diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index f336af803b8567b2fd6603635ec4ffc4d495175d..81ae7836f7feaf38da7b4f45da7853a76b2287b1 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ variables:
 workflow:
   rules:
     - if: $CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == "merge_request_event"
+    - if: $CI_COMMIT_BRANCH == "develop"
     - if: $CI_COMMIT_TAG
       variables:
         DOCKER_TAG: ${CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME}