diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 8680c6e14..05f2f30f8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -274,8 +274,15 @@ jobs:
           RELEASE_VERSION: ${{ steps.vars.outputs.tag }}
         run: docker push $IMAGE_NAME:$RELEASE_VERSION
 
+      - uses: actions-ecosystem/action-regex-match@v2
+        id: regex-match
+        with:
+          text: ${{ steps.vars.outputs.tag  }}
+          regex: '^\d\.\d\.\d$'
+
       - name: Trigger deployment
         env:
           RELEASE_VERSION: ${{ steps.vars.outputs.tag }}
         run: |
           curl -XPOST -u "${{ secrets.SDG_DEPLOYMENT_REPO_ACCESS_TOKEN }}" -H "Accept:application/vnd.github" -H "Content-Type:application/json" ${{ secrets.SDG_DEPLOYMENT_REPO_URL }} --data "{\"ref\": \"main\", \"inputs\": {\"version\": \"$RELEASE_VERSION\"}}"
+        if: ${{ steps.regex-match.outputs.match != '' }}