diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 368c7816..1f83c68b 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -86,12 +86,12 @@ package:
     - echo "$DOCKER_PASSWORD" | docker login -u "$DOCKER_USERNAME" --password-stdin "$DOCKER_REGISTRY"
   script:
     - |
-      [[ "$CI_COMMIT_TAG" == "${PREREL_BRANCH_NAME}" ]] && {
+      [[ "$CI_COMMIT_BRANCH" == "${PREREL_BRANCH_NAME}" ]] && {
           echo "Running set-prerel-version"
           .gitlab-ci-scripts/set-prerel-version.sh
       }
-      [[ "$CI_COMMIT_TAG" != "${PREREL_BRANCH_NAME}" ]] && {
-          [[ "$CI_COMMIT_TAG" != "${CI_DEFAULT_BRANCH}" ]] && {
+      [[ "$CI_COMMIT_BRANCH" != "${PREREL_BRANCH_NAME}" ]] && {
+          [[ "$CI_COMMIT_BRANCH" != "${CI_DEFAULT_BRANCH}" ]] && {
               # we're on a devel branch
               echo "Running set-devel-version"
               .gitlab-ci-scripts/set-prerel-version.sh --devstring dev