diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 3f1001b69..b28f5dc20 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ name: release
 
 on:
   push:
-    tags: [ '[0-9]*' ]
+    tags: [ '[0-9]*', 'r[0-9]*' ]
 
 jobs:
   release: