diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yaml b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
index 1d686ea9b4..efa62599da 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yaml
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 name: release
 
+# trigger on a push to any release/* branch
 on:
   push:
-    branches: [ release/* ]
-    paths: ['Source/**', '.github/workflows/**']
+    branches:
+      - 'release/*'
 
 jobs: