diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 96c1b0f..0fa62e8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -3,8 +3,9 @@ name: v3.x releases
 on:
   push:
     tags:
-    - v3.[0-9]+.[0-9]+
-    - v3.[0-9]+.[0-9]+-(alpha|beta).[0-9]+ # prerelease
+    - 'v3.[0-9]+.[0-9]+'
+    - 'v3.[0-9]+.[0-9]+-alpha.[0-9]+'
+    - 'v3.[0-9]+.[0-9]+-beta.[0-9]+'
 
 jobs:
   install: