diff --git a/gitlab-ci/build_and_deploy.yml.in b/gitlab-ci/build_and_deploy.yml.in
index 40eae456c292823ae6ae0c6d32a61150824ce8ad..f7321566dc15245f610f9f689382fc6d0fb813a8 100644
--- a/gitlab-ci/build_and_deploy.yml.in
+++ b/gitlab-ci/build_and_deploy.yml.in
@@ -68,9 +68,9 @@ release:singularity:
   rules:
     - if: '$CI_COMMIT_BRANCH == "master"'
       when: on_success
-    - if: '$CI_COMMIT_BRANCH == "v$TAG"'
+    - if: '$CI_COMMIT_BRANCH == "v@TAG@"'
       when: on_success
-    - if: '$CI_COMMIT_TAG == "v$TAG"'
+    - if: '$CI_COMMIT_TAG == "v@TAG@"'
       when: on_success
   script:
      - cp config/eic.def eic.def
diff --git a/gitlab-ci/configure_pipeline.sh b/gitlab-ci/configure_pipeline.sh
index 196794895cbe8e0c6d62dbabd23b006ae7d8310a..0cf85910b2ee93d7a2815c46ebcd105c9e241c22 100755
--- a/gitlab-ci/configure_pipeline.sh
+++ b/gitlab-ci/configure_pipeline.sh
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ if [ "$CI_COMMIT_BRANCH" = "master" ]; then
 	TAG="latest"
 	PUBLISH="publish-latest publish-stable"
 elif [ "$CI_COMMIT_TAG" = "v${VERSION}" ]; then
-  TARGET=$VERSION
+  TARGET="stable"
 	TAG=$VERSION
 	PUBLISH="publish-version"
 elif [ "$CI_COMMIT_BRANCH" = "v${STABLE}" ]; then