diff --git a/.github/workflows/proto-registry.yml b/.github/workflows/proto-registry.yml
index c5be0bc8e4b5..993cb1bf5d97 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/proto-registry.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/proto-registry.yml
@@ -8,6 +8,10 @@ on:
     paths:
       - "proto/**"
 
+    # Sequence of patterns matched against refs/tags
+    tags:
+      - "v[0-9]+.[0-9]+.[0-9]+" # Push events to matching v*, i.e. v1.0, v20.15.10
+
 jobs:
   push:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest