diff --git a/capif/templates/cd-deploy-ocf.gitlab-ci.yml b/capif/templates/cd-deploy-ocf.gitlab-ci.yml
index a9b68589c56de38c66e1e140525381657f76a489..4cab7c3306b21475555206d826eac34e7840eca2 100644
--- a/capif/templates/cd-deploy-ocf.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/capif/templates/cd-deploy-ocf.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -34,6 +34,9 @@ variables:
       when: never
     - if: '$CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME == "main"'
       when: never
+    - if: '$CI_COMMIT_TAG =~ /^v\d+\.\d+\.\d+-release$/'
+      when: never
+    - when: always
   tags:
     - shell
 
diff --git a/capif/templates/ci_dev.gitlab-ci.yml b/capif/templates/ci_dev.gitlab-ci.yml
index 691672506c83b348ad9916af11ab0d5342f840a0..95771ec4989a714acf74b2f88293afed7e7fcc5e 100644
--- a/capif/templates/ci_dev.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/capif/templates/ci_dev.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -56,6 +56,9 @@ dev_secrets_in_repo:
       when: never
     - if: '$CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME == "main"'
       when: never
+    - if: '$CI_COMMIT_TAG =~ /^v\d+\.\d+\.\d+-release$/'
+      when: never
+    - when: always
   script:
     - |
       pip install trufflehog
@@ -72,6 +75,9 @@ dev_linting_code:
       when: never
     - if: '$CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME == "main"'
       when: never
+    - if: '$CI_COMMIT_TAG =~ /^v\d+\.\d+\.\d+-release$/'
+      when: never
+    - when: always
   script:
     - |
       echo "###ruff checks###"
@@ -87,6 +93,9 @@ dev_linting_docker:
       when: never
     - if: '$CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME == "main"'
       when: never
+    - if: '$CI_COMMIT_TAG =~ /^v\d+\.\d+\.\d+-release$/'
+      when: never
+    - when: always
   script:
    - |
     # Download hadolint binary
@@ -132,6 +141,9 @@ dev_build_and_push:
       when: never
     - if: '$CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME == "main"'
       when: never
+    - if: '$CI_COMMIT_TAG =~ /^v\d+\.\d+\.\d+-release$/'
+      when: never
+    - when: always
   needs:
     - dev_linting_code
     - dev_linting_docker