diff --git a/.github/workflows/gh-pages.yml b/.github/workflows/gh-pages.yml
index 55d016bb..83a132b2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/gh-pages.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/gh-pages.yml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ name: github pages
 on:
   push:
     tags:
-      - "v*" # push events matching `v` followed by anything, e.g. v1.0, v20.15.10
+      - "v[1-9]*" # push events matching `v` followed by anything larger than 0, e.g. v1.0, v20.15.10
 
 jobs:
   deploy: