diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index b28f5dc20..82afeb898 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ name: release
 on:
   push:
     tags: [ '[0-9]*', 'r[0-9]*' ]
+    branches: [ 'master', '[0-9]*-branch' ]
 
 jobs:
   release: