diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 7a6be97..eef64c6 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ deploy_pypi:
     - make pip_upload
     - echo "" > ~/.pypirc && rm ~/.pypirc  # If the above fails, this won't run.
   only:
-    - /^v\d+\.\d+\.\d+([abc]\d*)?$/  # PEP-440 compliant version (tags)
+    - /^v?\d+\.\d+\.\d+([abc]\d*)?$/  # PEP-440 compliant version (tags)
   except:
     - branches