diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index fca1497abd9c01cf80f358339587fc614b786846..7fa4eef40b191770c0b5356ba292d3d980f70039 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ release:
   stage: release
   image: registry.gitlab.com/gitlab-org/release-cli:latest
   rules:
-    - if: $CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == "pipeline"
+    - if: $CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == "pipeline" && $PREPARE_RELEASE != "true"
     - if: $CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == "web"
       when: manual
   script: