diff --git a/.github/workflows/gh-pages-deploy.yml b/.github/workflows/gh-pages-deploy.yml
index 9d80f2fa..7f82a30e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/gh-pages-deploy.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/gh-pages-deploy.yml
@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@
 name: Deploy to github pages
 on:
-  workflow_dispatch:
-  push:
-    branches:
-      - main
+  release:
+    types: [published]
 
 # Sets permissions of the GITHUB_TOKEN to allow deployment to GitHub Pages
 permissions: