diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 8222e1ab7872f3fad38d09ed628ecb44ea44eeb1..c14719ede1981c883f4738185b4e5efdfc0015c5 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -108,8 +108,6 @@ release:singularity:
       when: always
     - if: '$CI_COMMIT_BRANCH == "master"'
       when: manual
-  only:
-     - tags
   needs: ["release:stable"]
   script:
      - cp containers/release/eic.def .