diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index f56e082..bcf9b30 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ name: Release
 on:
   push:
     branches: [main]
-    tags: ["*"]
+    tags: ["v*"]
 jobs:
   publish:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
diff --git a/RELEASING.md b/RELEASING.md
index c55eae5..e115e6e 100644
--- a/RELEASING.md
+++ b/RELEASING.md
@@ -7,11 +7,9 @@ Creating a release on GitHub triggers a Github Action build that should test, bu
 It is often the case when this compiler plugin needs to be released for a newly released Scala version. For this the process is the following:
 
 1. Checkout the version that is to be back-released, which would be
-  * `main`, if no features or bug fixes were merged to the main branch since the latest release. In this case create a tag recording you released from this commit, e.g. `git tag -a -m 'Release 0.19 for Scala 2.12.20' v0.19_2.12.20; git push --tags`.
+  * `main`, if no features or bug fixes were merged to the main branch since the latest release. In this case create a tag recording you released from this commit, e.g. `git tag -a -m 'Release 0.19 for Scala 2.12.20' 0.19_2.12.20; git push --tags`. This tag does not start with 'v' to make sure the CI publication does not get triggered.
   * tag, if the main branch has unreleased features or bug fixes. In this case you will need to cherry pick the commit that adds support for the new Scala version.
 1. Create a file `version.sbt` containing `ThisBuild / version := "0.19"` which sets the version to be back-released. This will override the automatic version derivation from the git history. Alternatively you can `set ThisBuild / version := ...` in the command line.
 1. Publish the release by running `SONATYPE_USERNAME=xxx SONATYPE_PASSWORD=xxx sbt clean ++2.12.20 publishSigned sonatypeBundleRelease` (with the appropriate credentials and scala version). You will need Sonatype OSS repository rights to publish under `com.typesafe` organisation.
 
 It would be nice to have a way to backpublish through GitHub Actions instead of using our laptops. If interested in pursuing this possibility, see https://github.com/lightbend/genjavadoc/issues/333 and https://github.com/sbt/sbt-ci-release/issues/102
-
-Note that the instructions above suggest pushing a tag. Pushing the tag may cause sbt-ci-release to attempt to publish incorrect artifacts. It might be better not to push the tag at all? :shrug: