diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 4e3c6135b9c9dc25286fa21a5bc3232739fdf77f..db96faccb0c3937c89121325c7dd6bac6bc851eb 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -42,10 +42,9 @@ stages:
 docker_store_images_master_tag:
   extends: .base_docker_store_images
   only:
-    - tags
-  except:
-#   Anything not master branch is an exception to the only tags rule
-    - /^(?!master).+@/
+    refs:
+      - tags
+      - master
 docker_store_images_changes:
   extends: .base_docker_store_images
   only: