diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 3f4b46b..afc20e8 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -30,11 +30,13 @@ variables:
     - if: $CI_PIPELINE_SOURCE == "schedule"
     - if: $CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME == "master"
     - if: $CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME =~ /^v[0-9]+\.[0-9]+.*$/              # i.e. v1.0, v2.1rc1
+    - if: $CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME =~ /^stg-v[0-9]+\.[0-9]+.*$/          # i.e. stg-v1.0, stg-v2.1rc1
     - if: $CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME =~ /^[0-9]+$/                         # PRs
 
 .test-refs:                        &test-refs
   rules:
     - if: $CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME =~ /^v[0-9]+\.[0-9]+.*$/              # i.e. v1.0, v2.1rc1
+    - if: $CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME =~ /^stg-v[0-9]+\.[0-9]+.*$/          # i.e. stg-v1.0, stg-v2.1rc1
     - if: $CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME =~ /^[0-9]+$/                         # PRs
 
 # Deploy on production goes only manually
@@ -48,6 +50,7 @@ variables:
 .publish-deploy-stg-refs:          &publish-deploy-stg-refs
   rules:
     - if: $CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME =~ /^v[0-9]+\.[0-9]+.*$/              # i.e. v1.0, v2.1rc1
+    - if: $CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME =~ /^stg-v[0-9]+\.[0-9]+.*$/          # i.e. stg-v1.0, stg-v2.1rc1
     - if: $CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME == "master"                           # on commits to main branch
 
 .kubernetes-env:                   &kubernetes-env