diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index 2792fa9a4..929dc6083 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -1,6 +1,12 @@
 name: ZITADEL CI/CD
 
-on: [pull_request, merge_group, workflow_dispatch]
+on:
+  push:
+    tags-ignore:
+      - "*"
+  pull_request:
+  merge_group:
+  workflow_dispatch:
 
 permissions:
   contents: write
@@ -84,8 +90,6 @@ jobs:
     secrets:
       GCR_JSON_KEY_BASE64: ${{ secrets.GCR_JSON_KEY_BASE64 }}
     with:
-      node_version: '16'
-      buf_version: 'latest'
       image: ${{ needs.container.outputs.image }}
       semantic_version: '19.0.2'
       image_name: 'ghcr.io/zitadel/zitadel'
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index f443e30dd..4f23e7bcb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -3,12 +3,6 @@ name: Release
 on:
   workflow_call:
     inputs:
-      node_version:
-        required: true
-        type: string
-      buf_version:
-        required: true
-        type: string
       semantic_version:
         required: true
         type: string