diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 14395ac..6f0f607 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ running tests for tag:
 
 publish to nuget:
   only:
-    - /^\d*.\d*.\d*$/ # gets triggered if the commit tag is in the form n.n.n where n is any number
+    - /^v+\d*.\d*.\d*$/ # gets triggered if the commit tag is in the form n.n.n where n is any number
   image: mcr.microsoft.com/dotnet/sdk:5.0
   stage: publish
   script: