diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index 663a597a1..9eeae8467 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -2,13 +2,12 @@ name: BAML Release
 
 on:
   workflow_dispatch: {}
-  push:
-    branches: [sam/alpine-builds]
   # need to run this periodically on the default branch to populate the build cache
   schedule:
     # daily at 2am PST
     - cron: 0 10 * * *
   push:
+    branches: [sam/alpine-builds]
     tags:
       - "test-release/*.*"
       - "*.*"