diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-publish.yml b/.github/workflows/ci-publish.yml
index 5417fdb5..0223acdb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci-publish.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-publish.yml
@@ -1,13 +1,11 @@
 name: Publish NPM Package
 on:
-  release:
-    types:
-      - released
+  push:
+    tags:
+      - 'v[0-9]+.[0-9]+.[0-9]+'
 
 jobs:
   publish:
-    # check for version in the release tag - example: v1.0.0
-    if: contains(github.event.release.tag_name, '^v[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]')
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
 
     strategy: