diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 3d240192be715ed50996022589f99c8ec866c755..35d7096e8483b7fa2bbbdf44097f1243396cabee 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -63,8 +63,8 @@ workflow:
     - if: '$CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == "merge_request_event"'
     - if: '$CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == "web"'
     - if: '$CI_COMMIT_BRANCH == "master"'
-    - if: '$CI_COMMIT_BRANCH =~ /^v[0-9]+\.[0-9]+-stable/'          ## main stable branch: vX.Y-stable
-    - if: '$CI_COMMIT_BRANCH =~ /^v[0-9]+\.[0-9]+-[a-z]+-stable/'   ## special stable branch: vX.Y-acadia-stable (etc)
+    - if: '$CI_COMMIT_BRANCH =~ /^v[0-9]+\.[0-9]+-(alpha|beta|stable)/'          ## main stable branch: vX.Y-stable
+    - if: '$CI_COMMIT_BRANCH =~ /^v[0-9]+\.[0-9]+-[a-z]+-(alpha|beta|stable)/'   ## special stable branch: vX.Y-acadia-stable (etc)
     - if: '$CI_COMMIT_TAG =~ /^v[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+/'            ## commit tags start with vX.Y.Z with optional suffix
 
 ## plan:
@@ -107,10 +107,10 @@ version:
       elif [[ "$CI_COMMIT_TAG" =~ ^v[0-9.]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+ ]]; then
         VERSION="${CI_COMMIT_TAG:1}"
         EXPORT_TAG="${VERSION}"
-      elif [[ "$CI_COMMIT_BRANCH" =~ ^v[0-9.]+\.[0-9]+-stable ]]; then
+      elif [[ "$CI_COMMIT_BRANCH" =~ ^v[0-9.]+\.[0-9]+-(alpha|beta|stable) ]]; then
         VERSION="${CI_COMMIT_BRANCH:1}"
         EXPORT_TAG="${VERSION}"
-      elif [[ "$CI_COMMIT_BRANCH" =~ ^v[0-9.]+\.[0-9]+-[a-z]+-stable ]]; then
+      elif [[ "$CI_COMMIT_BRANCH" =~ ^v[0-9.]+\.[0-9]+-[a-z]+-(alpha|beta|stable) ]]; then
         VERSION="${CI_COMMIT_BRANCH:1}"
         EXPORT_TAG="${VERSION}"
       elif [[ "$CI_COMMIT_BRANCH" =~ ^master$ ]]; then