diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index e3ee418ba..104d94901 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -5,9 +5,9 @@
 workflow:
   rules:
     - if: $CI_COMMIT_BRANCH == $CI_DEFAULT_BRANCH
-    - if: $CI_COMMIT_BRANCH == "test"
     - if: $CI_MERGE_REQUEST_ID
     - if: $CI_COMMIT_TAG =~ /^v/
+    - if: $CI_COMMIT_TAG =~ /^t/
 
 default:
   image:
@@ -373,7 +373,7 @@ test release:
   image: registry.gitlab.com/gitlab-org/release-cli:latest
   rules: *test-release-rules
   script:
-    - echo "Will create test release ${VERSION}..."
+    - echo "Will create test release ${VERSION}-test..."
   release:
     name: "${VERSION}-test"
     tag_name: '$CI_COMMIT_TAG'