diff --git a/.github/workflows/gh_release.yml b/.github/workflows/gh_release.yml
index f02abfec0b3d..5671bef2ce9a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/gh_release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/gh_release.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 name: gh packages release
 on:
+  push:
+    branches: [ master ]
   workflow_dispatch:    # allow to manually trigger this workflow
 jobs:
   release:
@@ -109,4 +111,4 @@ jobs:
           upload_url: ${{ steps.create_release.outputs.upload_url }}
           asset_path: /tmp/querydb.json
           asset_name: querydb.json
-          asset_content_type: application/json
\ No newline at end of file
+          asset_content_type: application/json