
+
+  rules:
+    - if: $CI_COMMIT_TAG
+      when: never                                  # Do not run this job when a tag is created manually
+    - if: $CI_COMMIT_BRANCH == $CI_DEFAULT_BRANCH
+
   stage: release  # It only runs when *both* jobs in the test stage complete successfully.
   image: registry.gitlab.com/gitlab-org/release-cli:latest