diff --git a/.taskcluster.yml b/.taskcluster.yml
index 83d84a84b..20f453233 100644
--- a/.taskcluster.yml
+++ b/.taskcluster.yml
@@ -83,8 +83,12 @@ tasks:
                   else:
                       $if: 'tasks_for == "cron"'
                       then: '${ownTaskId}'
+              releaseAction:
+                  $if: 'tasks_for == "github-release"'
+                  then: ${event.action}
+                  else: 'UNDEFINED'
           in:
-              $if: 'tasks_for in ["github-pull-request", "github-release", "action", "cron"] || tasks_for == "github-push" && head_branch[:10] != "refs/tags/"'
+              $if: 'tasks_for in ["github-pull-request", "action", "cron"] || (tasks_for == "github-push" && head_branch[:10] != "refs/tags/") || (tasks_for == "github-release" && releaseAction == "published")'
               then:
                   $let:
                       level: