diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index b22f8710..f388cdd0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 name: Release
 
 on:
-    push:
-        tags:
-        # run only against tags that follow semver (https://semver.org/#is-there-a-suggested-regular-expression-regex-to-check-a-semver-string)
-        - 'v[0-9]+.[0-9]+.[0-9]+*'
+  push:
+    tags:
+      - 'v*.*.*'
+      - 'v*.*.*-*'
 
 concurrency:
   group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.head_ref || github.run_id }}
@@ -33,9 +33,6 @@ jobs:
       TAGS: ${{ steps.meta.outputs.tags }}
       VERSION: ${{ steps.meta.outputs.version }}
     steps:
-      - name: validate tag
-        run: echo ${{ github.ref_name }} | grep -qE '^v[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+(-rc\.[0-9]+)?$'
-
       - name: Prepare
         run: |
           platform=${{ matrix.platform }}