diff --git a/.github/workflows/release-master.yml b/.github/workflows/release-master.yml
index 97f823c11e..7cf2f99d9f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release-master.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release-master.yml
@@ -9,12 +9,6 @@ on:
       - "v[0-9]+.[0-9]+.[0-9]+"
       # Exclude all pre-releases
       - "!v*[0-9]+.[0-9]+.[0-9]+-*"
-  workflow_dispatch:
-    inputs:
-      tags:
-        description: "Release tag"
-        required: true
-        type: boolean
 
 env:
   # Posthog token used by ui at build time
@@ -33,12 +27,13 @@ jobs:
           token: ${{ secrets.PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN }}
           fetch-depth: 0
 
-      - name: Fail if branch is not master
-        if: github.ref != 'refs/heads/master'
+      - name: Fail if tag is not master
         run: |
-          echo "Ref is not master, you must run this job from master."
-          // Change to "exit 1" when merged. Left to 0 to not fail all the pipelines and not to cause noise
-          exit 0
+          if ! git merge-base --is-ancestor ${{ github.sha }} origin/master; then
+            echo "Tag is not in master. This pipeline can only execute tags that are present on the master branch"
+            exit 1
+          fi
+
 
       - uses: actions/setup-node@v1
         with: