diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 53cc0b1e5..9476b21e0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -3,8 +3,9 @@ name: Installers and Release
 on:
   workflow_dispatch:
   push:
-    tags:
-      - '*'
+    tags: # see https://docs.github.com/en/actions/reference/workflow-syntax-for-github-actions#filter-pattern-cheat-sheet
+    - '[0-9]+.[0-9]+.[0-9]+'
+    - '[0-9]+.[0-9]+.[0-9]+-*'
 
 env:
   JAVA_VERSION: 16
@@ -80,8 +81,9 @@ jobs:
       - id: versions
         run: |
           if [[ $GITHUB_REF == refs/tags/* ]]; then
+            VERSION_NUM=`echo ${GITHUB_REF##*/} | sed -E 's/([0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+).*/\1/'`
             echo "::set-output name=versionStr::${GITHUB_REF##*/}"
-            echo "::set-output name=versionNum::${GITHUB_REF##*/}"
+            echo "::set-output name=versionNum::${VERSION_NUM}"
           else
             echo "::set-output name=versionStr::SNAPSHOT"
             echo "::set-output name=versionNum::99.0.0"