diff --git a/.github/workflows/cloudcompiler.yaml b/.github/workflows/cloudcompiler.yaml
index 5d3dd086a36..059b87c8215 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/cloudcompiler.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/cloudcompiler.yaml
@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@ env:
   RUST_BACKTRACE: 1
 
 on: 
+  push:
+    tags:
+      # trigger action on release branch
+      - '[0-9]+.[0-9]+.[0-9]+*'
   workflow_dispatch:
 
 jobs: