diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-python.yml b/.github/workflows/release-python.yml
index 2553766b8..177fc6ce6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-python.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-python.yml
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 name: release-python
 on:
   push:
-    tags:
-      - '*'
+    branches: [master]
+    paths-ignore: ['**.md']
 
 jobs:
   build_sdist: