diff --git a/.github/workflows/pypi.yml b/.github/workflows/pypi.yml
index 6c2af51..b3669f1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/pypi.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/pypi.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 name: Build, test and publish to (test)PyPI
 on:
   push:
+    tags:
+      - 'v*'  # matches semantic versioning (e.g., v1.2.3)
     branches:
       - master
       - main
diff --git a/.github/workflows/testpypi.yml b/.github/workflows/testpypi.yml
index 09632f6..2c42005 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/testpypi.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/testpypi.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 name: Build, test and publish to testPyPI
 on:
   push:
+    tags:
+      - 'v*'  # matches semantic versioning (e.g., v1.2.3)
     branches:
       - dev
       - hotfix