diff --git a/.gitlab/CI/publish.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab/CI/publish.gitlab-ci.yml
index e8266403df..ee9a82a86f 100644
--- a/.gitlab/CI/publish.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab/CI/publish.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   tags:
     - veloren-docker
   rules:
-    - if: $CI_COMMIT_BRANCH == $CI_DEFAULT_BRANCH
+    - if: $CI_COMMIT_BRANCH == $CI_DEFAULT_BRANCH && $CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == "schedule"
       when: always
     - when: never
 
@@ -31,4 +31,4 @@ pages:
     - rm -rf public
     - mkdir -p public
     - cargo doc --no-deps --document-private-items
-    - mv target/doc/* public
\ No newline at end of file
+    - mv target/doc/* public
diff --git a/.gitlab/CI/release.yml b/.gitlab/CI/release.yml
index 7a59bd5b60..3de8a59b94 100644
--- a/.gitlab/CI/release.yml
+++ b/.gitlab/CI/release.yml
@@ -9,12 +9,12 @@
     - when: manual
       allow_failure: true
 
-# Template to only run if pushes to master or a tag happened
+# Template to only run if pushes to master or a tag happened and it being triggered by a schedule
 .release:
   stage: build
   tags:
     - veloren-docker
   rules:
-    - if: $CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME =~ /^master$/ || $CI_COMMIT_TAG =~ /^v[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+/ || $CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME =~ /^r[0-9]+\.[0-9]+/
+    - if: $CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == "schedule" && ( $CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME =~ /^master$/ || $CI_COMMIT_TAG =~ /^v[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+/ || $CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME =~ /^r[0-9]+\.[0-9]+/ )
       when: always
     - when: never