diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
index c71c5a9..081e3a0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
@@ -5,17 +5,21 @@ on:
     branches:
       - 'main'
       - 'develop'
+    tags-ignore:
+      - '**'
+
   # Trigger the workflow on pull request
   pull_request: ~
+
   # Trigger the workflow manually
   workflow_dispatch: ~
+
   # Trigger after public PR approved for CI
   pull_request_target:
     types: [labeled]
-  release:
-    types: [created]
+  
 jobs:
-
+  # Run CI including downstream packages on self-hosted runners
   downstream-ci:
     name: downstream-ci
     if: ${{ !github.event.pull_request.head.repo.fork && github.event.action != 'labeled' || github.event.label.name == 'approved-for-ci' }}
@@ -25,25 +29,3 @@ jobs:
       codecov_upload: true
       python_qa: true
     secrets: inherit
-
-  deploy:
-    if: ${{ github.event_name == 'release' }}
-    name: Upload to Pypi
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
-      - name: Set up Python
-        uses: actions/setup-python@v2
-        with:
-          python-version: '3.8'
-      - name: Install dependencies
-        run: |
-          python -m pip install --upgrade pip
-          pip install poetry
-      - name: Build and publish
-        env:
-          PYPI_USERNAME: "__token__"
-          PYPI_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.PYPI_API_TOKEN }}
-        run: |
-          poetry build
-          poetry publish --username=$PYPI_USERNAME --password=$PYPI_PASSWORD