diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index b76fc171a5..12057dea78 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ workflow:
   rules:
     - if: $CI_MERGE_REQUEST_IID
     - if: $CI_COMMIT_TAG
-    - if: $CI_COMMIT_BRANCH == $CI_DEFAULT_BRANCH && $GITLAB_USER_ID != "8866215"
+    - if: $CI_COMMIT_BRANCH # == $CI_DEFAULT_BRANCH && $GITLAB_USER_ID != "8866215"
     - if: $CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME =~ /^r[0-9]+\.[0-9]+/ && $GITLAB_USER_ID != "8866215"
 
 include:
diff --git a/.gitlab/CI/release.yml b/.gitlab/CI/release.yml
index 680f6c2646..f172c2667f 100644
--- a/.gitlab/CI/release.yml
+++ b/.gitlab/CI/release.yml
@@ -2,8 +2,6 @@
 .optional-release:
   stage: check
   rules:
-    - if: $CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE != "merge_request_event" || $CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == "schedule" || ( $CI_COMMIT_TAG != null && $CI_COMMIT_TAG =~ $TAG_REGEX )
-      when: never
     - when: manual
       allow_failure: true
 
@@ -15,4 +13,4 @@
       when: on_success
     - when: never
   retry:
-    max: 1
\ No newline at end of file
+    max: 1