diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
index 912a5ac..5f76d36 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
@@ -2,11 +2,15 @@ name: Geyser CI
 
 on:
   push:
-    branches: [ master ]
+    branches:
+      - master
+      - 'v*.*'
     tags:
       - 'v*.*.*'
   pull_request:
-    branches: [ master ]
+    branches:
+      - master
+      - 'v*.*'
 
 jobs:
   lint:
diff --git a/release b/release
index 0410dd8..5be2454 100755
--- a/release
+++ b/release
@@ -1,2 +1,13 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env sh
-cargo workspaces version --all --exact --no-individual-tags
\ No newline at end of file
+
+# Get the current branch name
+current_branch=$(git rev-parse --abbrev-ref HEAD)
+
+branch_pattern="^v[0-9]+\.[0-9]+$"
+
+if [[ $current_branch =~ $branch_pattern ]] || [ "$current_branch" = "master" ]; then
+    # If the current branch is a version branch or master, run the cargo workspaces version command
+    cargo workspaces version --all --exact --no-individual-tags --allow-branch $current_branch
+else
+    echo "Current branch does not match the allowed patterns."
+fi